October 26, 2009

MOM'S FAVORITE PICTURE OF

THE WEEK!

Hey Family,

Im doing amazing! I love being a district leader! Really it's a burden, because I'm always worried about my Elders, but really I just love them all! This week was great. I'm still with Elder Jimenez who lived in Las Vegas for 4 years and its great, I love it!

Elder Sanchez, Me, and Elder Jimenez


The new companionship that is opening up the new area did amazing this week. I couldn't believe it! When they got here last week they looked really mad to be here because everyone says that here in this zone you can't have success, but they are seeing that really it's the best zone in the whole mission right now and they were really happy when I went to visit them last night!


As for my companion and I, we had a really interesting week. On Friday we kind of got in three debates in a row with I think christians all from the same church. The last one was with their pastor. It's really amzing how much I now know about the gospel and never thought that I would get to this point, but I still have a whole eight months more to learn. It's going to be great! Well, we had a baptism this week and should have another one next week and the week after and if we can find people this week the next week also! Really, I'm so enjoying this mission right now it's awesome! Ive just seen so many blessings lately its amazing!

Me, Heidi, her mom, her friends mom, her friend that helped us get her baptized, and of course my wonderful companion


I just have to say I know the church is true I have no doubt about it! Right now I'm reading the book, Jesus the Christ and actually I'm almost finished with it, and wow that book is amazing! I think more than anything it is what has helped me to learn so much in such little time! Well, I'm glad to hear everyone is doing good back at home. just keep up the good work! thanks for everything! oh ya the next zone conference is next week and I think I'm going to need to buy some new shoes the ones I have are kind of trashed, is that alright!? (Of course it is all right.)



Love you guys!


Elder Hunter

October 19, 2009

Table we set up in the market.

Fmily,

Wow! Sounds like you guys are doing awesome! I heard Bryson and Mckay are doing awesome with football and soccer! Thats cool that you guys went up to Park City to enjoy time as a family and do some shopping. Thanks for the package . . well I still haven't received it but now I have something to look forward to when we have zone conference!

Well this week was alright. I mean we found a lot of investigators at the beginning of the week but at the end we couldnt find any in their houses which was really hard and disappointing. . but we just kept on working anyways! We had interviews that went really well . . it is kind of funny because people enter and they just start telling me everything that they have done in their entire life and I haven't even said anything yet . . but it really shows that they have repented of everything and are willing to follow the Lord upon being baptized! So that was a really neat experience! Today I get to go help my new companionship get moved in and everything which will be fun! Well I love you guys take care!

Elder Hunter

Busy Week October 12

HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY GEORGIA ON OCTOBER 3RD! Tennison wanted you to know he was thinking of you.

October 12th e-mail . .

Family,

This week was awesome! Ok, so we didn't have a ton of success finding new investigators or taking people to church, but all in all it was an awesome week! We had interviews with president this week which was great! With his wife, we talked a lot about the family and then she asked me how Hayley was doing and she told me that her grandparents ( the Staufers) weren't doing so well. It's sad to hear because they are such great people! Then with Presidnt basically asked similar questions and asked about the distrcit, which is doing great!

We should have like 6 maybe 7 baptisms as a district of only two companionships, which is really awesome because no one in the mission right now is have a whole lot of success. So that makes me super excited. It means I have to do 5 baptismal interviews this week! Awesome! Also yesterday my companion and I were kind of bumbed because we didn't have people in church so we decided to go and contact all the people that we had contacted in the street during the week! The first one was leaving, so we didn't get to visit her. The second let us go in and teach which was awesome, the familiy is like us. . . super busy all the time, but they were interested. When we taught about Joseph Smith they said they didn't believe it, but we told them to pray about it and they said that they would. Its great too. . because it's a family of 5 all older than 8 years. Yes!!!!!!!!!! then after that we visited another lady that we have been trying to get a hold of for 2 weeks so really I didn't want to but we did anyways. Come to find out that she had talked with the missionaries before and absolutely loved everything, but the missionaries just stopped visiting her for some reason so that was great!

Also a funny experience this week, we got on a bus and told the bus driver that we had to get off in a certain place and we didn't know where it was and he said he would tell us where we had to get off. . . so we were waiting . . then the bus driver stopped and said Elderes de Isreal aqui es. haha My companion and I were laughing. He was really cool. Then we got on another bus and the bus driver spoke english in this area its really rare that someone knows how to speak english but also he gave me change of 180 pesos in coins of 5 pesos each. Man that was a large stack of coins. I had it almost pullled down my pants from the wieght! Haha . . but all in all it was a great week! Im glad you guys are staying busy and enjoying life remember we only live life once so live it the best that you can! I hope you liked the serape that I sent you. I'm glad it made it there! I sent a sueter for dad that should get their this week or maybe this next week! Well I love you guys! Oh, is their a way that we can get a hold of David when he comes!? and when is he coming down here!? Thanks for everything! I love you guys!

Elder Tennison Hunter

October 7, 2009 Finally Pictures. .

We received these Pictures and explanations rather than and e-mail . . . o.k. Dad got an e-mail all in Spanish and I can't translate it . . so I'm sharing pictures instead.

charla fogonera que tuvimos a fake fire that we made

baptisms that we had last week

a picture of the Hna Clarite from Valle Dorado

(David's Grandma)

In the Wilderness

I was able to direct the charla fogonera that we had