June 14, 2010

Note from Mom: 2 weeks left. . . The current date for Elder Hunter to speak in church is July 11th. (Thanks Stephanie) :)

Family,

So guess where I am at? I got move back to an old area. The stake is Valle Dorado but I'm now in a ward called Lomas Lindas. David probably knows a little bit about it since he is from here. My companion is Elder Prada from Morelos Cuernavaca and he is super tight, he knows english and french (but I'm one of the only ones in the mission that knows that, ha ha). The only thing is, I don't know if we will have any baptisms while I'm here, but I did baptize two last week, which was an awesome experience. I loved it!

Its really good to hear that everyone is doing really well. I'm super excited to see all of you guys, but I'm trying not to let it distract me these last two weeks.

Oh yea, I've got some great news. . . one of the families I baptized in my first area is going to be sealed on the 26th. I'm super excited to be able to go. Their son is also talking about going on a mission which surprises me because at first he was the only one who really didn't want to do it. (not sure what "it" is. . I'm assuming join the church.) So that will be really super cool!

Well I love you guys.

Take Care.

Elder Hunter

June 7, 2010

NOTE FROM MOM: 3 Weeks, 21 Days. I guess his e-mails can be shorter now. . .Can't wait.

Family,

My week was great! Oh man I don't think I have ever had so much fun in the mission! This week we were able to take 10 people to church for the first time and had a total of 14! We are hoping to double that number for next week. As for my companions, they are awesome! We really just have so much fun every day and that's even working super hard. Well this week we should have some baptisms, not sure how many, I'm hoping for 4, but we will see.

Honestly we have just seen so many blessings, it's crazy. Well supposedly, I'm leaving this week and going to another area for my last two weeks which should also be a blast. I can't believe how fast the time is flying by, but I absolutely love it. Oh yea, about my companion, Elder Calderwood, he was going to BYU on a track scholarship. He is one of the decathletes there. I think dad would like to know that.

Well it's crazy to hear about all the changes that are soon to be happening at home. It will be a blast! Well love you guys! Take care! Don't miss me too much!

Love Elder Hunter

May 31, 2010

Family,

Life is going sick! I have two new companions here in Villa de las Flores. Looks like I'm training the new zone leaders for when I leave here. One is from Guadalajara and the other is from Washington D.C. The cool thing is that the one from Guadalajara speaks perfect english, so its super tight. I'm super stoked for Beau's call to Boston, Mass. That's goint to be super baller. Well I'm still holding strong, we baptized two people on Saturday and confirmed four on Sunday. It was really cool! This next few weeks will be interesting and I'm going to love every minute of it. I will be leaving this area in the next two weeks, or at least that is what president told me.

Well I love you guys, take care!

Love Elder Hunter

May 24, 2010

Hi Family,

My week was great! We saw a lot of miracles and we were able to have a lot of success. We were able to baptize two people, actually two little kids and they are super cool. I was also able to talk to their dad who the missionaries for some reason never talked to. Anyways, the dad asked when it was his turn to be baptized. We told him that he had to stop with the coffee and after 4 weeks he would be able to be baptized. He really liked that.

Diego and Julio. . They are so cool!

I was also able to kind of direct a marriage of an old couple we are teaching and they should be getting baptized this Saturday. All that they lacked was getting married, so we were able to help them do it.

Today we went and visited Teotihuacan which was really cool. There are a bunch of pyramids there and really it just amazes me how back in the day they were able to build such cool looking things. It was really cool.

On our way to the pyramids

The Pyramids

Funny! Look at these missionaries clothes. . True indication of their dedication and hard work for two years. . Got to love these boys!

Well, I'm really glad that you have my flight plans. I still know nothing about them so I have no clue what time I get home or what time I leave from the airport, but its alright. I'm sure I'll find out soon enough. Oh, hey, by the way, my guess for Beau's call is that he get called here to Mexico. I mean because they are dividing various missions and stuff down here they are going to need more missionaries, so that is what I'm guessing. Also I have permission from President that you guys can call me the night you get his call. I'm super stoked for Beau and I can't wait to hear where he will be going. I'm sure he is super anxious.


Love you!

Elder Hunter

May 17, 2010

Family,

That's crazy all the things that are happening at home right now. Sounds like you guys are super busy with all of the activities that are going on. So Sheri is married now. That's kind of crazy. That is good that you got to talk to everyone. I can't believe how fast time is going by.

Well as for here in Mexico, everything is going well. Today was transfer, but me and my companion stayed the same. There is something interesting and different though, we are now going to have 2 different wards which should be really exciting. I mean I have never had 2 wards before so this will be a nice change for my last six weeks here in Mexico. Well this week I didn't work a whole lot in my area, I basically did a zone tour helping different elders out for the week. It was fun. I got to get to know different places but doing the same work as always. ha ha. Leonardo was confirmed this week and now is officially a member of the church. It was a really cool experience. We also have this other lady we are teaching, her name is Irma. Her kids live in the U.S. and she says she loves it there. Anyways she went to church for the first time and really liked it. While we were at church I gave her a baptismal date for June 4 and she said she wanted to do it so that will be exciting. Well everything here is good and going great. About the flight plans, I really don't know anything, but when I do I will let you know.

Well I love you guys and thank you for the picture of Toni. (Toni and Tennison played soccer together at Timpview) I can't believe he is already playing again for BYU. I can't believe it.

Elder Hunter

More pictures:

Me with my stunner shades on (ha ha) and Elder Ashcraft

My district and I eating breakfast

Elder Loeza and I

May 10, 2010

Happy Mothers Day!!!

Funny how I have forgotten two years in a row. Really it's just because I get so excited to talk to you guys that I forget the main reason why I get to talk to you in the first place! Ha Ha. Really it sounds like everyone has matured so much. I'm super excited to see you guys, but I just have to stay focused for the next couple of week to finish strong. Can't believe how fast the time goes by! This week was good and we have been working super hard and we were blessed with a baptism this week. Leonardo got baptized and he was super excited for it. He is awesome! He always prays and reads everyday! We have really seen his progression. Well thanks for everything. Sorry this is so short. . . it's just that we talked about everything yesterday.

Love you guys!

Elder Hunter

Me Reporting numbers (My favorite thing to do each week. . not.)

Me and Leonardo

May 3,2010

Family,

It is so cool to hear that my little brothers have all been able to advance in the priesthood! I'm sure mom felt so proud! Wow, Bryson Bryson looks like he's been doing a little bit of working out! I'm still doing my push-ups and sit ups but sure don't look like he does yet. haha

Well it stinks that Beau won't be there on Sunday, but its all good I mean I'll see him soon enough.

Well this week was great! We are working super hard and honestly I just feel super tired every single day but the Lord give me the strength to leave the house and just keep working! Well this morning we had to go and raid a house. We got there and the missionaries weren't there, so we entered and they had some things that missionaries just shouldn't have like dvds, gameboys, and stuff like that. It really makes me sad when missionaries just come on their mission to vacation. It really frustrates me! On a better note we found this guy names Jose Ricardo from the U.S. and man is he hilarious, he has a problem with swearing but he is cool. So we found him on Friday, well actually he called one of our district leaders and told them that he needed us to go to his house, so the district leader passed the information to us and we went to visit him. When we got there he called us his angels. He then started to tell us about him and how he doesn't have anything and how his wife was going to come down from the states on Sunday with his 3 week old little baby. He was really worried because he didn't have anything in his house so we told him we would try and find something that he could put his baby in. He had this sweet watch that he said he bought a while back for like $700 and he made me put it on and told me I look like a pimp with it on. haha. He wanted me to take it and sell it so I could buy him a crib or something. I told him no but we would do everything to find something. So I told the Relief Society President and she told the hermanas and they got this little cradle thing for him. Wow! The look on his face when we gave it to him. He was so grateful! So he went to church with us on Sunday and really loved it. I think he may be an ex gang member and stuff but I think he really wants to change his life around. He is so cool. We also gave him a baptismal fecha and he was like "yeah man, put me on the list." It was funny.

Leonardo is progressing really well. He always reads and prays and well should be getting baptized this week which will be awesome.

Well love you guys!

Love Elder Hunter