tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81622583055479967972024-03-12T20:28:54.881-07:00Elder Jonathan Garth HuntElder Jonathan Garth Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876244024066068321noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162258305547996797.post-28025906858559623122016-07-26T09:28:00.001-07:002016-07-26T09:28:25.312-07:00Mission Accomplished<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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Elder Jonathan Garth Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876244024066068321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162258305547996797.post-52972219780154594922016-07-20T07:49:00.001-07:002016-07-20T07:49:04.302-07:00The American and the Indigenous<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Remember the American referral I told you about last week. Well we contacted him. His name is Lance and he’s a great guy. He´s really honest too. He said that the missionaries that taught him a couple years ago pushed baptism on him a lot and he said they didn’t teach him much. The thing about Lance is that he wants to know what the Church believes rather than how he can change his life, he’s a very philosophical kind of guy, but at the same time he told us "who knows, this could be a new start for me." He was going to come to church with us but ended up not. We’re visiting him <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_120286307" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">this Wednesday</span></span>.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">After working a good couple days in our area we shot over to Ocosingo and went on splits with the elders over there. It was great. They had a baptismal candidate and so I got to interview the man and that was a great experience. The missionaries there have been struggling with some things so we were able to talk with them and work some things out.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_120286308" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Sunday</span></span> was pretty good though. I went to Oxchuc( Ōsh- Chook) with a man in the ward named Fernando. We have what they call here a "family group." That’s when there is not enough priesthood holders to be a branch. Basically it’s just a group of families who are too far away to go to the ward or branch and gather together to meet. In that area most people speak Spanish but the indigenous language is something called "Tseltal". So I and Fernando went there while my companion stayed in San Cristobal. It was quite an experience. There’s a special spirit there. Our sacrament meeting was held in the courtyard of a tiny little group of apartments. There was about 24 people in attendance including me and Fernando. Everything was in Tseltal except for the hymns, sacrament prayer, and my talk. I was thinking a lot about how the Church started. It was organized in a little log cabin with only a handful of people present, only 6 were baptized and confirmed. How did they feel about the church at that time? I know they knew it was the true church, but did they have any idea what it would become? That it really would go to every nation, kindred, tongue and people? It was a beautiful feeling being able to witness that prophesy comes true and that I know that this is Christ’s church set up upon the earth. Yesterday, in that little courtyard, my testimony was strengthened by those faithful members and their testimonies and desires.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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Elder Jonathan Garth Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876244024066068321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162258305547996797.post-22702724454273496172016-07-20T07:43:00.001-07:002016-07-20T07:43:06.352-07:00The Lord is Merciful<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Monday and Tuesday we went to Tuxtla for our zone leader meeting and it was great! This month we’re going to focus on lessons with members present again, which is just perfect because this last month the mission saw miracles. All our indicators went up by having more lessons with member present; investigators with a baptismal date, progressing investigators, contacts, baptisms and conformation, etc. It’s awesome! So we are super pumped! <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Anyway, when we got back from our zone leader meeting, my companion got explosive diarrhea, it was bad. he got so sick so we were in the house until <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_120286304" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Friday</span></span>! It was awful. I hate not working, especially since this is my last transfer. It’s hard to be happy and not work, actually it’s impossible, but thankfully by <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_120286305" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Friday</span></span> we were able to start working again.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">After not working for days on end it hurts because momentum is lost, we had to go try to visit people without having a set appointment which isn’t good, we had to start from scratch. We were able to visit Marisela and Porfirio though. We taught them a part of The Plan of Salvation. They love listening to us, but never come to church, which is a bit frustrating. They’ve also been going out of town a lot, so we can hardly ever see them. Sorry for writing all the bad stuff that happened this week, but don’t worry Sunday was amazing.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">So Sunday we woke up a bit discouraged, with the very little work we were able to do this week we honestly didn’t expect much on Sunday. We called Juan Pablo to see if he was coming, but he didn’t answer so we just though great, now what are we going to do? When we went to church it looked like none of our investigators were going to be there, and then it happened, <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_120286306" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">within 15 minutes</span></span>, the church was FILLED! Not just with members, but Enemias came again with his son and Raphael came with his sons as well, then and we had a family bring some non-member friends to church also. We got their names and numbers and we plan on visiting them this Tuesday. Then after church, missionaries from another area told us that an American contacted them and wants to know more about the church and he lives in our area!!!! And it didn’t end there, after lunch we were basically just walking around finding people to contact because it was raining like crazy and all our lessons fell through. As we walked by this little house some little kids came running out and asked if we were lost. They pointed in the direction that we had to go and we followed it, then, about a minute later they came running over to us and started saying "where are you from? What’s your names? What are you doing here?" anyway they ended up taking us to their house and we met their mom, older brother and their friend that lives in the same house with them. We sang a short hymn and told them about the restoration. The mom wasn’t too interested, but the neighbor sure was. She told us to come by any day and that she would be waiting for us! It was an amazing day with many tender mercies and I’ll never forget it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">So this was a great week, but sadly I got sick. Not really what I wanted on the last transfer of my mission but we still saw amazing things.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">So after being sick we were finally able to go to work <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_120286303" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Thursday</span></span> and we went on divisions (I think you say exchanges in English) anyway, I went with Elder Moravec and the whole time it was dead. We were thinking “great what are we going to do?" By the end of the day we only had taught 2 lessons and our last lesson was with Freddy. As we were walking up to his house he came out and when he saw us a huge smile came on his face. When we went in and sat down, he said "Elders, I gave in this week and I had a drink" it was sad to hear, but at the same time I was totally calm. We talked about repentance and when I asked him why he drank he really opened up. He talked about losing his job and that he has had a lot of persecution from family and friends, he also has had some girl problems with a girl in the ward. He said he had been really depressed and Satan got him off the path for a while. As he said the closing prayer he broke down crying and asked for forgiveness from the Lord and thanked Him for sending us at that time. Afterward he said as we came to the house to teach him that day that he was leaving to go drink again. Sunday he talked with the branch president and so he’s getting back on the path.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Friday we taught Marisela. Sadly Porfirio wasn’t there so we couldn’t teach a lesson but we shared a scripture with her and her niece. We also taught Juan Pablo that day. We finished The Plan of Salvation with him and wow, he’s so awesome!!!! He wants so bad to be baptized and he’s "echando muchas ganas" (that’s like saying working really hard).<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16pt;">Saturday we went on splits and NO ONE WAS HOME!!! As we were going back to the church to meet up with my companion and the other member, we walked by 2 people that were sitting down and I had a very strong impression to talk with them. I kind of brushed it off, but it kept coming back so we turned around and talked to them. One of them didn’t want anything but the other was GOLDEN! His name is Nicolas and he said he was looking to better his relationship with God. He gave us his name number and address without us even asking. I don’t know why, but the spirit was very strong as we talked with him. Sadly he’s not going to be home next week because he and his family are going out of town, but NEXT week were going by! </span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16pt;">After that, our last appointment fell through so we decided to visit a less active, recent convert named Rafael. Again, I think we were guided right to him. We talked about the 10 commandments to him and his non-member friends that were present. As we talked about the Sabbath Day, he brought up many objections and even after reading with him in the scriptures and explaining that the Sabbath was changed to Sunday to celebrate the resurrection of Christ he still wouldn’t drop it but kept asking why the church worships on Sunday. Anyway we weren’t making any progress so we just bore our testimony about modern prophets and </span><span style="font-size: 15.3333px; line-height: 21.3333px;">continuous</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16pt;"> revelation and that we need to show our faith and be obedient to receive blessings. As we did the spirit filled the room and guess what, he went to church on Sunday. After church he thanked us for coming by his house the night before and asked us when we could come again. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Love you and miss you all! HAPPY 4th of JULY!!!!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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Elder Jonathan Garth Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876244024066068321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162258305547996797.post-86107023932405461612016-07-03T08:33:00.003-07:002016-07-03T08:33:58.757-07:00The Secret Weapon of Members<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Juan Pablos is doing great! He´s really progressing and he came to church yesterday!!!! He loves it and loves learning. Every time we visit him he talks about the peace that he feels while listening to us and reading the Book of Mormon.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Wednesday was "Miracle Wednesday." We accidentally found a family that has been less active for years and they’ve been sealed in the temple!!!! Their names are Flor and Cristobal. They’re really great but for some reason or another, they went inactive.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">We also met with Freddy and he’s doing great. He gave me a full 8G USB and told me to delete all his music on it and put hymns and Mormon Messages on it instead. HE’S SO GREAT!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Then we contacted some referrals with a member named Rebollo. He is also great! Then we contacted a lady with her 2 daughters and guess what? They have family that are members in Palenque!!!!!! They’ve talked with the elders before, but over in Palanque. T</span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16pt;">hey were really happy to see us! It was awesome. We have a lesson planned with them this Saturday. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16pt;">We also found 2 new investigators, Marisela and her boyfriend Porfilio. They are living with their sister who’s a less active member. When we taught them the restoration, they were at the edge of their seats the whole time. They accepted baptism and are so hungry for the truth.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">It’s amazing how much God loves his children and how much trust he has in us. He really does care for us and wants the best for us. As I look back on these last 23 months, I can really see how the Lord can make us instruments in his hands. I love our Heavenly Father and my savior and I know that this is their work. The Church is true!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">This week we visited a man named Juan Pablo. I think I told you about him last week but basically he’s a taxi driver we contacted 2 weeks ago and wants to get baptized!!!! He’s so great. We taught him The Restoration and The Gospel of Jesus Christ. He tells us every time he reads the Book of Mormon that he’s filled with peace and hope! He’s so great. He didn’t come to church though and we’re not sure why. We called him and he said he was coming but he never came. We’re going to visit him tomorrow.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Freddy is doing ok, but the trials are coming. He lost his job. They told him he had to work 3 Sundays a month and only 1 Sunday free. He told them he couldn’t do that so they gave him the choice between his job and the church. He chose the church. It shows where his heart is. Please pray for him so that he can stay strong in the faith and find a job. <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Another great thing we saw happen this week was with a woman named Elena. She’s a lady without work and was looking for help. She has a neighbor family who are members and when we passed by to visit them Elena was there. We talked about the gospel with her and sang "Nearer My God to Thee" (it’s nice having an American companion who can sing and harmonize. Not that Mexicans can’t, but none of my Mexican companions could) anyway, music has such power and it brought her to tears. We promised her that her Father in Heaven loves her and that she has a purpose here. The whole visit was a right place at the right time kind of thing. it was incredible!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">This week we were able to improve on many aspects of the work. I often feel inadequate especially in my new assignment as a zone leader, but I know that even with my imperfections the Lord will help me have success. In Greek, the work Nike means Victory!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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Elder Jonathan Garth Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876244024066068321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162258305547996797.post-33309024622134797572016-06-15T13:23:00.002-07:002016-06-15T13:23:25.114-07:00Last transfer. "And so it begins".......<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 16pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">
<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Elder de Jesus got transferred, I’m so sad, he’s been the best companion I’ve ever had and he taught me so much. We had a good last week here together. My new companion is ELDER KITRAS and all I know is that he’s from Nevada and that he is awesome! He goes home in 4 more transfers.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16pt;">So now for the week . . . . </span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16pt;"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1533279526" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16pt; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Monday</span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16pt;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16pt;">and Tuesday we were in Tuxtla for our mission leader conference and it was amazing, as usual. The goal in the mission this month is to have lessons with a member present and so we talked about really getting the members involved in the work and not just having a body present! President George sure loves us, every time he speaks to us, you can just here it in his voice.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16pt;">Freddy is AWESOME! He’s staying strong and we gave him a white shirt and tie</span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16pt;"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1533279528" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16pt; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Sunday</span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16pt;">. He just about cried, especially when we said that Elder de Jesus was getting transferred, but he’s doing great and staying strong!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">So that was basically the highlights of the week. The time is going by way too fast! I can’t believe how fast it’s gone but I’m ready to end the race sprinting and can’t wait to see what the Lord has prepared for me these last few month of my mission.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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Elder Jonathan Garth Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876244024066068321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162258305547996797.post-5123185221224310692016-06-15T13:16:00.002-07:002016-06-15T13:16:52.410-07:00Freddy's baptism!<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: 16pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">FREDDY GOT BAPTISED! WOOHOO! It was incredible!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">It rained a TON! It was insane how much it rained! I think every day we came into the house soaked! But thankfully we haven’t been sick at all.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">We found a new investigator named Alfredo. He’s the son of a recent convert. We taught him the restoration and it was such a powerful lesson! The spirit testified of our words and he asked the perfect questions. Questions like why are there so many churches and how can I know which church is true? It was great.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">We’re also working with a part member family, Selene and her boyfriend Luis. They want to get married and he wants to get baptized but it’s a complicated situation because her last husband was military and they have some sort of health care thing which they need for their daughter and if they get married they won’t have it anymore. I just want them to get married because I know if they keep the commandments, God will bless them! Anyway, were working on it.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">The best part of the week was with Freddy’s baptism. He’s such a great guy who has gone through a lot of trials and persecution for joining the church but he was so ready and has made a huge change in his life!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">So Saturday morning we went over to the church to turn on the font and as we turned on the hot water faucet the handle blew off the wall from the water pressure! It was crazy! We took a video of me trying to put it back on. I’ll have to send you all the pictures and stuff next week because this cyber doesn’t read my memory card.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Anyway, other than that little fiasco Freddy's baptism was awesome! When he went down into the water the room was filled with the Spirit and you could almost feel it as his sins were washed away. When he came to church he was a new person! A huge smile on his face. He just looked different!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">It was a fantastic week. Sure love being a missionary. Transfers are next week, I hope Elder de Jesus doesn’t leave, I sure love working with him, I want him to "kill me off." Ha!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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Elder Jonathan Garth Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876244024066068321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162258305547996797.post-60289217410756711362016-06-15T13:12:00.004-07:002016-06-15T13:12:41.371-07:00A "weird" week<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">That being said, here is the week in a nutshell . . . .<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Everything started off really well this week. Monday we went to Tuxtla for a multi-zone conference with president and the assistants. It was amazing. What put the cherry on top was that we ALL went to the temple afterward. I LOVE THE TEMPLE! I’m so glad we'll have one in Tucson soon.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Wednesday we got back and did exchanges with one of the district leaders and his companion. I was with the district leader Elder Smith and it was a blast. We were able to see some pretty great miracles as we worked hard that day.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Friday we went to Ocosingo again for a baptismal interview and my companion went with the district leader to another village called Vajalon to do some interviews. It was awesome. <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Saturday we got back and had a fun branch activity. Not many people came but those who did had a blast. We did a Mormon Cranium game and it was a lot of fun. Saturday night we were informed of the thing I mentioned at the first of the letter and my companion had to go to another area with the district president and some other members while I stayed in San Cristobal with the other elders. Like I said I don’t have time to get into details, but we had to do a lot of improvising.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Sunday I went on splits with a ward member all day until my companion got home and then we went to drop off an elder in Tuxtla today and didn’t get back until about <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1533279525" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">7:00</span></span> tonight.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16pt;">I feel so exhausted, yet I’m amazed at how the Lord helped me and my companion through a very difficult and challenging last couple of days. I’ll try to tell you a little about it next week, but most of the details will probably have to wait until I get home. Just know that we’re doing </span><span style="font-size: 15.3333px; line-height: 21.3333px;">OK</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16pt;"> and that I love being a missionary and next week’s letter is going to be a lot better in part because Freddy is going to get baptized!!!!!<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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Elder Jonathan Garth Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876244024066068321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162258305547996797.post-10236256503409155362016-06-15T13:10:00.002-07:002016-06-15T13:24:41.235-07:00Rain and exchanges<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">This week was a little bit better week as far as work goes. My companion got a bit sick again so we had one day in the house, but he got some shots in the rear and that took care of things. (I don’t ever remember having to do that in the states but here in Mexico if someone’s sick and they want to get better they just get shots in the bum and it solves the whole problem!) It also rained like crazy!!!! I LOVE IT!!! After a cold day out doing missionary work it great to come home, take a hot shower and just snuggle in the covers!</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16pt;">We met with a new investigator named Antonio Hernandez and his wife Rosa. Antonio comes to church every week and is so awesome, but we never have been able to visit him. We sometimes set up an appointment and then something happens like a sick companion or a meeting in Tuxtla so it always falls through, but this Tuesday we finally got to go to his house. What a humbling </span><span style="font-size: 15.3333px; line-height: 21.3333px;">experience</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 16pt;">. He and his spouse and his 3 children live in a little house that’s probably 10 feet by 10 feet. They have basically nothing. They’re from the mountains of Chiapas and speak a dialect called Tzotzil. They speak ok Spanish but sometimes it’s hard to know what they’re trying to say. They seem interested and act like they want to learn more, but right now only Antonio comes to church though. I really want to learn tzotzil though and another dialect called tseltal.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Wednesday we went on exchanges with the district leader and his companion from district Huitepec. It was awesome. I went to the area of huitepec with Elder Luna, the district leader. We had a lunch appointment at "Yoi Sushi". It was AMAZING!!!! Who would have thought that I would eat my first sushi in Chiapas Mexico?<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">On Friday we had to go to a city called Ocosingo to do exchanges and a baptismal interview. It was so cool. Ocosingo is jungly and reminds me a lot of comalapa so it was nice to work over there with the elders. They’re going to have another baptism next week so were going to go back. I’ll try to take pictures.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Freddy is doing great and he’s getting ready for his baptism. We had an amazing lesson with him on Sunday. He’s been having a lot of trials with his ex-wife and friends and family who aren’t really supportive, but he’s determined to get baptized. We had to put his baptismal date back a week for some problems he’s had, but he’s determined to work hard for his baptismal date. We gave him a blessing to resist temptation and be able to have the courage to stand up for what he’s been learning, a very spirit filled lesson, so now he has the baptismal date for the 4th of June.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Anyway, that was my week over here in San Cristobal with Elder De Jesus. It’s been hard sometimes as a zone leader because of all the meetings and conferences and interviews and exchanges so we don’t have much time to work in our own area but I know that the Lord wants me here doing what I’m doing – Inviting others to come unto Christ.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Love you all so much. I know this church is the same church that Christ organized when he was on the earth and that it’s been restored.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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Elder Jonathan Garth Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876244024066068321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162258305547996797.post-70107352216244009472016-05-23T10:44:00.002-07:002016-05-23T10:44:13.544-07:00Leadership Meeting and Distritc Conference<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Tuesday was the actual meeting and it was so incredible . . . . and long! The new assistants are making a lot of great changes in the mission; how we work and study and what not, this month, one of the mission goals is to work more with Family History. It’s always been a part of the mission goals but no one is focusing too much on it, so president has a new vision on how we should work with it.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">It was a great meeting and we talked about so many other things, I learned so much. Afterward we had the privilege of going to the temple. I LOVE the temple. I’m so lucky to have one in my mission and to be able to go. I’m not going to spend too much time talking about the temple but let me just say that I know the church is true and that part of the evidence of the truthfulness of the church are the temples.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Once we got back on Wednesday my companion got super sick and so we were in house for basically the whole week. I had my first zone meeting as zone leader though. It went pretty well but I feel like there is so much I need to work on. It’s hard enough to be district leader and lead 6 missionaries, but now I have to teach and help 18 missionaries. The pressure is a bit rough but I’ll get used to it.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">This weekend we had a great district conference. President George is just an amazing man and he knows EXACTLY what the district needs. It’s because he is so in tune with the spirit. <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Wow, this was an awful letter, im so sorry. The time we have in the cyber is limited and as zone leaders we have to send in the numbers for our zone. It’s a long story. I love you all, and can’t wait to hear from you next week. I promise that my next letter will be better!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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Elder Jonathan Garth Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876244024066068321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162258305547996797.post-40760539522976048242016-05-23T10:37:00.002-07:002016-05-23T10:37:36.012-07:00First week in San Christabol<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Monday I said goodbye to as many of the families, converts, and investigators in Tuxtla as I could.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Tuesday I got to San Cristobal and we went right to work, showing the new District leader and his companion their new area and meeting with the sister training leaders to plan our leader meeting for the next day.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Wednesday I met one of our incredible investigators named Freddy. He has all the church attendances and wants to get baptized, but his family and friends make fun of him because he’s meeting with us. We set a date with him for the 28th after teaching the discussion The Gospel of Jesus Christ. He’s excited but nervous about his family and friends. We’re working hard with him<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Anyway I better wrap things up here. Love and miss you all tons and can’t wait to tell you more about the area next week!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">San Cristobal is the dream area in the Tuxtla Gutierrez mission and I get to serve there. It’s nice and cool there! For instance right now in Tuxtla it’s 91 degrees and it’s going to hit 100 today. The high for San Cristobal today is 80 degrees and the rest of the week around 75 and it dips down into the low 50’s at night. Ahhhh, sweater weather, WOOHOO!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">This week was pretty good. I always write down what I did throughout the week on a post-it note so it’s easier to write you and write in my journal, but I left my other planner at the house, so I’ll try my best by memory . . . .<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">We kept teaching Cristian and he’s progressing pretty well. He wants to be baptized, even though his parents are only a little ok with it (they feel like th<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_745986904" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">e 4th of Ju</span></span>ne is too soon) but my companion and his new companion are going to visit him and his parents with the Young Men’s president and talk about his baptismal date.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Yareni loves the message of the Restoration and the Book of Mormon and is willing to read to know for herself if it’s true. We haven’t been able to meet with her boyfriend though. He’s really against religion, but yeah, that will be another project for my companion too!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">To be honest, that’s all that I can think of for the highlights of the week and I don’t have much time. It’s been hard and hot in the Aguilas Ward at times, but I’ve learned so much! I’m sad to leave the people that I have come to love here but I am so excited go to San Cristobal and get to work!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Saturday Yuriana (an old investigator from my other area in the ward) got baptized. It was an incredible experience. It’s been so great to see people I taught be able to progress so much. Carmen, Angela, Jorge, Yuriana, Adolfo. I look back 9 months ago and remember when I still hadn’t had a baptism yet and now I’ve been able to help so many people follow Christ’s example. I love being a missionary.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">This week we taught Sochi (it’s actually spelled Xochitl. It‘s Mayan). We taught her The Restoration and when we invited her to be baptized she said yes!!! She wasn’t able to come to church so we’re going to invite her again and put a date. She has a struggling teenage son, but every time we stop by to visit her he’s not there. Hopefully we can find him this week.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Christian is doing well. He read the pamphlets we left him and is a great learner. He said he prayed and got an answer that this is true but that he should wait a bit more!!! I hope a bit more is like a couple weeks!!! <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">We also found a new investigator names Yareni. She’s a young mother who isn’t married and is looking for the truth. Her boyfriend is a pretty hard hearted guy but he’s friends with a member who is his neighbor. We found her on Friday and she was really open to us. From the beginning she just opened up and started telling us about her life. It didn’t give us much time to teach her about the Restoration, but we’re going to teach her tomorrow and hopefully everything goes well.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">We’ve been having a bit of a difficulty finding some new investigators and helping those we have progress, but this week we had a ton of lessons with less actives. In our ward council we talked about an hour regarding problems with the less active members. So we figured that we need to start helping the ward grow and be strong before we can have a lot of people start joining the church. So that’s what we’re going to work on this week, getting more members active and THEN the ward will be ready to keep the new members there.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Anyway it was another super-hot week but we’re loving being missionaries. it’s been hard but I’m loving the work and loving the people.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 14pt;">We found 2 new investigators Ofelia and her mom Maria, they seem really interested, especially Ofelia. Ofelia is 19 and she was really intrigued in the restoration, especially the part about the Book of Mormon. They were unable to come to church on Sunday but this week they should be able to.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 14pt;">We met with Christian several times and he came to church and absolutely loved it, he’s definitely getting baptized. His parents are really catholic but they’re supportive to him listening to us and even said if he wants to join the church he can, but he needs to make the decision. So that’s awesome!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 14pt;">Anyway those are the highlights of this week. Sorry that there’s not much to tell you all. Oh, one other thing . . . . although Sunday we didn’t have many investigators to church we did see several less active members we have been visiting come to church with their families. So there was some fruit, just a different kind of fruit.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Adolfo is enduring to the end. He’s been having some hard moments but we’ve been visiting him and helping him with words of comfort, videos, and scriptures. We watched with him, Elder Holland’s talk last Sunday. After watching it he said, "that was just for me wasn’t it?" He bore his testimony in church on Sunday and got pretty emotional. It was a great testimony.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Me and my companion got up early one morning to BOX! . . . Ok, not really, but my companion is a boxer and so I told him, "hey, tomorrow morning you’re going to be my coach and teach me how to box!" So we did. I almost died. I haven’t done that much exercise for a long, long, time! Anyway it was fun . . . just wanted to share that with ya.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Ok, really it was a nice week, but I want to tell you about Saturday. It was so awesome. We had a great ward activity and also Carmen and Angela’s baptism. So the activity was called “One Day in the Mission.” I don’t know why, since it only lasted an hour but it was fun. So the way it worked is we gave the members that attended the activity a survey for the members to take to people in the area. The survey asked them things related to the restoration like: What do you know about prophets? And Do you believe there are prophets on the earth today? And How different do you think the world would be if everyone listened to the prophets counsel? And Would you like to learn more about a living prophet? So the members took 3 surveys and went out tracting and contacting people. The activity started pretty grim. With an attendance of about 10 adults and 6 youth. It didn’t look very promising. But after we got them all excited , we paired them up and sent them off. About an hour later and they were back and of the 5 companionships we made 17 referrals! The members saw many miracles and met many people who were interested. We go the idea from a brother in the ward that did it when he was a missionary and he had 22 baptisms from it. Now we’ll be working on contacting the referrals and hopefully will be teaching them. </span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">I can’t imaging how the activity would have been if the ward actually participated well. Anyway it was a great testimony builder for me and the few members who showed up.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Then we had the baptism. Due to the fact that we didn’t plan the baptism (remember, Carmen and Angela now live in the sisters area) it was an honor to participate in it. I was able to baptize them Saturday and then Sunday my companion confirmed them. They bore their testimonies on Sunday as well. Carmen got pretty emotional. She’s a great lady with not much education but she bore a simple and pure testimony, as did Angela.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Anyway it was a great experience teaching Carmen and Angela and then seeing them join the Church. It has been a great week. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Sorry for the very unorganized letter but I love and miss you all tons. I know the Lord answers prayers and I know he wants us to be the best we can be and he’s willing to help us if we do our part.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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Elder Jonathan Garth Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876244024066068321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162258305547996797.post-26022036860094824712016-04-18T12:56:00.001-07:002016-04-18T12:56:12.820-07:00General Conference!<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Tuesday we moved houses and wow! our new house is awesome! We had a lot of help from the youth in the ward and so it got done pretty quickly. And our new house looks American! It’s the best house I’ve ever had, I’ll send pics next week . . . all it needs is AC!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">We found a new kid named Christian, he’s a referral from a recent convert. They’re both 13 years old and Christian is a little timid, but he’s great. We gained his confidence pretty quickly and got him laughing, he said he’s had missionaries visit him several times but he’s always said no. Recently he starting going to mutual and he’s loving it. He already wants to be a member of the church, but sadly he couldn’t come to conference, but next week he should be coming to church.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">We also had a great lesson with a part-member family, the man is named Gustavo and his spouse is Dora, they’re not married. He’s been really casual about the fact that they’re not married and his girlfriend (the member) wants to get married because she knows it’s what she needs to do. So we talked about The Family a Proclamation to the World. We were straightforward and there was no beating around the bush. As we went through it paragraph by paragraph he started to realize what he needed to do. The spirit was strong and after we read it and talked about it, I asked him "So Gustavo, what do you need to do first to comply with what we just read?" and he said "Well, I need to get married" It was a great lesson and we were definitely led by the Spirit. We’re going over tonight to talk about the temple with them so that his goal won’t just be marriage, it will be eternal marriage.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">We had other lessons with the other investigators but because of time, I want to talk about general conference . . . . What a conference! So many answers to prayers and was perfect for what we need not only as members of the Church, but the whole world. President Nelson’s talk especially impacted me. The Lord has no need for me if I have only the priesthood authority but no power. He needs men with the authority AND POWER. We need to be the kind of priesthood holders God can count on. Only with that power can we as men serve others and support our families and achieve happiness. The more Christ-like attributes we develop the more priesthood power we will have. Then elder Holland’s talk . . . . what a finish! That talk was definitely an answer to MANY prayers. Not just mine, but to the whole Church. God WANTS to bless us, we just need to keep trying. The Lord blesses those who WANT to improve. Heaven is rooting for us.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">I’m so grateful to live in this dispensation, with Thomas S. Monson and the Twelve Apostles being led by our savior. There’s no other path to take, no other option, this is the Lord’s church and I know that it’s true. I can’t deny it nor will I ever. I’ve seen too any miracles and felt too many spiritual impressions to be able to do so.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">PS: Congrats Dax on your mission call to Bolivia! My mission president served there and wow, does he have some great stories! Read Preach my Gospel and if you can, go out with the missionaries in your ward often.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">So . . . this week was great and hard and HOTTTTT! I’m really used to working in the bottom part of the ward because that was my old area. So this week we did a lot of exploring and contacting and finding new investigators. So all in all, this is what happened this week . . . .<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">We found a new investigator named Yamili. She’s a Seventh Day Adventist, but not active. Her husband passed away about 7 years ago and she has several small children. We taught her about the restoration and she said she seems willing to make changes. She knows the Book of Mormon is true!!!! So that’s pretty cool!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Sylvia is the referral we contacted about 2 weeks ago. She’s awesome! She has read part of the Book of Mormon and says she feels peace when we teach her. Right now we’re just trying to help her recognize the Spirit and keep on teaching her and get the youth involved with her.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Yuriana is also passing through some rough times. We don’t exactly know what it is but we know she’s having some family issues. She didn’t come to church on Sunday, but this week we taught about the atonement. She had no idea that Jesus made such a sacrifice for us. She knew he came to the earth and died but that’s it. She didn’t know why. So it was a special lesson we had with her.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Well it was a great week and we saw many miracles. I love being a missionary. I know that Jesus lives and that we as members of the Church don’t celebrate his death, we celebrate his life and resurrection . I love the gospel and I know that sometimes we don’t understand everything about the church or the gospel, but if we act with faith, everything works out.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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Elder Jonathan Garth Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876244024066068321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162258305547996797.post-68771649383919553162016-03-27T08:33:00.002-07:002016-03-27T08:33:10.456-07:00Jeorge's baptism<div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12.8px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0pt; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="background: white; color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">We have transfers. I’m staying here in Aguilas and my companion is going to the mountains of Chiapas to a little city called Yajalon! He’s super excited but at the same time nervous. It can get a little sketchy there. But my new companion comes tomorrow and then next week were going to divide our area again and were going to have sister missionaries in the ward!!! They’re going to be in my old area Aguilas 2 (It’s where I was before the trio, it’s the nicer part of our area), which in a way stinks for me because our next 3 baptisms are in that area! But oh well. I’m still counting Carmen, Angela and Yuriana (spoiler alert) as my converts! Anyway let’s talk about the week chronologically.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Thursday we met with Adolfo . . . . I REALLY want you guys to meet him! He’s such an amazing man. He went home teaching this week with brother Sanchez and told us afterwards "what church cares so much about their members that they visit them like this, not any other church but the Church of Christ" then he started crying and said "you guys have no idea how much you’ve done for me! Thank you so so much" I love how amazing Adoflo is and I’m so happy that God chose me to be one of the missionaries to help him.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Friday we had a movie night at the church. It went ok. There were a lot of technical difficulties and the young men burned a bag and a half of popcorn before actually getting it right, but it was awesome. We watched Meet the Mormons and everyone seemed to love it, especially Jorge and Angela.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Saturday was a fantastic day. Everything went just about perfect for the baptism (YES THERE WAS WATER IN THE TANK) Elder Perez got to baptize Jorge so he was really happy about that. Once Jorge was baptized, his mom Carmen was crying. Her and Angela are excited for their baptism on the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_758597079" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">9th of April</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and so are we! <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">It was an awesome week with so many miracles. The Lord answers prayers. ALWAYS. Just 6 months ago I was so worried because I didn’t have a baptism. Now I know that the Lord was preparing me for the Aguilas ward.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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Elder Jonathan Garth Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876244024066068321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162258305547996797.post-12609665950803736622016-03-21T14:10:00.002-07:002016-03-21T14:10:51.032-07:00Last week in a trio<div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12.8px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0pt; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="background: white; color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">This was our last week in a trio.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_309342104" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Friday</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>at our multi zone conference, pres. talked to us and asked Elder Rosas if he could go to another area because another elder had knee surgery and went home so his companion was without a companion. So that was a miracle in and of itself. Now Elder Perez and I are happy and already seeing miracles!</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">We visited Carmen and her family a couple times this week and Jorge is going to get baptized<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_309342111" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Saturday</span></span>!!!!! WOOHOO! We also put a baptismal date for Carmen and Angela and they said yes to the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_309342112" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">9th of April</span></span>! So were super pumped and they also came to church!!!!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Well family, sorry for the randomness of the letter. There’s so little time to tell you about everything and there’s so much we have to do now for the baptism. We’re going to be seeing Meet the Mormons<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_309342115" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Friday</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>so we have to plan for that as well. I love and miss you all so much and I know the church is true and that God loves us! I’ll try to make the next letter make sense! <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Being in a trio is hard sometimes. I don’t want to publicly talk about our problems (that will be something for when I get home) but all you need to know is it's been hard. I prayed a lot this week and can’t tell you how many times I found a scripture or had someone tell me something or had overwhelming peace that let me know everything is going to be alright. It was very stressful sometimes, but the Lord brought so much comfort to me. If you want to know some of my answers, look up the talk by D. Todd Christofferson called "As Many as I Love, I Rebuke and Chasten". There’s a scripture, D&C 136: 31, that really helped me know what God’s will and plans were.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Part of the stress and frustration of this week was also that our investigators are having a hard time progressing. On top of that Adolfo was hospitalized this week. He got pneumonia, and for a 72 year old with cancer, that can be deadly. Thankfully he’s much better right now and everything looks like it will be alright.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">The week wasn’t all trials, something great also happened this week. We have 2 new investigators, Alfredo and Mary. They have actually been investigating the Church for a year now. Why do we still visit them you may ask? Because they come to church and want to be baptized. Now I know you are wondering why they haven’t been baptized. Because they’re not married. However . . . . on Thursday we went to the Registro civil (don’t know what it is in English) to get their daughter’s birth certificate and now that they have that, they can get married!!!! So basically at the end of April, we have 2 sure baptisms!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">It was a rough week but I’m still thankful for it. I don’t know what I would do without trials. The mission honestly wouldn’t be the best 2 years without them and I am a better missionary because of them.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Love you all so much and thank you for the letters. Also, thank you for the Christmas letters Aunt Sandy and Aunt Jessica, I just got them this week. <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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Elder Jonathan Garth Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876244024066068321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162258305547996797.post-33932191010374909272016-03-21T14:01:00.001-07:002016-03-21T14:01:05.497-07:00New investigators<div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; color: #222222; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12.8px/16pt arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0pt; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">It was a good week. I love being a missionary and seeing the Lord answer prayers. He has answered many with the trials and blessing of last week.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">We visited Adolfo this week and had a great lesson with him. He even called us on Monday and said "I have so much to tell you guys but I’ll wait till our lesson on Tuesday to tell you". Even though he’s an elderly man he has the excitement of a little kid. I love the guy, he’s so great! When we met him for his lesson he talked about how he had a ton of miracles happen to him on Monday and a lot of prayers answered as well. He lost a very important medical card that he needs for his medicine and cancer treatments and prayed to find it, then one of his co-workers walked up to him and said "Adolfo you dropped this". The doctor says he has the blood pressure of an 18 year old kid (he was especially excited about that), and many other things. As he expressed his excitement, he started to cry, then he said "I never thought the Lord would answer my prayers so fast. I never could have imagined that I could feel so happy". It was hard not to cry right along with him. I love being a missionary.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">We found a new investigator named Mario and his brother Luigi . . . . just kidding. But yeah, the man’s name is Mario and we contacted him in the street. We stopped by his house and taught him the restoration. He wasn’t surprised or doubtful regarding the part of Joseph Smith restoring the gospel, but of course had never heard of prophets in our day. He said he is willing to pray and read.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">We found another new investigator named Rolando. He’s a construction worker that’s working on the house of one of the members and he went with them to the stake conference! So we talked with him Sunday. He’s a great guy. He’s not highly educated but he’s willing to find out for himself if this message is true.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Friday I got my ingrown toenail taken out . . . . again! I’m turning into a real Mexican! It was sad because it was the same toe as last time, but this time on the other side of the nail. When we walked into the place, the same lady that took out my ingrown toenail last time was the one who took it out this time. As I sat in the seat I apologized for making her touch my gringo feet again. She laughed and said "don’t worry, you have like 7 other companions that come in often for the same problem" I’M NOT THE ONLY ONE!!! We did divisions on Friday and Saturday and I was still able to do the work! <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">We had a great experience with Jose Luis this week. When we visited his family, he asked for a blessing. He has diabetes and has been really weak and bad on his sugar levels. We gave him a blessing and as we did so the spirit filled the room. He started to cry as we promised him he would be healed and that his Heavenly Father has a plan for him. I’m honored and yet humbled to hold the priesthood of God.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">This was a good week and full of different experiences. I love representing the Lord. I know that he lives and that this is his work and that it will not be stopped. I love and miss you all tons and thank you for the letters and support.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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Elder Jonathan Garth Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876244024066068321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162258305547996797.post-50086465770225318472016-03-06T07:53:00.002-08:002016-03-06T07:53:29.483-08:00Adolfos baptism <div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12.8px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0pt; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">So Monday the pope came to Tuxtla. It was crazy because we got to see it from the roof of our house! He came in a helicopter and landed in the Jaguar soccer stadium. We could hear the music that was playing from our house! It was so crazy. I took a video so hopefully you can see it.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">On Tuesday we met with our investigator named Carlos and had a great lesson with him. He’s an investigator who has a lot of problems and has gone through a whole ton of stuff in his life. Without going into details, he REALLY needs the restored gospel! As we taught him he expressed his doubts he asked us "how did you guys come to know all this is true" so we all shared our conversion stories and afterward he said " you have powerful testimonies. Thank you for sharing with me. I know what I need to do. I need to read and pray" it was awesome! We had our last lesson with our investigator Adolfo Sarmillento Canel and talked about repentance. It was a great lesson and a great topic to go over before his baptism. We taught Carmen and her family about prophets and they were glad to hear that we have a prophet today.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Thursday we helped a less active sister paint her little beauty shop. Well, it’s going to be a beauty shop anyway. It was fun but took WAY longer that we thought it would. We were there for 3 hours before we left and still didn’t finish completely. We’ll go back Wednesday I think to finish everything.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Friday we had our multi zone activity. We went to the zoo!!!! it was nice I guess, as nice as a zoo in southern Mexico can get, but it was pretty cool. It was a zoo with all the animals of Chiapas. There were monkeys and ant eaters and leopards and pumas, it was pretty cool. It was also great to be with all the missionaries and ex companions! <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Saturday was the coolest and most stressful day of my life! So we got to the church at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_574836766" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">3:00</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to start filling up the font. The bathroom was a disaster so we had to clean that up and take out the trash too. As we were doing that we noticed that the water wasn’t flowing much, so we went out back and checked the water. . . . we were out of water. The sad thing is that the day before we checked EVERYTHING, the boiler, the drain, the piano and TV. . . . but not the water tank. (Mexico problems). So long story short, we called a water truck to fill up the tank and the font! It was the most stressed hour of my life! but everything went perfectly afterward. Wangela and Jorge came to the baptism and loved it and Adolfo had some of his friends come too. It was such a great moment. Adolfo said at the end of his baptism "I don’t know how I can repay you guys, I feel as light as a feather, and I’ve never been so happy". Sunday he was confirmed and received the Aaronic priesthood!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Love and miss ya all tons and thanks for your love and support!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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Elder Jonathan Garth Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876244024066068321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162258305547996797.post-29887609995895500432016-03-06T07:43:00.002-08:002016-03-06T07:43:51.731-08:00Conference with Elder Oaks<div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12.8px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0pt; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Adolfo didn’t get baptized. He drank his last coffee on Saturday so he’ll be baptized this coming Saturday! We’re excited for that and thankfully he still is too, after having to push his date back over and over again.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">The other Carmen and her kids are doing good as well. We’re going to have a FHE with them and with the ward mission leader who happens to be a former mission president. Seriously our ward is incredible!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">We found a new investigator this week named Isis. She’s a single mom but is looking for the truth. She was catholic but attended a Seventh Day Adventist school and almost got baptized there but didn’t feel right about it. We contacted her last week and she said when we contacted her she felt something very special. <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Ok, now for Elder Oaks . . . .it was awesome!!! I think there are pictures of the conference on the LDS Mexico facebook page, though I’m not sure since I can’t go on facebook but the members say there are pics! Anyway, so we had to be at the stake center at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1715517515" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">7:30</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in the morning. The whole mission was there so we got situated and waited for him to come in. He arrived at about<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1715517516" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">9:30</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and he was accompanied by Elder Clayton and their wives. We got to shake their hands one by one and that was cool! When I shook Elder Oak’s hand, I said "it’s so nice to meet you Elder Oaks" and he said, "Oh it’s so nice to meet you too Elder Hunt" IT WAS AWESOME!!! The conference was great as well. He and Elder Clayton talked about so many things. One topic that I loved was when they talked about the importance of teaching repentance thoroughly before inviting the investigators to baptism. "We don’t want investigators converted to “the Church”, we want investigators converted to the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ", so true. Then he talked about how we need to prepare the investigators for baptism. Pres. George talked about that as well. He talked about the parable of the sower for a bit and then said how we get good soil. He talked about how the soil needs to be prepared for our investigators to grow in the church and the gospel. They need friends in the church, good teaching, people to share hymns with and others to welcome them when they come to church, then they will feel the spirit and be converted to the gospel.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Sunday we had another conference with Elder Benjamin de Oyos of The Seventy. It was an awesome conference. Only Adolfo came to church so he’s the only one that has a baptismal date but were working on that this week<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Such a great week full of experiences that are truly unforgettable. I love being a missionary and love serving the Lord!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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Elder Jonathan Garth Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03876244024066068321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162258305547996797.post-57629998949471641402016-02-14T08:34:00.003-08:002016-03-06T07:44:11.957-08:00Hard work and answered prayers<div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12.8px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0pt; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">So being in a trio has its ups and downs. It was a rough start to be honest. We were not used to teaching with 3 people and had some pretty lame lessons, so that was frustrating. We were having some other little problems with studying and decision making because were covering two areas and it was just really hard to adjust. So<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_436949784" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Monday</span></span>and Tuesday night, I prayed for help and a little relief, and that’s exactly what I got. It’s so amazing to see the hand of the Lord in all things and I know that he really does work in mysterious ways.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Wednesday morning we got a phone call from the assistants. I answered and they needed one of us to accompany an elder to the hospital for some surgery he was going to have on his leg and I accepted. When I got to the mission home I was able to see two of the best missionaries ever, they were heading home: Elder Reyesleyva (my papa) and Elder Spence (my zone leader from Comitan) it was so great to see them and catch up with each other! They’re such great elders and so dang funny. I’m going to miss them. After that I met up with Elder Caredenas (the missionary that was going to have surgery) and we headed over to the hospital. He’s from Peru and has been out on his mission for about a year. Sadly he’s going home to recuperate from the surgery. It was nice talking with him about our missions and the differences between the USA, Mexico and Peru. It also gave me time to catch up in my journal, PMG, and the scriptures. When I got back to the area I was refreshed and filled with energy and ready to work, and that’s exactly what we did.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Adolfo is doing great as well. So far so good with the Word of Wisdom and the lessons. He came to church yesterday and everything was going good for his baptismal date until we got the awesome news that Elder Oaks is coming to Tuxtla AGAIN!!!! I’m so excited, but he’s coming Saturday morning and that’s when we had Adolfo’s baptism planned. We can’t to it in the afternoon so we’re thinking of doing it<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_436949786" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Sunday</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>because it will be stake conference and he won’t be confirmed until NEXT week anyway. So basically, everything is great with Adolfo!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Saturday was a crazy awesome day. We went on divisions for the whole day and so we had a TON of lessons with members, a total of 20 for the whole week!!! (that’s a good thing)<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">Just a great eventful week and I know you’re all going to hate me because it’s a really un-detailed letter but don’t worry mom, I’m still writing in my journal and I’ll explain EVERYTHING when I get home!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: 11.5pt;">PS . . . . Happy birthday Madeline and Ciera, I hope it was fantastic. Miss you both a ton!</span><br />
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