Familia y Amigos!
Hola! How is everyone? Man... can you all believe that I am halfway through my time here at the MTC now? I only have 17 out of my 18 months in my mission left!! Sheeeesh how time flies here! At the same time it feels like I've been here forever. Real life is slowing fading away... it almost seems like there was no real life before the mission. It's so good though, I am changing and becoming much much more focused on what I am here to do. This week was a big turning point for me. But I will talk about that in a bit! :)
AWKWARDS, INCOMODOS, Y CHISTES
- tripping up the stairs in the huge gym after a devotional. Yep... I lost my shoe. It was great
- did I talk last week about how I realized I have a hole in the backside of my sweat pants, my leggings, and a hole in the armpit of one of my t-shirts? Yep.... so glad I have been wearing those around in public!
- this week I made the rather large mistake of sharing some personal information with some kids in my zone during lunch... I won't go into detail of what it is but lets just say I get teased now. every. day. without. fail. I guess that's what I get!
- our 'investigator'... the one who prayed for football and food, this week he told us he couldn't be baptized because he's scared of water and doesn't want to drown. bahahaha. he has been our favorite investigator so far :)
AWESOMES
- ah so many awesomes! Well first off, Gerald Lund (who wrote the work and the glory) spoke at our devotional on Tuesday. It was incredible! He talked about faith and the steps to faith, and how we have to open our hearts to the Lord and choose to have faith. I realized that it is so silly to doubt... what do we have to lose?
- gym time! I have been running during gym (yes everyone.. you heard me.. Linsey Hunt has been running. Yes every step is painful and miserable just as it always has been {for those of you who don't know I have always hated running} BUT it's not as bad as I thought! :) I actually kinda like it.... weird how the mission changes you :) haha). This week I made a goal to not eat any desserts. That obviously went out the window when I got 3 packages that same day filled with enough goodies to last my whole mission :) hahaha
- Packages! 3 in one day! Whew! Thank you thank you thank you Mom and Missy and Emmeline and Emily! Ahh they were all wonderful. Don't worry I am sharing all of the food with my roomies. Miss, the best part was the pictures :) ahhh I miss all of those kids so much! Send as many pictures as you want, all the time!! And Emme and Em... I loved the letter with all of your updates!! Congrats to Catherine on the pregnancy. Will one of you send me one of your addresses? I want to write you guys back! :) Also everyone who wrote me this week-thanks for all of the wonderful letters!!
- The talk 'The Fourth Missionary'. I haven't finished it yet but it has already changed my whole mission, and life!! (thanks sooo much Krista G. for sending it!! And for the adorable notepad, I have already been using it a lot! You are so sweet! Tell your fam hi!) I have been learning A LOT this week about our duty in life, and how we need to decide who we want to be, and be that person. We are in complete control of ourselves and we have the ability to literally do ANYTHING we want to do and be ANYONE we want to be with the help of the Lord. This week I have really began to lose focus on things back home, and the real life, and have really started to give my whole self to the Lord and dedicate every second and every thought to him and this work. It is incredible the power we all have as individuals and the ability we have to gain control over ourselves by being obedient to the commandments. They don't bind us, but make us free because we gain strength and power over ourselves. Sorry I am rambling and am all over the place! But this week was so awesome, I have learned so much and have already been changed so much! Here are some great quotes from the week:
- "Your life's greatest work is YOURSELF. What are you going to do about it?"
- "You not only CAN but DO change all the time. To believe that weaknesses and deficiencies in your character are unchangeable is to reject the central truth of the plan of salvation. You are right now the sum total of what you have thought, said, seen, heard, and done. You are responsible for who you are and you are responsible for who you will become"
- "Selective obedience isn't obedience at all"
Ok familia.. no more time. But all I have to say is that this gospel is absolutely true and is absolutely incredible. It truly is the only way... I hope you all take your callings in this life seriously. It is SO easy to fall, and it is SO important to stay steadfast. Most importantly, it is SO important to have charity, to love every person you meet the way that Christ loves them. Charity Never Faileth! We all have an incredible power inside of us and combined with the help of the Lord we can do literally anything. Each person has the power to change the entire world. Don't make excuses for yourself, you and the Lord are the only 2 who really know how well you're doing and how hard you're trying. Reach up to your potential, and never forget how high your potential really is!! You are all incredible. Thank you so much for your examples, your strength, and your support! Never settle for less than what you're worth... you all mean the world to me and you all have the power to be whoever you want to be. You are all amazing! LES AMO! :)
--Hermana Hunt
Me with Sister Bowen, from our Branch Presidency
Our group at the temple
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