4-16-2012

Hermanas at the bus terminal

Kissing a pig

Pumping well water

Exploring the jungle

My poor shoes!

Argentine Mud

Cow Stomach for lunch

MTC Buddies

Buenas!!

Well, this week you all get a lot of great pictures, since I haven´t been able to send any the last couple of weeks and we have had some great adventures! Hermana Jaurez has been with us in a trio since her new companion hasn´t been able to get her visa and is stuck in Mexico.  This is I think the 5th or 6th time that she has been with us, so we have officially decided that we can count each other as companions since we have at least 6 weeks worth of time together now, haha.  It has been a blast!  My new companion Hermana Hobbs is AWESOME! The only problem we have together is that we stay up too late in bed because we can´t stop talking, hahah.  We have had an awesome week with the 3 of us, despite the drama of having to work in 2 areas.

A few highlights of the week... 

AKWARDS, INCOMODOS, Y CHISTOSOS

·         well, I only have one for this week, but it is definitely a good one.  This week, we had the lovely opportunity of eating mondongo with a member family. Mondongo in some countries is also called pansa de vaca.  For those of you who don´t speak spanish, that translates to COW STOMACH. Yes. It was as bad as it sounds. I almost threw up. Hahah. BUT, I DID eat it! And my full plate too. Well... almost. Luckily Hermana Jaurez was sitting next to me and she knew what that was like for americans so while the members weren´t looking she stole a few pieces off of my plate and ate it for me, hahah. But my poor companion had an ENTIRE plate full... way more than any of the rest of us, and she tried one bite and just couldn´t do it.  The members saw that she wasn´t really eating and asked if she didn´t like it, and she thought for a minute... and finally just shook her head. hahah. So they took it away and gave her something else. She felt SO bad, but she just couldn´t do it! I sent a picture of us all at lunch. Our faces may look happy, but our tummies definitely weren´t, haha.  I was feeling it in my stomach all day. Whew... glad to have that experience over! Now to make it even better... we were talking with one of our investigators later about the experience and we told her it was ´interesting´ trying mondongo.  Somehow she took that as ´awesome´ and invited us to lunch for this week so she could make mondongo marinera for us.  We have no idea how we´re going to get out of that situation now... hahah

AWESOMES

·         this week was awesome for a few reasons:

1.    we are in a trio, which=fiesta all the time!

2.    we have been able to find some really great people this last week that actually are progressing... I am feeling the work pick up a little bit!! lets keep our fingers crossed :)

3.    today for P-day we went to a member´s house in Hermana Jaurez´s area to hang out at their little farm and explore the jungle, which happens to be their backyard. It was Awesome!! Unfortunately we didn´t get to see any exotic animals :( they were all hiding.. but they told us that there are monkeys and tucans and everything!  I sent some pictures, it was an awesome day! AMO ARGENTINA :)

This week for my spiritual thought I am going to share a little bit of what I shared in church this last week.  Our branch president asked us 2 minutes before sacrament meeting started if we could give a 10 minute talk on missionary work to excite the teens about serving missions, haha.  I just shared a few scriptures in Alma 26 and my feelings about my mission so far.  Here is verse 16 from Alma 26

 16 Therefore, let us glory, yea, we will glory in the Lord; yea, we will rejoice, for our joy is full; yea, we will praise our God forever. Behold, who can glory too much in the Lord? Yea, who can say too much of his great power, and of his mercy, and of his long-suffering towards the children of men? Behold, I say unto you, I cannot say the smallest part which I feel.

I love this scripture.  This whole chapter is really great actually... I love how much Ammon just rejoices because of how great the Lord is in helping him and the other missionaries bring the gospel to the lamanites.  I feel the same way as him when he says ´I cannot say the smallest part which I feel´... when I was sharing my testimony I couldn´t express even the smallest part of what I feel for my mission up until now.  It has absolutely changed my life.  It´s not easy.  There are a lot of ups and downs, and maybe even more downs than ups.  But the special times are SO special, that it is worth every single little trial one has to go through in the mission, just for that one moment.  I am SO grateful for this decision I have made to serve a mission.  I would not for one second take it back.  Every day I am gaining a stronger testimony and loving the people here more and more.  Some days we are just walking down the dusty roads or sitting on the bus and I look out and think about how much I love this country, and how hard it is going to be to leave when my time comes to go home.  I am so grateful to my Father in Heaven and especially to my Savior for allowing me to have this incredible experience, and helping me every day to improve and try a little harder to love and serve the people here in this part of the world.

Thanks everyone for your love and support.  Les queiro a todos!!

--Hermanita Hunt

P.s. Hna. Payne ahh thanks for your email!! I´m going to send you a letter this next week and I am going to try and get a letter from the flia Ortiz and Hna. Jaurez to send with it.. the Flia Ortiz still always talks about you and they told me they want to write you. Also, yes I did find out the Lucas finally got baptized a few weeks ago!!!!!!!! Even better... Lorena, who hadn´t been to church in probably 2 or 3 months, went to his baptism, and shared her testimony, and called him her dad. MILAGROS!!! Te queiro hermanita!!

04-09-2012

Hello fam and friends!

Well.. this week was pretty exciting! As exciting as it can get here in Parque at least! Here´s a recap of the week...

Wednesday-got my new comp! Her name is Hermana Kristina Hobbs. She is from Arizona and it SUPER awesome!! She is super super sweet and fun, and we get along really well. She´s a nurse (which is great, I´ve already learned weird medical stuff that I never knew existed haha) and she has 5 months total in the mission, she just finished being trained in Resistencia. We will have a lot of fun together and will work hard together!

Thursday-we may or may not have gotten a little visit from Dusty and Allison! Hahah. It was so fun!! We met them in the terminal Thursday morning and went and had lunch there, and then went to the pension to drop off their stuff. While we worked they got to go see Centro in Formosa and even ran into and talked to a member family in our ward who we were supposed to have lunch with that day, haha! Thanks so so much for coming out of your way to see me! It was super great. And NO don´t worry, it didn´t even make me trunky in the least bit. :) Haha.. it was just fun to see them!

Also Thursday morning my companion Hermana Mamani went home! It was sad to see her go but I´m excited for her! She was a really great companion and I learned a LOT from her.. one of the most loving and Christ-like people I know

Saturday-our only progressing investigator, Myriam, dropped us. She told us she wants to continue in her evangelical church (which she wasn´t active in when we found her). It was actually really hard. We have been dropped tons of times but I have never been dropped so often as I have in this area. It was especially hard with her though because she was doing everything... reading, praying, coming to church, etc. but her heart was closed to the answer and in the end she told us that she didn´t really want to receive an answer. I have never cried when an investigator has dropped us before, but when she told us she didn´t want us to visit her anymore I couldn´t help it. I walked away sobbing.. it was really weird and really sad. I think the more I am understanding the gospel and the more I am being converted, the harder it is to see people choose not to accept it.. especially when they are already so close, and when they are someone I care about so much. It was an interesting experience that I will never forget. I will continue to pray for her and have hope that someday she will make the decision to accept it.

Friday-I might have hit 9 months. ouch. It is really weird. I don´t know how I feel about it, haha. Don´t worry, I took some great ¨9-month¨ pictures.. one with allison and one in my apartment

Sunday-hardly anyone was in church, and we had no investigators there

Well.. as far as the work goes, it may look a little disappointing. Which it is, BUT, life goes on and WE are learning a lot, which is a plus! Also, I know that none of our efforts are in vain. It doesn´t matter if we don´t get to see any of the success that we have... what is most important is that we are doing our best and improving every day to be more like Christ and to share his gospel, and our efforts will make a difference in somebody´s life.

Scripture of the week-- 1 Corinthians 8:1

1 Now ^aas touching things offered unto ^bidols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but ^ccharity ^dedifieth.

I have been thinking about this scripture this week. Sometimes we worry so much about being so perfect and doing everything right and knowing everything and being smart, etc... but when we worry about this things and don´t worry about LOVE, we become puffed up instead of edifieth. When I think about the word puffed up, I think of a marshmallow, hahah. But something that is false.. something that is not firm, not made of real solid material, just falsely large. But edifieth... it is something that is solid, built up, strong, established, made of real matter that won´t fall down with time. I hope that we all can always focus on Christ, and what HE thinks of us, and what HE wants us to be, instead of what the world wants us to be, or our neighbors, or our friends, etc. In the mission I feel like I see this a lot... people worrying about the numbers, the positions, being a ´great missionary´ instead of a ´great servant´, and the difference is who you are trying to please... other people (missionaries, members, etc.), or the Lord. I hope we can all always have our focus on pleasing the Lord!

Well.. I hope all is well at home! I love you all and am so grateful for all of your love and support!

LES QUIERO! BESITOS!
--Hermanita Hunt

04-02-2012

Family and Friends--
Well.... this week was super crappy. All of our progressing investigators dropped us and we seriously have NO ONE to teach. We get rejected everyday and no one wants to talk about, and it has been
super hard. I am kind of thinking about coming home early.
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 APRIL FOOLS!!!!!
 
 
 
Hahaha, I am so funny. Ok ok so that was a really bad joke, hahah but they don`t celebrate April Fools here so I had to do something since I didn`t get to play any jokes on Sunday! :) No.. things are actually
going great! Although it is true that we really don`t have any progressing investigators haha things are great. It seems like we find some really great people and then within days they drop us. But we do have one lady who is progressing and we are really hoping and praying hard for her. We are working hard though and things are great!! I am learning so much and loving everyday!
 
AWKWARDS INCOMODOS Y CHISTOSOS
-one for this week... so it`s always really fun when people realize that you`re from the US and they think they are so cool and start throwing out the few english words that they know. This week we walked past a group of 10 year old boys playing soccer and they started calling out stuff. As usual, we kept walking pretending like we didn`t hear them. However, I couldn`t help but bust out laughing when one of them yelled `Hey baby!!`. hahahah. Yes... hey baby, from a 10 year old. Only in Argentina!!
 
AWESOMES
-so our one progressing investigator, Myriam, is awesome. She has a lot of doubts but she is also very sensitive to the spirit and can feel the truthfulness of the gospel. The other night we went to see
her late at night because we were worried because we hadn`t heard anything from her for a few days and she didn`t show up to an appointment and hadn`t been answering our calls. We came just at the
right time. She was really struggling and satan has been working on her so hard... putting tons of doubts in her mind. We had a nice little chat with her and then we closed with a prayer. While I was saying the prayer, I felt the spirit really strongly and I could just feel so strongly how much our Heavenly Father loves her. I prayed for her, and we all felt the spirit, and after the prayer I saw that she was crying. She told us that she could feel the love so strongly, and that she really needed it that night. That moment in that night will always stay in my mind. When we are in tune with the spirit, we are able to be there for people when they really need someone. More and more I am falling in love with the people here and really recognizing God`s love for each of them, for me, and for everyone.
 
Another awesome would of course be CONFERENCE!!! It was so awesome! I loved every minute and it flew by way too fast. A few highlights from my favorite talks...
 
-what we do on a day-to-day basis is our biggest sacrifice
-acting on even a twig of faith allows God to grow it
-we must not be weary in what we do.. we are doing a grand work!!
-does my countenance reflect the Savior`s light?
-following the spirit=doing the Lord`s will... it is the key to
success in all areas of our lives!
-there is NEVER justification for resentment
-`don`t judge me because I sin differently than you` (one of my
favorite lines from conference!)
-it is the merciful who will receive the mercy from God
-where your treasures are, there will your heart be also. What is
most important in life? And am I devoting all of my thoughts, actions,
and time on these things?
-that which comes from above is SACRED... we must take care of it and
take advantage of it, or we won`t receive it anymore!
-does my life reflect my love and devotion to the Savior?
 
Just a few little notes that I wrote down in my agenda from my conference notes. I especially loved the talks by President Monson, Elder Scott, Elder Holland, and others! I hope you all were able to watch all four sessions and if not.. go and look them up now! I promise you will receive inspiration and things that will help you with whatever trials you are passing through right now.
 
This week my companion goes home so I will get a new one this Wednesday. Time is passing by SO fast. This Friday I may or may not hit my 9 month mark. YIKES!
 
Bueno.. I hope all is well with everyone! LES QUIERO MUCHO!!
 
--Hermanita Hunt

03-26-2012

Hermana's Hunt and Manami

Lizard Friends, they are Everywhere!

Good-bye to Hermana Green

Miriam and Franco

Hello Family and Friends!

Not a whole lot to write this week.  This transfer has been a rough one but it has flown by really fast, and I have learned A LOT!  Things are looking a lot better now.. we found a lot of really great people this week that are really ready to receive the gospel.  Although we still only had one investigator in church, things are looking up and we`re working closely with some people that can really progress. This week in my journal I have been writing down each night why this day of my mission was significant.  My whole week has changed... I don`t know if it`s just because of my attitude or because the work is really changing haha but I have started to recognize and value little miracles that happen every day.  The Lord is blessing us for our hard work, and we are learning a lot!  

Something special about today... well, it was exactly one year ago today (I think! haha) that I went to a post office in Provo to pick up a big fat white envelope that had `Sister Linsey Hunt` written on it. Yep... it was exactly one year ago that I found out that I would be leaving July 6th to serve for 18 months in a foreign land, in the grand mission ARGENTINA RESISTENCIA.  What an exciting time that was! I think about that day and all of the emotions I felt.  I am SO grateful to be here.  To be on a mission, as a representative of Jesus Christ, bringing the gospel to all of our Heavenly Father`s children here.  I know this is where I need to be in this moment.  I know that my call was inspired by God, and that I am doing exactly what I need to be doing right now! What an incredible experience this has been so far, and will continue to be for the next 9 months! 

Scripture of the week... 3 Nephi 2:1-2

 1 And it came to pass that thus passed away the ninety and fifth year also, and the people began to forget those ^asigns and wonders which they had heard, and began to be less and less astonished at a sign or a wonder from heaven, insomuch that they began to be hard in their hearts, and blind in their minds, and began to disbelieve all which they had heard and seen—

 2 ^aImagining up some vain thing in their hearts, that it was wrought by men and by the power of the devil, to lead away and^bdeceive the hearts of the people; and thus did Satan get possession of the hearts of the people again, insomuch that he did blind their eyes and lead them away to believe that the doctrine of Christ was a ^cfoolish and a vain thing.

I highlighted a few things that stood out to me.  This is so true! I feel like this happens a lot.  I have been thinking a lot about the importance of the word REMEMBER.  Like it says here, the people started to FORGET the miracles that they had seen, and had started to disbelieve and justify... convincing themselves that the things that they had seen and the things that had happened weren`t really from God.  They lost their faith, because with time they FORGOT what they felt when they saw the miracles.  I always admire Joseph Smith when I think about the first vision.  He had to have had SO much faith to keep on going for all of that time after he received the first vision, because he had opposition coming from all sides, telling him that he was just crazy or that it was a dream or something he had imagined.  I`m sure from time to time he wondered to himself if he really saw what he really saw.  But in his account of the first vision he says `I  knew it, and I knew that God knew it, and I couldn`t deny it`.  It is the same with us and our testimonies.  The times we have felt the spirit strongly, or felt the spirit witness to us that something is true.  Sometimes we question ourselves and wonder if we really felt what we felt, or if what we felt really was from God or was just something we imagined.  But we must always REMEMBER what we felt in that moment.  Because in that moment, we knew it was from God.  And if we knew in that moment, then nothing has changed.. it WAS from God, and will always be from God.  I really liked these scriptures because it really is important to remember all of the experiences that we have, and never lose faith in them, because they really are from God and they really are real witnesses from the Holy Ghost!

I hope you all have a fabulous week! Take care!

Hermanita Hunt

p.s. Happy birthday last week to my lovely cousin Nicole!! LOVE YOU SISTA! Also this week to Jenna Jean and Summer! Que tengan una semana maravillosa!! 

p.p.s. my companion says hello to everyone! :) 

3-19-2012

Hello Family and Friends!

Sorry for not writing a group email last week.  The work has been really slow but we´re pushing through it and working really hard to find some people that are ready to accept the gospel.  This week I just want to share a couple of scriptures I have been studying the past couple of weeks and my thoughts on them! :)

First- Helaman 5:40-41.   This is when Nephi and Lehi are thrown in prison, and the whole prison is surrounded by a thick cloud of darkness.  They were all confused and didn´t know what to do...

40 And it came to pass that the Lamanites said unto him: ^aWhat shall we do, that this cloud of darkness may be removed from overshadowing us?

 41 And Aminadab said unto them: You must ^arepent, and cry unto the voice, even until ye shall have ^bfaith in Christ, who was taught unto you by Alma, and ^cAmulek, and Zeezrom; and when ye shall do this, the cloud of darkness shall be removed from overshadowing you.

I liked this scripture because it applies so much to life... what do we do when we are stuck? What do we do when we feel like we are surrounded by a thick cloud of darkness and we can´t move? Cry unto the Lord, until we have faith in Christ.  Once we gain faith we see things clearly, the thick cloud is removed and we are able to move forward.  Sometimes it´s not easy to have faith... when that is the case, we must endure and cry unto the Lord until we gain the faith to finally move and make a change.

Second- Helaman 13:25-26.  This talks about having faith in the prophets and following them

 25 And now when ye talk, ye say: If our days had been in the days of our ^afathers of old, we would not have ^bslain the prophets; we would not have stoned them, and cast them out.

 26 Behold ye are worse than they; for as the Lord liveth, if a^aprophet come among you and declareth unto you the word of the Lord, which testifieth of your ^bsins and iniquities, ye are ^cangrywith him, and cast him out and seek all manner of ways to destroy him; yea, you will say that he is a ^dfalse ^eprophet, and that he is a sinner, and of the devil, because he ^ftestifieth that your deeds are evil.

I love this scripture.  It´s so true... so many people say ´well if I lived during the time of Christ, of course I would follow Him!  If I lived during the old times, of course I would follow the prophets´ but are not willing to follow His prophets today.  What is the difference?  I think sometimes we read the scriptures and think ´well they just knew... of course they knew he was a prophet´.  But it was the same as today!  It all depends on the faith of each person.  When we don´t take the counsel of the prophets seriously, it is a lack of faith on our part that they are really prophets of God.  With conference coming up, I challenge you all to pay close attention to everything the servants of God are saying to us, and take it seriously and really live it.  Just as in the scriptures, through the mouths of the prophets are the words of God.  What a wonderful opportunity we have to receive modern revelation today, and receive new ´scriptures´ every 6 months!

Third- Helaman 15:17. This is Samuel preaching to the Nephites and he says:

 17 And now behold, saith the Lord, concerning the people of the Nephites: If they will not repent, and observe to do my will, I will utterly ^adestroy them, saith the Lord, because of their unbelief notwithstanding the many mighty works which I have done among them; and as surely as the Lord liveth shall these things be, saith the Lord. 

I highlighted the part that I really like.  The Nephites denied the truth, even though they saw so many miracles and might works.  I think so often it is so easy to not notice the mighty works and miracles that are happening each day in our lives.  Sometimes we are so quick to lose faith and to doubt, so quick to look at the glass half empty instead of half full, and we deny all of the wonderful blessings and miracles our Heavenly Father is giving us each day!  The work has been really slow and it´s been a difficult couple of weeks, but I am realizing more and more that how the work goes depends more than anything on MY attitude.  Just as it is with life.  One of my companions Hna. Green always talked about this talk she read that said life really is not like a roller coaster, but more like a train track with 2 sides... good and bad.  There are always good and bad going on in our lives, every day.  How we feel and how we are doing depends on which side we are paying attention to.  Maybe at times it is easier to see the good, or easier to see the bad, but what matters is that there are always both and if we want to be happy we have to learn how to search for the good... even in times when it seems to hardly exist.  I have only written in my journal once since I´ve gotten here in my new area, because I kept thinking ´eh.. there´s not really anything to write!´.  I decided yesterday that every day in my journal I am going to write ´this day in my mission was significant because...´ and write something about the day that changed me, or changed someone else.  As  it is in the mission is as it is in life... the time flies by so fast that we hardly realize when a year has passed by.  Take advantage of every day!  Each day is different and unique and significant, and there is definitely miracles to be seen in every day.  

I hope everyone is doing well!! Sorry I´m not able to respond to everyone super quick.  I can´t believe how fast this transfer is already flying by... the past 3 weeks have been a blur and I can´t believe we are already in week 4 of the transfer!  In just a few weeks my companion will go home and I´ll get a new one.  So crazy how fast the time flies by!  I hope everyone is taking advantage of each day, and taking advantage of the wonderful blessings of the gospel each day.  I have a strong testimony of the Book of Mormon that it really is the word of God and by continuously reading it each day, we will gain the help and strength we need to always press forward and become more and more like Christ.

I love you all so much! Thanks for your constant love and support! :) Have a fabulous week!

--Hermanita Hunt

p.s. more pics next week that I don´t have time to send right now... I´ll explain these ones next week too!

2-27-2012

Sorry Linsey, I didn't get this e-mail posted with everything going on with Grandma!

Buen Dia!                                                                                                                    2-27-2012

Well... I got transferred! I´m no longer in Lavalle, or Posadas, or Misiones! I got transferred to the other side of the mission, to the Province Formosa, and my area is in the capital Formosa in Parque. My companion´s name is Hermana Mamani, and she is so awesome! She was in my district my first 2 transfers in the mission and was the trainer of Hermana Michaud who was in the mtc with me, so I already know her. It´s a big change but things are good!  A few awkwards and awesomes for the week...

AWKWARDS INCOMODOS Y CHISTOSOS

·         finding out at 11pm Tuesday night about the transfer, then finding out at midnight that we had to be in the terminal in an hour and a half to catch the bus and head out to Resistencia. You bet I packed as fast as I ever have! Hermana Green is training so she had to go to Resistencia too and we seriously ran with my heavy suitcases to the terminal.  My whole body was sore the next day! It was the best work out I´ve gotten on the mission, haha.  Then for the 4 hour bus ride to Resistencia I wrote in my companion´s journal and wrote letters to people in my area for her to give to them.  Didn´t really get any sleep that night... haha. From 2:00 am to 6:00 am we were on the bus and then again from 9:00 am to 12:00 I was on another bus to Formosa. Sadly I didn´t have time to call or see anyone before I left :( :( Ohhh the mission!

·         this week we have talked to a few interesting people.. haha. The other day we had a lesson with a member and we were talking about fasting and she told this huge story about how she was fasting and she ate one bite of meat and God punished her and gave her this big head ache for days and all of this stuff. Luckily my companion is really great and explained afterwards that it was really great that she learned a lesson but that God doesn´t really punish us like that when we don´t keep the commandments, haha.  We also found an 80 year old member who can´t go to church because of his health.  He talked for FOREVER, and shared pretty much everything he knows and his testimony, and told us all about how great of a member he was, haha. It was great... gotta love those viejitos :)

·         This may be too much info... hahah, but our toilet seat in my new apartment is broken and the top part isn´t attached to the toilet. So every time I use it I´m scared it´s going to slide off and I´m going to fall! Yeah.. that´s fun :)...

·         being asked right before sacrament meeting to give a talk in my new branch.  It was either that or teach the gospel doctrines class by myself to a whole bunch of members I don´t know yet... I chose to speak, haha.

AWESOMES

·         my new area! Although I miss my old area and all the people A TON, I know I was supposed to be transferred and I really like this area.  It´s really pretty and it´s a lot smaller than my old area so we never take the bus which is great because I´m going to save a ton of money!  Also, we live right behind the President and his wife (who are a young couple... they are super down to earth, funny, awesome and fun!) and they do our laundry each week because they have a washing machine and they always bring us food and stuff at night. Super awesome! Also, our apartment is the only apartment in the mission that has air conditioning! (so I hear at least.. if it´s not true, it´s at least one of the very few that have it) so that´s super nice too

·         my companion Hna. Mamani is so awesome! She is the cutest little Argentine you have ever seen, hahah (and I finally have a Latina companion! Sheesh.. por fin!).  She is from the province Jujuy up here in northern Argentina by the border of Bolivia. This is her last transfer in the mission so we´ll only have one transfer together :( but so far it´s been awesome together.  She is a hard worker and has a very strong testimony.  She is also very charitable, loving, and caring.  She is always telling me I need to wear my sombrero to protect my head and I need to wear gloves when I clean and everything... a typical Argentine, they worry about all of the silliest things hahaha. No but she is super awesome and I´m really happy to be with her!

·         the branch members here are awesome!  The people... well, a little bit more cold-hearted than they were in my last area.  We get rejected a lot and people are very stuck to their ways here, but the members are super awesome and are always willing to accompany us in lessons and stuff.  We are working on finding better ways to find people rather than just clapping doors, such as references and inactives, etc.  I´m sure things will start looking up soon and we´ll find some good investigators to progress!

·         another good thing about being here is that I already know most of the hermanas here. Hermana Mamani my companion I know from my old district, also Hermana Juarez is in my district (woohoo!!), she was in my zone in posadas and we were in trios a whole bunch of times there.  Also, Hermana Mondaca who arrived with me in the mission is in my zone and Hermana Blatter who was in the mtc with me was in my zone.  Super awesome!! I am super excited to get to work with all of them

Well, that´s about it for this week!  I decided I should probably start sharing more spiritual thoughts in my letters or a scripture of the week, so here goes... a few things I have been learning about this week!

One thing I realized this week is with the letter ´C´... I found a whole bunch of words and topics in the gospel that are all essential to the plan of salvation and all start with the letter C:

commandments

covenants

conversion

consecration

charity

choice

change

Christ

pretty cool, right? Think about each one of these.  The plan of salvation couldn´t exist if one was missing.  One that I wanna focus in is Conversion.  A few points I learned in True to the Faith are:

·         conversion is to be changed through the power of the Savior´s atonement and through the Holy Ghost

·         it is a process, not an event

·         it is a quiet miracle... something that we may not even notice is happening

·         the characteristics of someone who is converted or in the process of conversion are

·         they have a desire to do good

·         they do not rebel against the Lord (no disposition to do evil)

·         they share the gospel

·         they are filled with love

·         each person has the primary responsibility for their own conversion

·         and most importantly... like it always says in the scriptures, those who are converted receive ´exceedingly great joy´... which is the deep incredible feeling that only the gospel can give us!

I love learning about conversion and I love recognizing my own conversion that is taking place every day that I learn and experience more of the gospel of Jesus Christ.  I love that it is our own responsibility... which is so true! It´s not going to come just by going to church each week... but by really searching, really studying, and really having a desire to be converted.  And most important of all, it is SO worth it.  It is worth every second of work to gain a testimony and even furthermore, be converted, because you really do receive that exceeding joy that nothing else in the world can give you.  I challenge you all to continue to or start if you haven´t already working on your own conversions!  The more work you put in, the more joy you receive... definitely something I have learned so far on my mission.  The gospel is so incredible and I´m so grateful to be here!  Thanks for all of your love and support!

--Hermanita Hunt

P.s. shout out to Luke and Creager this week! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Hope it was fabulous! Also another thing I forgot to mention... my new area is an old area of my trainer Hermana Payne! It seems like a lot of the hermanas end up serving in the same areas... in this area and my last area both me and Hermana Payne served, as well as 3 or 4 other Hermanas that I have heard of that were here before I got in the mission.  So crazy how that