Friday, July 14, 2017

This week was FABULOUS!


There is so much for me to say!  I only have an hour to email and you think that’s enough, but until you're actually typing or writing down your experiences you realize how much actually happens in a day. Sometimes you think well, nothing really happened today but as a matter of fact, there is always something to record and remember, even the littlest of things.

This week was FABULOUS. I haven’t had a hard time at all adjusting to mission life. I don’t even think about not having my phone. Seriously, this is not hard for me to adapt to.  It's another adventure that I can’t wait to experience more of.  I learn so much all the time. The devotionals are amazing. Just last Tuesday we had Bruce C. Hafen, a General Authority, come and speak with us. He spoke on how, faith is not blind. It was very good.  I learned that we just need to forget that what we think is best for us and let our loving Father take over. He knows what’s best.

Just the other day my companion and I were teaching an investigator (just an actor), Jean-Baptiste, and no it’s not John the Baptist, that’s just a common French name.  Anyways, we were teaching him about the atonement and repentance as well as the doctrine of Christ, which is baptism by emersion, repentance and receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands.  Anyways, we were going to ask him to get baptized, since it was about our 4th lesson. Right before I entered the room that he was waiting in I said a prayer to myself asking that I might be led by the spirit. I mean I had bullet points on what I wanted to translate from English to French, even though I knew it wouldn't sound good. I asked Heavenly father to help me know what to say and be comforted and also be able to get by and have Jean know enough of what I was saying to understand. As soon as I was bearing my testimony in French I felt the spirit so strong.  In previous lessons it never turned out like this. In fact, in was pretty terrible. I mean I didn't know how to teach in French. But this lesson was so much more, so much more powerful and the spirit was definitely in the room. I bore my testimony and was getting choked up I almost started crying. This was also right after Jean, the ami (investigator/actor) said he wanted to get baptized. So I was thrilled. My testimony in French went something like this, "I know that God lives. The Spirit is true. Baptism important for eternal life. Church true. In the name of Jésus-Christ. Amen." I knew we all felt the Spirit. It was so special. Then the investigator/actor turned out to be my teacher the next day and then all spiritual feelings were replaced with embarrassment.   He’s so nice. He never told us that we were terrible or that we needed to improve in anything. He said he loves missionaries and that we were not exactly teaching Jean Baptiste but more him. We strengthened him and his love for our Father.

Mom, everything you do for me is amazing.  I loved what you wrote in my family journal, I love that, because it’s probably true and I'm going to really work on it. I want to love the country, love the work, and love the people. So thank you.

Mason (Stuart) I cried a little when I read your letter to me. I miss you and I can’t wait to see you again. I cried at the part that said, "My advice is don't freak out about the spiders, I know you can handle it... I'm proud of you..."  Yeah I know weird spot to cry, but I'll miss you saying that to me. I'm almost getting teary eyed writing this to you. Anyways... thanks for the advice LOL. Oh and I prayed for you and your driving test. Hope it went well.

Bryce, thank you for your words, I loved them and can’t wait for my own experiences. Do you remember Soeur Larsen? She went to Lyon and remembers you. She’s my SYL (Speak Your Language) teacher.

Kenzie, I love what you said, "...use every second possible to do the Lord’s work. You can’t get any of the time back and it will go so fast, make sure that each moment you are focused on the Lord’s work... Have no regrets when looking back..." I love that, because I don't want any regrets by the end of my mission thinking what I could’ve done better.

My comp and I spend every second we can studying the language, waiting in lines and whenever else.  I also really found my love for reading the scriptures and now I can’t seem to put them down. I love it! So thank you.

I have more to say and I'll make sure to write more about each person and what impact they had on me from each of their journal letters. I promise. I'm just limited on time right now.

Story time! this might be rated PG 13 LOL. So apparently part of Germany is in our mission boundaries so Berlin won’t let us into their country, just in case we go into Germany, without checking to see if we have parasites first. So the medical office here took our blood samples and then... ok... and then, *gags*,we all had to poop in a cup (feel free to skip any of this next part) and take a 1/2 inch piece off and put it into a little jar and mix it up so there are no... chunks... Good thing I didn't have to poop on demand because I wouldn’t have been able to. Oh and medical closed at 7pm and I was in class which meant I had to do my business and sleep with it by my pillow and bring it with me to breakfast because I had breakfast before medical opened and I needed to eat and wouldn’t have time to go to my room to get it or I’d be late .... yeah... how do you even handle a situation like that?! Geezz!!
I did get the packages. Thank you! I just LOVED the cricket sucker you two gave me... It tasted sooooooo yummy.... yeah no that’s gross. I didn’t expect that. I gave it to another roomy and she flipped out because she hates bugs... so you both caused a great deal of entertainment this past week. Send me another one! I'll put it in the sharing bin and see what happens LOL...
I love the dearelder letters, I love hearing from you all. Tell people they can write me anytime. I love mail!!  Tell Ashely to write me!! I need to talk to her LOL.

My companion’s food is way healthier than mine because she goes to the diet room where people go to get their food who have certain food allergies. See the photo comparison. My food is at the top of the photo. Yeah and that's the best choice I could find. No joke, no fruits or anything healthy. Sugar cereal and donuts and muffins. For an organization that stresses healthiness, they don't do a very good job at it LOL.  I'm eating as best as I can. I have a salad for lunch and dinner every day and soup and lots of fruit. OH well I'm grateful I don't have to cook. Bless their hands and hard work.  I’m running a mile a day with lots of arm and core workouts. It’s brutal, but I like it. 

I love my companion and wouldn't ask for anyone else. We went to bed at 10 the other night because we were very tired. We made had a deal that if we didn’t turn lights out at 10 I’d have to run a mile without stopping... I was in bed by 9:50. If she didn't then I told her she had to say all the prayers in French for all the meals, because I'm bad at it, (and I learn from her doing it). Oh we also say the same things in unison a lot. It's freaking the Elders out. For example:

Elder: "what language are you Sisters learning?"

us: *in unison* "French"

Elder: "Cool, where are you going?"

us: *in unison* "Paris"

Elder: "wow, you work together pretty well huh..?"

Another day in classroom, the teacher asked us what "besoin" meant and together in unison we both said, "NEED!" We laughed and gave each other knuckles. It's quite funny.

The languages in my building are cool. I'm on the fourth floor and we take the stairs all the time. It’s painful but effective. The 6th floor I think are the Asian languages so I see Walker Gentry a lot. Its' great.

There are a lot of Elders that are way cute in our zone. We got way lucky... Don’t worry everyone! I'm focused and I’m not going to elope!

We had the sacrament on Sunday in French.  I definitely forgot that was going to be a thing and I was really confused. It was really neat to hear the sacrament prayer in French.  I LOVE singing in French from the hymn book, It’s so pretty and it gets me thinking that I’ll be speaking and singing fluently like that shortly.

On Sunday we watched the New Testament.  You guys should watch it if you haven’t yet. Anyway it’s the closest thing to a chick flick you’ll get on the mission.  Jacob flirts with this girl and everyone watching is laughing. I turn around to see this Elder hitting himself in the face and rocking back and forth muttering to himself. It was very funny, but after a while it got annoying. I get it; you all miss dating. But pull it together I'm trying to learn about Jesus. Elders are the best and I love missionaries. ;)
Glad Stocks farewell went well. Love that kid!



Another thing that happened was a sister missionary in another group had extra In-and-Out fries and asked if we wanted them. We did!  It was yummy. Their mission President here surprised them with In-and-Out and they had extra. It was a nice surprise and treat for the end of our day yesterday. Oh and I just taught my companion to do laundry. She's never done it before. Glad I could help.

Love you all and I love hearing what you are doing. Glad the house is going well. Dad I'll write you in a little bit, I have some things I need to ask you.  Love you and be safe, I'm praying for you!  

Love Always,
Soeur Hunt



P. S. People can write me whenever I love getting mail!



Best companion EVER!


The desk area is not mine but the closet on the right is

I'm the bottom bunk



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