Splits in Luxembourg

So, this week was fun! I did a lot of traveling, sightseeing and a little bit of chatting with strangers! Just a little bit of chatting... I always have a hard time wondering where to start. But know that every single day I learn more and more. I love it. The culture, the people, the language and the food, all help me in my progression to becoming the person I want to be. There's so much you can learn once you're outside your well known bubble.

Speaking of the culture, these people have so many cats... that stereotype for the French is not wrong. Some have anywhere from 2-8 cats. Good thing I'm not allergic! Well, so long as I don't touch my eyes. The cat hair is EVERYWHERE. In the food, on the table, on the chairs. One time, I had my leather bag on the floor by my chair while we were teaching when a cat comes walking up and decides to sharpen her nails on it. I had to pray right then and there for the strength not to drop kick the cat. But every time I see a dog, I pet it:)

I do all the cooking in the apartment. I make an amazing dish with sauté vegetables and rice or couscous. My comp absolutely loves it. It's not too bad if I say so myself. She says she hasn't had a good meal enough to make her want to have it over and over again. So I guess I'm REALLY good, I just try.  She also loves my music which I was able to transfer to my tablet and play off my blue tooth speaker. Got it! She took some of my music and I took some of hers. It's awesome.

We had Lunch with Maité who is a member! It smelled good and it was pretty good, until desert... we had Guinea which is like a pigeon and had baked vegetables with it. The only part I didn't like from the vegetables were the cooked tomatoes. I don't like cooked tomatoes but it was fine:) Then we had Mirabell Tart for dessert. It's this fruit cooked into like a pie of sorts.   It looked super good and smelled good. Then, I took a bite and nope.  Nope.  It was a blessing to have the ice cream brought out.  So the ice scream helped a lot with the taste. I had to pray in between each bite so I wouldn’t barf all over the table and or gag. I ran out of ice cream at the last 3 bites and I had to just endure. Maité looked over at me and saw me going really slow and said, "ha-ha, look, she's getting really full." ha-ha yeah, no.  In between each bite I had to mentally prepare myself before I made a fool out of myself by gagging. On the last bite I couldn't control it. I gagged but I hid it very well. I don't want to eat another ever again. I told my comp that it was a struggle and she told me I need to get used to it because that fruit thing is this city’s favorite dessert dish. Oh great!! But other than that I had a great time. I learned a lot and had fun with Maité. She's super nice and knows Sœur Wall (Kitchens) mother!😉 (one of my teachers back at the MTC.)

On Thursday we had another rendezvous with Joseph who is from Sudan and speaks Arabic and enough  French to get by with us but it's still difficult.  Anyways, we talked about baptism and the plan of Salvation and he seemed to understand and believe it! We asked him to come to church with us and he said he would! We also went to talk with Iman who is a less active to come to church and help translate for Joseph on certain topics in case he didn't understand because she knows Arabic too  and she said she would  come! She hasn't come for a while. She was just baptized this last April.  She was  converted in just a month, very fast.

Later Thursday night we headed up to Luxembourg for exchanges with the STLs. (Sister Training Leaders) They asked us if we wanted to come up or they would come down to us.  Of course we’ll come up! Why give up the chance to go to Luxembourg for a night and a day!?  Luxembourg is about 2 hours away by train ride. The view is so beautiful.  I'm not kidding I cried. I got teary eyed. "I can't help it, it's so beautiful..." (Name that movie). Who would've thought that Luxembourg is such a beautiful country? I didn't think so before. I thought it was just a small country no one ever talked about. On the contrary!!

Once we got there we went straight to the other sister’s apartment and ate something. They weren't there because they had a rendezvous.  It felt like a sleep over that you traveled 2 hours by train to a different country to have.  Lol.   Anyways, it was really fun. Sœur Staley was my companion for Friday. She's super nice and goes back home in November. She's from Boise Idaho. She's super nice and knows a lot of things. First we went finding and found someone! Her name was Sabrina and she has 3 kids. She doesn't have a husband and was looking for something different in her life. So she was open to us and was very nice. We met her in a park (by the way, super beautiful) and was willing to meet with us again same place the next day. I won't be seeing her again since I leave that Friday night. We left and made sandwiches back at the apartment to go.

We made it to the gare (train station) at 1 for our long ride north because that's where we will be teaching Cynthia, Sœur Staleys ami. Cynthia lived in Germany and was found by the Elders there. They taught her for 2 weeks until she moved to Wilwerdange Luxembourg. The Elders transferred her to the Sœur missionaries to keep teaching her. Cynthia is very smart.  She knows German, Luxembourgish, and French. She understands the importance of this gospel. When we talk to her she does everything we ask her to do, and when I say we, I mean, missionaries because I haven't met her yet. But I would soon! In about 2 hours! She lives way up North about 30 minute bus ride from the border of Germany. ISN'T THAT SO COOL?! I love being so close to so many different countries! Anyways we were going to finish up talking about the Plan of Salvation and baptism. We started by asking her if she had any questions. She asked us, "what is baptism and how can I prepare for it if I think I’m ready?"  We told her that was a perfect question and that we will be talking about it in our lesson. We asked, " Do you think you're ready?" She said, "yes!" So that was cool. We told her in preparation for baptism there are a few more commandments to keep and learn about. She said she knew about the law of chastity and that her fiancé and her are not living together and that she knows we also don't drink coffee so she drinks less and less everyday so she can eventually give it up all together. Look at her!!  Her heart has been prepared so much! We gave the lesson and she understood and really liked it. No one else in her family is interested, but they respect her. Same with her fiancé. So she'll just have to be an example for them for now. I testified on everything and I spoke more than I usually have.  After Cynthia told me I speak very well for only being here a week and a half. YAY! The spirit was very strong. We asked her when she would like to be baptized and she wants October 1st. So she's going to be baptized then! We might Skype so I can see too. It was an amazing experience, even if she wasn't my ami. (investigator)

After we finished, we headed back. It was raining with a lot of fog high up in the mountains. Up north is so much different from the city part. Well yeah, obviously the country side is different. It was cool to see that drastic change. On the train ride you get like a huge tour of all Luxembourg. There were many cows and... "OH, NO...." (sheep), all over the big hills. They're hills to me because Utah has mountains and I still haven't seen the Swiss Alp’s.  Anyways, it was a beautiful ride there and back and I got amazing pictures. We also totally died (slept) on the way back.

On Saturday we had breakfast with Kenny. She's Tahitian and has lived here for 5 years. She's been a member for her whole life. She's been married for 2 years but while they were dating her husband was seeing the missionaries. They got sealed in the temple 1 month ago. They’re soo nice and very funny and fun to be around. Her sister Kate had just come in Friday evening from Tahiti to visit for a week before she goes to school in Spain. Kate, served a mission in Australia and so she knows English. Kenny is very jealous that she can't speak that good of English. Her husband Jesse, is a police officer and wants to be closer to his unit/force so in a month they'll be moving to Toule. So they won't be in our ward anymore. For breakfast we had, pancakes with Nutella and Speculoos which is like gingerbread butter and it was to die for. We also had baguettes with cheese and jams, salami and pain au chocolate and other raisin filled bread from the bakery. SO GOOD! Then we had hot chocolate with orange juice and Apple juice and more juice and all I wanted was water but it all was so good.  I was very full at the end.  Afterwards we shared a message with them.   I started the message with a scripture and I bore my testimony. I like bearing my testimony, it the easiest for me. After Jesse, her husband, told me that I speak pretty good French for only being here for a week and a half. YAY again! That's the second time I've heard that now.

Sunday was really relaxing and nice. None of the people we asked to come to church with us showed. Joseph isn't responding to our messages.  I hope he isn't done with us.  He was doing really well. We had a new rendezvous with a new ami that we met. We noticed that he was a little awkward but he was managing well.  He wasn't homeless or anything so we knew it would be ok to teach him.  We met at the park at 15:00 Sunday to give our lesson.  He got pretty close to Sœur Giles while talking and noticed she had tan lines on her feet.  She said that we walked a lot and then he offered to give her a massage. Lol. She said no I'm good. When we finished he got up first and told us that we were the most beautiful Americans he's ever seen and that we’re angles sent from God. Then he kissed us both on our hands and walked away. Both of our faces were really red I'm sure. Needless to say we’re giving him over to the Elders to continue. We have come to the conclusion that he's looking for a mate and has never had a girlfriend before and doesn't know how to handle those kinds of situations. HAHA!

I'm doing pretty darn great and have learned a lot. I'm safe and having fun. We went bowling today and watched a girl fight 7 security officers on the bus on the way to the grocery store. She kept yelling she was pregnant and would spit on him and kept hitting him. Boy was it a sight to see. Geez. They were giving her a citation because she didn’t have a ticket for the bus.  All is good no worries!

Life is awesome. Seriously when you have a good perspective and a positive outlook everything is so much better. Before my mission I usually had a bad attitude and was very impatient.  But ever since I’ve been trying to work on my attitude things have been so much better. From the Preach My Gospel book in the very last section called adjusting to missionary life it says:

 As you serve your mission, prepare to embrace change. Life as a missionary will likely be different than anything you’ve yet experienced, but if you come with a positive attitude, exercising faith in the Lord, and anticipating the need for patience with yourself and others, the Lord will reward and bless you. Remember the counsel given to the Prophet Joseph Smith at a very difficult time in his life: “Know thou, my son, that all these things shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good."

Once I read it, I realized that this is very true. I’ve seen many blessing in my life and I realize that he has rewarded me with happiness and peace in all things.  Seriously, I love everything here and don't feel coming out here is a sacrifice at all.

Thank you all for everything

Love always Sœur Hunt



Bowling on P-day

Wall mural

Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Hello from France!

I just want to start off and say, WOW. I could live here. I mean after my mission. I could live here forever. Every time I walk through the streets I get a little teary eyed because of how happy I am to be here, IN FRANCE. It's exquisite!  It's indescribable! I love it so much and I couldn't be more happy.

So much has happened. I don't know where to start... oh ok maybe I can start off at the part where I got off the plane... I saw Scotland and England a little on the way over and I got to see a lot of the French countryside coming in. I didn't see the Eiffel Tower because I was on a different side of the plane from it. But it was all cool to see. I only got 45 minutes of sleep on the plane because I was so excited and I was writing in my journal the whole time.

I sat next to this lady who was heading to Bosnia and she was super nice. We had a long chat and she started to act like my mother. Super sweet. She was in her early 30s. I was thinking to myself, as we were chatting about life, “This is exactly what the MTC has prepared me for. You are going to sit next to a stranger and you're going to share a message.”  Yup I was in that situation. She was from Tri Cities Washington, her dad is Muslim and her mom is Catholic. Yup. Great! Here I go. I was going to wait till we were in the air to talk to her about the church but then she asked me about my religion first. She was super impressed that I was a 19 year old girl about to live in France without my family for 18 months preaching the gospel.  So of course she was interested in what I believed. I told her from the beginning of the Restoration and the plan of Salvation. I felt the spirit and showed her my book of Mormon and she read the introduction page, she said, "It's hard to understand." I told her, "I know it's hard for me too sometimes, but if you pray God will help you understand.”  I then proceeded to explain in depth the Book of Mormon and the plan of Salvation and at the end I asked her, "What do you think about what I just said?" She then responded, "It's like every other religion I've heard of."   THAT'S IT I'M DONE.  I'M STAYING ON THE FLIGHT AND COMING BACK HOME. Kidding, but I didn't know how to respond to that. She said she thought it was neat and that religion wasn't for her and that she was going to stay away from it. Fine. You do that. But I hope someday my words take effect for her somehow. We exited the plane and she said goodbye.  She said she loved talking to me and getting to know me and to be safe.  I said thank you as well and we parted ways. It was a great experience.

We all got off the plane and then all of a sudden, everything was French. Words I didn't know what they were. Everywhere and everything was in French and people were speaking French and I was completely clueless in France. But it was all so cool. Everyone else thought it was awesome too. After we got our baggage without a problem we headed outside to meet our president. I saw this kid with a NASA sweatshirt on and I wanted to compliment him. There were many people here that spoke different languages and I thought maybe he spoke English besides I don't know how to say sweatshirt in French. I don't know what I was thinking; I'm in France why wouldn't he speak English. So I said to him, "I like your shirt." He gave me the strangest, questioning look and sneered a little so I just smiled and put my hand up in a way that said never mind. I walked away really fast. Elder Meinzer that was next to me started laughing so hard. Yeah, he saw and heard everything that just happened. He said that was the best thing he's ever seen so far. I guess it was pretty funny.

Our Mission President is awesome.  Their family is so nice and their kids are so sweet and very cute. We were in a small town in Le Pecq next to the Seine River on the outskirts of Paris. Very beautiful everywhere. We went to the mission office and got our paper work filled out and had a meeting with the mission president. It was more of a temple recommend interview kind of  meeting.  It was a good meeting and we got to know each other very well. In between people meeting,  other missionaries took us out to do our first street contacting. Yeah, I tried... and failed. I had no idea what they were saying, but it was a great experience.

That took pretty much the whole day. Then we went to the super cute mission home and ate dinner.  Sister Sorensen is a good cook. I never thought jet lag was such a big deal, I thought people were just being dramatic... no... they're not.  After dinner we went around saying what we learned most from the MTC and man, pretty much every single one of us were falling asleep every 5 seconds.  I kid you not. My head kept bobbing and Elder Richie kept falling asleep too and everyone’s eyes were very heavy. Elder Richie was sitting across from President Sorensen who was talking at the moment and he eventually called Elder Richie out saying, "Elder Ritchie I know you're so tired, but we're almost done and then we can get you to the hotel."  He was profusely sorry lol.  It was funny and I'm surprised they didn't see me falling asleep when I was sitting right next to Sister Sorensen...

We went to the hotel and spent the night there. It was a strange little place. That was where I had the official French breakfast! So, so cute and so, so very yummy. They had pain au chocolat and fresh fruit and yogurt and crepes and cheese and it was so awesome. I loved it. We were all dying over it.

We then went to the temple and we saw the visitor center. It was so nice, it's incredibly beautiful. It’s pretty close to the Palais De Versailles which I got a very short glimpse of  as we passed but as far as I could see it was beautiful. We got to walk around in the gardens of the Temple and we discussed goals that we wanted to fulfill by the end of our mission. It was so spiritual.

Afterwards we went to the mission home again to have a lesson from our President Soorensen about being the right missionary and what to expect.  I wanted to know where I was going to be serving for this next little while... ah, yes, where I'll be serving... are you ready? Ok so they brought up the missionary that was currently serving in the area to the front. They showed a picture of the area and then announced who would be their new companion out of each of us. It was so cool seeing where everyone will be serving for the next 6-12 weeks. Sœur Bennet will be serving in Toul! My companion is Soeur Giles. She's from Southern California. She’s been serving in the same area for 4 transfers since she's been here in France.  I’m serving in... are you ready...?! NANCY! 4 hours east of Paris and very close to Luxembourg.  Speaking of Luxembourg I'm heading there with the STLs (Sister Training Leaders) for exchanges this Thursday and Friday. So I’ll be in Luxembourg this week! So that'll be cool. Toul is 20 minutes by car from Nancy so it won't be hard for me to see Soeur Bennett again! In fact they came over today and we went shopping together here in Nancy.  Nancy is so big and there are so many things to see. I love it, it's so beautiful. Mom, you would die for these houses and Dad, neener, neener.

There is this wonderful Patisserie called, “Paul” oh would you look at that! What a coincidence. We went there on Friday and I got a Gourmandise which is similar to a pain au chocolat, it just has creme in it, and it was very yummy.

There is this Elder and  he's 7 feet and 2 inches tall. Stuart, I'm not impressed with you yet... get on it. He has to duck in every entry and people are always staring at him. It's funny. He's nice.  He didn't want to go out of the states and didn’t want to learn a language. Well the odds are not in your favor... HAHA sorry bud.  But he likes it.  He's been here 6 transfers so he's getting there. People have a hard time with my name because they don't pronounce the H's here. So I have to help them with the pronunciation. It’s great.

We take the bus a lot. One time we were at a bus stop with Elders and my comp and there is a big apartment building behind us. We were just sitting there when a huge water balloon comes out of nowhere right in front of us. It scared the daylights out of us. But I've seen videos like that and it was pretty funny. There are a ton of crazy people here. Yesh... that's all I've got to say on that subject...

The Cathedrals here are seriously so beautiful. I went in one and it smells old but I love the smell. It's incredible. But ours are better. The one we went to was called, Église Saint-Léon.

I don't have a problem whatsoever to just stop someone in the street and say “We’re missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We would like to share a message with you.”  My companion is pretty timid but she knows a lot of things and gets by very well. She's one to follow and stay in her comfort zone so she said this is a bit of a challenge for her. With that said, she hasn't had much practice having conversations with people which means she can't think up a lot of questions to move the conversation along.  Before the mission I promised myself that I wouldn't be an awkward missionary.... Yeah, well, that promise went down the drain. I love talking to people and getting to know them but I can’t do any of that if I don’t know what they’re saying. So it doesn't do much good for us. She sits there quietly looking from me to her and the amis or members are looking from us to the floor. I just smile wide eyed and say, "Oui!" I wish I could ease the awkwardness, but I don’t know what they’re even talking about. She helps me a lot though, she understands a lot and I learn a lot from her.

Anyways, we do a lot of street contacting because it’s a big city and there are a lot of people. There was this one time on Saturday where we had 2 hours to go contacting. Our goal is contact at least 20 people. We didn't have a specific destination we were just walking around. Every time we hit a corner to go onto the next street, I'd say, “ok Father, where do you want me to go now?”  Then I'd feel like going a certain way.  I'd stop people along the way.  My goal is to try and go further than “We’re missionaries for the Church of Jesus Chr... oh, ok, bye.”  So... further than Jesus Christ and actually share a message and maybe give out of Book of Mormon. I saw this lady walking towards us and I thought, “ok I'm going to stop her.” I did and she was very nice. She said she knew of some boys like us (Elders). She said this was perfect timing. She was about to go to the Saint Sebastian Cathedral and contemplate life and to also get some peace. She said she was given a card last time by the Elders so she's interested more now. She knows that we specialize in Family History and wanted know more about that. She's having a hard time with her family because they're all spread out and her husband has cancer and a lot of her family is sick so she's very tired and wants more for her life. She's an older lady probably in her 60s. She said she hasn't been baptized so she's not a part of any religion. She noticed that we were American and she's visited America a lot and says she wants to learn English and improve her English. So while we were talking to her in French she was talking to us in English. It was very, very cool. We gave her a Book of Mormon and a Restoration Pamphlet and exchanged numbers. Again she was super happy to see us and talk to us because that was exactly what she was looking for right in this moment. It was such a cool experience because I know the Lord was guiding us to her. We didn't have a destination we were just picking random streets! Hopefully we can set something up with her soon.

Sunday was awesome. I have so much respect for all the members here. Especially considering all the temptations and peer pressures here. I'm sure it's not easy, but their faith is so strong. It's not a very big ward at all. They were all so welcoming and happy to see us and me especially me because I was new. They had me come up in sacrament to introduce myself and share a brief testimony. I told them that my dad served in Paris as well and that my older brother served in Lyon. They understood me because they came up to me and told me how cool and crazy that is. Church here is much different than over there in America, but I really enjoyed attending church with people who believe the same things as me. It's also very quiet and peaceful on the streets on Sundays. I love it! A ton of the shops are closed because people don't work on Sundays. I think everyone should do that. Someone was playing the trumpet on the street.  It was the typical French stereotype. I almost started crying because I loved it so much. I love France. I love the fashion!! And  I love the people because they're cool and can speak French unlike me... and it's so incredibly beautiful.

I'm safe, I'm working hard and I'm seriously so surprised that I haven't stressed out since I've been here. I'm seriously super happy and couldn't be better. I'm just going with the flow and doing what I'm supposed to do. I know the Lord will bless me if I just open my mouth. Every time I do I'm prepared to embarrass myself.  I know that each day I learn more and more. I'm not sad, I'm not scared, and I'm not stressed. I'm completely ready for everything that comes my way and that's the complete truth.

I'm glad you liked the tour. Yeah the French zone doesn't host the tour all that often, but I'm glad you liked it! I'm blessed that I could've been in the MTC with the new buildings. Bryce, neener neener. My favorite mural was the one of Joseph Smith. That one was in the 6th floor. It's beautiful. I loved them all.

I'll send lots of pictures! Love you all and stay safe in everything! Remember to talk to your Heavenly Father because he's always there listening to you. He hears you and will always help you.

Love, Sœur Hunt

Seeing Elder Hastings one last time!

All the Soeurs in our MTC Zone

Part of our travel group

 

The Mission Home

Viting the temple gorunds and visitor center

My trainer Soeur Giles

 

The streets of Nancy, France

The Patisserie (Bakery) "Paul"  

View from our apartment

3 DAYS LEFT!!!

Hello everyone! This week has been slow yet very fast. Slow because I’ve been counting down the days and fast because there is always so much to do here so it makes it go by fast. I love being here. I love all those who are in my life that support me. God will bless all of you because of your love of this gospel.

This week has been very interesting. Let’s start with Sunday.  Sunday was very awesome. We all fasted. It was actually very awesome. I didn’t even get hungry.  Probably because I was so busy. I fasted that I would regain my health. Yeah, I got sick again and right now I sound like smoker. I’m praying that I feel better by my flight over to France on Monday because I don’t want to feel like poop since I’ve been waiting for this moment my whole life. It’s been really good until yesterday and now it’s a cough but not supper bad still. Anyways, we had this guest speaker in our nightly devotional that night.  Her name was Jenny Oaks Baker.  She is a professional violinist who went to Julliard to start off her career. She was so inspiring. Before this devotional I kept having a hard time with comparing myself to everyone else. I kept thinking I wasn’t pretty enough or smart enough etc. But then when she spoke it meant a lot and answered my concerns:

*Place trust in the Lord

*The Lord needs all of us to build the Kingdom of God.

* You can’t build it by yourself.

*He's waiting to shower blessing on you.

* Don’t be prideful, love what you have and love what others have.  You can’t expect to be the only person who has the best everything.  We all need each other to build the kingdom of God.

 Afterwards, they made a special announcement saying that instead of all of us going to see our separate choice of movies we were to all stay in the gym and watch the Character of Christ whether we’ve seen it already or not. OK, we did and it was as awesome as the first time. There were a couple of things at the beginning that stood out to me this time. I should have seen it before, but this time it was just smack in the face telling me... THIS IS JEFF. So Jeff, these notes I took are for you specifically, but it’s important to everyone:

* Don’t waste time jotting down, word for word, what speakers say.

*All you’re doing is making history of the lesson.

*All you’re doing is making your own large plates

*Write down what the Spirit teaches you.

*It’s not that the church isn’t true to you; it’s that you’re not true to the church

I LOVE Elder Bednar. He always knows what to say and he says it with such authority.

After the recording was done the conducting speaker told us to stay in our seats and Elder Bednar and his wife came in to the auditorium. In person. Everyone stood up and were whispering and gasping once we all realized what was happening. Best Day of My Life! I've been praying to have an apostle come speak to us. Even better  Elder Bednar came!!! He came and had us just ask him questions and he would pick on someone and he'd answer. It was really, truly awesome. He’s so nice, but direct, he knows what he is talking about and isn’t afraid to offend someone because his faith is so dead set on the Lord that no one can drive him astray.  By the time we finished everything  it was 10. And we had to be in bed, lights out at 10:30. Worth it!

Monday was average, good but nothing crazy different happened. We’re practicing our goodbye song for sacrament on Sunday.  It’s I Know That My Redeemer Lives. First verse in French and then we all split the other verses and come together in the end.  It’s awesome! Makes me cry every time.  It’s my favorite hymn.  That hymn is my testimony.

I was able to see Kyle Mills and Josh Salter this week!  They seem to be enjoying everything. I also saw Josh Jessop during my hosting in the tour. Also Saw Katie Ann Powell during hosting. Boy do I love seeing familiar faces!  It’s a nice treat. I love hosting! I love chatting with people.  Some come from so far! Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, India and so on.  I also think I saw Alex Wonders on the tour while I was in my classroom.  I’m pretty sure it was him, but I could be wrong. I waved to him at the last second before he went behind the building and I think he saw me but I don’t think he knew it was me. Very sad, but cool enough.  I’ve seen Braden a couple more times but it’s more like he sees me and yells, "SISTER HUNT!" from across the road. I love it! Michael is loving life and is working hard.

Mother I got your email about Jamie and Brandon coming on tour at noon when I was in class at 3:45. Sad I missed them but don’t think I have that great of luck to have seen them.  But I love you all and say hi to Jayda for me! I miss her too!

Random thought…It’s funny, every time I get in the shower, by the way it’s not the tree of life, I always hear a choir. It’s like they’re holding choir in the showers. One time I was showering and they were singing Amazing Grace and it’s not like they sound bad either! I felt the spirit so strong while I was washing my armpits that I almost started crying! Can you even picture this??! Yeah it’s weird, but cool.

Also, everyone thinks my comp and I make the best Parisian missionaries because we look so elegant and very French all the time. They always say how perfect we are for France. Hehe I love it!

Also every time we say hi to one another in our zone it goes like this, “Bonjour! Bonjour, Bonjour, Bonjour, Bonjour! And then I just start singing the Beauty and the Beast song in my head... There goes the baker and his bread like always. You get the idea. It's hilarious to me. I love it.

I love everything you all have done for me. Thank you for all the letters everyone.  I love letters but don’t send any until after I’ve made it to France in 3 DAYS!! because I might not get them. But I love letters! They mean a lot. Thank you mother for the packages. I will send one to you of anything I don’t need and yeah! Hopefully everything will go well!  Next time we will speak will be from the airport going to France! And the next time I speak to any of you, it’ll be from France!!! YAY! It’s finally here! I’m so excited for this next big adventure. Love you all and thanks again for everything you do for me!

Much love always,

Soeur Sarah Hunt

Last trip to the temple together as a district.



 



Both are wearing the exact same navy dress. Most elegant Parisian missionaries

Hello from the laundry room in our matching French sweatshirts

10 Days Left

So much change. First I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who wrote me. I LOVED THEM SO MUCH! Thank you Betty for telling me that I'm always in your prayers and that you had a little relief society at your house.  It was really sweet to hear about the things you’re doing! Thank you Emily for writing. I loved hearing about Tyler and Mikey growing up! It’s going too fast! I'm glad you’re moving in nicely and Kansas is doing you well. Also thank you grandma and grandpa for writting me too. Grandparents don’t forget to go to church continually as well as study the gospel it’s the most important thing you will ever do and have in your life. Love you lots.

          I'm senior companion now.  It’s not that different.  I just take the initiative with planning in the companionship.

                   After lunch we usually have class. I always fall asleep. It’s because my stomach is digesting and the teacher just keeps talking. Yes, I honestly cannot help falling asleep.

          Speaking of falling asleep, our Sisters that were going to Canada left last Monday morning at 4:45 am so they were up till 11:30 and then woke up at 3:30 to get ready to leave. It was hard to sleep. I woke up every 30 minutes to them not so subtly packing the last of their things. So after they left it was just my comp and I.  It was awesome! The room was clean AND we were able to finally turn off lights at 10:30. Before my comp and I just went to bed with everyone still talking and getting ready for bed. So it was nice! But I’ll miss them! We had all of Tuesday and the night to ourselves until the next transfer on Wednesday. Now we have three new Soeurs.  They’re sweet and we made sure we set the rules for them about keeping the dorm room clean. It’s going well so far.

           On Sunday, my comp and I watched  this recording of a talk given by Elder Holland. It’s called Open Your Mouth. It was awesome. As always.  Some points from it…

*Make your own personal conviction and keep with that forever.

*BE FIRM

*BE PERSISTENT

*Ephisians 6: 11-19

*Your success is measured on how much you open your mouth.

*DONT KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT!

I Love, love, love, love Elder Holland. Watching that recording was sure proof that Elder Holland can, 1. Play hard 2. Don’t mess with him and 3. He’s hilarious. He and Elder Bednar are the best.

           I GOT MY TRAVEL PLANS TODAY!! I fly out Monday the 14th at 4:55pm but I leave the MTC at 11:50am. Soeur Bennett is the Travel Leader. It fits her because she’s like the mom of the group. I guess that makes me co-captain.

           Temple this morning was awesome!!! We did initiatory and then went and spent time in the sealing room for an hour.  No one was in the room and we could feel the spirit so well.  Then we ate breakfast.  This time we went a little earlier so there was no line and we got what we wanted and were able to take our time.  Afterwards, we went to the temple laundry room and helped fold things. We left 2 hours earlier than last time. It was nice and peaceful with no interruptions and with no one baffling you.

           So yeah! It hasn’t been such a supper crazy week.  It’s really chill and it’s the same thing over and over.  Love you all so much and thank you for everything you do to make my life better.

Love

Soeur Hunt

Soeur Hunt and Soeur Hunt.  Soeur Hunt just left for the Canada, Montreal Mission

The New arrivals

Our clean room prior to new Soeurs arriving



Personal Study Time