So Christmas is coming way quicker then I ever wanted it to. I wish that we could just freeze time right here. This Christmas season I have been able to focus on the Savior more then I ever have before and It's been amazing. It truly has changed the meaning of Christmas for me.
This week has been super fun and super fast. A fun story that happened this week. So we get this text from a member that says "The roads are muddy and getting the big is harder then we thought. It's going to be muddy, bloody and smelling. Wear appropriate clothes. See ya at 8" So we were thoroughly confused, but apparently the Sisters had signed us all up to help with a killing and gutting a pig. So we get up there and the Pig is already dead and hanging upside down and it's our job to shave and skin it. It was definitely an experience let me tell you. We used knifes and the hair and top layer of the skin would fly back into your face. But we had to leave before they gutted it because it was passed curfew. Which was a real bummer. But we did get to eat it at their daughters wedding this weekend. It was really good!
Last night we drove to Garden City for the mission presidents devotional. It's where all the investigators and recent converts are invited to share their testimonies and hear the Mission President speak. It was super spiritual. We watched the He is the Gift video and then after you had the opportunity to stand up and share what your gift to the savior was this year. It was a very spiritual and special experience.
Last night on the drive to Garden we listened to a talk entitled Self Worth by Hyrum Smith (not the Hyrum smith...) and it is such a great talk. It talks about how despite all the put downs and let downs that are inevitably going to happen in life that if your self esteem is based on Christ it cannot fail. And when you know who you are and who you are supposed to be you can be confident dignified and find peace in your life. It's such a great talk!
We also got to volunteer with the Toys for Tots drive out here. We got to separate all the presents into bags and on Christmas Eve we get to help deliver them to the families! I am super excited for that! I love the service that inevitable comes from gift giving during the Christmas season.
We have seen so many miracles this week and it's been so amazing to be able to be serving the Lord out here is Colorado. Lamar is awesome. The people are amazing and I can't wait for these next couple of weeks.
Love you all so much!
-Elder Hunt
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