A Savior Is Born

Hey everyone!
Hopefully you had the best Christmas of your lives! I know this
Christmas was the best one yet. I love being a missionary so much
especially during the Christmas season, and I'm pretty sad that it's
over. There really is a special spirit that falls over the earth
around this time and it's super cool.

This week during the Book of mormon change challenge (bomc2) I got to
third nephi... Kind of behind but trying to catch up! And I got to 3
Nephi 1:13, where Nephi is pleading with the Lord because the people
are so wicked that if the sign of the birth of the messiah doesn't
happen, then all the righteous will be put to death. The scripture
reads "Lift up your head and be of good cheer; for behold, the time is
at hand, and on this night shall the sign be given, and on the morrow
come I into the world, to show unto the world that I will fulfil all
that which I have caused to be spoken by the mouth of my holy
prophets." How cool!! The savior, on the night before his birth, took
the time to comfort his people. Instead of being preoccupied with
himself and the daunting mission that lay before him, the Savior was
still Turing outwards. He always puts us first because of his
unconditional LOVE for us. That might have been one of the last things
he did before leaving his kingdoms above and descending beneath
everything, and he took the time to succor his people.

Christmas is super awesome! I love it! This Christmas was a little
different, as you could guess everyone was gone home this week so
Manhattan was pretty bare, but the Lord always provides miracles.
ALWAYS! We were able to still get members out with us and find people
(lonely college students with no where to go ) life is good. Skyping
was fun too! So Christmas Eve we were going to I hop (think "the Santa
Claus") because we didn't have anywhere to eat and eating in our
apartment sounded even more sad, and we get a call from the sisters
and they are freaking out, they are walking around at like 7 o clock
and some guy dressed in all black followed them for like four blocks
and was getting closer so we had to leave I hop and go and drive next
to them until they got home. So miracle that nothing bad happened!

Love you all! Have the best week ever!
-Elder Hunt

Sushi on Christmas Eve