So this week was probably one of the most eventful weeks of my entire
life! Another amazing week in Paradise! This email might be a little
bit longer then usual! Hopefully it will also be more exciting as
well! So this week started off with some hectic storms, which was fun.
There are some pictures below. There was one like an hour of here,
half a mile wide and was on the ground for 90 min! Can you even
believe that! So crazy! But don't worry, Topeka is in a valley so the
last tornado to hit Topeka was like 1966. (You can ask just about any
Topekan and they can tell you about it.) Storms are the best! We sure
did get a ton of rain this week, and let me tell you. Kansas lightning
storms are the coolest things in the world! Constant thunder for an
hour with lightning flashing every 2 seconds! It is so amazing, and
because of how flat it is you can have a panorama view of the entire
storm!
We saw some really awesome progression happen with almost our whole
teaching pool which was great! We have still been meeting with Carol,
who now refers to herself as our surrogate grandmother. She is doing
so good, still working on Word of Wisdom but doing so much better then
she was! Even the smallest things in the gospel can change lives! Its
amazing! and then we also played some B ball with our boy Leo, who is
10 and we took another Recent Convert who is 10 and it was super good
and went over the baptismal interview questions with him. He is still
good just waiting for the go ahead with his parents.
And then our family that we have been working with for a while got
married! What the heck! So cool! It was for sure a Kansas Marriage,
but it was super fun! It was pretty stressful getting it all set up
because our civil marriages are pretty different and they had a bunch
of nonmembers show up and was expecting this whole big thing (which we
prepped them and they wanted something small) and it was just in the
relief society room! It was still super good, and now they can get
baptized super quick! Super excited for them with that! It's going to
be sick!
Then we had a baptism, this girl has been meeting with missionaries
for awhile in a different ward but moved into ours with her family
(who just got baptized a few weeks ago) and it was super spiritual!
And I had the privilege to confirm her a member of the Church! Such a
powerful experience! So many people were there and there were a bunch
of investigators! It was awesome! It is so amazing to see this woman
change her life forever! I remember meeting her for the first time
about a month ago and she was clearly not happy, but to see the light
that came after confirming her was something I will cherish in my
heart forever. God is SO good!
This week I have been thinking a lot about decisions. Something that
is big in the mission is making everyday a day of decision. That today
will be the greatest day of your life, you can be happy regardless of
your circumstance, you can choose joy every second of the day. The
only thing that holds us back is our self. Every single day can be a
day that we wake up and say "This is going to be the best day of my
life" and then go out and make it! Gandhi once said "A man is but a
product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes" and that also
leads to to a verse found in Proverbs 23:7 "For as he thinketh in his
hear, so is he" I hope we can decide everyday to be happy, choose joy
and make today the best day of your life! I am so grateful for the
atonement of Jesus Christ that makes this possible and that we can
always find our joy in the journey!
Also this week we have another ET (well kinda. transfers are on
Wednesday and my comp is leaving today) so I am going to be in a trio
for a couple days and then get a new companion! My new companion is
Elder Hilborn! My comp is going down to Wichita! so excited for him!
Again can't believe that transfers is already happening again, what a
trip!
Love you all so much! Have the best week of your life!
-Elder Hunt
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