Happy 3rd Bday KWM

This week has been one of the fastest weeks of my life! This next week

President and Sister Bell along with 19 of my best friends are going

home. And I was hoping that it wasn't going to go fast but here it is!

I'm so sad, but hey change is always a good thing! I have learned so

much from all of these people that are going home and they really have

changed my life forever. I have loved every single moment with them

but it's all good! Now there will be new things to learn! Woohoo!




We have been able to see some awesome miracles! This week this

investigator that we have been working with off and on finally quit

smoking!! We hadn't seen him in like a week and he had quit smoking.

The first thing that he asked us was "when can I get baptized" so he

is getting baptized next week! so that's awesome! Super pumped for

that!!!




This week because of the big group going home its also transfers this

week but I'm staying in the best place in the world, good ole' Topeka!

So excited. there has been a lot of changes in the zone but it's the

best up here! This morning we went for a hike as a zone and had a

testimony at the top (I mean there isn't like a top in Kansas, but it

was super nice! the end was by an abandoned insane asylum but its

really the only place to hike in Topeka) Life is so good!




I came across this quote the other day which has become my favorite.

It's be President Benson and it says "“Nothing is going to startle us

more when we pass through the veil on the other side then to realize

how well we know our Father and how familiar His face is to us” Its so

cool to think that each of us have a personal relationship with our

Heavenly Father. We know him better then we know, and I believe one of

the purposes of this life is re gain that relationship with him. I'm

so grateful to be serving a mission in the best place in the entire

world. I'm so grateful for all the things I get to learn!




Anyways, Love you all!




-Elder Hunt

Testimony meeting in the woods

Zone Zoo Day

Attitude of Faith

This week has been such a great week! We have had some awesome
meetings and a lot of driving and some cool miracles. So I guess it
was like every other week! It started off with zone conference, that
was so good! There is a talk called the "fourth missionary" (basically
the four types of missionaries and what the attributes are and how to
be better) and it's such an amazing talk and our mission president
wrote a ending called the "KWM fifth missionary" which is the fourth
missionary plus additional attributes that are all about our culture
here in the mission! I also bore my closing testimony because it was
my last zone conference (which is beyond scary and Weird) and but
thank goodness It wasn't like the end it was just the timing. Then all
the district and zone leaders throughout the mission drove to Wichita
and had this huge meeting! It was AMAZING!

Then we had some cool miracles! We had one of pour investigators do it
so solidly to baptism! She is awesome. we have been teaching her for a
while and she has a sincere desire to know the truth but for so long
was questioning everything we said. There were several times that she
told us it wasn't for her but we finally got down to the root cause
and she knew it was true. It's amazing how much the gospel changes
people, and how when the gospel enters people's lives you can
literally see the light turn on! And then we had this part member
family show up to church again this week! So excited for them!

We have also been doing this thing called working through the
amulists. Which we have been doing for a while but it's been really
good. Basically the amulists come from the amulek plan (which is a way
to fellowship less active members through the active members.; thus an
alma and amulek type story happens) they are just different lists that
are given to us by the ward to contact! It's been so good!

This week I keep thinking about choosing to have an attitude of faith.
It's a concept that has really helped me this week. The power of the
mind is so crazy! Instead of always thinking "I can't not do thi"
think "I can" and while it's such a small change it can make all the
difference. Choosing to believe and have faith and focusing on the
positive over the negative. Also it just makes you feel happier!

Love you all so mucho
-Elder Hint

Our district and zone leader meeting

Zone Conference

We had a zone water balloon fight with colored water

I got a Father's Day card from my mission daughter!  

Haha!

Expect the Impossible

Hey what's up everyone! 

Hope you all had the best week ever! Best week every out here in the heartland. We got a lot of things done and saw so many miracles! Monday night we drove down to Wichita and we had a meeting in person and it was super good! And then my companion and I got to stay at my old apartment in Wichita with my MTC companion which was super fun! Then Tuesday we had MLC all day long! It was so good! We have this new term in the mission called "leaning forward" which basically means that we are always trying to think of better ways to do things. The term comes from a runner who in order to run his fastest leans forward. (I mean I don't really know all that much about running but that's how it was explained haha) and we talked a lot about what we could do to change and become better. It was such a good meeting with so much revelation that was received! It was awesome! It was also an emotional roller coaster because it was Prez Bell's last MLC which was really sad, but thank goodness this is the Lord's work! 

Then we had a few other meetings that we had throughout the rest of the week, we had Stake Coordination with President Avrett who is the stake president here in Topeka! Such a good guy. and then zone training which was super fun! We got to go on exchanges with Elder Mitchell, who is my old comp from Manhattan! That was a blast! A member even took us to Texas Roadhouse! Then we saw a super big miracle! We have been working with this family that recently got married but we haven't been able to contact them in a while. Saturday night we stopped by and two kids were there that we never saw before. Turns out they are her kids from another marriage and they are solid! They came to church yesterday and they are getting baptized on the 25th! They are so solid. After church yesterday they both said they were excited for next week. The ward was so good to them too! It was definitely a miracle!!! This week I also had the opportunity to baptize somebody and it was such an amazing experience! I love the power of the priesthood and am always so amazed that the power of God really is manifest in the ordinances of the priesthood!

This week President Bell told us that every single day we should wake up and "Choose Joy, Choose Faith, and Choose to Expect the Impossible" The spirit testified super strong that nothing is impossible with Christ. We are all are made to do impossible things because we are children of a God!  As we rely on him he can take us places that we could never get alone! He wants us to be happy, to believe in him and miracles will happen! He will make impossible things come to pass! I am so thankful for the blessing it is to serve in Kansas! 

Love you all so much! 

-Elder Hunt

A quote that was shared with us from President Bell in the June 2016 MLC! He told us to everyday, when we get out of bed to make these three choices that way you wake up happy and ready to accomplish everything the Lord wants for you that day. We then made a picture of it and printed it out for zone training so we could always remember to Choose Joy, Choose Faith and Choose to expect the impossible!!

I would drive 500 miles...

So this week has been crazy busy! So Monday since my companion needed

to be in Wichita a little bit before the transfer, and we had to pick

up another Elder in Manhattan so I spent the entire Monday in the car

driving and then a day later we packed up again and left to Wichita.

Let me tell you Kansas is beautiful. Best sunsets in the world, no

mountains to get in the way! And then we are driving down again today

for MLC, so that should be fun. I can't believe that its already

another month! WHAT THE...




This week we had transfers and I got a new companion (#18) and it has

been super fun! Elder Mitchel is back up in Topeka with me. He was my

previous companion and he is super awesome! We went on an exchange

this week and it was super fun! It was pretty fun!




We were able to see so many miracles this week! All of our people that

are progressing are really trying to overcome the trials that are

placed in their way. Its amazing to see these people push forward so

hard because they want to be better. The atonement is super amazing!

Thank goodness for the Atonement.




This week we had a pretty interesting testimony meeting this week. We

had a recent convert bare his testimony and he used some colorful

language. He explained that since his baptism he has messed up and

isn't perfect and has at times slipped back into his old habits. It

was pretty cool though because afterwards some people from the ward

got up and bore powerful testimony of the atonement, and how no one is

perfect,we all mess up but we can overcome everything through Christ.

The whole time a quote was coming through my mind which is "The church

isn't a country club for the perfect, but a hospital for the sinner".




Love you all so much!

-Elder Hunt

Baptism, Marriage and Tornados (again haha)

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

Hey so we had interviews this week and I found out that my release date is the 1st of September which is cool. there is a pretty cool miracle. so he went to change it and it was already changed, and  there wasn't a button to change it anywhere which he says that he has never seen before. So i guess thats a sign that I'm supposed to go up to school!