Week 16: The Power of Prayer

¡Familia y Amigos!

I hope you all had a great week this last week!

So I don't have much time because I didn't realize how long it took me to write the rest of my emails so sorry about the short one! But this week has been such a crazy one!

So our investigator who's on date for the 10th, came to her lesson and we were going to teaching her lesson three and the word of wisdom, and we asked how her day/week was going and she says 'it's been ok, but it's really hard quitting smoking.' I'm pretty sure Hermana Baggett and I's jaws were on the floor! She went on to tell us she hasn't smoked since the 17th and wanted to quit because she knew she couldn't get baptized if she was smoking, so she just quit...She is so prepared and her testimony is growing so much! But if you could all keep her in your prayers as she continues to quit smoking that would be awesome! 

Also miracle from this morning! Hermana Baggett taught a woman here in her first transfer who just moved here from the Dominican Republic and they taught her and she was on date, but she went out of town three weeks into the transfer, so when I was back in Kansas!, and we got a text from her daughter this morning saying she just got home this morning so we set up an appointment for Saturday and we are so excited! So pray for Hermana Baggett That she will be able to understand our Spanish! I'm so excited to finally meet her and help teach her! Such a blessing!

All in all it was a pretty great week!

2.0

Prayer is SO powerful. Every time you offer a prayer it is heard by your Heavenly Father. He is so aware of each of us! If you ever feel like you're just at a lull or that you just can't handle whatever is going on in your life, get on your knees and express exactly how your feeling to your Heavenly Father. Whatever it is, he cares. He will listen, and he will comfort you, he will strengthen you as you lean on his Son's perfect atonement. When it gets hard, don't give up on him. He will never give up on you.

I love you all and hope you are as excited for general conference this weekend! Don't forget to write down your questions, and go into each session with faith they will be answered and a prayer in your heart, I promise you'll hear a message that's just for you! 

Hope you have a week full of Miracles!

¡Abrazos y Oraciones!

Hermana/Sister Hunt

Week 15: Miracles

¡Familia y Amigos!

So transfers: I'm staying here in Independence with Hermana Baggett, and we are still in the Visitor Center as well! Such a blessing, and we are excited for the great things in store for this transfer! Even though we didn't get transferred, we moved to a different house so that was an adventure, but it's been way fun!

So last Wednesday, Hermana Baggett and I were teaching our miracle investigator that came to church, and we invited her to be baptized and she said yes! Her scheduled date is October 10th and she is progressing so well! She is so prepared and really looking forward to these next couple of weekends with General Conference! She's truly amazing!

We have been so blessed! Yesterday, we went to contact a referral in an apartment complex and he wasn't interested, and we needed to go back to the Visitor Center before shift to do language study, and we have been focusing on daily contacting as a zone and so we had set a goal of one because we only go to be in our area for about 15 minutes due to district meeting and we decided to try to talk to a couple people and one of the people we ran into spoke only Spanish! So it was so cool to use Spanish and I understood the whole conversation! I also had a little bit of input! It was amazing! We found out he's in a different Ward, but he is really excited to meet the missionaries! Miracles of pressing on!

Well I don't have much time, but o do have enough time to give a 2.0!

2.0

Being.a Missionary has made me the happiest I have ever been in my life. Alma put into words how I feel: "I know that which the Lord hath commanded me, and I glory in it. I do not glory of myself, but I glory in that which the Lord hath commanded me; yea, and this is my glory, that perhaps I may be an instrument in the hands of God to bring some soul to repentance; and this is my joy.

"And behold, when I see many of my brethren truly penitent, and coming to the Lord their God, then is my soul filled with joy; then do I remember what the Lord has done for me, yea, even that he hath heard my prayer; yea, then do I remember his merciful arm which he extended towards me." 

As I serve and see these people change I have grown so much and I have realized that my call here to Missouri is not just by chance. This is exactly where the lord needs me right now and I would not rather be anywhere else! I know that as I see these people change and grow closer to the Savior that I am reminded I wouldn't be here without his atonement. Through his atonement and trials, he molds us into who Heavenly Father sees me as becoming, and I am forever grateful. I hope you all know that I love this work. I have a testimony of this gospel and how it can change and shape lives. 

I hope you all have an amazing week full of miracles!

¡Abrazos y Oraciones!

Hermana Hunt

Week 14: Make it Count

¡Familia y Amigos!

This week has been so crazy and absolutely amazing! We saw so many miracles and I just feel so blessed!

So we have a couple of investigators who are super awesome! One of them is praying about her Baptism date which is so good! Our other was literally a miracle, that I will talk about later and we also found a family this week and have gotten in contact with some Less actives we haven't been able to get in contact with all transfer-- so probably one of the most amazing weeks on my mission thus far! Only hard part is transfers are Thursday! We find out tonight where everyone is going/coming/staying. Sister Baggett and I are really hoping for the 3rd option! It's such a blessing to have such a strong companion, but it is in the Lords hands and I know He sees the whole picture and will put me where he needs me! Also means my p-day will either be Thursday if I stay at the visitor center, or Monday if I go back full proselyting!

So Miracle investigator story-- so the Stake I'm serving in has a goal from the Stake President to have 20 baptisms in the month of September, so 2 baptisms per ward and one per set of missionaries, and in our mission investigators have to be able to come to church twice in order to be baptized and Sister Baggett and I have been praying for a miracle since the beginning of the transfer. Well this last Sunday was the only Sunday left for them to be able to make it to church to be baptized this month, and we had only had our one investigator who has been coming to church, but she won't be baptized in September and Saturday night came and we invited 3 of our investigators to church and they sounded really solid about coming. Well Sunday came and we waited and they didn't come. We were pretty bummed, but we had great faith and knew we would be able to find those prepared individuals who were ready to receive the gospel. Well after sacrament meeting, this woman comes up to us and tells us she has been going to another ward, but felt like she really needed to come back to her assigned ward and that she needed to be directed to where gospel principles was because she brought her non-member mother-in-law and she she wants to learn more about the gospel. I could have burst into tears right then me there we were so excited and I know God answered our prayers! So she came to all three meetings and we had been trying to get someone to come to an appointment at the VC because Sister Baggett and I didn't have a car Sunday night and her and her Mother in law said they were free and would love to come! So she came to the VC and we talked about temples and took her through "God's Plan for His Family" and we invited her to take the lessons and she said yes! We cannot wait to teach her!  So basically we had tender mercy after tender mercy this week really. I know God answers our prayers and that if we have faith he can make anything happen!

2.0 

This transfer has flown by and I know that everything that happened has helped me learn and grow and become better. As I have been reflecting on all of the miracles and ways I have seen the ward grow and our investigators change as they learn about the gospel, I realize that time is so precious and so short. I know that God is aware of each of us. No matter how much time we spend with people, we can learn to love them and we can learn so much from them. So make every moment you have with those around you count. Serve them, love them, and learn from them.

I am so blessed and humbled to be a missionary. I learn to love his work more and more every week and I hope that all of you take time everyday to strengthen your relationship with your Heavenly Father and your Savior, Jesus Christ. They love you and they can help you through anything in your life. I love you all and hope you have a week full of miracles!

¡Abrazos y Oraciones!

Hermana Hunt 

Week 13: Find Out for Yourself

Week 13: Find Out For Yourself.

 

¡Familia y Amgios!

 

I don't have much time, but this week was amazing! All in all everyday I am here I see more and more of how truly involved in our lives Heavenly Father and the Savior are. It is such a privilege to be serving here in Missouri, and I know I say this a lot, but I cannot imagine being anywhere else right now! I have never experienced such an emotional, amazing, stressful and joyous responsibility in my life, but I wouldn't trade it for the world.

 

The 2.0 this week is something that has been weighing on my mind so much lately as I have been studying and praying about what I can share with you all.

 

2.0

In Helaman 5:12 it says: "And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall."

We must build our lives on the Savior. We live in a crazy world where the adversary is sending those winds and storms, and we cannot withstand them in any other way than having a firm testimony of the Savior, Jesus Christ. I love His gospel so much because it is encouraged for anyone and everyone to find out if it is true for themselves. Why is it so important and so stressed to have our own testimony? It is important because there will come a time in everyone of our lives, when all we'll have to fall back on is our testimony and faith in Jesus Christ. When that day comes we need to be ready, so I pose the challenge, find out. If you haven't found out find out. Study out his word, think about it, pray about it and I can testify to you that you will receive an answer. This is his work. I am truly humbled and so blessed to be a missionary! I know I am guided everyday in my efforts and that the Lord watches over me. I pray everyday that all of you can see his hand working miracles in your life! I know he is there, you just have to seek him out.

 

I love you all and am so blessed with the most amazing support and love! Hope you can feel my prayers for you!

 

Have a week full of miracles!

 

¡Abrazos y Oraciones!

 

Hermana/Sister Hunt

 

 

Week 12: He Can Change Us

¡Hola Familia y amigos!

 

This week has been emotional, crazy, stressful, and absolutely awesome! Mission life

 

So I don't have much time so here's some of the craziness!

 

On Wednesday, we found out someone tried to break into our house! Crazy stuff right (don't worry mom, we were all safe and they didnt get in! It was all the prayers coming from our families that protected us!) but we got a new door and everything so yeah that was pretty crazy! One day this week we met with our previous Bishop and they have a family friend who came to the VC and we watched Gods plan for His Family and we invited her to take the lessons and she said she was interested! We are meeting with her this week and are super stoked! Another day I was having a pretty rough day just feeling pretty down and I felt like I needed to have a blessing. So we had a meeting with the Elders and our new Bishop and at the end I asked for a blessing. I love the power of the priesthood. I know that God speaks to us personally when we receive a blessing! It was exactly what I needed to hear! We had a ward party right after and there was an amazing turn out! A lot of the people we have been working with were able to make it! It was awesome! Sunday night we had a crazy awesome experience! We weren't supposed to be at the VC, but we were down a car so we worked on our Areabook. So about an hour after we got there, the Senior Elder on shift, comes downstairs and tells us there was a women upstairs who wanted to talk with us, so we went up and come to find out this women walked into the visitor center looking for a way to be closer to God and was in our area! We taught her the first lesson and invited her to be baptized and she accepted! We set up a return appointment and were so grateful to meet her and start teaching her! So then Monday we went to go to our appointment and couldn't find her house and we called her and she said it was the right address, and come to find out when they looked up her address, it wasn't in our area, so she is being taught by another set of Sisters who are actually over her area! It was a crazy ordeal, but such an amazing experience teaching her and getting to know her! And this morning we went on a mini exchange and Sister Hembold and I got to hangout together for P-day while our companions went to the temple, because we went at the beginning of last transfer! But ya! All in all it was a crazy week full of some super awesome miracles and learning opportunities, and guys, I LOVE being a missionary!

 

2.0

We have a tendency to have a mindset that we just are the way we are and there's no way to change that. This is one of Satans biggest lies. I can tell you that through the atonement of Jesus Christ, those things can be changed. I have been studying a lot this week about being changed through the atonement to become the person God sees us as. It isn't easy, but I know that as we turn ourselves and our hearts over to the Lord and let him shape us into who he needs and sees us as, we will draw closer to him. Remember he's only a prayer away.

 

I hope you all strive to find ways to come closer to your Savior everyday. He loves you and is with you always. I love you all so much! I pray you see a week full of miracles!

 

¡Te quiero mucho!

 

Hermana Hunt

 

                                               Someone tried to break into our apartment!

 

Week 11: "Time flies when you have none of it."

¡Familia y amigos!

I don't have much time to write so sorry if I did t get back to you, but this week was crazy and here's a real fast recap of this last week!

Also: HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MOM AND DAD! And Happy Birthday Week to Kylee, Katie, Lindsay, and Kev! I hope you all have/had an amazing day! I love/miss you all!   and good luck to all my friends staring school!

Wednesday- we had district meeting and President Vest, President Medina (he's in the mission presidency) the APs, AND the Zone Leaders were there! It was AWESOME! We talked about not being afraid to talk to people and it was such an inspiring meeting! Hermana Oldroyd is also in my district which is way fun!

Thursday-- we went and visited some less actives and on of our investigators To drop off a Book of Mormon in large print and left him a note because he wasn't there. Then we had shift at the VC

Friday-- we had Friday morning training at the visitor center, and then we went and visited some less actives and ended up having to weekly plan because it was the only day we could! Then we worked on our digital area book transport.

Saturday-- we had shift in the morning, and then we went and contacted a few referrals and had to go back to the VC to finish our studies!

Sunday-- Sunday is my favorite day of the week! We had church in the morning and we went to the Spanish gospel principles class! I was pretty excited because I understood almost everything! It was awesome! (And I almost have the first vision down!) And then we were at the VC for shift for 3 hours, and then went out in our area and got to talk to one of our investigators and it was awesome! Then we headed back to the VC to work on area book.

Monday-- we were down a car at the visitor center, we all rotate all the cars we have, and so Hermana Baggett and I did studies and then walked to the VC and worked on area book before shift, and we are almost done with it so hopefully we will be able to help the other Sisters with theirs! And then on shift I got to take a couple groups on presentations and just had an awesome experience! The visitor center is truly amazing!

Honestly I have thought a lot about what I could share with you all and I hope you all realize how much you are loved!

2.0

Comparing ourselves to others will never make us happy. Each of us has a purpose and we all have been given different talents, skills, and weaknesses personal to us for our growth and development throughout our lives. We all have something to learn from each other, and we must remember what our true identity is; we are all children of God. He loves us and wants us to succeed. As we go through our personal trials, struggles, and joys, He is there. He has given us the gospel to help guide us through this life's ups and downs. So if you find yourself comparing yourself to others, remember we are all walking the path back to our Heavenly Father at our own place and in his own timeline.

I love you all and hope you've been able to see a week full of miracles! Keep pressing on! Thanks for all your love and support!

Abrazos y Oraciones 

Hermana Hunt

 

Week 10: His Time is Perfect

¡Familia y amigos!

 

Is it P-Day already!? This week was so good and honestly such a blur, so here are some highlights!

 

Tuesday-- was P-Day and we just went shopping and cleaned the house and the car and all that good stuff! It's so nice to have a day to get everything prepared and ready! We went out to Dinner with some members and went and met some potentials! It was awesome!

 

Wednesday-- We did studies and went and visited with some less active members and contacted some potentials and had shift at the visitor center that night! (Night shift is from 3-9 and morning is from 9-3) I love working in the VC! There is such an amazing spirit there!

 

Thursday-- We had shift at the VC in the morning and did our studies after we got home and went to dinner. We had an appointment that fell through so we went contacting and met one of our new investigators, Jim, and it was so awesome! We have an appointment with him this week!

 

Friday-- in one word: INSANE! Haha but really! We had Friday morning Training meeting at the VC from 7:30-9, it was amazing! President and Sister Vest came and it is always so cool to be able to hear from them! Then we were on shift in the morning. At about 10 this lady who apparently does this all the time, came in with her Cupcake cruiser and gave us four HUGE tubs of cupcakes (pictures to come!) it was insane! Thankfully we all had zone conferences to take them to so we could get rid of them! So after shift, we went to the stake center for zone conference from 3:15-6:30 because we got stage 2 of the IPads yesterday and ha do make sure we had all the right training and info about them so we could start transferring our area book to digital and our planners as well! We had an appointment at 6:30 with a family and got there a few minutes late, but it was awesome! We taught the first lesson and are going to visit them tonight! 

 

Saturday-- We had such a crazy schedule! We did studies and then had interviews with President and Sister Vest at 10! I love them both so much! Then we went home finished studies and did lunch/weekly planning  and then had shift at the VC and I got to take a family through Gods Plan for Families and it was such a tender mercy to be able to talk about the importance of the temple and families at the very time Ryan and Andrea were being sealed! I am so blessed and so happy for you both! The pictures are awesome so thank you for sending them! The lord is so aware of us!

 

Sunday-- so ward council got canceled and we walked into church and the stake presidency was on the stand... So needless to say, we got a new bishopric! Sacrament meeting was SO powerful! It was about 2 hours after all the people who spoke and it was just so powerful! It's going to be awesome! So we just went straight to relief society. And then had shift at the VC 12:30-3:30 and then Studies and we went to visit some of our investigators and it was great!

 

Monday-- was WAY crazy! So we got the area book/planner app and we had to transfer all of the teaching records, progress records, everything from the area book on to the app and President has set aside 2-3 hours everyday to work on it... We usually only have that much time in our area so this week is gonna be crazy! But none the less we will make it work and I'm looking forward to seeing the miracles that are in store!

 

2.0

This week is all about patience and faith. In life we have goals and things that we want to accomplish. We set goals and have this vision of what we want to happen, and as we try to start going about doing these things and we don't see any kind of progression we can become discouraged. God has perfect timing. Part of trusting him is trusting his timing. He knows what's best and putting that trust in him can be really hard, but I know that when we council with the Lord in prayer and continue to live the gospel, we will be happy and through the ups and downs of life, God guides us to where we need to be. He wants us to be happy. He sent his son Jesus Christ to perform the atonement so that we would have a constant friend by our side helping us change and become better so we can return to live back with our Him again. I know it is hard to trust God's timing sometimes, but I also know that as we turn our will over to him, he is there helping us be where we need to be. 

 

I am so grateful for this gospel and the blessings it brings into my life! I love seeing the change it brings to others lives as we help them gain their own testimonies! I pray for you all every week and hope you have a week full of miracles!

 

¡Abrazos y oraciones!

 

Hermana Hunt