week one......of a new agenda

These last few weeks we haven't been having the same success as before. For two weeks now, the things have changed drastically. Yesterday I was wondering why things have changed these last few weeks, and I was able to receive revelation for what we should change.

The first weeks we were here, I was working on having more faith every day. These last few weeks, I haven`t been working on my faith. In Preach My Gospel, it says ¨Having faith in Christ includes having a firm belief that He is the Only Begotten Son of God and the Savior and Redeemer of the world.¨ and in chapter six it says ¨Faith in Him means that you trust Him and are confident that He loves you.¨ 

¨Faith leads to action...You accomplish what the Lord wants you to accomplish. You help bring about good in your own life and the lives of others. You are able to do miracles according to the Lord’s will. Your faith will be manifest through diligence and work...Doubt and fear are opposed to faith.¨ I realized that I have been lacking faith. It is a principle of power. Power to complete this work. Power to do what the Lord would have me do. 

To increase our faith, we should pray, study the scriptures dilligently, serve, and obey the Spirit`s promptings and the commandments. 

I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior. We are teaching a guy that says that Christ came to the earth, but not for religious purposes. He has a lot of ideas and he is very intelligent, but I know that Christ came here for us. He came here to pay the price. He came to redeem us. I know He came and I know that He will come again.

We teach another man that says he does not believe Christ has come do the earth. He does not believe that he can recieve forgiveness for the things he has done in his life. From someone that has messed up a lot in her life, I know He can forgive us. From feeling so low and literally sick inside to feeling like a bird flying in the air, I know Christ can forgive us. I know we knew Him before we got here. I know He came, and I know He is coming. He lives!!!

https://www.lds.org/youth/video/you-will-be-freed?lang=eng

https://www.lds.org/pages/mormon-messages?lang=eng#reclaimed

I love you!!

Hermana Hunt

we literally rescued a cat stuck in a tree this week. service project? check.

i always knew they would hook me up to cables one day....

member and missionary work!!!! m and ms :)

this is how we heat our house.

there are so many birds here that all you hear all day is heoahroiearhncueaiohyueihrtoajfuierhtuaihr from all the birds.

elder cano already went home. he was a new elder when i got here.

Gratitud

Que puedo decir de esta semana? I have learned so much this week about the spirit and about the way that Heavenly Father works. This week we went to bring M, a really great investigator, to her baptism. An hour after knocking and knocking on the door, she finally came out. We knew she was there for her two year old son, who was roaming the whole house and leaving and going in, but the mom would not come out. Finally she came out to tell us that she was not going to be baptized.

......uhhhhh........

so we went inside, knelt down, and all said a prayer together. The spirit was so strong!!!! But M didn`t recognize it. She was so confused and said that she still hadn`t recieved her answer, so she didn`t know what to do. There was another baptism in the church, so M decided to go see the baptism, not to be baptized. 

When she saw J be baptized, M decided that she was going to do it. She took her baptisimal suit, suited up without a change of clothes or a towel or anything, and was baptized!! What a miracle!! She said she felt great, and now her husband is finally listening to us well too! Miracles happen!!!

We were so happy to see M get baptized after all the work she has put into it with her marriage and studying and praying. I know that God has a plan for us. A lot a lot a lot of the times we don`t see His plan and we get frustrated, but He`s so much smarter than we are. I know He has every little detail planned out. I know He loves us and wants us to be happy!!

Love you all! Have a crazy wonderful week!

Hermana Hunt

all american misionaries have cars. mexican missionaries no.

its cold in our house.

it was really windy this week. 

i`m taking out xrays while my comp has a rock in her eye. crazy day.

we teach them. hahaaha

M got baptized!!

they`re both named cesar, they both act crazy, they both have two years old, their moms both got baptized the same day, they`re both prone to accidents, but they look so different. haaha

imagine trying to walk in this street. good old cuauhtemoc.

15 month mark

The difference between Cuauhtemoc and Chihuahua or Parral can be summed up in two things.

One: Wind.

Two: Creepers.

That sums up everything for this week.

I have many new names given to me by creepers this week. Miss Universe, Elena, my one true love. I accept them all with gratitude, knowing that a black been looks pretty all mixed in with the brown beans, but a black bean with other black beans is just a black bean.

On the work side this week, things have gone well. We have a few investigators, M and C, that have been going to church every week!! They got married and everything so that they can be baptized! This week they brought M´s mom to church and C´s brother. They are so excited to learn more about the gospel!!

A, a young women whose grandma is a member, is so excited she even participated in the young women´s program yesterday! Her mom, who has had so much fear to go to church, went to church to see her yesterday. We are so excited to see little steps of faith!!!

Other A was so excited to go to church this week when Sunday morning she fought with her parents. She then decided to not go to church. Crazy how Satan works so hard so that the good things don´t work out well. She was so close to going to church.

J was able to see a baptism last week and is so excited for her baptism this week!! Her 2 year old son sings with us every time we go to visit her, but he doesn´t just sing, he SINGS. I love it. Then when we stop singing, he folds his little arms SUPER ready for the prayer.

I am so grateful for the huge blessings Heavenly Father is giving us. I am loving being here in Cuauhtemoc!!!

Have a great week!

Hermana Hunt

this week I dont have time for a big email, so you will have to see what happened by photos!!

IT SNOWED THIS WEEK!!!!!! We were out at like, ten at night making snowmen. yay!!!!

she got married in a mini-er than mini skirt, but she got married. hahaha we love these people!!!!! they are amazing.

this is a gift we made for the couple that got married this week. it has little scriptures inside and delicious walnuts. walnuts are a big thing here. really big.

i am drinking nun milk.

MARRIAGE. It`s what bwings us all together.

Do you know how EXCITED I AM FOR THIS WEEKEND?!?! We have these really awesome investigators. We found them in like our first week in Cuauhtemoc. They are M and C. They have a son who is less than two years old. M and C are not married, and this week we went to talk to them about the law of chastity. We left a pamphlet with M and she read the whole thing, then she explains to her husband that they are commiting a sin. They are so cute! They decided that they are going to get married this saturday!!!! They are so wonderful. M and C have gone to church now three times and are super loving it. We also have a cute little investigator, J, who is taraumara. She doesn`t really know how to speak spanish very well, and we don`t really know how to speak taraumara very well, so we follow the spirit a lot. We have to explain her what little words mean like power and teachings. She is only 18 years old and has a 2 year old son.

 

I have learned this week about dilligence. In Preach My Gospel it says that diligence is a constant, steady, earnest and energetic effort to do the work of the Lord. Dilligence is an expression of amor for the Lord and His work. In this mission, it`s a pretty big thing to contact people in the street. We make the goal of contacting 10 people in the street every day, and many days we can do it! There are a lot of people that walk in the street because it`s not too normal to have a car here. It`s a great way to contact people and a great way to find new investigators! We hardly ever have to worry about finding new people to teach. Anyway, being dilligent means working the same way or better every day. If we were able to contact 8 people in one day, tomorrow we're going to contact at least 8. Being dilligent means never missing a single moment, and making sure you are working hard even when your plans get changed. 

 

“I have often said one of the greatest secrets of missionary work is work! If a missionary works, he will get the Spirit; if he gets the Spirit, he will teach by the Spirit; and if he teaches by the Spirit, he will touch the hearts of the people and he will be happy. There will be no homesickness, no worrying about families, for all time and talents and interests are centered on the work of the ministry. Work, work, work—there is no satisfactory substitute, especially in missionary work.” –President Ezra Taft Benson

 

When we work for the Lord, we find joy and satisfaction in our work. This week has been hotter here in Cuauhtemoc! We are grateful to walk around without the heavy coat. As you will see, I already burnt. Yay for Chihuahua`s wonderful sunshine!!! A few weeks ago, I almost lost all the photos I have taken in my entire mission, but a nice young man was able to help me take the virus out of my camera`s memory. Some of these pictures are old, but I am really grateful he was able to fix my memory. Gave me the biggest scare of my life ;)

 

Have a great week!!

 

Hermana Hunt

Hey hey hey!!! 

This week has been a week full of miracles! We are finding people so ready. So incredibly ready! We have been teaching a man named F in his work basically the whole time we have been here. He was a referral we got from another investigator. This week, we met F`s wife, T. As we were talking with them, T started to cry. She said that we are the answer to the question she has had her whole life. While her husband was already baptized in another christian church, she has always told him that he needs another baptism. She told us that she wanted to have an eternal family. We sang ¨I need thee every hour¨ and she continued crying. She couldn`t make it to church this week, but her husband went yesterday and loved it!! They are so ready!!

We found another lady that is an orphan. She is only 18 years old but has a two year old son. She doesn`t know how to read and only works one day a week cleaning houses. She accepted fast and wants to be baptized. 

C and M went to church this week again. They are reading ¨The family, a proclamation to the world¨ and have not faught in their marriage for two days now--something that happened every two minutes before. They want to have an eternal family.

There are so many more stories too!! Heavenly Father is definitely working hard. We just have to work as hard as He does too and everyone will accept the gospel!!!

¨Time is like a river. You cannot touch the water twice, because the flow

that has passed will never pass again. Enjoy every moment of life.¨ 

¨...they did all declare unto the people the selfsame thing—that their hearts had been changed; that they had no more desire to do evil.¨ Alma 19:33

Hermana Hunt

lots of birds in one tree. sign of the second coming? hahaha 

our leader sometimes talks to us so long that my companion falls asleep...hahaha

My companion got frustrated and sat down in the middle of the pharmacy. She gets frustrated a lot. I knew they were gonna put me with a girly girl one of these companionships. lol

This dog came up to me in the park the other day and just started giving me some love. Can I bring him home?

Our house is so cold you can see smoke (i don`t remember the word in english) coming out of our mouths when we talk!

Cuauhtemoc, my land!!

Here in Cuauhtemoc, it is really cold and there are a lot of menonites. Every day people ask me if I am a menonite. And the menonites look at me very confused trying to figure out if I am menonite or not.

My new companion, Hermana R, just made it from the MTC here. She is from Colombia. I teach her spanish. It is pretty cool. Words like un chorro and los cholos and una pluma. It makes me happy. She teaches me words like chi chì and pitìllo and nevera. She is very dramatic too. It`s just the culture, but I find it very funny. We have a rat in the house and she screams a lot. I probably should be a better companion and not laugh every time.

Here in Cuauhtemoc, things are moving FAST!! We are opening up an area where there hasn`t been anyone working for a little bit. We have a really great map and really great members, and that is a good thing, but we have still gotten lost a few times this week.

On Tuesday, we couldn`t find our house and it was already almost nine at night, so we found a little store and went inside to ask if they knew where our street was. Turns out our house is only two houses down from the store. Oops.

People here are really open to the gospel. We found a really wonderful family here, M and C, that are super ready to hear the gospel. They already went to church and everything. We are placing baptisimal dates with everyone--even the people we start to talk to in the street. It is a beautiful life and a beautiful time to be a missionary!!

Love you all!! No pictures this week--next week we`ll find a cyber that sends pictures!

Hermana Hunt

Last Day in Parral

This week has been wonderful!! Sister L is getting over some freakishly bad strep throat, and the doctors told her she had already had WAY too much antibiotics, but it just doesnt go away!! She´s feeling much better now, but we did go in to Chihuahua to have the doctors check it.

This week we have seen so much progress in the L family. They are so excited for their baptism this saturday, but they were starting to tell us they weren´t ready and they wanted to keep listening, but this saturday they went to another sister´s baptism, and when it was over the L family exclaimed: we´re ready to be baptized!! hahaha they are so amazing. They have changed so much in these few months that I have been in Parral.

These few months that I have been in Parral have already ended. Today I have transfers. Yikes. I will miss Parral with all my heart--and the people that are here. I love everyone I have come in contact with here, and many have my heart. Good thing there is a thing called facebook, right? Parral really is the land of miracles. I have seen how much the Lord really is hastening His work here in Parral. In a desert where they said that a year ago they didn´t have any success, Heavenly Father has really sped things up here! Soon it will be a stake and soon there will be a temple here ;)

We´ve been trapped up in the house this week because we´ve been sick, but we have not stopped seeing the wonderful miracles that Heavenly Father gives us!!

Love you!

Hermana Hunt

we made ¨buckeyes¨ for ohio state football.

chuey made us these lovely pictures when their whole family went to church! 

one day we went to eat pizza. i was really excited. my companion not so much. :D

When you enjoy liberty, protect it!!

This week has definitely been productive. At the beginning of the week, I was sick and Sister C told us we had to stay in the house and not work. Then at the end of the week, my companion got sick. Yay for only working a few precious hours this week!! But a lot of good came of it. For example, my companion painted one of the rooms in our house, we helped some sisters change houses and while carrying a mattress, one of them peed their skirt, we are finishing the books we have been trying to finish all our missions, and I got to try coffee. Picture evidence attached.

So this has been my week!!! But! It has not been in vane. I have been reading a lot and understanding a lot. Here is a lovely story for you all:

A pretty little bird was hanging out high up in his tree one day doing happy things and being happy when he saw a mysterious man pass by with a strange black box. The bird went down to see what was in the box.

¨What do you have there?¨ Asked the bird.

¨Worms,¨ replied the man, ¨but every worm costs one feather.¨

What a wonderfully easy way to get my food! And delicious too!! thought the bird. He carefully chose one of the smallest, ugliest feathers that he had to pluck it out. It hurt really bad to take it out, but after eating the delicious worm, he felt better.

Every day the strange man passed by, and every day the pretty little bird chose another feather and feasted on a worm until one day the bird took out one of his main feathers. He now couldn´t make it up to the highest part of the tree, but he feasted on a delicious worm.

Finally the strange man stopped passing by because the bird didn't have any feathers left. The little bird was not pretty anymore, couldn't even reach the first branch of the tree, and was very sad.

This is how Satan gets us. He starts out with something so small as the smallest, ugliest feather the bird had until all of the sudden we are giving him our most precious feathers. The feathers we have worked hard for. The most beautiful and expensive possession that we have. Satan does not try to tell a field that it should be full of weeds, but starts out with one little dandelion until the whole field is covered in bad.

¨Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.¨ Galatians 6:7

I hope we can all plant, even in our simplest of simple thoughts, good things, so that we will be able to harvest the good. If we let even the smallest of bad into our thoughts, that thought will grow until we only are able to harvest the bad. 

Plant good things this week!!! Protect your precious feathers!!

I love you!

Hermana Hunt

PS estamos tan hermosas.

Happy New Years!

New years is so different here. Nah, it´s not that different. Just that everyone shoots their guns in the air to celebrate instead of just some little fireworks. Happy you might die from a stray bullet day!!! That´s how you know that the new year will be a good one--if you stayed alive long enough to see the new year!! hahaha just kidding. It is pretty scary and we had to enter the house at seven, but all the houses are made of cement, so there is hardly any risk. More people died from driving drunk than from stray bullets.

This week I have been meditating a lot on a quote from Heber J Grant that says ¨That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do; not that the nature of the thing changed, but that our power to do is increased.¨ I know this year we can overcome the faults we have had the last year just by persisting in what we know to be true and trusting in Heavenly Father to help us.

I hope we can all have a wonderful new year full of one year goals, six month goals, monthly goals, weekly goals, and daily goals. This life is a life of goals, and if we are constantly trying to change and be better, we will have the spirit with us more strongly.

Love you!!

Hermana Hunt