Hello friends and family!

This week was awesome! Just overall a great week. First off, we had a baptism! That's always a plus. One more soul brought unto Christ. His name is Jorge and he is 17 years old. I don't know if I already told you all the story about how we found him.. but you get to hear it again if I did! 

 

Sister Bentz and I were walking down a street because our appointment had just cancelled. We decided to talk to every single person all the way down that street.. no matter what.. and it was a LONG street. We ran into some very interesting people. There was one man that was sitting in his driveway smoking and when we walked up he yelled, "NOPE. Don't even try." So we asked him if there were any of his neighbors or friends that could use a message about Jesus Christ or just a nice song. He referred us to a neighbor a couple houses down. We went to go contact it and found out that it was a member!..whoops. They had been waiting for us to go over because they had a friend that wanted to know more about the church. Four weeks and many lessons later, Jorge was baptized. Thank goodness our appointment cancelled that one day and that I forgot that a member lived there.. sometimes things like that happen for a reason right? 

 

The baptism was one of the funniest things of my life.. definitely a journal making moment. The first time that the friend tried baptizing Jorge, he just kinda swooped over the water. I'm pretty sure his face didn't even get wet.. then they did it perfectly!..but forgot to say the prayer. Third times a charm! Jorge was successfully baptized and no one broke any bones. 

 

Another really cool moment that happened this week was when we went to visit a less active member. He has always been very nice, but we never really had the chance to talk to him too much. We decided to just get to know him this time. He told us all about his life, the war, and his family. It was so cool! Then we sang a song for him and then in the closing prayer he said,, "Hi Heavenly Father. It's me again. I know you haven't heard from me in awhile, but I just really want you to bless these girls.." Then he went on to say the most sincere prayer I have ever heard. Just like a little child would say it. It was so simple, but SO powerful. It really gave me a new meaning of prayer. 

Side note! We found out that our recent convert, Juan, is an amazing artist! We had no idea! I can't even explain..so just look at the picture and be amazed. 

I hope you all have a great week! Good luck in school to all you young ins :) 

Con mucho amor, 

Hermana Hunt

Vayan a la batalla

Oh man these past few weeks have been nuts! We had minis.. then this week I got a call that said that I needed to go to a 3 day Leadership Training. I left on Monday and didn't come back until Thursday. A week without Sister Bentz AGAIN! Why does this keep happening to us? It's okay. I was able to learn so much. It was three days all about how to become better missionaries and leaders. The zone leaders were there, district leaders, and Sister Training Leaders. And me:) It was a great learning experience. I was able to work with a Sister that has A LOT of experience. I think my brain is going to explode with all that I learned.

Sorry all my notes are in Spanish.. so I'll try to have this make sense in English. One of the biggest lessons that I learned this week was how important it is to have a good attitude. When we have a good attitude we can work harder, love the people more, have gratitude, make better plans, invite people to baptism, basically everything that we learned about. I have never been to a meeting with President Maluenda and not been called on. This one was no different. He asked me what the Spirit has invited me to do after that training. It told me how I feel like I need to repent and be a better example for the sisters that I live with and have to teach. I live with 3 very very new missionaries. Sometimes it's hard to always have to be the example, or always have to be the one to make decisions or be in charge. But I realized what a great opportunity I have. I get to make myself better everyday so that I can serve the sisters around me. I decided from that day on that I will never let my attitude get the better of me. I will always CHOOSE THIS DAY to always be happy no matter what. 

 

I was tested like no other this week. After I made that commitment to myself and I got back to Edinburg, I saw some things start to fall apart. I had to make a conscious decision of how I was going to act. I knew it was going to be freaking hard (sorry I have a bad habit of saying that) but I knew that it would be worth it. And it was. We found some amazing new investigators this week and we set baptismal dates with them. The blessings really do come after we show our faith. Choose this day:) 

I love you all!

I found a Texas door.. I swear there are more Texas And Mexican flags here than US ones. 

This might be a reason why I LOVE Texas! 

I also realized that I have a problem with bumping into Elders. I don't know why.. but people are starting to notice. 

Have a great week! Read the book. It changes lives:) 

Hermana Hunt :)

I can hear the wedding bells

Hello all!

This week was fantastic! We had mini missionaries this week. There is nothing more fun than having a 16 year old and 17 year old following you all week. No but for real. I LOVED it! Sister Bentz and I were really really sad though to have to split up for the entire week. I was able to have really awesome experiences with both of the minis. One of the first days, I had to teach one of them how to ride a bike. We needed to ride to some appointments so we practiced around the neighborhood for awhile. That didn't end too well.. she crashed. Whoops. But then we went out riding anyway. Bad choice Sister Hunt. We decided to lock the bikes up and walk for the rest of the day. It's all ok because then later we felt like we needed to talk to these guys playing basketball, so we pros-balled for a little and then set 2 baptismal dates with them! Perfection. Then with the other mini, we found a former investigator that was GOLDEN but couldn't be baptized because he was living with his girlfriend and she wouldn't marry him. (They are like 70 years old) But we found him and he's married! And he still really has those desires to be baptized, so we taught him again and set a baptismal date for later in this month. Miracles are in the air! One of the best parts of the week was being able to hear their testimonies at the end. I had no idea how much of an impact this had on them. Them having the opportunity to live the missionary life for a week really changed them. It made me really appreciate the opportunity I have to be out here. I love being a missionary! 

 

We had a wedding! Well not us.. but our member and her husband! They are the best. He isn't a member, but he just took this huge step, so it's only a matter of time;) Sister Bentz and I are pretty determined. 

Love, 

Hermana Hunt

Baptisms and Transfers!

Good day to all! :)

So this week we found out about transfers.. I'm staying!! I get to finish training Sister Bentz! I am soo excited. Not to mention that by the end of this transfer I'll be here for over 7 months! 7 months in good 'ol Edinburg. This transfer is going to be so good! I can feel it. 

We went on a hunt and we found Yudith! Our missing 10 year old. I was SO excited when we found her that I took a picture. 

​I couldn't help myself. We got her at about 8 at night, so we ran her over the the church for her baptismal interview. Oh. Not to mention that we got to ride in "the van". Consuelo's van is very famous around here. She has half a steering wheel and is missing like half of the van. 

​But it was all worth it! Yudith was baptized yesterday and it was the cutest little baptism I have ever been to. I am so grateful that I was able to see this through. It was a great way to end the transfer! 

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Other news.. our investigator that invented gatorade, owns half of wells fargo, was kidnapped when he tried turning in his breakthrough on ulcers, and is the commander in chief of the navy, (We still don't quite know what to think about him) is getting baptized this week! Ending and starting the transfer on a good note:) 

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I love you all! Thank you for everything! Catch ya on the flip side 

Hermana Hunt 

p.s. eat some cookies for me!

We tried catching fireflies.. it didn't work

Hey all!

This week was a pretty good week. Nothing too bad, nothing too exciting. Let me just name a few things. 

-I rolled in a trash can. (excuse my white missionary legs)

-we got referred to a member that we didn't know about from a drunk smoking guy. 

 

-we were told by an investigator that apparently works with Bill Gates that he is getting us new cars.. we'll see about that one. He also told us that he invented Gatorade when he was 5. 

 

-We went spirit knocking at an apartment complex and chose to knock number 11 because it's our favorite number and now the lady that lives there has a baptismal date:) 

 

-we decided to give up soda. No more. 

 

-we weigh ourselves after every otter pop. 

 

-we got a new pet. 

Oh! And our investigator that was supposed to be baptized went missing. She went to her friends house for a whole week without telling her grandma. 10 year olds these days. Hopefully she'll be back for this week. Cross your fingers. 

Yesterday in church this guy was speaking and something really stood out to me. He said, "Sometimes your goal doesn't change, but the circumstances do. Don't change your goal." We had interviews with President Maluenda the other week, and while he was talking to me he was saying how I don't have a lot of time left, (YES I DO) And how I need to think about the future a little bit. I've always had these grand goals and such before the mission, but a lot of the circumstances have changed, and I really started doubting if I could ever reach those goals. Don't change your goals! It gave me some more motivation that I'll be able to reach all of my goals. I had a goal to go to BYU. Done. I had a goal to go on a mission. Done. I can achieve the rest of my goals:) So.. I'm going to make this all motivational. Don't change your goals! You can do it! Ya. Ok. I'm done with that now. 

Con amor, 

Hermana Hunt

Sidenote: All you people that I'm hearing about getting married or that got married or that are famous now or got a new haircut. I want to hear from you! Make it happen:) 

Spiritual surprises

Hello! I hope everyone had a great week! Sister Bentz and I sure did. We did a TON of bike days so we were definitely laughing the whole week. I have abs now.

So yesterday Sister Bentz and I were at church and one of the counselors from the YSA branch, it was like 20 minutes before church started, and he asked us if we could give talks because their speakers couldn't come. Why not? We didn't have time to prepare so we just went up there and were surprised of what came out. I think I've become a professional at "winging it". The first thing that came to my mind was 1 Nephi 4. It's at the beginning so I'm pretty sure I've read this over a million times. But in one of the verses when the Spirit was telling Nephi to kill Laban is says that Nephi "shrunk". He didn't think he could do it. This can relate so much to us today. When we are faced with trials or tough times, are we going to "shrink" ? Or are we going to rise to the challenge and face it with faith? When we always rely on the Lord and turn to Him, we will always be okay. We need to be careful where we put our heart. Wherever our hearts are, our desires and our efforts will follow. This especially applies to missionaries. Are we going to put our hearts in home? In our past? In our lives after the mission? If we do, that's where our desires will be. We won't be focused. Our heart should be on the work. On the people. On our purpose as missionaries. But this can apply to us in everyday life too! Will our hearts be in our family? In church? In serving the Lord? Or will they be in work? Or worldly things that won't last? It's just crazy to think about. 

We are having a baptism this coming week! Remember Consuelo? Our recent convert that thinks it is funny to flip us off and has no teeth so you really have to develop the gift to understand her. Well Yudith is her granddaughter! They are definitely my favorite family to teach. Yesterday we were in church and we were in the last class at the end of the day. I hadn't eaten since the morning so my stomach growled SO LOUD! I have NEVER heard a stomach growl that loud! It sounded like a UFO! Sister Bentz literally looked up at the ceiling.. Consuelo looked at me then just started laughing so hard! She couldn't stop! It was so embarrassing I couldn't even believe it. Literally every single person in the class looked back at me. Now everyone is going to know me as the sister with the loud stomach. Then we went to visit Consuelo and Yudith a little later that night and Consuelo was STILL making fun of me! She's my favorite little old lady in all our south Texas. 

I think that's all the time I have! I love you all! 

Hermana Hunt

Feliz Independence everyone!

I hope everyone had a great day! Sister Bentz and I watched fireworks from our window and ate otter pops.. yes. We went all out. I know.

So yesterday was fast and testimony meeting. Sister Bentz and I decided to bear our testimonies in ALL three wards. Well.. she decided to do it so obviously I had to follow. In the first ward, the Spanish ward, I talked about how the Lord helps us every day; and when we press forward with faith, great things will always await us. (D&C 45:62) 

 

Then in the second ward, YSA, I talked about my entire mission experience and how we need to rely on the Lord in hard times. And you all know I can talk about that for FOREVER! I'm pretty sure that one was a loonng testimony. Sorry. 

 

Then the last ward, the English ward, I talked about developing Christlike attributes and how important it is to always look toward our ultimate example. 

It was kind of crazy how I had no idea what I was going to talk about when I walked up there, but each time it was something different. I really don't know why I talked about a lot of those things. Especially the one in YSA where I talked about being sick and everything.. I wasn't expecting THAT to come out of my mouth.. But I'm glad it did. 

Fun story of the week. We rode our bikes a lot this week so Sister Bentz and I decided to get baskets for our bikes so that we could hand out cards easier to people on the streets. Of course we couldn't just get regular baskets. We rode around with pink baskets and those tassel things on our handle bars. There's no way someone won't listen to us with those things on right?.. Now people really think I'm 12. I promise I'm 20. 

Okay so one suggestion. Write letters! Friends. Family. People that just look at this. You too! I'll write my address again just in case you forgot.. or lost it.. or just because..

Sister Jennifer Hunt

Texas McAllen Mission 

200 W. La Vista Ave.

McAllen, TX 78501 

Besos, 

Hermana Hunt