Thank you Iowa and Illinois for taking such good care of Elder Caylor Hunsaker!!!! We love having him back home.
Friday, February 14, 2020
Monday, February 10, 2020
This is it!
Over the past 2 years I have had the greatest opportunity of my life. There have been plenty of times where I have been frustrated, sad. I can honestly say that those times are where I have grown the most. My mission has definitely taught me to have patience and to really depend on our Savior Jesus Christ and our father in heaven always. There are a few things I'll talk about and they each helped my mission so much.
The missionaries: I'll be the first one to admit when I got to the mission I was conviced I wouldn't gain lifelong friends. But I was quickly humbled so many of these fellow missionaries have become some of my best friends . I literally love so many of them. They have been awesome examples and yet while we were still having a party.
The people: The people in Illinois and Iowa are so nice and loving for the most part. I mean there is that part of illnois that they still want to chase you out off town haha but I guess that is what I get for knocking 20 minutes outside of Carthage. The members have been so awesome feeding us and getting to know us. The non members have been super kind so many of them have given us lemonade, water and substances with tea in them that we have to decline. I have learned so much from all of the people i have taught even if they did not get baptized.
What was missionary work like in Iowa and Illinois Like (you might be wondering)? The beginning of my mission I knocked pretty much every day all day. Let me tell you it was hard work but i loved being out in that midwest heat sweating getting cussed out by all of these random people. Having old lady's with small dogs chasing you. Going on stake outs and watching the people you were supposed to have lessons leave 5 minutes before the lesson is supposed to start. Walking a ton. I was able to see 2 people enter the waters of baptism due to the act of knocking. So that is super awesome plus the countless seeds planted. I know I am super grateful when I reap a seed another missionary planted. The other part of my mission was working with part member families and helping members.
Iowa and Illinois: I love Iowa so much and yes even Illinois a little bit. I love that I was able to render service to the Lord on this sacred ground that my ancestors had to travel on to get to Utah. I am super grateful for Nauvoo. It is one of the most powerful places on this earth. It is so sacred and so many sacrifices and heartache was put into this city. I am also grateful for Carthage Jail. It is also one of the most important places. I loved going in Carthage jail and looking at the different perspectives of what all of these great men were thinking. It was super powerful just thinking about how my great great great great great grandfather John Taylor had to go through .
My testimony: I would like to testify to y'all that heavenly father is so aware of everything going on in our life. Alot of it is hard but I am so grateful to know everything is temporary. I know that Jesus Christ was crucified for our sins and shortcomings and he does live again and can help us get through every single trial that we have in our life. I know that Joseph Smith was the prophet of the restoration. I know that the Book Of Mormon, Old and New Testaments ,Doctrine and Covenants and the pearl of great price are all true words of God. I know President Nelson is the prophet that God has called in this modern day .
also for those of you that follow my weeklys super tender mercy my name tag was found in a snow bank. Its scuffed up a little bit but the story is super dope. God does answer prayers and comforts us.
See some of you later this week!
Love y'all
Elder Hunsaker
Monday, February 3, 2020
Almost Two Years
So later this week I'll hit my two year mark of my mission soooo crazy.
Tuesday: It was the last meeting of my mission that isn't a district council. So that is so awesome. I am done with all these meetings so it is literally the greatest thing ever. But it was so good seeing some Elders and seeing Sisters. It was such a swell time. It's also crazy because at the beginning of my time as a zone leader I knew way more people then I do now so that's pretty weird. Also on the way back home Elder Spears and I had this dope basketball talk that made me feel like I knew what was actually going on but.... it probably was just old information from a year ago.
Wednesday: We had a zone council so basically that consisted of zls and stls leading a council about what we talked about mlc. So that was great seeing the whole zone. I got to see my home boy Elder Stokes so that's always a great time.
Thursday: We went on exchanges and I went with the Elder Bensen and we had to track down some people in this apartment complex and the buildings just had letters so we walked around the whole complex it was pretty crazy. We also went and played some volleyball and as we were driving down the road the other side of the road was blocked off then we realized that the president of the United states was in town and then all a sudden all the state police suburbans start hauling and then some chargers started hauling and then we see this giant bus with lights on it and then the typical secret service vehicles. It was pretty funny cause it was just dead and then they go flying by. We then went and played some volleyball.
Friday: Elder Bensen and I went by some more people and they didn't answer or talk to us pretty typical. We had lunch and this Mexican restaurant with our district.
Saturday: We really didn't do anything cause we were both sick so that sucked but shout out to the Raccoon River Elders for the visit.
Sunday: We went to church and it was pretty good. Then we went home studied and then I finished the new testament so that's super cool I have finished the quad know so that's super super cool. Super glad I did it I know that all of these books contain so much good and testify of each other. We then had dinner with a family and they were legit the funniest. I talked about fried chicken and how I spent some time in Illinois on my mission and now they call me the fried chicken elder. Then we had come follow me and Sister Hart and sister Sumner gave a dang good lesson shout out.
Well this is my last normal weekly. Next week I'll probably do something special to be the last weekly of my mission so that's pretty crazy.
Love y'all
Elder Caylor Hunsaker
Me with Hermanas Fieldan and Harper
Me on the phone lol
Mlc pic
Come follow me selfie with Sisters Hart and Sumner
Elder Kobe Bryant Cricthfield and I
Elder Walter's and I
Elder Petey and I
Hermana Torres
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