Week 25

I was not even counting the weeks I got an email from a sister in my MTC district and she put the week so I guess I am counting again . So this week has been awesome! We found four new people that we are teaching. To start off I will just put the more significant things that have happened this week. So basically my comp and I have been tracting this week, but we have had some meetings with some people too. So this week we did some service for a man named Shawn haha he flagged us down and asked us if we could help him. He is a pretty funny guy he is 52 and is kind of stuck in the 80's for example he is tattooed from head to toe and has piercings all over and he even has a tattoo parlor in his house so while we were helping him he was giving a guy a tat. So that's pretty funny. We had a lesson with a family from the Congo I wish I would have just learned French in high school because the simple things are just so hard to say because the lady thinks we worship Mormon. We then had lunch with one of my fav people we are teaching his name is Ricky G he is a rapper and he is the funniest guy ever he has some slang that even I do not even understand . He took us to lunch and talked to us about the Book of Mormon he also brought his friend named Devon and he is the this huge guy with dreads and he wants to meet with us again. Butch is doing really well we are planning to set a date with him for him to get baptized which I am excited about. Also there was a big storm that was suppose to be coming through, but the photoshopped picture was made by my comp because the clouds were pitch black and I warned the zone and they all where like the clouds are alright. Lol so I was made a joke.This week has been pretty fun and pretty random. I am really grateful to be working out here this week seems promising.

Love 

Elder Hunsaker

Six Months

Sorry for sending out a blank email to some people I am trying to figure out how to email effectively on my phone lol. Second of all sorry for  not sending the email last week it told me that it sent and then during the phone call home I was told that it didn't send, which was pretty troubling. So thanks for bearing with me, I appreciate the patience. Well this week has been kind of wild because Monday we played basketball in Perioa, IL and it was pretty good. I balled out in my headband lol. Tuesday was amazing we knocked a lot and nothing was really going on except on the last door we knocked we found a man who was interested in the gospel. He seems super cool and we are really hoping next time we see him he will still want to learn more. We went to dinner with a family named the Butlers they are a younger family with two 12 year olds then like 4 kids under the age of five. They are so wild, but it's pretty fun. Then I had the opportunity to call home to wish Brodie good luck before his mission. This was an awesome experience to see how ready he was not to mention I got to see the rest of my family, and even some friends. I am so grateful I was able to see all of them and talk with them. Wednesday we went to a town called Knoxville and knocked on a street called Market Street, but the market was closed we had no success on it. We then had dinner at Hardee's. For a little bit of the day I was thinking about Brodie going into the MTC and I just remember how painful that was. Thursday we had zone conference it was pretty awesome the APs gave a killer training on finding and it was pretty dope. It was also cool to see President Badger and Sister Badger. And it was cool to see some guys I had served with there too. A lot of people thought I was new, lol it's so funny tomorrow I will be out for six months and I have just been on the edge of the mission so not a lot of people know me.  It was cool chilling with Elder Baulderston and Elder Loek. Elder Loek is one of the funniest guys I have ever met. He is from the Marshall islands and he is just wild he is so funny and he even tries to teach me Marshliese. Friday we met this guy who took us to Starbucks and then we just got hot chocolate in Augest haha but the funny thing is he idolizes Mack Wilburg so we talked to him a lot about Nauvoo and the  motab (Mormon Tabernacle choir) and he was in heaven. Saturday we grinded we found 4 new people to teach not to mention I even spoke some French to some people from the Congo and they understood me haha. Sunday we had church and dinner with this family called the Glomchit. The daughter and my companion talked about Harry Potter the whole time it was so funny.  Well I love you miss you guys and hopefully I'll figure out email haha

Elder Hunsaker 

Statue Of Liberty

Sorry for forwarding my emails like this we just have been sending them on phones and I have no idea how to send them yet haha. Well to start off this week on  p day we got fed and then we went to Canton for exchanges, and it was super fun Elder Blanchard and I went in to the middle of nowhere and found this Statue of Liberty and a World War II artillery it was pretty great. Shortly after that Elder Blanchered and I heard footsteps and then felt chills we had no idea what it was, but it was kind of sketchy. So we spent the night and watched this BYU film called "The Phone Call" it is so cheesy and then with missionary eyes on movies and stuff it just made it all good. Then Tuesday we did some proselyting  and then we went back to our area. We then were asked by the primary to help out at a primary event and it was pretty cool we talked to the kids and they appreciated it. It was pretty cool meeting all the kids in the ward. Thursday we just had a normal day. Then Friday we went to a ward party and it was cool meeting the whole ward and getting to know them. Saturday we went to this thing called Ballon Days  On Sunday we had church and then had a lingerlonger and we had to help with a members daughter being baptized it was cool. Today I bought a headband and like 10 dollar shorts which is super awesome.  I love you all and miss you.  Also shout out to Eden for turning 13. And my best friend, who just happens to be my brother Brodie is going into the MTC and I am so proud of him and the example he has been to me .  I cannot wait to see all the lives he changes in the Philippines. I'll miss him and messaging him on Mondays, but know he will kill it in the Philippians.

Nauvoo and Blessings

So the past few weeks we have been working really really hard. We would get people that would be down to hear the gospel until baptism then they were like I don't believe in baptism and stuff so that was pretty frustrating. As we kept on going and knocking and stuff we went by a part member family and the dad and the daughter seem like they would be interested so we look forward to working with them. Then Elder Jarvis and I were tracting on this street and this guy opens the door and we said hi were missionaries and he said I know I have talked to you guys before.  I was like so did you get a chance to read the Book of Mormon and he said yes it's TRUE.  We didn't really realize he said that and so we asked about if he ever went to church and he said the church is true. Then he went inside his house and grabbed these 1980's edition of the Book of Mormon . and showed us them. Then he ended up coming to church. We are teaching an older lady who seems to know the church is true and our principles make the most sense. Then yesterday  we tried  these people that had been taught by missionaries before and they seemed really interested.  Apparently, the missionaries did not do a very good job on telling them that we believed in Jesus Christ and God . Well Saturday was a pretty great day we were able to go to Carthage and Nauvoo it was pretty great. I have been there three times on my mission and it's been awesome every single time.  While we were at Carthage I met a young couple that went to Mountain Crest HighSchool (which is where Elder Hunsaker went to school for two years). They talked to me for a little bit and that was awesome because they knew some people that I knew it's a small world haha. Then we went to Nauvoo where we saw some Elders from our mission and hung out with them it was pretty awesome and I even met some that I had not met before. Aw man we were treated so nicely by all these Mormons it was so good because usually were just honked at and flipped off, but everyone was honking and waving. Everyone thought I was a missionary in Nauvoo they asked me where they should go and stuff so I just laughed and pointed them to a Sister missionary in the Nauvoo Mission.  The Nauvoo Pageant was great if you have not seen it you should . I am not even a fan of plays and it was the greatest. Nauvoo is truly the Mormon Disneyland.  I love and miss you all have a great week.

Day 152-159

Well  this week we did a bunch of knocking and it was pretty bland. We talked to some people but no one is accepting the gospel. It has been kind of a slow week, but we went to Steak and Shake a few times so that's fun. On Saturday  Scott got baptized it was pretty awesome to see the growth in him from how he was when we found him to when he was baptized. It is truly amazing what God can do with us and it's pretty amazing. The transformation of people is so amazing. Galesburg is pretty big and it's pretty good. I am sorry for the short email I really don't have much else to say.

Love,

Elder Hunsaker 

Week 22 I am in the deep ocean of the midwest

On Monday we went to have a quad blitz with some elders it was pretty fun we drove down to Burlington and we ate at Pizza Ranch we also knocked some doors it was pretty fun. Then on Tuesday we got transfer calls we found out that I was going to Galesburg, Illinois and my companion is Elder Jarvis who is from the Chicago West mission so we are integrating which is fun. Tuesday we balled on this ghetto court and we ended up getting an investigator  Wednesday was the Fourth of July so we pretty much knocked then we went to a ward party. Thursday ere transfers so I had to drive to Iowa City then drive to Perioa my zone leader was trying to get me to go BYU, but I shot him down. Friday we went knocking all day and we did not have much success and then Saturday we knocked and it was pretty great. Sunday we knocked and then we had dinner with a family from the Congo and it was pretty cool you could feel the spirit and now I am trying to relearn French to speak with them. Yesterday we wanted two investigators and we prayed so hard for them and at like last minute we ended up getting the two its pretty great. I love my new area.  Also we have an investigator who works at B Dubs its pretty lit.

Me and my new comp Elder Jarvis 

Me and my almost new convert

The Final Week in Macomb

So I do not know if my email sent through the first time so if you get two emails sorry. So this is my last week in Macomb. I have spent my whole mission here and I am glad I get to experience a new place. I am so grateful for the friendships I have made here and I am super thankful for my investigators and cannot wait to see one get baptized. This week we pretty much did a bunch of knocking and went on some exchanges we got a few investigators which was cool. A few members are sad to see me go which kinda surprised me a little bit. On Sunday I ended up bearing my testimony and it was pretty good. A lot of people ended up talking to me after. It really is amazing seeing what the Lord can do with an area. When I came to the area our apartment was in pretty bad shape and so was the teaching pool.  As we worked hard the Lord has shown us the fruits of the tree. I have also been blessed to be able to go to Nauvoo every p day it has definitely been great. I have definitely felt the spirit of Nauvoo, and I am so grateful that I was able to be part of that. I am also grateful for being so close to Carthage as well. I truly will miss this area, but I know I have to go help someone in another area come closer to Jesus Christ and God. I really do love my mission and am so grateful for the opportunity I have been given to serve the Lord. I love you all and hope you guys have a fantastic week. Also If you want to know where I am getting transferred you can check my Facebook status tomorrow and see where I live and that will be my next area or you can wait till next week.

Love Elder Hunsaker.

A picture of me with my zone leader Elder Kelley and he is from Ogden, Utah

A picture of me and my investigator Scott who will be baptized July 14th and his dog Russel who Elder Glenn and I tamed he bit my last companion lol.