It's Snowing Unicorns

Well this week it has been snowing which is super weird because when I left for the MTC it was snowing so that's way funny that it has been 9 months. 

Monday: we went on a quad blitz in Peoria it was pretty lit Elder Shields and I went to the most ghetto part of Peoria  and it was awesome we found a ton of people and did some laundry for free at our zone leaders apartment. Then we went to the gym that our zone leaders have and Elder Shields fell so I laughed but he recovered last minute and then I fell and got the air knocked out of me it killed me it was so painful plus I got so muddy so haha.

Tuesday: it was transfer calls but Elder Anderson and I are staying together so I am super excited about that. We went to B Dubs and had a great time and got updated with the zone changes and the sports world which is always good.  We then came back and we knocked.

Wednesday: We went down to Peoria for p day and we played some basketball and I played the best ball of my mission, but my team ended up losing I was so mad. 

Thursday: it was transfers so we woke up and did studies then we got a call that some of our district was driving through Galesburg so we had lunch with them it's a brand new missionary Elder Stokes and his companion Elder Mather they are both awesome guys my trainee picked like the most expensive Mexican restaurant to eat at. And then we went to Walmart with them cause they don't have Walmart. We then found some people.

Friday: we had district council and it was super busy and then went to Kewanne for exchanges to help Kewanne out. Elder Mather and I knocked a lot, but then a lot of people were just saying no but Elder Mather and I found this guy who was saying the f bomb about how cold it was. We then played some Risk and I lost. 

Saturday: we ended up coming home and did studies that was pretty much it.

Sunday: we did church and ended up studying then going to a dinner lol.

Monday: I got my haircut from a long lost less active who I don't think wants to be found and now we are playing ball. But I got Fire House Subs for lunch and apparently there is a dill pickle shortage oh no.

Love 

Elder Hunsaker 

Pics

Elder shields and I 

The snow 

The new hair cut 

What's your unicorn name ?

6:00

Well the Monday we played some good p day ball and my companion wrecked my day lol. We were playing ball with the zone and my comp comes out of the middle of no where and screens me hardcore. I am totally fine but it was just way funny cause he felt so bad but everyone but him thought I flopped so smh but he knew how hardcore the screen was. We then came back and had some dinner with YSA who played a live clue game it was pretty sick if I do admit.we just ate their food and then came back and did a some training 

Tuesday: Tuesday we knocked some and we were trying to find all these people. But it was beggars night ( some excuse in Iowa for people to get drunk) which isn't a thing in Illinois but like most of my mission is in Iowa so lol. So we had to go to a dinner appointment out of town at like 4:30 It was super good and then we had to speed back to our apartment. We basically cleaned our house and o man it was so clean. 

Wednesday: It was Halloween we got up did our studies and then had a lesson with a excommunicated member. But before that our district leader Elder Harvey called just to chat cause it was during lunchtime. So we joked with him to have an exchange cause we had to be in by six and so we could hangout with them. And we went to our lesson and then got a text that we were going to have to be home in 20 minutes to be there when they got here. So I got elder smith and we all car pulled down to this ghetto street and we started knocking at about at 5 o clock we saw some people tricker treating so we just left but some people gave us candy and came to the door looked at us and laughed cause they grabbed candy and then they said I know who you guys are you are the mormons. We then drove home and then got Little Caesars ate the pizza and played some trivia pursuit from 1995 and then played some monopoly which I won two games so I am the goat . We also talked about video games all night it was good.

Thursday: we did some knocking and had dinner it was good we also went and bought some Christmas lights cause our other ones burnt out. We also played this game at 9 that I had bought called NFL showdown it's pretty much. It's pretty much you have a offense and defensive plays it's basically like the board game of madden.

Friday: We had district council down in Canton and that was fun we then had taco bell and talked about video games which was pretty fun. We then came back and I got some mail from the mission office and I opened it and to my delight it was a driving USB that I had to watch to save my privileges as my vehicle coordinator said I am not a bad a driver I just need to drive more like a old lady. So my privileges are safe. We then went knocking and then at 9 o clock we played some more NFL showdown. 

Saturday: we went to do some service moving ac units, but little did we know it would end up doing that plus digging potatoes and then laying some gravel down for this old woman's drive way. I was legit in the middle of nowhere and basically everyone who knows me well enough knows that I am pretty big town boy so like this was new to me, not so much the gravel laying down but the potato digging was way weird. We then came back they bought us some lunch and we had KFC and then went out knocked. We also got some dope pics out in the middle of nowhere  

Sunday: we had this broadcast which was cool we ate some lunch and then we went out and knocked and then we tried by some people and let's just say we ended up dropping a ton of people but we kept on praying we would find someone even though it was dark and everyone in the midwest goes to sleep at about 6 o clock when the sun goes down so we went by a former and we ended up making him a new person God really does perform miracles on the daily for us. I would like to invite all of you to make a list of the little tender mercies that happens in your day and I promise all of you will feel God's love more every day and you will be able to be more in tune with the spirit 

Monday: Elder Anderson And I woke up and listened to saints and then we will head off for an exchange today. P day will Wednesday this week.

I love you all hope you all have a great week.

Elder Caylor Hunsaker 

Pics dope pics of me winning NFL showdown dope pics we took in the middle of no where and that's pretty much it.

TOPEKA not Topeka, Kansas Though

Well to start off this week we were in Galesburg again for p day and we went and got some Buffalo Wild Wings and it was way cool I got to see some of rerun of the Jazz game when they played the Warriors and they look super good . We also saw some NFL and college news, which was cool. Then we went and balled, and I barely lost to Elder Anderson his ball skill is way close to mine so we always have super close games.

Tuesday: We knocked today and pretty much nothing happened but we had a dinner appointment which was cool the family was really cool the husband works on the railroad which is big in galesburg and his wife loved talking about rock bands so that was pretty cool.

Wednesday:  we knocked and we were like we are going to find some people we sadly didn't find anyone but we were moving around town to find people.

Thursday: We went down to have a triple blitz in a little town called Havana, Illinois and it was pretty fun. I went with my district leader and we car pulled with another set of elders and we went and knocked all these towns in like a day because of how small they are. It was pretty awesome. The first town we were in was Topeka and we knocked it in 20 minute no one was interested except for one person who actually lives in Peoria. We then went to another town and then half of us had to go to the bathroom so the town was so small it didn't even have a gas station. So we tracked into the wilderness where a park was and we went and looked inside the park bathroom, and all I have to say about that is it had so many spiders that we went to a town over with a gas station and knocked. Elder Harvey and I found another person which was awesome.  We then went back and had dinner and then had a Mcflurry at the worlds smallest McDonalds and partied

Friday: We finished exchanges and went down to district council which was good. Then went to Wendy's as a district which was good. We then came back and went to dinner appointments and talked about how the book of mormon could be in the like north america which was super cool. And then we weekly planned.

Saturday:We drove down to Peoria and we went to stake conference the adult session I missed like half of it because I had to be outside the bathroom cause my comp was dying but I watched the rest of it. President and sister Badger spoke and I hope that helped the stake missionary efforts. But then us and another companionship went to stake and shake at like 8 and let's just say it took em an hour in a half to get us our food so we got back to the zone leaders apartment way late and then we got swole and went to their little gym that reminds me of a hotel gym.

Sunday: we went to the other session and so many people where asleep I thought it was so funny and then came home took lunch and then went and knocked until dinner which was good it's always way fun to have a dinner with the Sevnys. Which was way good . Then we had a comp study.  We also found out about Utah State getting in the rankings so we were pumped. My companion is also an Aggie so we make up the minority in the mission so we can brag now.

Today we basically went shopping and did some laundry  

Love 

Elder Hunsaker 

Sorry about the lack of pictures 

Me 

The other set of elders knocking in Topeka 

IDDM Globetrotters

Well to start off this email the title is way funny to me but probably to you normal people who have access to all the good memes it might not be. Well to start off this week we had p day nothing really happens at our p days anymore last transfer they were awesome, but now they are not as entertaining plus we get wrecked on miles lol. 

Tuesday: we went finding it was a long day with no success but it's just part of the missionary grind. You just gotta keep with it and then you will be blessed for it later.

Wednesday: We got up and we drove to the one and the only city called Iowa City for a new trainers meeting. It was way fun we got to see all the new missionaries and their trainers it was good seeing some people that we don't see a lot so that was way cool. Plus seeing President and Sister Badger is always super cool. We then went and had lunch at the Iowa City mall I have not been in a mall for forever so i was mindboggled by it. Plus its huge so that was pretty crazy. We ate our lunch and the. Elders that we were going to on exchanges with told us that they had a lesson planned and they had to go. So we had some time to kill before we had to get down to Fort Madison so we went to the University Of Iowa football stadium it was way awesome just like on TV the hospital is legit right above the stadium. We also saw some football players( my knowledge of finding them up at USU) it was way awesome. It also reminded me of college which is cool but the funny thing is I was in college like 10 months ago. We then drove down to fort Madison and didn't really do anything cause it was already late. 

Thursday: I went on a exchange with a missionary who Is being trained and Elder Anderson went with his trainer. It was a brutal day nothing really happened and then that night The tech elders also stayed the night so I was able to get to know them

Friday:it was the day of zone conference it was way good to see everyone and to be in Nauvoo again Nauvoo is seriously one of the coolest places. We had zone conference and president talked about me in it about my love for sports. So that was way cool. And then it was way cool seeing all the people I missed and hadn't seen in forever. We then drove to Burlington and had dinner there it was way awesome we saw some of the celtics game and Hayward looked like more of a twig then when I last saw him. And Kyrie has the most wack hair style. We then went and got gas and everyone needed to get gas so we all went and got gas. One of the sisters fell out of her car at the gas station and some guy was telling us that we have like 10 moms.

Saturday: Elder Anderson was sick so we didn't do anything.

Sunday: We went to church and did all of our studies and then we ended up going to dinner and that was like our whole day.

Today we are staying in Galesburg and doing laundry its way fun. 

Love,

 

Elder Caylor Hunsaker 

Blessings = McDonalds

So to start of this week on Monday we had our p day down in Galesburg (too low miles). So we went shopping and then went to this pizza buffet called Pizza Ranch my trainee Elder Anderson then saved my life cause I about ate salad with walnuts on them. So he is a legend for that. Then we basically emailed and then we went and balled at the church and the best thing about this is my horrible basketball skills beat elder Anderson he was so mad but it was way funny.

Tuesday: Tuesday we went by someone we are teaching named Heidi and she believe some priest to be a prophet but she believes Joseph Smith and the book of Mormon to be true. So without any hesitation we testified of modern day prophets and how miracles are free and nobody should have to pay for any miracles. Then we got a referral in the middle of  no where and we called them and they said come here today and so we got a member to drive us to this town, it was legit like 50 miles away and the member is this old guy who about crashed like three times it was sketchy and then he started texting and driving and Elder Anderson and I feared for our lives.

Wednesday  We had to get up and go give a blessing to a man in a different stake than us and it was really cool I felt the spirit so strongly and so did my companion.  We then went and did our after blessing ritual and went to McDonald's and got breakfast after it. We really did nothing expect try to find and we ended up cooking dinner and we cooked some potatoes and I put too much salt in them so we ate salty potatoes it was pretty funny. 

Thursday: We had exchanges in a town called Canton and we found two people and my companion and the other elder found two more. It was pretty awesome everyone was down for the gospel. We then had a dinner with a member at the bowling alley and I ate the biggest tenderloin of my life it was huge and it wrecked me I couldn't even eat the whole thing. Then after dinner we found another person and it was pretty awesome. It was also cool cause the district Leader Elder Harvey was around me while I was being trained now he's around me while I am training super crazy stuff haha.

Friday: Elder Harvey and I ended up getting up and leaving to go to interviews so he could set up his training we walked in and Sister Badger was like I heard you guys are doing awesome as a companionship it was funny cause we aren't comps. But she then realized that I was training and asked me about Elder Anderson and it was good. We then had district council and I was in it and Elder Harvey showed us a bunch of pictures and asked how to react to it. I of course had a more dramatic response then Elder Anderson. We then had interviews and we both talked way highly of each other and it was super dope. We then had some Panda Express with the zone so that was pretty lit . And then we drove back and finished our day.

Saturday:  I was way sick so I woke up and didn't feel good and so I went back to sleep and then we got a call for a blessing and we went and did that right after the McDonald's breakfast and then I was way sick again and so we stayed in the whole rest of the day it was pretty bad.

Sunday: We had a good church block it was cool. Then we talked to a pastor and then had dinner with a family named the Sevigny's and they got me a birthday cake man I am so lucky haha.

Love you all 

Elder Caylor Hunsaker 

The fire meal we made

A picture of me 

My fire USU socks that my parents sent me for my birthday

45-20, 20 years old, walking 9 miles broken bathrooms

To begin this week we went down to Peoria for our normal p day and to get to know the zone. Because it was our first p day of the transfer. We go to the church in Peoria and the carpet was being cleaned which meant the basketball court was also being cleaned because the basketball court is carpet lol. So we ended up going to this lame park and I ate some panda Express with my companion.  We then went to another area called Morton which had a basketball court which had hardwood. So for the first time in 8 months I played basketball on the hardwood court it was awesome. Except it was a tiny court lol.

Tuesday:

We went to this town called Monmouth and we were planning to go to this town called Cameroon and then go to Monmouth. We were getting ready to turn and we were being tailed by a diesel that was the most terrifying moment of my life so we didn't turn so the Corolla wouldn't turn into a big pile of metal. So we missed the turn and went to Monmouth, but no it got worse the car in front of us turned right and like completely stopped so we stopped and the diesel didn't stop so then I put my foot on the gas and luckily we were safe, but that was like a near death experience.  Luckily the Tabernacle Choir was playing in the car so we were calm, but terrified.

Wednesday: So I got the idea we would walk to save miles so we did. We walked like a total of nine miles it was pretty brutal it was also the hottest day of the week. We also had a lesson with a person that we are teaching. It was way sad because she was paying to get miracles and pretty much paid to go see some false prophet we tried subtly to tell her, but we will probably tell her on our next appointment. It was kind of funny so Elder Anderson broke the toilet handle so we went and got a toilet handle replacement and we fixed it. So that's pretty great.

Thursday:  we woke up and went and gave a blessing early in the morning and then we got back, and  I hoped in the shower and then the shower head broke. It was from like 1980 so it didn't take much to break. But we went and got a new one so Elder Anderson could shower it was like 2 bucks and way better then the old one. We then went on exchanges and Elder Smith and I knocked one half of this street and we found four new people it was pretty rad. Then we came back and played family feud we all hated the answers it was pretty funny.

Friday: Was district council so we went to Peoria and had a good time then ate peanut butter jelly sandwiches. Then we came back to Galesburg and had a lesson, then another appointment, and then we went and got dinner at B Dubs and were able to catch a glimpse of the Utah State game #tendormercies.

Saturday: Was my birthday so I opened up all the packages I got through the week and was able to open them. We then went to Jimmy John's for lunch and then went back to the church for conference. After conference we had a dinner appointment and the family got me a cake they are such a nice family.  

Sunday: We watched conference and it was pretty awesome. There were like six people all members expect for Butch who we are teaching, and they all fell asleep during conference it was so funny. We then had a dinner appointment with a family that lived 10 miles out of town so we went and had dinner with them and talked about the office and of course the gospel.

This week has been fantastic I can't wait to see what happens in the upcoming weeks.

Love 

Elder Caylor Hunsaker 

Pictures 

Birthday gifts 

Birthday Cake

Dinner at B dubs

Me after USU won