Best week yet!

So, this week has been the best week yet! (so far) So, let's start with last Thursday.  (Last Tuesday and Wednesday weren't as exciting).

We were driving to go somewhere and we were stopped at a stoplight.  There was this man, probably 22-ish, walking through the crosswalk, and he looked at us, and started waving and pointing over to the parking lot that was nearby.  So, we drove to the parking lot and started to talk to him.  His name is Christopher and he said he wanted to learn more about what we teach.  Being a greenie, I thought it was so cool that he would flag us down like that and ask us to learn more!  But... That wasn't the case.  Anyways, we told him we would meet him later that day, but that didn't happen because we had a previous appointment, which is another cool story.  We didn't meet him Friday either.  Here's a little tanget, but it will relate 100% to the story.  Last Friday, I finished the Book of Mormon for the first time ever!  It was so awesome.  I prayed to Heavenly Father to help me know that it was true, and he did give me an answer!  And so, back to Christopher.  We met with Christopher Saturday night and turns out he was a BIG basher.  He just wanted to say a whole bunch of stuff that wasn't true about the Church and that we didn't confess that Jesus Christ was the Savior and blah, blah, blah.  We wasted too much time talking to him (about a hour).  But, during the whole time we were talking to him, I kept on thinking how misguided and lost this kid was.  He had good intentions about teaching people about Christ, but he was going about it the totally wrong way.  I realized how lucky I was to have the TRUTH about the Gospel.  And then I realized that Heavenly Father was answering my prayer right then and there!  I never expected an answer to come through a basher!  So, we told him that he was wasting our time and we had to be other places.  He went out willingly, but kept on pressing that we didn't know who Jesus really was.  And, somewhere in the Bible he said that it was a sin to have graven images and pictures of Jesus or something, and since we were in a chapel, there were pictures of Jesus everywhere and he said it made him sick to see so many pictures of Jesus around.  WHAT?!  He was messed up.  But, he went on his way and we went on ours.  I think he thinks his church is causing more harm than good to the missionaries, but it's totally opposite.  What he did was made me think of how lucky I am to have the true Gospel in my life. 

But wait, Saturday was even better than that.  The Christopher thing happened at night, when we were going home.  Earlier in the day, we helped someone move!  The Torrez family was moving to Santa Ana to be closer to their family.  The wife is a very active member, while the husband is so-so.  When we told Christopher we would meet with him on Thursday, it was over the Torrez family.  So, we decided that the Torrez family was more important.  We went over there, and they were packing up things.  We talked to them for a bit and asked if they needed help moving on Saturday, and they said of course.  So, we came back on Saturday, and helped them move.  Hermano Torrez works for Oakley and he gets free Oakley stuff all the time.  He gave Elder Price and his previous companions some Oakley sunglasses for Christmas, which are pretty expensive, almost $200.  And so, when we were done helping them move, he took out four pairs of Oakley sunglasses and told me to pick a pair.  I was like, "OMJ!"  So, I picked a pair, gave him a LOT of thanks, and he was like, "I don't want to rest of these glasses."  So he gave another pair to me and Elder Price!  OMJ! 

So, to summarize Saturday, BEST DAY OF THE MISSION SO FAR.  I got some SWEET sunglasses and strengthened my testimony even more so!  How AWESOME is that?  Plus, we were able to wear regular clothes (P-Day clothes) for most of the day. 

Not many other days had anything super exciting.  Yesterday though, we met this lady, Laticia.  She was taught once or twice by missionaries before, but for some reason, they stopped.  So, we went to meet her yesterday to set up an appointment for later.  When we knocked, we expected her to say something like, "I'm a little busy right now, but you can come back this day."  But, nope!  She let us right in and we talked to her for a little bit.  She seems really prepared by the Lord and is so excited to learn more!  It was awesome. 

So, the members here have been feeding us TONS, but I keep on seem to be losing weight... It doesn't make sense!  We exercise in the morning, but other than that, we don't exercise much. And we are full time car!  It doesn't make any sense at all... But, I can't complain!

I love when you send news articles about stuff!  I really miss sports and it is always good to hear about things like that.  But, don't worry, it doesn't distract me :)

The Parkins are moving?!?! How sad :( or in Spanish, Que triste! :( Do you know when or where they are moving to?

I am glad you like your new job, Mom!  Are you doing the same thing?  Do any of the same people work with you?

My watch is fantastic!  I never realized how much I missed it until it was gone... I think it was just the battery, because I haven't had any problems. 

I think that this is all for this week.  Do you have my friend's emails to forward this to them too?  I think they would want to hear stuff like this too. 

Well, I hope you have a fantastic week!  I love you all!

Love, Elder Hunt :)