Has it really been a month since I have been in California?! What the heck?!
So, this week was not nearly as exciting as last week. I do not know if I have told you this or not, but every Tuesday and Thursday, we teach English classes to people wanting to learn English. I have come to the realization that English is MESSED UP. Thanks goodness it's my first language! We have so many different weird rules and different pronunciations and so many weird things... Like, have you ever thought about words like, "I'll", "you'll", "we'll", "I'd", etc.? How strange is that?! Also words like, "taught", "bought", "sought", etc. They have lots of letters that aren't even necessary! English is super difficult... I have a lot of respect for the people that try to learn English! Also, during English classes, I taught them all how to say a prayer in English! English classes are for everyone, members or not, so it was a good thing to teach. I love teaching in Spanish!
As I said, this week was not nearly as exciting. Most of our lessons fell through, and all the contacting we did did not turn up any results either. :( But! Yesterday, we had a really good noche de hogar con una familia en el barrio. We taught about the Restoration of the Gospel. Elder Price came up with this AWESOME game to explain the Apostasy. It's a lot like the "Telephone" game. What you do is you get pieces of paper for everyone, and at the top of the paper, you write a word. Then, you fold the paper over the word, and the next person gets to look at the word, and then draw a picture. Then the person after that gets to look at the picture, not the word, and has to write what he/she thinks it is. Then the person after that gets to look at the word and draw a picture of that! And so on. It's a lot of fun and a really good way to explain the Apostasy and how, over time, the truth of Christ's teachings were distorted and changed from what they were really supposed to be.
So yeah. That's my week! How was yours?!
I was looking through some of my older emails, and saw the picture of the Nintendo pins! What did you do with them?
When you told me about your Primary class learning about Nephi brought a little something to my mind. A few weeks ago, we had a noche de hogar with the Ward Mission Leader and his family. He lives with his wife's parents, so we spoke English the whole time (YAY!) Anyways, we were talking about how Nephi broke his bow and how everyone, except Nephi, was complaining that they didn't have any food. Now, we know that the rest of the bows were also broken (they lost their spring or something). But, did Nephi ever complain? Nope! He had many chances to just break down and start complaining with the rest of his family. But, he didn't! And we should follow his example! The more you complain, the tougher it will be.
President Cook has also challenged us to read the Book of Mormon. But, when it talks about the Lord, we mark it in red. When it talks about the Doctrine of Christ (faith, repentance, baptism, enduring to end), we mark it in green. And anytime the Lord speaks, we mark it all in blue. It's a really neat thing to do, especially on a mission. I hope you read it all!
I am glad you like the picture! I really like it too, but it will be in a better place at home, where it doesn't have the possibility of getting ruined.
I am super sad I missed the Super Bowl :( I am super sad I am not able to watch any sports too :( but, they will always be there for when I get back! And you can send me important news about things that matter :) I am super glad you do! I am always so excited to get sports news! But, it doesn't distract me; don't worry :)
Maybe you could log on to my Facebook and post it as a status for everyone to see and ask if anyone wants to receive my emails. I can't think of any other way to do it
Tell Zack to email me when he knows where he is going! Like, A.S.A.P.!
Okay! That's all I have to say! Espero que todos ustedes tengan una buena semana!
Love, Elder Hunt :)
We went to the Oakley headquarters in Foothill Ranch. It was awesome!
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