My new companion is Elder Nicholas Owens from South Jordan, Utah! (all my companions have been from Utah) All my previous companions are now all home :( It was really sad at transfer meeting seeing them all stand up when President Cook called their name, going home. But, they were all really good companions and served great missions. Elder Owens actually has the same amount of time as I do, so my prediction of receiving a companion with lesser time was wrong. And, he is also senior companion, so we are in a co-senior companionship. But, since I know the area better because I have been here longer, I start the lessons and stuff. At first, it was pretty scary because I have never done it before, but it has definitely been a good learning experience.
Ever since Elder Anderson left, I have been feeling a lot more confident in being a missionary. Maybe it was because I have always had a companion a lot older than I am and now with Elder Owens, we both have the same time out, and so sometimes wwe have no idea what to do! So, that's a good thing I am learning too. Really just how to do missionary work. What's effective and what isn't and so forth.
This past week has been exciting! On Thursday, we didn't have the car, nor did we have appointments... President Cook told me to help Elder Owens to get to know the area really quickly, so we spent all day walking around, talking to people. I have never walked so much in my life! But, it was a lot of fun! Nothing super exciting happened on Thursday nor Friday, but on Saturday, we ran into these 3 Hispanics who were resting and have some drinks. We started talking to them and then one guy started asking us where we received our authority to preach. He was drunk. He went inside his house, picked up his Bible and came back outside to talk to us and said, "Tell me what your message is today, and I will look inside my Bible and see if it is true." He was drunk. So, we just left because the conversation wasn't going anywhere. And yesterday was like Basher Day or something. We were out looking for antiguos and there were these guys from a Christian church called Victory Outreach or something. They started talking to us and wanted to know the difference between our church and any other church. So, we told them our church was restored through Joseph Smith and that it is the one and only true church upon the face of the Earth. Then he came up with this weird analogy that if you have this old 57 Chevy, you can't replace the old engine with a brand new one from a brand new Charger... (if that doesn't make any sense to you, it's okay, because it didn't make any sense to us either). He was tripping all over his words too. We would give him a piece of TRUE doctrine and he would agree with it, and then like, 5 minutes later, contradict himself in what he believed. Bashers are funny. They think that they are doing harm to missionaries, bashing on one's beliefs, when in realidad, they are actually helping to build our testimonies. Yesterday, we also ran into another guy that basically called us devil worshippers. He said that not everyone is a child of God and that we had to do certain things in order to become children of God... That we are made out of clay and by living the Gospel, we can then become children of God... Kinda weird. I am glad we have the truth!
Another thing that I have realized since Elder Anderson left is that my Spanish has gotten a whole lot better. There are a few certain times in my mission that I have realized my Spanish knowledge has basically skyrocketed. When Elder Price left, when I came to Vista (that was probably the biggest change), when I started reading el Libro de Mormon and when Elder Anderson left. It's really cool to see how much I have grown since the MTC; missionary wise, Spanish wise, pretty much everything. Missions really are life changers and I am so glad to be on one!
So, with English classes, we are still trying super hard to get them started! We started a list of people that want them, and we already have like, 8 or 9! WOO! English classes, here we come!
Sounds like those fires are scary! While we were walking home from dinner yesterday (it was close by our house, so we decided to walk) we ran into a bishop of one of the English wards. He asked where we were from and I told him Saratoga Springs and he was like, "Wow, I have heard there are a lot of fires over there right now! Is your family okay?" So, I hope that everything is okay over there! I haven't heard of any fires or anything here in Cali... The weather is really nice. It's warm, and most of the time is 75-80. I love it. Elder Owens was serving in Oceanside before, which is also part time car, so he has a bike. We will probably start riding sometime soon.
As for pictures... I don't have a thing to connect to the computer to put pictures on! Maybe that's something you can send me :) The only time I could send pictures was with Elder Price because he had a connecter thing... And the library doesn't have anything like that, so that's no help :( maybe you can find something that will connect my camera or SD card to the computer to send pictures! Then I can send pictures all the time (when I take them) ;)
So, that's all from me this week! I LOVE YOU ALL.
Love, Elder Hunt
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