Well, Elder Hunter Jensen is my hijo. He is from Moultonboro, New Hampshire! Elder Simmons was from North (or South, I don't remember) Carolina, then my next 4 companions were from Utah, and then Elder Lewis from Missouri, Elder Acaro from Peru and now Elder Jensen from New Hampshire! So, that's cool. He is a big baseball player. He had a scholarship to play baseball at the University of Virginia, but they wouldn't hold it for him for his mission, so he gave it up. (He's famous!)
Being a trainer is pretty scary! I have to teach a brand new missionary EVERYTHING in the mission. Everyone remembers their first companion the most, so I have to set a SUPER good example for him. This first week has been super crazy long because I have been worrying about how I am going to do everything, but now that it has been a week, everything has gotten a lot better.
Halloween was super exciting! (not) It was fun though. A misionera from the ward returned home on Wednesday night, and so we went to go and meet her. I have heard lots of stories about her and her mission for the past few months, so it was cool to see her return and what she was like! After we had dinner with that family, we had to go inside... But, it was actually fun! Elder Jensen and I studied Spanish for a while, helped him unpack his stuff, got to know each other better... It was fun. Definitely not something I want to do for a while though! Staying in at night is not fun! Sadly, nobody came and knocked on our door to ask for candy :( We decided we were going to give them Books of Mormon, instead of candy ;)
So, we taught some of our investigators this week. We taught la familia Mendez about the Restauracion again and then we taught Gerardo (the son) just by himself one time. It was AWESOME. We taught him about the Plan de Salvacion and the happiness we are able to receive from it. We asked him to talk to his family about him being baptized, and he said he would! It was a super awesome lesson. We kind of have a date with him for the 24, but it's really soft. He was going to come to church on Sunday, but his mom wanted the family to eat out at breakfast :( next week though! We also taught Roberto Avila about the Restauracion too. He is super interested in finding about which of all the churches is true. he knows there needs to be only one true church, but he just doesn't know what to do to find it. So, we taught him! Yay! :)
We have also had a lot of cool miracles out contacting and knocking doors. We were contacting one day and ran into this guy sitting on his driveway, chilling. When we approached him, he said to us, "You're Mormons, right? Well, I was raised Catholic and because of that now I am Agnostic. So, I don't have anything to say to you." So, we started to talk to him about his life and stuff, and we found out he played professional baseball! So, him and Elder Jensen made an instant connection. It was sweet. After that, he was telling us more about his life, that his lawyer is Mormon and how he really likes him because he is such a good guy and stuff. It is cool to see that everyone out there has this little love button and once you find it and push it, you can talk to them about anything!
We were out knocking doors on Sunday, and we knocked on this one door, and the dog started freaking out. So, the owner (a white guy) opened the door, saw that we were missionaries and said, "As you can see, my dog doesn't want to talk to you." Then he shut the door. People are crazy.
We haven't found any new investigators this week, but we are working hard to find them! We have had a few super awesome contacts, so we have some good potenciales this week.
Friday... 1 year... Shh! Don't say that! James is coming home sometime in December, along with Colin. I cannot believe they have been gone and are coming home! Time goes by too fast!
The weather down here is still super nice. It gets chilly during the night, but that's okay! I received my sweater from Elder Price! He gave it to me when he left :) it is really nice! Yeah, the pants are working good! Now I have four pairs to wear :)
Today is Election Day! CRAZY! I didn't even know until we were driving to the library and everywhere had yellow signs that said Election Poll or whatever. WHo is going to win?!!?! You would be surprised by how many times I have been asked about Romney... Once. Way back in August, when I first came to San Marcos. But, I never see any Obama signs anywhere, only Romney! That would be so cool if he won!
I hate Daylight Savings. When we run in the mornings, it feels like 8 or 9 and like we should be inside studying... I don't like it!
Well, I think that it is it for this week! I hope you have a wonderful week!
Love, Elder Hunt
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