On Wednesday, we had exchanges and I went with Elder Belbin! I went to La Zanja again! It is such an awesome area. It's like a mini Escondido, but better because we are in Orange County :) I love Orange County! I never want to leave! We met some pretty cool people on exchanges and hopefully the other Elderes will have some sweet new investigators.
On Thursday we finally taught Adriana! It was a good lesson. She had a date to be baptized el 4 de mayo, but we didn't meet with her for 2 or 3 weeks, and so that failed... We talked to her a lot of the Gospel of Jesucristo and how it can help her out. We tried setting up a new baptism date for her for the 25th of may and we found out her doubt! She really wants to be baptized so that she can be clean from her sins, but she doesn't want to be Mormon... She likes being Catholic and likes the beliefs that she has right now and doesn't want to change them... Her concern is kind of strange, but we found it! We don't think she understands the power of authority that we have. Neither does her dad. Her dad is feeding her a lot of information wrong. HE doesn't believe either that there is one church that has the authority either; it just matters that you are baptized. So, we are trying to talk to him about it too. We have an appointment with her on Friday, so hopefully all goes well! She is ready to be baptized, she just needs to come to church and understand the authority that we have in our church. Soon as we have that down, BAUTISMO. She's awesome.
On Friday, we had a surprise lesson with Pablo. We had a member with us because we had another lesson that fell through, so we decided to go and visit Pablo. The member that was with us is a good friend of Pablo. So, we had a lesson. It was a decent lesson. Pablo is still pretty stuck on the "I'M Catholic, my wife is Catholic and I don't want to cause any problems" thing. They are going to baptize their 7 year old in the Catholic church sometime soon.............. NOooooooooo... We are still trying, but it is looking like he doesn't want to do anything... :(
Daniel has finally come back from Mexico! I don't think I told you... His father in law passed away like 2 weeks ago. I think. Something like that. So, he went to Mexico for the funeral. He came back and we taught him on Saturday! Turns out his wife's sister also passed away on Friday. She had already had heart problems, and the whole thing with her dad just did her in. Crazy. His wife has gone through 2 deaths within a 2 week period. And the mom is really sick too, so it won't be long... Crazy. We taught Daniel on Saturday about the Plan of Salvation and where all his family members go after death (Because he thinks everything ends after death). He really liked the plan and wants to share it with his wife. We want to teach his wife too, but she is busy... :( soon though! Soon!
Cool miracle on Sunday. The Hermanas are teaching someone and this someone was looking for work but couldn't find anyone. We (elder Thompson and I) were out contacting after church talking to people. We talked to one guy and right away he said, "Hey, do you guys know anyone that is looking for work?" MILAGRO! It was sweet. Milagros are everywhere!
Yesterday we have conferencia de zona! (Zone Conference) We talked a lot about how we can help the investigators see the importance of the message by teaching to their desires. Like, if they desire more happiness and time with their family, then teach to that. It was really good. I learned a lot. I feel like these past few weeks I have become a lot better missionary than before. I have realized that my time is drawing to a close VERY quickly... Come the 9th of May (2 days away) is my six month mark! I only have six months left! I am in the same spot that Elder Price was in when he trained me. C. R. A. Z. Y. Time goes by so rapidly. I really haven't been the most diligent missionary, but I can change all that if I work super hard my last six months. Only six more months left of 100% preaching the Gospel!
Picture with me on a bike next week :) Pinky promise
Riding a bike is sweet! Riding to Dana Point is hard though. I don't think there is any way for you to see the hill we ride up, but it's steep. But, it's good exercise! It's fun too.
We aren't going to be able to reach the goal of 300 by the time the mission splits... So, we have lowered the goal to 235. It's a super sweet goal and we are going to make it!
That's crazy about Maddy's teeth! What dentist did she go to? VIP list is the best!
The food here is great. We eat with members every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday. The other days we make our own food :) Now that Elder Farnsworth left, I make lots of food for everyone! He was a really good cook. We eat anything and everything! We recently found the dollar store in our area :) They actually have really good food! Cheap too :) No more expensive Ralphs for us! WOO!
That's so dang cool Dallin is going to Mexico! Jaxon is going to Costa Rica! El espanol es el mejor!!! Ojala que hable espanol! Pero que sea la voluntad del Senor y no la mia!
No new investigators yet. But, we sure need some! The ones we have aren't progressing too well, and we have already dropped a ton... We need to work more!
Well, I think que es todo. Puedo talk in dos languages. Jaha isn't it suave? Quiza when I regreso puedo teach you espanol.
HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK.
Love, Elder Hunt
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