Even the phones are bigger in Itu
Monday- Good p day, tons of work!!! We
played some football too!
That night we were leaving an
appointment in an outdoor ceramic tile factory and a crazy wild dog came out of
nowhere and violently mangled my leg. It left a whole in my pant leg and in my
leg! It bled a lot, but I’ve got my shots so I’m all right!!
Downtown Itu
Tuesday- We had district meeting, which
was great and then we did a division with Elder Ribero and Elder Taveira. Elder
Ribero was with me in Itu and we knocked a ton of doors and followed up with a
ton of investigators.
Elder Hunt and Elder Ribero, doing divisions in Itu
Wednesday- We took the challenge to knock
as many doors as possible in 1 day. We worked extremely hard, found many elect
amazing people, and ended the night with 400 doors knocked! Every day is an
exhausting day, but especially today aha!
My Nana's awesome package arrived!
Thursday- Today was our Multizone
Conference with President Farnes! Sister Farnes talked about faith and even
brought bread from The Lion House from Salt Lake!
Motivation from the Multizone Conference
We talked about how to be
more efficient with door knocking, a ton of that classic President Farnes
motivation which I love! It was an amazing conference! And in the end to
make it even better, President Farnes took us all to an all you can eat
steakhouse!
The steak here is so good. President Farnes took us to eat at this all you can eat steakhouse!
Friday- We left early in the morning to work
more with the wedding, which should happen soon. We worked a ton and by
nighttime we headed to a super special appointment.
Elder Hunt and Elder Farius, comps and best friends
We went to visit a family
who was a reference from a member (we went with the member) and we had an
amazing first lesson with a SUPER Elect family. It is a family of 5, mother,
father, teenage son and daughter and grandmother. They are so open and
receptive; they are honestly searching for the truth. They also live in a super
nice country club, which is different than the favellas I’m used to. Lol.
F and H for Farias and Hunt
Saturday- We had our super event! We
made tons of popcorn, soda, everything. We started of with a slide show about
The Restoration given by the Stake Presidency, we watched Meet the Mormons, and
at the end with the Spirit extremely strong, we invited the 6 investigators who
were there to be baptized and they all agreed.
We were only sad because we hoped to
have way more people there then we ended up having. We had some members but
only 6 investigators.
Sunday- Our baptism fell. We had lunch, Ward Council and then we
went looking for a miracle.
Elder Hunt and Elder Farius
That night we felt inspired to go
visit a man who had been taught by tons of other missionaries before us, but he
was never very interested. We began and at the end we powerfully invited him to
be baptized that night...and he accepted! But he has a bladder problem and has
to use a bag to pee so his active member wife tried to prevent him.
We decided to give him a blessing
that depending of his faith he would be cured, exactly how Christ cured with
the same Godly authority and power which we hold. I began the blessing and at
one point I said ‘arise and thou shalt be cured’ and then he literally arose
from the chair and pleaded to be baptized! He was cured and he arose from the
chair a changed man, the blessing and his faith changed everything.
He put on his clothes to be baptized,
but his wife flipped out and blocked his baptism. I literally saw Satan in that
woman. I witnessed a miracle that night through the power of the holy
priesthood and that I can’t deny. We went home sad that that man hadn’t
been baptized, but in amazement due to what we had seen and taken part
in.
Elder Medina and Elder Hunt
I invite all who have not yet been
baptized and confirmed members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints to talk to the Mormon Missionaries, read part of The Book of Mormon with
this in mind:
"Behold,
I would exhort you that when ye shall read these things, if it be wisdom in God
that ye should read them, that ye would remember how merciful the
Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the creation of Adam even down
until the time that ye shall receive these things, and ponder it in
your hearts.
And when ye shall receive these
things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father,
in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask
with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in
Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the
power of the Holy Ghost.
And by the power of the Holy Ghost
ye may know the truth of all things.”
This is a Godly promise, and with what you find and learn,
you will find true lasting peace, love, and happiness in your lives. As
a servant of God who was called by a Prophet, and as a representative of
Christ, I say these things in His name, amen.
Elder Hunt
Elder Hunt in Itu
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