Exposed to Chicken Pox, Peed On, and Almost Hit By A Bus, But I LOVE WHAT I'M DOING

Elder Hunt in Brasilandia

Hey everyone,

Because of the temple last week I only had 30 minutes to write and got cut off. So I will start off with Friday August 29 with the story of when I bore the strong testimony in English.  It was amazing because the woman, nor her daughter, nor my comp, know any English, and they say they understood it all; that is amazing. A crazy part was when I was talking about all the things I left behind for the mission and how firmly I know the church is true and in the testimony I said,

"I would die for this church! But more importantly, I LIVE FOR IT! And that is why I am here is Brasil, serving my mission!"

BOOM, the woman gasped, the Spirit was SO strong! After, we fasted for that woman to join the church.

 Elder Hunt with his companion at the Sao Paulo Temple

Post temple treat- DONUTS!  Elder Hunt's favorite dessert!

Saturday August 30- We had a productive day teaching 9 lessons, 6 new investigators, 21 street contacts, and we invited 2 people to be baptized and they accepted. But the highlight of the day was the sobremesa (dessert) the member had baked about 30 mini cupcakes of all flavors!!! Chocolate, lemon, vanilla, all different combos.  The best was a maracujá cupcake; oh my gosh, sooo good.

Frozen Acai- IT'S SOOOOO GOOD!

Monday September 1-Our numbers for last week were: 111 street contacts, 9 investigators with baptismal dates, 13 investigators in sacrament meeting, 11 lessons taught with a member present, 20 other lessons taught, and 16 new investigators.    

What your appointment book is 'supposed' to look like

We have been making amazing progress with a 17 year old investigator named Felipe. He is very smart, he understands why he needs the gospel in his life, and he is very interested.

Elder Hunt with 'Kleber'

Today we taught a less active member named Manoel Kleber Ferreria. We call him Kleber for short. He is a bodybuilder, a paratrooper, and a sergeant in the Brasil Army, and he has a brain tumor.  He was extremely impressed that I workout and everything and he pulled out tons of his workout magazines and everything. After, he showed us his 9MM Beretta and showed us all this awesome army stuff and we talked about guns and the experience I had shooting the crazy guns of the Duke Family! Shout out to Dylan if he’s reading!

Elder Hunt's gym - in the house of a member in the area

Elder Hunt set up his rings to help with his workouts.

On his way to an appointment

 Wednesday September 3- I will call this wild Wednesday, because today was crazy. First we went to a zone conference in Pirituba, so we took the bus for about 40 minutes, and as you all know, any time you ride the bus in Brasil, it is wild.  After we came back we went to lunch with a member, but there was one problem. My companion had something growing on his face on his lip at a rather quick rate. It got bigger and bigger, and more and more disgusting. It grew LARGER THAN the size of a dime and popped out as well. It was not good. We taught a few lessons and at that point we decided he needed to get this thing checked out. So we called the mission office and had a big talk with them and then we walked for an hour and a half to a hospital/health care center.

Brasilandia

As you can imagine, any public place in Brasil with a bunch of sick people that is not taken care of well was an interesting experience. We waited at the hospital for about 2 hours until a doctor finally saw us. The doctor came to a conclusion, and said my comp has HERPES. I bursttttt out laughing, that was very funny to me. Herpes is sexually transmitted and my comp is a missionary haha, it was ironic. Obviously it wasn’t transmitted sexually; what had happened was we shake EVERYONES hand here and I mean everyone, and my comp touched his face and that is what happened. After, we ran around different pharmacies trying to find the right medication to help him. At one point we ran across a huge intersection. Four lanes of traffic on either side, with a median in the middle. We sprinted to the median and I thought we were stopping, but my comp kept running. I quickly changed direction to catch him. I sprinted and slipped on some rocks and sand as a bus was headed towards me. Amongst the craziness and misdirection, I superman jumped head first off of 1 leg and landed roughly on the sidewalk as I felt the bus wiz by grazing my leg. That sure was a close one!   

Almost hit by a bus.

We then went to teach a girl at the home of a member. While there, an autistic 8 year old sat on my lap and peed all over me...lol.  Brasil is wild! After we had a dinner appointment with a member. She made us SOOO MUCH FOOD!!!! SOOO MUCH, chicken, beef, pork, lasagna, beans, rice, french fries, and more. All I could say was WOW. Great meal! Later we ended up finding the right medication for my comp and headed home. All I can say about today was that it was WILD.

Taken from a 'Favela' at a members house.  It's normally not safe to take photos.

Thursday September 4- My comp woke up in the morning and the first thing he said to me was "I have a feeling we have a good chance of getting robbed today" ...lol ok hahaha. Our first lesson was deeep in the favelas, so I decided not to bring my camera that day, hahaha. Today we went to the feira and got tons of great stuff! Giant avocados, tons of bananas, guiaba, maracujá, and papaya! Great stuff!!  

Avocado from the Farmers Market

But the highlight of the day was with Paulo. Paulo and his wife Sueli have 2 children and they live together, but they are not married. This is a very common problem we encounter in Brasil. One of their children my comp baptized about a month ago, but they have been very stubborn about not wanting got get married. Finally they agreed on a date to be married. In a different lesson, Sueli and the other child accepted our invitation to be baptized. BUT tonight, after much much discussion. Paulo FINALLY, FINALLY accepted the invitation to be baptized, finally!!!! We felt so good! Hopefully it all works out and eventually they can be sealed! So amazing!!!!

The street art says, "Only God Saves" It is also the name of a prevalent gang here.  How ironic.

Friday September 5-We entered a home to teach. The small home was filled with family members of the person we were visiting. We sat on the couch and a woman with a baby walked in with spots on it. My comp gasps "Catapora", I had no idea what this meant, but my comp was freaking out a little bit and said we needed to leave. I jumped off the couch and bolted out the door and down the stairs as everyone in the house burst out laughing. We called Elder Allan and he told me "catapora" is chicken pox! I am glad I got out of there. Chicken pox when you are older can kill you. I’ve had my shots, but I still don’t want to to risk anything.   Even funnier, on the same day, the same thing happened in a different house...lol.       That night, we invited the cousin of Henrique (who is hopefully getting baptized this on the 13th) to be baptized on the same day as him and she said yes!!!! :) YAYYYYYY!!!

During the mission, I had been having many difficulties including a lot of frustration among other things. I was struggling. But Elder Allan gave me some good advice about how mentally to get lost in the work. It helped me so much and I am feeling much better. He said the most important thing is that the mission changes you and your life. I need to get lost in the work and forget myself.

Elder Hunt and Elder Silva

Saturday September 6- A cool thing about Brasil, not sure about all missions, but in ours we come home a transfer early, so I should get home sometime in June of 2016! Instead of July!  Today I had a great mental transition and had a great day.    An interesting thing here is that many American names are used here, like the name Eric, but it is pronounced Ericky. It is interesting how things are pronounced with their alphabet. Hunt is pronounced Hunch or Unchy, which is strange. Jacquline is pronounced Jacqaleeny haha. But there are still names like Mateus, which is Matthew in portuguese.  It is also interesting with the American influence here. Everyone wears cloths with English written on them, everyone tries to speak English with me, and being from Las Vegas, USA is sort of like being a movie star; everyone thinks it is super cool.  Also, much, much, much poverty exists in América, but the poverty here is like nothing I have ever seen.     

 ALSO, send me stickers to put on the back of my missionary tag! I would appreciate it, its a fun thing missionaries do.

This is our church building.  It is very clean and very beautiful.

Sunday September 7- Remember the story about the chicken pox? Well, there was a TON of drama because of it at church on Sunday. The man who owns the house is a recent convert and he was deeply offended that we left his house because the child there had chicken pox. The man wasn’t even home when this happened. Chicken pox, with a lot of people, in a small confined área, in Brasil, and I’ve never had chicken pox before does not sound like a good combination. The man was deeply offended and let the entire ward hear about, he even got the Bishop involved. He went as far to say that my comp and I don’t have faith in Jesus Christ because Jesus Christ wouldn’t allow me to get chicken pox and that since we have the priesthood, we are immortal. This man is deeply confused about things. It was ridiculous. It was very bad and the entire ward did not like us. Not a good day in church. The church here in our área is also not well organized, so that contributed.   Later we had lunch very far away in a different area. After we visited Manoel Kleber Ferriera again.    He and his wife made us protein shakes and gave us ice cream and cake!!!!!! Especially since lunch was not good it was such a blessing!!! So GOOD!!   He showed us more army stuff like a police baton, a KABAR Marines knife and he did a numchuck demonstration, it was sick! We then taught his two sons, one in his teens and the other in his early 20s, neither of them had been baptized, we made good progress with them!  After, he drove us to our next appointment in his fast little car on the tight, wild streets of Brasilândia. He jammed out to BYE BYE BYE by Nsync and drove like a wild man; he even pulled a Marcus Hunt and did a 180 degree spin turn so we wouldn’t miss our turnoff.

It was crazy and so much fun!! He is such a cool guy and I really think our efforts are helping his Family become reactivated!  After, we took two of our teenage investigators to "Family Home Evening" at the church with many other teenagers and families.  I feel like it was pretty successful!

We also got the news that we are moving into a new house tomorrow!!! Crazy! But we will have to pack everything up by ourselves and it will be a big adjustment.     

 Our numbers for this week: only 50 street contacts, 13 new investigators with baptismal dates, 4 investigators in sacrament meeting, 11 lessons taught with members present, 16 other lessons taught, 14 new investigators, 5 lessons taught with recent converts, and 4 lessons taught with less actives. We also have 5 baptisms planned for this weekend, so we will see what happens!!!

My comp and I tied the record for the whole mission with Elder Marchant for most investigators with a baptismal date who attended sacrament meeting!!!!!  Super cool!

Sunday was also the 4th of July for Brasil, so many parties and such. A funny thing about Brasilandia is that we hear fireworks going off all day long everyday, but we never ever see them. This is because they are small ground fireworks that just make a loud noise. There were many of them on Sunday. Also, Brasilândia is the equivalent to Brasil Land. Disneyland here is Disneylândia haha. See you next week! Ready for another great week!

Every single day here is hard, not going to lie, but things are getting better, and I love what I’m doing. The people are amazing and great and open to the gospel. I want you to know that I am learning and growing so much here. 

There is no comfort in the growth zone and no growth in the comfort zone.

I love and appreciate you so, so much! 

Elder Hunt

These Are the Days Where You Find Out What You Are Made Of

Hey everyone!

     We went to the São Paulo temple today and that is why we have p-day today instead of the regular Monday. Very hectic day, but the temple was incredible and it was 100% in Portuguese, rough haha. I only have 1 hour to write and send pictures so I need to hurry!

       Last Monday after emailing I cleaned our entire kitchen because it was/is a complete mess! I totally knew all the amazing women in my life would have been like "Marcus you better clean that, it’s disgusting!" Also it was good because I have been trying to find more opportunities to serve my companions, so it was good.

       Tuesday: I had a really rough day. It was rainy which I liked, but I couldn’t understand anything or speak at all, I did not want to be here, and I felt terrible.  But these are the days that make us grow. You can either lie down or quit, or you can stand strong and keep pressing forward. These are the days where you find out what you are made of. I can honestly say that the mission has been the hardest thing I’ve ever done, by far. I honestly know my companion loves me so much because he has given me like 4 foot/ankle massages after I rolled my ankle because he cares about me so much. I really appreciate him so much. The ankle thing only affected me for about 3 days, I’m 100% alright now.

       Wednesday- I had some bad dessert that didn’t sit well in my stomach and I taught the entire Restoration by myself for the first time, while holding back throw up. Haha!  We have a progressing investigator named Francisca who is a dwarf. I honestly think she will be baptized which is great! :)   Tonight we bought 5 kilos of açaí from drug dealers, lol.  But it IS SOOOOOO GOOD!!!! Frozen açaí is amazing!! But very expensive here, it is only grown in the northern parts of Brasil. 

         Thursday we had a zone conference and heard from an Area Seventy named Presidente Aidukaitis. Everyone said it was great, but it was 4 hours long and he was speaking really fast, so I only got the main ideas of what he was trying to say. But I met an Elder named Elder Allen from Manassas, Virginia who was super cool and we talked about the Redskins and it was awesome!  Again I felt a bit discouraged from not understanding much, but when we arrived home that night, I spoke and taught the best I ever had! It was amazing!

         Friday- we have an investigator named Lara. She is very, very strong in a different church and she has been taught for a long time and believes in a lot of what we teach, but not in a few things. My comp and her got into a huge 1 hour and 30 minute bible bash. It was too complex for me to understand in Portuguese so I just sat there. At the very end I bore one of the strongest testimonies I have bore, EVER. But I bore it in English. The crazy part was, they understood it all and they didn’t speak English.

     This week we had 111 street contacts, 13 investigators in sacrament meeting, 9 investigators with baptismal dates, 11 lessons taught with a member, 20 mother lessons taught, and 16 new investigators.

Sorry, our zone leader is cutting us off, got to go!!! Next week!  I love the rain!

Elder Hunt

Crazy First Week in Brasilandia!

Hey everyone,

I want to share something Drake’s Dad shared with him: "A mission will teach you to ask God for help; to trust the help He gives as sufficient, and to take it like a man. You develop thick skin on your mission and a real sense of who you are, and what you can do, AND WILL endure for the gospel to spread. Think about the calluses on your hands. The thick skin on your hands that came from lifting things a normal person could not do. Those calluses came from a lot of pain and pressure. Eventually, those hands could grasp 500lbs without failing. Now think about your spiritual calluses. You need to grow through a lot of pressure as well as pain."

Sunday the 17th: Sister Overson, the wife of the first counselor in our CTM ward bishopric, talked after I did (usually you speak your last week in the CTM.  I spoke on the atonement in Portuguese and finished with the currant bush talk in English.) I also shared the quote from Grandpa Faust, "There are only 2 types of missionaries in this world,..those who serve in Brasil, and those who wish they did!"   

Sister Overson spoke on a story about Grandpa ironically. She said in 1940 Grandpa converted the very first family ever in the city of Curitiba. Now that city has a temple, an entire mission, and thousands of thousands of members there. Her point was that one person can make a difference. GRANDPA MADE A DIFFERENCE.  I was very emotional during her whole story. I just felt so proud of Grandpa! That I was related to such an amazing man and how lucky I am to be able to serve in Brasil, the place that Grandpa did so much for and how highly respected he is here. EVERYONE knows President Faust.  It made me imagine him up in heaven, watching me and every time he sees me doing the things I should or he sees the success I’m having, or when I overcome something difficult, or I learn his language, Portuguese! Up there I can imagine him cheering for me, "That’s my grandson down there! Serving in the best country in the world! Making a difference! Answering the call to serve!" I can imagine him up there being proud of me. That is one of  the best feelings in the entire world.

Wednesday: Yesterday was crazy. I met the President Farnes and his wife! They are so loving and sweet! I love them so much!   At the mission home I ended up meeting that Elder, Elder Hatch who served in my mission that my grandparents know. He was leaving the day I was arriving haha, more irony.  I arrived and received my new comp, Elder Medina from Chile! He speaks extremely well, but no English of course haha. He knows what he is doing, he is extremely diligent and knows what to say always. He is very good with the people. He is also 18 years old and he has been out 7 months. He is also very loving and supportive and helpful, and he pushes me just enough to help me. I seriously could not have asked for a better companion!

It’s funny what has been said about my new area so far. I am in the city of Brasilandia. It is one of the highest baptizing cities in the mission. The reason for that is because it is mostly favelas! My area is extremely, extremely poor.  The first night we went out and in 3 hours we had 13 street contacts!!! So many people talk with us and are interested! We also taught 2 lessons! All of that in 3 hours!

Brasil is madness but I love it! I am still having a hard time understanding because of all the different accents and because they speak so fast. I was able to help a bit during the lessons and talk on the street but it is very, very hard. But I know this is where I am supposed to be, and this is what I am supposed to do.

Also during a lesson Tuesday night...We were teaching the Restoration and our investigator just whips out her boob to feed her baby during Joseph Smiths first vision.  She didn’t even try to cover up or anything, so I was teaching and I was like um, um, uh...but we finished the lesson.

Everyone here calls me Wolverine (pronounced: "volverriny" here) or the muscular Edward Cullen! It’s like the 8th grade all over again! Or together, they say my companion and I are Edward and Jacob! Lololol!

    

It’s difficult with food here, also, there is no time to make food here, so everything needs to be quick, so that means breakfast was weird tasting milk and cookies.

Studying was terrible, very boring, very hard to focus, we wake up at 6 most mornings to go use weights at a members home, but the weights are tiny and they don’t do much for me, but it’s better than nothing. We go with 2 other sets of missionaries. In our apartment we have one other pair with us. One is an American who will be leaving soon, and the other is a Brazilian. I like them both. The American elder speaks no English to me, unless he absolutely has to for a few words, as we have been instructed to do that so I will learn faster. It is 100% Portuguese here all the time.

Wednesday night there was some crazy riot. Tons of cops, wreckage, and tons of fire; we had to change our walking routes because they were closing the streets down.  We later found out that a bomb had gone off and huge, huge gunfight had taken place! Wow! Super wild!!!

 Also, we don’t eat dinner here.... In Brasil we have a HUGE lunch in members homes everyday, but no dinner. So we work from about 1pm after lunch to 9pm without food. Interestingly though I stay pretty full even though we walk SOOOOO much!

My diet is out the window here. You honestly are lucky to get what you get, so we eat as much as possible when we can. We buy stuff from the store, but again, our time is very limited, so cookies and milk or whatever is quick we eat.

Also very cool, every Thursday morning we go to a farmers market and buy fresh fruit. Tons of interesting Brazilian fruits! I will try to get pics next week!

Thursday: I was feeling a little sad and unmotivated during study, but everything always gets better when we go to our lunch appointment and start our work for the day. We ended up having 20 street contacts, 7 new investigators and we taught 5 whole lessons. I also saw more of how poor the area is. Some people’s homes in the favelas are smaller than my room in the US. Also, it is difficult to get any pictures of the favelas because it is not safe.

My favorite time here is in the night, there are always parties going on, tons of music, lights, and fun. Everyone is out and about and we are able to talk to more people. And it is cooler outside! But again, no pictures of the night for safety reasons. I am in a pretty dangerous area in Brasil. At least our area is.

We visited a single sister with young children, she was telling us about how lonely she was, she was crying. We also went with the ward mission leader named Irmao Dilermando; he is super cool! He is an older man, but he wears super swagged out clothes and he is SUPER spiritual.

In my broken Portuguese I told the woman the same thing I’ve said before when someone said they were lonely, "God is always with you, because Jesus Christ suffered in the Garden of Gethsemane. He has felt every pain, suffered every affliction, He knows exactly how you feel, every temptation, everything, I can testify that you are never alone; He is always with you; He is with you no matter what and I KNOW this is true.”

"Why is this so hard? Because Salvation is not a cheap experience," in the words of Elder Holland. I also heard Elder Holland spoke at the CTM the day I left.... come on...

I had to bear my testimony and introduce myself to the ward during sacrament meeting, and to make it more stressful, President Farnes and his family made a surprise visit to our ward. I did alright. Church is similar here, but not as organized or as strong, but there are still great faithful members. 

After church we went to work, we ended up teaching the Restoration to a group of 18 people in the middle of the street. I was nervous, but I prayed and when it was my turn to take over the lesson I spoke well and bore a very strong testimony. A lot of them were hard looking muscular guys. Crazy experience.  

There are also these super sketchy apartment buildings we don’t like to go in because they are owned by the drug cartel.  If we go in, guys with guns and walkie talkies tell the other people in the building that a muscular American and a smaller Chilean have entered the building. SUPER Sketchy! We have had no problems with anyone yet which is good.

Soooooo, last night we were leaving a lesson in the favelas, and there was a crazy dog and my companion and I were trying to leave. I miscalculated my jump to escape and I rolled/strained my ankle pretty bad. I had to be carried back into the house. It was bad enough that we had to call someone to pick us up because I cannot walk and we were over 10 miles away from our apartment.  It was also very difficult explaining to my comp in Portuguese my previous ankle issues from football. I was able to call someone official from the mission and talk with them. I am able to walk, but very, very slowly and cautiously.

Overall, I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE BRASIL SOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH. My companion has taken such good care of me. I am making such amazing progress. 

From Tuesday night to Sunday, we had 95 street contacts, 1 confirmation, 5 investigators with baptismal dates, 6 investigators who attended church, 7 lessons taught with a member present, 18 other lessons taught, 30 new investigators. I also forgot to say, on my first day I invited 2 people to be baptized and they said yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My shoulders are narrowing, my body is shrinking, but my Spirit is growing huge.  I want to lose myself to find Christ; I will gain my muscle back when I return, but the things I am learning here are turning me into a better future husband, father, and Son of God.

This is truly amazing, But I will say it is EXTREMELY DIFFICULT every single day.  It is very hard for me, but I just love it so much!

 I love you all!

Elder Hunt

Brazil Sao Paulo North Mission!

São Paulo, 31 de julho de 2014

Dear Brother and Sister Hunt,

We were so happy to welcome your son, Elder Hunt, to the Brazil São Paulo North Mission. He is doing wonderfully. We feel so blessed to have him serving with us in the Mission. Elder Hunt will initially be in the Brasilândia area of the Pirituba’s zone. His companion is Elder Medina and is from Chile.

Missionaries love receiving uplifting and supportive letters from home. We encourage you to write or email your son weekly. His email address throughout his mission will be marcus.hunt@myldsmail.net. Letters may be sent to the mission office at the following address:

Elder Marcus Troy Hunt

Missão Brasil São Paulo Norte

Avenida Nova Cantareira, 1146 fundos

Tucuruvi

02330-001

São Paulo – SP

Brasil

Thank you for sharing your son with the Brazil São Paulo North Mission. We love him already and feel so grateful to be serving with him at this sacred time when the Lord is hastening the Work of Salvation.

Sincerely,

Presidente Timothy and Sister Linsey Farnes

Brazil São Paulo North Mission.

TODAY IS MY LAST CMT P-DAY!

 A street by the Campinas Brasil LDS temple is named after Marcus' Great-Grandfather, the late President James E. Faust

Hey everyone,

Today is my last CTM P-day!!!! Today also could have been the last time I am able to go to the temple in 2 years. In 6 days I will be in the mission field!!!!!! I am so excited, but also so nervous!    I forgot to mention in my last email, but on Fast Sunday, I was called as the new district leader!!  Also at the temple today I got a picture of the street named after Grandpa Faust! Hopefully pictures next week everyone!  Yay! 

Last Wednesday Elders Buck and Kagi had to move rooms so 2 new Brazilians could stay in our room. The Brazilians are super cool and one of them speaks 4 languages fluently, to make things better, they are both going to my mission! Also since they are Brazilian and only have to stay 2 weeks, they will leave with me on Tuesday! There has been no one going to my mission in the whole CTM the whole time I’ve been here except for the one visa waiter Elder Marchant.        

On Friday I got my first haircut on my mission. The barber came and woke us up at 6 am. He speaks no English at all and there are many horror stories about how terrible his haircuts are.....I’ve seen quite a few of them firsthand. I was very worried, but I briefly explained what I wanted in Portuguese. The entire haircut only took 3.5 minutes....everyone’s does haha, but the haircut actually looks good!!!!!!!!! I was very pleased! My comps were not so lucky.....lol!      

This week our goal is to speak as much Portuguese as possible, only substituting an English word when we do not know the Portuguese word for it. We have spoken about 95% Portuguese so its been very good! Doing that has been frustrating and exhausting, but we’ve made a lot of progress, and it is very rewarding.        

This week during a lesson I taught the entire story of Ammon and King Lamoni in Portuguese to one of our investigators. It is my favorite Book Of Mormon story! I loved it! We are all making a lot of progress, but getting into the mission field is the main thing on our mind.    

Not too much happened this week, but I want to share some of my thoughts: 

 "When your body aches and begs for rest, REMEMBER HIM! Remember Christ and how he did not slow down or stop, even after death. Remember all that you have been blessed with and work with no regrets. Give you whole heart, mind, mind, and strength!"    

"I don’t want to do what I want to do, I do what God wants me to do because he wants me to do it. I want to follow and know Christ"  

"You can’t be happy if you don’t want to do the things that lead to happiness, even if you still do those things."     

My mind is very clear in understanding right and wrong, and I am very in tune with the Spirit and it’s promptings.   

    

Next Tuesday will be a huge day for me with many new things. This is where the work really begins. I believe this will be the most difficult thing I have ever done in my life.  Most likely I will receive a Brazilian trainer who will speak no English. So every single thing, simple and difficult will have to be communicated through Portuguese. Every single thing, investigators, P- days, when and where do we eat, what is our budget, even where are we going, what should I bring, and what should I teach in the lesson.   It is going to be so difficult, but I’m confident that I will be ok. With God anything is possible, end of story. It will be super hard, but through God, we will find a way.       

Also, most likely now my P-days will be on Mondays, and my next P-day will not be until 2 Mondays from now. Then I should be able to give out my address and send pictures and have more time for emails on p- day!  The bad thing is that I don’t have time to write everyone back here in the CMT! Bro Truman, Cole Nisson, Drake’s dad, Rachael from newspaper- they have all have written and I feel so bad I haven’t responded because I literally don’t have time.  But I will have more time soon and I will for sure write them back. 

Also, I finally set up my gymnastics rings so I’ve been doing cool gymnastics stuff. Everyday we play volleyball against another American district! It gets so intense and we go so hard, it is a blast!! I am doing great, I have been so blessed here. Things are well.  Also going to get more Brazilian donuts today!!!!!!  ;)

Elder Hunt