Our Savior's Love And Blessings Are Real

Medicine

To sum up my week, I was super sick to the point I had to go to the hospital. I had to buy 300$reais worth of medicine, but we worked really hard despite the sickness.  

Acai, pasoca, and leite empo

Grilling more meat

I cut my finger deeply on some barbed wire too, but today we got some açai to lighten the mood, and we are eating a lot of meat on our grill! 

Friday night at the soccer event at the church, Renan, an awesome teenage boy was baptized! And on Sunday, Thiago was baptized! 

Saturday night we did an interview for the sisters and the person was baptized the next day! :) MIRACLE interview!

This week was challenging, but my testimony has grown much in regard to Christ's Atonement for all of us.  (Writing in English is really hard.) I have learned patience, humility, and genuine love for others, and putting aside your wants to do the Lord's will.

Christ lives, this is His church, and He blesses us through a living prophet and his apostles. Our Savior's love and blessings are real; earn them, deserve them, and BE one of His true disciples. 

Elder Hunt

My weights

My pull up bar and bands

Quintal- room where they hang their clothes to dry

Kitchen

Bathroom

His comps bed

Elder Hunt's bed is the one on the right

Super Sick But Working Hard

Elder Hunt with Paulo on his baptism day

The new Favella where Elder Hunt lives and works

Hi everyone,

This week I've been really sick with a bad cold, but even so, we worked extremely hard. 

The baptisms of Paulo and Kaique

The highlights of our week include:

·      We had the baptisms of Paulo and Kaique.  

·      General Confrence was great!  There were several times during the Saturday afternoon session that I was brought to tears.

·      We hosted soccer at the church for the young men we are teaching and the recent converts. 

We have a little grill on our balcony at our house.

We have been grilling meat on it at night when we are finished working.

All Brasilians love meat, which is really good.

My companion that is a brand new missionary.  He is a really good missionary and is trying his best to learn everything and be obedient.  

We are going to the temple tomorrow, which is always awesome!  Today I gave a zone training about bettering one's self and making daily, weekly, and monthly goals to be able to reach your end goal. 

I'm super sick and feel awful, but it was great to be able to train an entire zone again. I miss training zones and leaders since being released as Assistant to the President two weeks ago!   Looking back at my mission and where I started, I have learned and changed so much, especially in realizing the small daily victories that happen! Grateful!

Love,

Elder Hunt

The First of the Last

Monday- My last day as Assistant, haha. I hung out with Alvis and Sagae, making the best of our last times together :)

     Tuesday-We woke up to find that the mission office had been broken into :( Not much was taken, but there was a lot of mess. 

Elder Hunt with his new missionary, or 'son' as they are called.

Elder Iugly Dayan Barbosa de Santana

     That morning we had a training for everyone who was training, including me haha. We had lunch and then we had the presentation to meet our filhos. I was super nervous, haha! But finally the moment arrived and I met Elder Iugly Dayan Barbosa de Santana, a recent convert of two years from Brasilia. Only he and his 10 year old sister are members, he is 23 years old. He's great! He is a super fast learner and is very driven! :) 

We got to our area in the afternoon and got to work! 

     Wednesday-I gave my first training as district leader haha, its been awhile. I love giving trainings! We went to lunch with the other elders in our area, Elder Rodrigo and Nascimento and we went to work!!!! Tons of new people to teach and getting to know the area! One thing we are also doing is every lunch we are bringing a little treat to show our gratitude for the members.

     Thursday-Work, work, work in the cold rain, and yep I got super sick, weakness, stuffed nose, sore throat, but nothing is stopping us, it’s now or never! Gaupira 2 é Noix!!!

     Friday-Still super sick, but we went to Bishop’s house and we brought a cake, a tie for him, and flowers for his wife, and it went great! We totally love the Bishop, his family, and especially his wife!  Work work work!

     Saturday-Following up with everyone to go to church and our baptisms Lucas and Emyli! Finding new investigators and talking to everyone while being dead sick! 

     Sunday-Lucas was baptized by an awesome recent convert and my son Elder Santana baptized Emyli! 

     I've never been humbled like I have been this week. I've never had to get on my knees and show humility quite like this. Without God we are nothing, with Him, anything is possible! 

     My son is awesome! Love him a ton! #10MoreWeeks #36 #1.6 #201 Let's goooo!!!!!!!!!!!

18 in 11

     Monday-Documents, documents, documents of Elder Sagae with rich rewards. 

With Zone leaders in Itapetininga

     Tuesday-We took a 4 hour bus drive to Itapetininga, where we did a division with the zone leaders there. I worked with Elder Martineau, a missionary who served nine months in the United States and had tons of wild stories from his time there. 

Awesome Churrascaria in Itapetininga

Espetinhos- meat on a stick

We had no set appointments, so we talked to people in the street and knocked doors the whole day in the chilling rain, but I absolutely loved it. It was an awesome day that I will never forget :)

We got a FREE LUNCH

Votorantum

     Wednesday-Early we took a bus to Sorocaba and got to work! We worked super and in the evening a super awesome couple in the ward called us and invited us to eat pizza with them, it was so nice of them. They are literally the best! I love them! :) 

Shortcut

     Thursday-We went to visit a few references in a father away neighborhood and to get back to our focus area, we took a shortcut through the hills and we got some great pictures :) Great days work!

     Friday-Division with Da Silva! He gave me a new belt because my other one was pretty destroyed. That evening there was an activity for integration with recent converts, also Da SIlva and I went to do baptismal interviews for the sisters that evening.

     Saturday-I stayed in division with Da SIlva and his comp Castaneda in Votorantim while Flores went the temple to see a sealing. 

Baptism of Ana's sister, Fernanda

     That evening our awesome recent convert's sister, Fernanda was baptized! It was amazing! I made a cake and we bought ice cream to celebrate (exactly what she wanted, haha.) The whole ward was there participating, it was such a special baptism for us ;)

     Sunday-We found out the transfer and so it was my last Sunday in the beloved ward of Barcelona! I gave a farewell talk and it was super sad leaving everyone behind :(

My old belt, DeSilva gave me a new one.

     I will finish my last 11 weeks of my mission training a new missionary in the area Gaupira, the biggest favela and the most productive area in the mission :) I will also be serving as district leader. Let's go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brother Alexandre and his wife

Vinicious and Jessica

BISHOP ALLEN

Cacau and his sisters

Brother Godoy