Email from June 9

We didn't really tour the town, we just kind of drove to the market. and got to look at town as we drove there. Market was crazy, but i loved it. i love different cultures! 

We've had crazy rain here. it surely is the rainy season. the mornings are so beautiful then, next thing you know, right after lunch it just rains. until about two days ago, it would rain and lightning, but no thunder would happen. then like two days ago, the loudest thunder ever cracked. it was awesome!! now it lightnings and thunders whenever it rains. i like it.

Tell your young women to never be embarrassed or scared or nervous to ask a Priesthood holder for a blessing. The power of the priesthood is real, and i testify of that. it has a healing power in it that is manifested through the faith of the recipient and the Priesthood holder. I haven't asked for any yet because i haven't been sick. and i'm not one to ask for one anyway, but like the last night before we leave, we will all be getting blessings. That's going to be such a cool experience. Whenever someone does give a blessing, the Spirit just floods into the room and testifies of truth. 

Also, in church, i got to pass the sacrament to the congregation with 3 other guys. it was really cool. seeing how different people serve the sacrament. the latinos to the nortes to different parts of America. but everybody got the pan y agua, so esta bien. Tomorrow (tuesday) we go to Wal-Mart. We also get to go to a chapel and play sports for like 2 hours. and we get to go to the mall and eat at the food court. I'm excited to be liberated from behind these bars!! 

I apologize for my email-day being so inconsistent. i think that it's only en el CCM because of the new missionaries coming in this wednesday, email day is monday. it's crazy and hard to keep track of. 

Only two more weeks en el CCM. These past two weeks have literally flown by. I can't even believe it. I feel like the new missionaries just got here like 2 days ago. And i'm sad to see some of the elders leaving tomorrow to go. I've become pretty good buds with a couple of them, which is really neat. 

Anyway, i have become really good friends with an Elder Saunders. This country guy from Morgan, Utah. He told me to write his female cousin, so of course, i did. It was kind of weird seeing as how i've never met her. but i have seen one picture of her, so it's ok. It was a handwritten letter that he helped me construct. He also wrote her a letter to her talking about me. like things i wouldn't say, mainly physical features because i don't want to seem like the kinda guy that just talks about myself. It's going to be really interesting to see if she writes me or anything. haha. I'm kind of excited because i may be getting a pen pal! 

So, i indirectly got in trouble. but that's ok. everynight before bed, after prayer with the whole room, i go to the window and say "¡buenos noches, mundo!" Three nights ago, i said it. then like 4 different rooms responded to me. It was awesome. Two nights ago, i said it, and an hermana in my district yelled, ¡Buenos noches, Samuel! (the name of my district). So we got scolded yesterday and were told not to say that anymore out the window. But i did it again last night because it's a tradition of Room 222! and i will keep the tradition alive. and they can't really catch because i do it first so they aren't suspecting it. Now, just nobody replies because we don't want to get busted. It's super fun, i think. 

we've been playing volleyball. i'm going to sum up my favorite volleyball experiences in just this one paragraph. Around the basketball courts and vball net are fences that are like 25-30 feet tall. I went up once and just crushed the ball. nobody really moved, unless it was to try to get out of the way. it bounced off of someone's foot (without them kicking it) and hit the top of the fence. we almost lost the ball forever. it was incredible. i felt so good, haha. Another time, i went up to swing and it nailed another Elder right in the gut, but he was fine. The very next time the ball came over, my friend set me. I drilled that ball and it nailed an hermana right in the back of the head. i felt really bad, but also good since it was an awesome swing. The next day, she commented that her head hurt when touched...sighh... it was still cool. And the third time, happened just saturday night. I went up and swung, and it was on it's way out but someone touched it. yay, free point. then the very next swing, i aimed at this Elder that i'm buds with. And i swung pretty good. He literally jumped out of the way. and the ball landed right where he was. It was so funny. I was dying laughing and i make sure to bring it up all the time. 

My district wants to do a special musical number the devocional before we leave. we're going to sing Come Thou Fount. We've been practicing and it's been awesome! that song brings the spirit always. Also, we sing the words to Oh Mi Padre (Oh My Father) to the music of Come Thou Fount and it works so beautifully. so we might mix those two together, but we're not sure. two Hermanas in my district have such great voices, it's amazing. the other hermana has a good voice too, but she's just really quiet. I love music, songs definitely are prayers of the heart, as it says in DyC 25. 

I love getting letters and emails from people.I've been praying for all you guys all the time. Prayer is my best friend these day. That and the scriptures. 

Speaking of the scriptures, i've been reading every day from the Libro de Mormon. I feel like the scritpures are so much more beautiful en Español. It's wonderful. the word choices and such. I love it. It's like one of my favorite things. 

Anyway, time here sure is flying by. i'm no where near ready for the field, at least my Español. But it has progressed much more than i thought it would. It's been a miracle. I know it is. The Lord has his hand in my life everyday. I'm starting to recognize it more and more.

Anyway, the days here en el CCM all kind of flow together. but i'll try to keep you updated.  

Also, something that has been on my mind a lot: John 14. Talks about the First and Second comforters. Especially 14:18 or 19 that says "I will not leave you comfortless, I will come to you". Relating that to the Atonement. While in the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus Christ was completely alone. His Father withdrew from him. He knows what it's like to be comfortless. He never wants us to feel that way. He WILL come to us. I testify to you, as a Representative of Jesus Christ, that the Atonement of Jesus Christ is real. And in it there is a cleansing power that is magnificent and an enabling power that is uncomprehendable. I will be eternally indebted to mi Salvador, Retentor, y Amigo Jesucristo.  

I love you guys so much. i thank Dios for yall all the time, for your examples and your love for me. I pray for yall always and love to hear from yall.  

Elder Hunt