Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Email from Nov 10
My companion and I are getting better. Now we only fight like once every 2 or 3 days. Little by little, we're getting better. Thanks to this experience, I've been becoming the best missionary. Like Nefi in 2 Nefi 4, I'm starting to abhor the appearance of sin or disobedience. Right now, I just can't bring myself to be disobedient. Like the other day, My alarm went off at 5:52 like always. He never hears it (or if he does, doesn't do anything). I could have just rolled over and gone back to sleep, but my conscience wouldn't let me. So at 5:53, I leaped out of bed and prayed asking forgiveness for the thoughts to break a rule of sleeping past 6:30. It's beautiful. I love being obedient with exactness.
As a couple, whoever is reading this, read Doctrina y Convenions 132. Read it together, as a couple. And just realize how great and perfect is the plan of God. Families can be together forever. I'm so grateful and blessed that mine, thankful to the sealing powers of the priesthood in the temple, will be together forever. I look forward to the day when I will enter into the holy temple with my future wife. One day quite far from now, but one day.
Also, a scripture that has motivated me as a missionary this week Mosiah 28:3. It encourages me to talk to everyone that I see! This can also be applied to those of you that are members and not missionaries, talk to your friends about the church! Invite them to your house to have dinner and invite the missionaries too! These are your friends, neighbors, and colleagues! Do you desire that they perish and dwindle in unbelief like the Lamanites of old? I would hope not. Share the Gospel.
This past week, I had a great experience. I don't like to compare myself to Prophet Thomas S. Monson, but I have to do it. We were in a Family Home Evening with a family of Recent Converts. There's an 8 year old child. He began to copy everything I did. When I moved my foot, he moved his. When I moved my hands, he moved his. When I coughed, he coughed. I instantly thought of the story of President Monson when the same thing was happening with him and a little kid when he was on the stand and the little kid in the front row. So, what did President Monson do? He wiggled his ears and the child gave up. Thinking of this story, what did I do? I started to raise just one eyebrow and make my eyebrows dance. He couldn't do it. He burst into laughter and ran out of the room. He returned after a short span with his face red. Elder Hunt: 1 Victor Ajcuc: 0. Victory was mine.
I love yall a lot. The church is true. This is the Lord's work. The work of the Lord will never be frustrated. The work of man, yes. Joseph Smith was a prophet and Thomas Spencer Monson is a prohet of God.
Love yall!
--Elder Hunt
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