This week has been super crazy.
Last week went along normally. We went out and preached the gospel and blessed lives. Normal for a couple of missionaries dedicated to serve the Lord.
Tuesday morning (like the 14th), President Brough called me. He told me that I would be called as a trainer. That automatically made me super nervous. Usually, missionaries from the States don't train until they have about 10 or so months in the field. I'm starting training with less than 7 in the actually field not counting MTC. It's crazy. My new companion is Elder Diaz and he's from Ecuador. His accent is super hard to understand. He doesn't really believe in the importance of the letter 's'. Interesting. He's 18. He's going to be a great missionary. We're going to have success and we're going to have fun-that's what the mission is all about!
Yesterday, we had a conference. Guess who came to talk to us. QUENTIN L. COOK!!! It was fantastic. He came, the Area Presidency came. One of the Presidents of the 70 came. It was super cool. It was the first time I've ever had a apostle come and talk directly to me about what I'm doing right now. He also shook my hand! I'm certain that he is a profet, seer, and revelator. He is truly inspired of God. He made his wife, Hermana Cook, participate too. She made us all stand and sing Put Your Shoulder To The Wheel, or in Spanish, Pon Tu Hombro a la Lid. So, we sang the first verse everybody together. When we sang the 2nd verse, one third of the group would just say 'con fervor' to the beat while the rest sang. It was super cool. In the third verse, a different one third would say 'trabajar duro'. That was also super cool. On the fourth verse, we had one third saying 'con fervor' another 'trabajar duro' and the other singing the words. It was a super cool experience. The Spirit was super strong and Hermana Cook was super happy. Elder Cook talked to us about four kinds of love. We must love the people we serve, our companion, the mission president and his wife, and the Lord. I learned a lot. He also gave a blessing on our mission and stuff.
Well, God hears and answers prayers. There is no way I can doubt it. For too many instances I have called upon the Lord and he has smiled upon me. My testimony builds of this principle every day. The most recent. So, there's a familiy. Family Melgar (hopefully that name is familiar). We baptized the daughter on the 30th of December. The Mom, Maria, has gone to church like 5 straight times and she's super ready to get baptized. But, she doesn't want to get baptized without her husband. Her husband, Jorge/George, has attended church just once. We had a change in the schedule that we'll be going to church. Now, we'll be going at 2. This change made it impossible for Jorge to go due to work. After a lot of praying, the Lord is working. Jorge's work is about to start changing things so that he'll be able to attend at 2 in the afternoon. Their baptismal date is for the 8th of February. Everything is going perfectly with them.
Also, we're helping a man come over his addiction to smoking, drinking, and coffee. He went from drinking every day to not drinking in the past 5 days. He feels happier. He's making a lot of progress. I know 5 days isn't a big number, but it is for him! He smokes only two cigarrettes every day. One when he wakes up and one to go to bed. Just need to take out these two. Almost. With coffee, we'll give him a substitute. It's awesome.
The Church is true. The Book of Mormon is the word of God.
Love y'all!!
-Elder Hunt
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