I had one of the worst experiences of my life the other day. On Sunday, President Brough called me and said he wanted to have staff meeting the next day, Monday. Ok, that's fine and normal. I told everybody, and it wasn't a problem for anyone. Monday morning, we did exercises, ate breakfast, got all ready to go, and headed in here to the office. We were going to have staff meeting at 11. On the bus ride over here, I gently touched my face and realized...I hadn't shaved! NO! I rapidly started thinking to myself what I could do because I couldn't have President show up and I have awful 24 hour shadow. I came up with a good plan. We'd get off the bus, go into a little store, buy a razor and shaving cream, then go shave in the bathroom in the office before President showed up at 11. We got off the bus and entered the store. The best razor they could offer was a 2 blade, 60 cent razor. Not the best quality. Anyway, I then proceeded to ask if they had shaving cream and the answer was no. So we went to the next store to ask for shaving cream, nobody had it! But that didn't get me down, I'd just use soap (I'd done it before). So I get to the office and walk in the bathroom to get down to business. I got a good three strokes in, and there were no problems. Then, the lights went out! What?! Elder Hunt in a tiny bathroom, a two blade razor, no shaving cream, without lights, with President to arrive in only mere minutes! It's not even needed to say that I got the worst razor burn on my entire face and neck and got some pretty good knicks! Two days later, and I'm still suffering from that event.
But Staff Meeting was super cool. Probably the last one we'll have with President and Sister Brough. Sister Brough made us cookies. There some really cool things talked about and a different spirit there with us. One of sadness, excitement, and everything between. In the last prayer, Sister Brough just broke down into tears. The love of a Mission President's Wife for the missionaries is incredible. It was a really tender moment. Planning of all the last preparations for President Markham and how it would be. More than anything, President Brough talked to me and the two assitants. I'm super excited. It'll be hard, but nothing we can't handle.
The funniest thing of the week? Well, we were just starting our day yesterday and we started walking down a street. My shoe came untied. No big problem right? Nothing funny to see here, right? Wrong. So, I looked around for something to prop my foot on and saw a nearby car. I thought, hey, i'll go put my foot on that and tie my shoe and we'll be on. So I lifted my foot up and laid it gently on the bumber. Once I rested even a little bit of weight, the bumber of the car just fell to the ground. I knocked their bumper off! Without any words said, I looked at my companion and he looked at me. We ran. I can't believe that bumper fell off so easily! It was so hilariously funny!
On Thursday, we went to the temple as a District. It was so fantastic. I just love the temple, even though it's not very big, the Spirit is still the same. I reflected a lot on the potential that I have. Each one of us are sons or daughters of God, our potential is literally unfathomable. It made me refocused a lot to think of my potential as a missionary, as a person, as a husband, as a father, etc. A good trip to the temple.
President Brough gave me a special assignment this week to clean out our house and organize the storage closet we had. Here in Guatemala, the storage units are built tall, not long. So, we tried to maximize the space we had. This is what happened.
(Oh, this is his new companion)
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