Elder Kaiden Hunt's Mission Blog: WEEK 1 - Kaiden's P-Days are on Thursdays!!

Thursday, February 6, 2014

WEEK 1 - Kaiden's P-Days are on Thursdays!!

Well, this has been the longest week EVER waiting to hear from Kaiden!! We found out that his P-days are on Thursdays:) I was able to chat with him for a few minutes through e-mail so that was nice. I guess he got one of his horrible migraines yesterday and he was down for most of the day. Anyone who has ever witnessed one of his migraines knows how miserable he feels:( He usually can't lift his head and he gets huge blind spots in his vision. Hopefully he won't have too many of those to deal with! Keep him in your prayers please! Well, heres his e-mails. They are shorter than I was hoping but hopefully the longer he is there, the more details we will hear about! Sorry if they seem scattered... we were chatting in between. Sherri

"Hey! Sorry it’s taken so long but today is my p day and its seemed like forever since I’ve been able to talk to anyone. That’s really unfortunate to hear about those officers and the snow but the weather down here is great! just learning and been really busy although yesterday I got pretty sick with a migraine and nausea but today I’m a lot better!"

"Well First week down everyone, the hardest part is now out of the way :) I have already learned soo much in just being here for a week and it has been far from easy. I can now say a lot more things in Spanish and I can pray and testify in Spanish! It still is a really big struggle being able to say what I want to as my vocabulary is still very limited but we manage when we teach our investigators. The temperature is absolutely great down here and it is very different from being in Utah, but in a good way. I have learned just how much we need to rely on the lord here and without him we are nothing. The food here is... alright kinda depends on the day. the Mexican food pretty much all tastes the same but we did get cake and Costco pizza one day so that was great. I know that I am doing the right thing being down here and we just gotta stay strong and it will be great! love you all and can’t wait to be able to tell you my experiences in person in two years :)"

The sunsets are Beautiful! These are the guys we shared an apartment with but they left on Monday to go to Monterey Mexico.

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Pouch Mail

Pouch mail is a service provided by the LDS church. Items are sent via USPS to church headquarters where they are forwarded to the missionary by a private courier along with other church mail. Pouch mail leaves every Friday. Only postcards or one-page correspondences (no envelopes) written on one side of the page may be sent. No photographs.

Letter folding instructions when using the pouch mail service. Lay the letter blank side down. Fold the bottom of the letter about one-third of the way up the page and crease. Fold the top of the letter to the bottom of the first fold and crease. Secure the long side with two piece of tape about one inch from each end, but do not seal the ends. In the top left corner write your name and return address. Affix first class postage in the top right corner. In the middle write the missionary's address as follows:

Elder Kaiden Mckay Hunt

Ecuador Quito Mission

POB 30150

Salt Lake City, UT 84130-0150

FREE LETTER SENDING

Go to www.dearelder.com and set up an account. This is a free service. They will send the letter via pouch mail for you. Make sure you select the Ecuador Quito mission, not the Quito North mission. Follow the instructions. It is very simple!

If you are wanting to send a dearelder.com letter to the Mexico MTC, it is also free. What you need to do is from the home page at dearelder.com under "send stuff" select Pouch (free) from the left columnon. On the next page scroll to the bottom and click search for your mission maually. scroll down to the Mexico MTC and click on "write letter". I'm not sure why you have to do it this way. Hope it helps:)

Mailing Packages

Packages can be sent to

Elder Kaiden Hunt

Ecuador Quito Mission

Calles Robles E4-151 y Av. Amazonas

Casilla: 17-03-078

Quito, Pinchincha

Ecuado

Packages may not exceed 4 pounds AND MUST carry a green sticker, even if the post office workers suggest you use a white one. It must have this customs declaration on the package, or it will not be accepted in Ecuador.

DO NOT SEND PACKAGES BY PRIORITY MAIL OR FEDEX. These will automatically go to "mail jail", requiring a special trip to the post office and payment of a large fee. All of which will cause a long delay for Kaiden to receive the package.