Elder Kaiden Hunt's Mission Blog: Week 26 (6 Months!!!!)

Well I just want to start off by saying that these past 6 months have been some of the best in my life and eventhough I've had plenty of hard days being soaked from all the rain we had before, and being sick in the hospital, I wouldn't rather be anywhere else! This morning was quite the morning as the bus we were traveling in tipped over.... Nobody was injured and I only have a few cuts and scrapes on my arms. I have no idea what happened. My companion and I were talking and all of the sudden we were sideways and then a huge crash. Never have I ever experienced anything like it before but I could definitely feel that we were all protected by our Heavenly Father. I also have something else to tell you all.... Haha that was a joke! Just to give you something to laugh about :) But a bus really did tip over and everyone inside was okay. I'm sorry I couldn't help myself! I've always gotta be in the spotlight ;)

This past week was a pretty good week for my companion and I. We finally got to baptize Joel and Brandon. This week we worked super hard to get the people we have progressing, but Satan was also working hard this week! We ended up only having one person in church yesterday but like it says in D&C 18:15 it's one more soul were going to save and I couldn't ask for better. We had a family that was going to attend but they all got sick so they couldn't. Yesterday we had the wonderful opportunity to visit a family of members with all 6 of the Missionaries here in this ward. The Sister Missionaries taught about Love and how important it is to have in every aspect of our lives.

My companion shared something about me. He said how much he admires that everytime I offer a prayer I say, "Heavenly father, We love you" and how often we forget to tell our own Father in Heaven that we love him after all he's given to us! It really is such an important aspect of our lives and often times the people we have nearest to us are the ones that suffer when we don't show it. William Shakespeare once said that those whose truly love something, show it. This week in Gospel Principles we also learned about service and how important it is in our lives. Through offering service and helping others we are following the two most important commandments we have, Love the lord thy God with all your heart, might, mind and strength and the second which is like unto it, Love your neighbor like unto yourself. (Matthew 22:36-40)

This week I want to challenge you all to act on these two things. First, tell every member in your family that you love them and second show your love for them by serving them. There are many forms of service and it doesn't matter how big or small it is, you never know how much it will help them and even though you may forget about it the next day, they may remember it forever! I love you all so very dearly and wish the best for you all. Thanks for all that you do and always remember, when you can't stand, kneel! I hope that you all have a great week!

Con much amor,
Elder Hunt :)