Elder Jared Hunt: Rancagua, Chile

Hey what's up guys? This week has been pretty crazy, because week 1 as a secretary is just the absolute worst haha. It started off with saying bye to the old missionaries and receiving the new ones. We got a nice 2 and a half hours of sleep and we had to make 2 long trips to the airport. Then we had a fun day at Santiago running around at the Colombian embassy I think, trying to make a missionary legal. And in the end his I.D. isn't even activated in Colombia, and that's just gonna be a huge mess for us, then we had mission council and they just made us set up everything, so we have been pretty dang busy haha. But the time is literally flying here. We've got some amazing people that we are teaching, and I'm sure we'll see some pretty amazing miracles for our sacrifices. Love you guys, have a dope week. heart, Elder Hunt

What's up guys? It's been a long time since I have written, but everything has been going great here in Rancagua. The time has just been absolutely flying here in the office, we're always doing something, so I am pretty tired and the bags underneath my eyes are looking pretty big and dark haha. But the coolest things that have happened to me here is, we were able to go to the temple in Santiago and we had the baptism of my boy Ignacio. He is a 19 year old barber from Argentina, and he is just such an awesome guy he loves the gospel and just wants to be an example to his family, and get them on the right path. And I know that there is no better choice that he could have taken than the one he took today to be baptized!! But my life is just great the mission is the best choice of my life and I'm just trying to take advantage of it everyday that I've got. Love you guys. Heart, Elder Hunt

What's up guys? Its been a pretty good week, and sorry for not writing this email a whole lot, just lots of times I don't have pictures so i decide to wait because I know that's the most important part for you guys. But update in the office, we work a ton hahha. Especially because my comp that is "training" me right now, he has only had one change before in the office as Secretary, so we are both just kind of winging it all the time haha. But I don't really remember the week a whole lot because we always have so much to do and so little time. But on the preaching side, we had one of the best lessons of my mission, we found these two Venezuelans who had just been through some of the hardest times of their lives trying to get here to Chile. They were so humble. We shared a classic, Ether 12:27, with them and they were blown away, and then the husband finished with a prayer and the wife was crying and it was just so spiritual, it just made my week. We don't ...

What's up guys? Sorry, it's really been a good minute since I've written my group email, but a ton has happened haha. So first off I'm the Secretary of the mission now, and I'm with my boy Elder Jensen, who's from my group and went to Skyline, and he's straight up so dope. We just mob in the mission van and we work on Visas and a lot more stuff but I just don't really know what I'm doing so I follow my comp around haha. But the Office is pretty dope, we don't sleep a whole lot and during the changes it's the worst. I got 4 hours of sleep in the mission van, and that's it, we were just carrying everyone from Santiago to Rancagua. It was rough, but after those first 3 days it was dope. So that's my new job, and I'll send some photos. I took a ton of photos but I'll have to send just a couple of when I left Doñihue, you make quite a bit of friends when you were there for 7 and a half months hahah. That's about all the update ...

What's up guys? This week has been pretty dope, and to start it all off Sury got baptized this last week, and her husband baptized her, because he got the Aaronic priesthood like 3 weeks ago, so we asked him if he wanted to do it and he was up for the challenge. I think it was one of the coolest things i have been able to see here in my mission! But it was the most stressful baptism i have had haha, we got there at 5 to fill up the font, but someone took out those D batteries of the heater(like the huge ones) so we had to run to the store and i had to drop 8 bucks on batteries and then we ran back and we started 30 minutes late. But then after the baptism as you can see in the photo, the idiot missionaries forgot to turn off the faucets to the baptismal font, so we had to help them clean up all the water that overflowed (there was like a solid inch). So we had a pretty good week. The photos: Baptism, we planted 3 pine trees, cleaning the font after it flooded, and Mario I hope...

Whats up guys? This has been a pretty wild week, but to start it off I got some big time news that I'm gonna be in Doñihue for another change. I'm gonna have 7 and a half months at the end. And I'm gonna be with my son another change, that's three changes with him. Well everyone just roasts me because Doñihue is really small, and no one has ever had more than 6 months there. Until now. I was a little sad at the beginning because it's gonna be hard to maintain the animo. But I know there's a reason I'm here again and I'm ready to go to work haha. But apart from that, it's been a pretty normal week. 1. My land lord was so hyped to wreck peru that he bought a full out lamb for 120 bucks. Then they got wrecked 3-0. W 2. My district 3.Me, with Elder Sorenson, and Elder Jimenez in a bus

Well, this week was a pretty dope week and I think one of the more exciting weeks you can have on the mish haha. But to start it all off it was actually a really normal week until friday, when our mission president gave his farewell to our zone and one other. It was such a strong spiritual experience, and he gave his testimony about how much the mission changes you, and I just want to testify of that as well. I've never been able to say I have my own testimony, and know the mission completely changes you for the best and I have a testimony for that!! The mission is the best! Then we had a baptism this last Saturday of Andhy! He's from cuba and has such a strong testimony. Like he drank almost every week and then we gave him the word of wisdom that he shouldn't drink and one week after he never drank again he's such a beast! In about a month he's gonna baptize his wife because she's a little behind with the stuff, so that'll be so cool. But thats been my week...

What's up guys? sorry for the long wait and not writing this last week. But my comp and I, we've been straight balling out here in Doñihue. Its been a little rough lately because its so cold here!! And everyone tells me that the winter still hasn't started. But quick story time, so one night my comp and I were calling like crazy trying to set up appointments with people so that we wouldn't be outside in the cold, and we had 4. But in the end every single one fell through and we were out contacting until 9:30 and it was freezing haha. But its alright I still love sharing the message about the restored gospel and there's few things that are gonna stop my son and I from annoying these chileans. But this week we have a cuban that we're teaching named Andhy and it looks like he'll be getting baptized this saturday if everything goes well!! But thanks for all the support, I hope your week's are amazing!

So this week was dope and we received our changes, and I'm going to stay here with my son in Doñihue for my fourth change, I was excited but its gonna be rough to have to knock on someones door for the 4th or 5th time, but its alright I think they'll let me pass by this time. And I'm gonna be a district leader, so I guess thats pretty hype. I'm training and a district leader, why'd my president have to wreck me like that?? lol So with this venezulean family were teaching they finally started to progress, except the mom. And then the mom told us she just is going to read the Bible now, and the others want to wait for her. So that was a little bit of a disappointment, but the other cuban family are progressing amazingly and they should be able to achieve their baptismal date. But we were able to start teaching this girl and her daughter who knew david archuleta, they accepted a baptismal date too so I hope we can do something with that! But this was my week and I hope...

What's up guys? It's been a pretty great week but i don't have to much time so i'll just send the photos, but were went to a national reserve today that was pretty dope. 1. I found this place called Sandy 2. national reserve 3. the same 4. the same

So this week has been awesome, but a little rough at the end. But to start it all off, my comp told me how he didn't like contacting and its really painful for him to do it. So we finished off the week with 300 contacts, and then he told me how he hates me at the end hahah, but i felt like a good dad in that moment. But then This family of Venezuelans that we’re teaching, finally began to progress, because they were able to recognize the fruits of the holy ghost, and it was a lesson super spiritual. Then they didn't go to church yesterday... and neither did the family of cubans that we were teaching, actually nobody did, we didn't have a single investigator in the church. So that was a big W. But its alright were out here working super hard, so everything will work out, with them. But besides that, the end was actually a really good week, we had a huge family home evening for mothers day and that Venezuelan family and cuban family were there. Oh yeah and mothers day here wa...

Sorry i don't have a whole lot of time this week to write but i thought i'd at least send the photos, because i know thats all that really matters lol But i learned how to make pancakes from scratch, that was pretty hype 1. spider 2. Bobbies owner left him for 4 days so we feed him bread, because he's hungry 3. Pancakes

Whats up guys it's been another great week here in Chile, and I have my son now who i am training. His name is Elder Jimenez and he's from Colombia, and he's a straight up beast. He is 22 years old, so i always feel super weird to train him when I'm 19 haha. But this last week was amazing, but it started off really bad haha. So first off we found this cuban who was amazing he was really interested in the BOM. Then the next day i was with my comp and a priest from our branch, and we were looking for this girl, who wanted to hear us, like literally 5 minutes ago on the phone she was like yeah come to my house. So we went and she wasn't answering, and then she blocked us on her phone. And when were leaving this amazing investigator that we found yesterday ( the cuban), came up to us and was like hey i don't want anything with you guys or your book. And then my comp popped his tire as well. So this all happened in about 10 minutes, and my comp and the priest were li...

Whats up guys? It's been such a good week. And first off I got some good or bad news this week haha. But I'm going to be a trainer for this next change! I'll find out who I'm going to train tomorrow, and we'll see if I get a gringo or a latino. But Im pretty excited. But this week was awesome because Guillermo was able to get baptized, and I was able to give a talk at his baptism as well, because someone cancelled last minute so that was pretty awesome haha. But it was so cool to see him be baptized, and how happy he was and especially his wife, cuz she's been waiting 5 years for this haha. But then later she gave her testimony and was crying and just saying how grateful she is for the gospel and the change they've seen in their house since her husband started to accept the gospel. Was pretty amazing to be a part of this! And now they're talking about when they're going to be sealed in the temple and wow its just so cool to be a part of the Lords wor...

Whats up guys? This week was solid. So it started off pretty wild because our Zone leaders challenged us to get 10 new people to teach this week, and my comp told them to make it 15. Then our Zone Leaders as a joke told us to call the mission president to tell him about it. So my comp did haha. Our president was pretty hyped to get our call, and after lots of work and lots of faith we were able to find these 15 people to teach. And yes, I'm really tired right now haha. And right now we have a family of Venezuelans that we are teaching and they're progressing really well. They all have a date to get baptized but they struggle to pray. So yeah, we're in that process still haha. But this week after we left to teach that evangelic priest, we found another guy exactly like him, I guess its a sign we gotta teach him better I don't know haha. But I'm excited for some more wild lessons cuz he wants to hear our message. But this week I got a bunch of photos so I didn't l...