Dear Family,
I really enjoy emailing home and hearing how things are
going. Thanks for keeping me up-to-date
on stuff.
Last prep day we met up with the Assistants, and Elders Layton and Torrie, and went to see
the “Dingle” which is an old, famous tower here in Halifax. It was a lot of fun and I love spending time
with the other missionaries, too!
Tuesday – we had a district meeting in Sackville. I set it up really nice and when the
missionaries arrived they were surprised to see that someone took the time to
make it nice. The meeting went well and
I’m enjoying being back in the role of district leader. After our meeting, I went on an exchange with
Elder Lybert to Bridgewater. We had a
very busy and full day and it was really enjoyable. Bridgewater is a beautiful place and it was
cool to be in one of Mom’s old areas!!
Wednesday – I returned to Sackville and we drove out to the
Smith’s for lunch. They are such a nice
family and their son, Ely, is really great.
Also, President Leavitt asked me to be in charge of organizing a concert
for the Senior Missionaries Conference.
So I’m starting to put that together, and really enjoy doing this kind
of event-planning!!
Thursday – We did some good, hard, manual labor for Phil
Jack. We cut up a bunch of his trees
that got torn down during the hurricane last week. It felt good!! Then we took the bus down to Bedford. Bus contacting is pretty fun because the
people can’t go anywhere!! We had some
good contacting before having supper with the James family. It’s amazing how involved they are in
missionary work. It’s great!! After that, we had a Family History Workshop, and then a lesson with our investigator,
Brian. He’s the guy we met last week who
we talked to about the Sabbath being changed to Sunday…well, we had a prayer
before we taught the lesson, and that really helped me. I was a bit nervous, but the lesson went
really well and he wants to come to church now!
He’s a great guy and it’s exciting to be able to share the gospel of
Jesus Christ with him!
Friday – we did our weekly planning session and then took
the bus down to the mission home where we met up with Sister Hendrickson (my
mission mom!), as well as Sister Leavitt.
We practiced our music for the upcoming Senior’s Conference, and that
went really well. Sis. Hendrickson
dropped us off at the bus terminal when we were done and we went back to
Bedford. We had a few minutes to grab
some dinner, but we only had $3.00 between Elder Blum and myself, so we bought
a baguette and ate it for dinner. We
finished off the night by helping a sister pack up her apartment. It was a busy, non-stop day!
Saturday – We did some contacting on the waterfront, then we
went to Cole Harbour for a Stake Priesthood Meeting. It was so nice to be back there and see so
many people from my first area!! I’m
hoping Pres. Leavitt will let me attend church there one Sunday before I return
home. We were able to swing by to say
hello to Porter and Celeste Nelson on our way back. Then we had a lesson with Donna, who is
really solid and genuinely working towards baptism. She is smart and understands everything we’ve
been teaching her. We did some knocking
in the evening and then visited the Barnett family. They are a lot of fun and we had a good
visit. They have a bunch of animals and
showed me their horses…looking forward to riding in a few weeks!
Sunday – Meetings were good in spite of an “incident” with someone
chewing out the sisters for something.
And I finally got to meet Bishop Johnson, who was back from vacation. We went over there for dinner and it was
great! The Morrison family from
Kentville ward also joined us for supper.
I had a good, long chat with Bishop Johnson on his deck and wish I had
more time to work with him and in this area.
It was a great day!
That's about all for now!!
Love,
Elder Hunt
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