Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:59:16
Yes, I can print letters out. If you can forward these emails to Hillary that would be great. This is week 5 in the MTC and it's still the same old stuff everyday. It's raining outside right now and I wish it were snowing. The oldest district in my zone is leaving so that makes my district the oldest. My companion and I are the new zone leaders which I wish wasn't the truth. I now get to tell the zone to go to bed at 10:30. I also get to go to all the meetings I enjoyed not attending. I guess this is how it's supposed to be so whatever. My branch president is an amazing man. He's pretty much good enough to be an apostle haha. I don't have anything else coming to mind at the moment. I just received my first haircut here at the MTC and I don't know if I like the looks of things. I hope everyone is going to Candice's baptism and that you all have a fun time. Love you all. Adios.
Friday, November 30, 2007
Friday, November 23, 2007
Humanitarian Service - Thanksgiving
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:18:56
Family-
Yesterday was pretty much amazing. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland spoke to us about returning from a mission and how we are supposed to teach while on missions. He told us exactly how preach my gospel came about and it is a really cool story that I'll tell you about when I have more time. Thanksgiving dinner was fairly decent. After we ate we made 10,000 first aid kits for the humanitarian department of the church. Brother Flake from that department spoke to us of the good that the church does in the world. He showed us video clips of the church delivering wheelchairs in Africa and in other parts of the world. When they gave an African man his wheel chair he began to shout, "we can fly now!" It wasn't long before the majority of the people were chanting those words together. One of the video clips showed the damage done in Sri Lanka by the tidal wave a few years ago and a few stories were told about lost loved ones and the reconstruction that the church is helping with. He also showed a video clip of the devastation cause by hurricane Katrina and Rita. He told us that one woman came up to in him in response to receiving a hygiene kit and said, "I'm afraid that this mormon soap has washed the baptist right off of me." His talk was extremely heart warming and inspiring. After he finished talking we started on the first aid kits. At 8:30 President Boone spoke to us about gratitude and allowed 30 or 40 sisters and elders to come and tell what they were grateful for. An Elder from England said that he like the whole concept known as thanksgiving. It was interesting to hear what people are thankful for. I can tell you I'm thankful for a family filled with wonderful people and that we are all strong members of the church of our Savior, Jesus Christ. I'm thankful for all of your wonderful examples. Especially my older brothers that had enough courage and conviction to go on mission and bring others unto Christ. I'm thankful for the post office and the mail they deliver....UGH HMMM! Also the internet that allows us to communicate much quicker....UGH HMMM!! I know that the only true happiness we can find here on earth is through living the gospel of Jesus Christ. I love you all. Forward this please if you haven't.
Family-
Yesterday was pretty much amazing. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland spoke to us about returning from a mission and how we are supposed to teach while on missions. He told us exactly how preach my gospel came about and it is a really cool story that I'll tell you about when I have more time. Thanksgiving dinner was fairly decent. After we ate we made 10,000 first aid kits for the humanitarian department of the church. Brother Flake from that department spoke to us of the good that the church does in the world. He showed us video clips of the church delivering wheelchairs in Africa and in other parts of the world. When they gave an African man his wheel chair he began to shout, "we can fly now!" It wasn't long before the majority of the people were chanting those words together. One of the video clips showed the damage done in Sri Lanka by the tidal wave a few years ago and a few stories were told about lost loved ones and the reconstruction that the church is helping with. He also showed a video clip of the devastation cause by hurricane Katrina and Rita. He told us that one woman came up to in him in response to receiving a hygiene kit and said, "I'm afraid that this mormon soap has washed the baptist right off of me." His talk was extremely heart warming and inspiring. After he finished talking we started on the first aid kits. At 8:30 President Boone spoke to us about gratitude and allowed 30 or 40 sisters and elders to come and tell what they were grateful for. An Elder from England said that he like the whole concept known as thanksgiving. It was interesting to hear what people are thankful for. I can tell you I'm thankful for a family filled with wonderful people and that we are all strong members of the church of our Savior, Jesus Christ. I'm thankful for all of your wonderful examples. Especially my older brothers that had enough courage and conviction to go on mission and bring others unto Christ. I'm thankful for the post office and the mail they deliver....UGH HMMM! Also the internet that allows us to communicate much quicker....UGH HMMM!! I know that the only true happiness we can find here on earth is through living the gospel of Jesus Christ. I love you all. Forward this please if you haven't.
Friday, November 16, 2007
All is well here at the MTC
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:30:27
All is well here at the MTC. I just got back from the temple where I enjoyed a delicious meal in the cafeteria there. This last Tuesday for our devotional Elder Russel M. Nelson spoke to us and so did his wife Wendy. It was a really nice meeting. After the meeting my branch president Lindalh spoke to us about having faith to see and be involved in miracles and he told of a very special incident that happened to him. I'd tell you the story but he asked us not to repeat his words. I do know that if we have faith we can be tools in our heavenly fathers hands to help his children and our siblings. Spanish is coming along quite well and my district is about to start learning the first lesson in Spanish. On Monday nights we have a meeting called Family Home Verbos which is where we play a game of charades(spelling?) and we try to have the other members of our district guess the verbs that the signals correlate(?) with. There are a total of 50 verbs and 50 signals so it gets a little tough sometimes. Mom I need to know the balances of my accounts so I can use my card when the time comes. Also to my mother and father please don't send heavy things like those boot dryers my bags are overweight as it is. Concerning Jenny's question no my companion is not nerdy but he is very commando like which sometimes irritates but whatever. He's from Idaho Falls and that should pretty much explain everything. In response to Darren's question about a mp3 player 4gbs will suffice and I don't need one with voice recording capabilities. Mom and Dad I want you to know that I haven't missed placed anything like you thought I would. I don't have the rubik's cube like you thought I did and thank you for the ten dollars that I didn't need to use because of not having the rubik's cube. I'm sorry if I didn't answer all questions but my time has now run out. Mom send this to everyone for me until I figure this dumb program out. Me gustaría compartir mi testimonio con ustedes yo sé que Dios y Jesucristo viven. Yo sé que Jesucristo nuestro salvador. Yo sé que Dios nos ama. Yo sé que José Smith fue un profeta de Dios y Él tradujó el Libro de Mormón a través del poder de Dios. Yo sé que el Libro de Mormón es la palabra de dios y es verdadero y digo estas cosas en el nombre de Jesucristo. Amen. Love you all.
-me
All is well here at the MTC. I just got back from the temple where I enjoyed a delicious meal in the cafeteria there. This last Tuesday for our devotional Elder Russel M. Nelson spoke to us and so did his wife Wendy. It was a really nice meeting. After the meeting my branch president Lindalh spoke to us about having faith to see and be involved in miracles and he told of a very special incident that happened to him. I'd tell you the story but he asked us not to repeat his words. I do know that if we have faith we can be tools in our heavenly fathers hands to help his children and our siblings. Spanish is coming along quite well and my district is about to start learning the first lesson in Spanish. On Monday nights we have a meeting called Family Home Verbos which is where we play a game of charades(spelling?) and we try to have the other members of our district guess the verbs that the signals correlate(?) with. There are a total of 50 verbs and 50 signals so it gets a little tough sometimes. Mom I need to know the balances of my accounts so I can use my card when the time comes. Also to my mother and father please don't send heavy things like those boot dryers my bags are overweight as it is. Concerning Jenny's question no my companion is not nerdy but he is very commando like which sometimes irritates but whatever. He's from Idaho Falls and that should pretty much explain everything. In response to Darren's question about a mp3 player 4gbs will suffice and I don't need one with voice recording capabilities. Mom and Dad I want you to know that I haven't missed placed anything like you thought I would. I don't have the rubik's cube like you thought I did and thank you for the ten dollars that I didn't need to use because of not having the rubik's cube. I'm sorry if I didn't answer all questions but my time has now run out. Mom send this to everyone for me until I figure this dumb program out. Me gustaría compartir mi testimonio con ustedes yo sé que Dios y Jesucristo viven. Yo sé que Jesucristo nuestro salvador. Yo sé que Dios nos ama. Yo sé que José Smith fue un profeta de Dios y Él tradujó el Libro de Mormón a través del poder de Dios. Yo sé que el Libro de Mormón es la palabra de dios y es verdadero y digo estas cosas en el nombre de Jesucristo. Amen. Love you all.
-me
Friday, November 9, 2007
Elder Matthew Hunsaker's first email from the M.T.C.
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 17:52:29
I had an extremely large email but something happened and it was all lost. So next Friday from 10:00 to 11:00 I'll be emailing again. I'll write all the same stuff I wrote before it was delete. Sorry. Love you all. Talk to you later.
I had an extremely large email but something happened and it was all lost. So next Friday from 10:00 to 11:00 I'll be emailing again. I'll write all the same stuff I wrote before it was delete. Sorry. Love you all. Talk to you later.
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