Well, it looks like our country isn't going to last nearly as long as the Nephites did! There was a friend of a member back in A4 who came from some European/Asian/middle eastern country that said everything that is happening in the U.S. is what happened in his country before it all fell apart. Satan has simply convinced people that 'morally straight' doesn't matter. It's good to hear of the new families in the Ward, though it's sad that there isn't a lot of youth. Ask the bishop of a list of all the less active families with youth and visit them! I'm happy that mom had a good birthday! Yay for mommy! 

My companion is just frustrating. He thinks he can substitute hard work for obedience, and he tells people that were being blessed in this area because we are working hard. Kinda true, but he takes that as 'cool, so we don't have to be obedient!'. He won't correct anyone either. I had to correct one of our District Leaders last p-day for something pretty serious, and it was pretty public, what he was doing, so I wrote him a quick email. I'm not very good at sugar coating, or correcting in person, so I ended up coming down pretty hard on him. I talked to him later. He is one of my favorite elders. It was all good. I talked with Elder K about it on the way home and he basically said, well, I don't really care about what other people are doing. Just keep us in your prayers! I think President T might release him this next transfer. 

We are having a baptism this Saturday, so I will have some more pictures for you then! We are also having two more baptisms this month. The lady that came to church last week and her son committed to the last weekend of August. She has been so prepared by the Lord. She met with Elders almost 20 years ago, and had really bad nightmares. So now she is ready. She recognizes the spirit so well, so we know when she prays about the Book of Mormon she will get her answer! This Ward hasn't seen a baptism in a few years, and we are planning on having 5-11 by the end of the year. Here are a couple pictures of me! They are the only ones I have right now. We were teaching this Chinese girl, that is super hard to teach because of the language barrier.

Elder Hunter

1. Pygmy goat named Theodore. He is my new best friend.

2-3. Back yard and view of the person we are teaching.

Faith to find a 284 year old violin:

So.....some of you may be wondering about the subject line.......that wondering will have to wait until I get to that point in telling about this week. The week started off full of so many set lessons with so many people! And of course almost all of them got cancelled. Woohoo!

BUT! B is getting baptized this Saturday, and M and her son are both getting baptized at the end of this month! So although we had a lot of cancelled appointments, we had a lot of good! Anyway, so we ended up doing a lot of service this week. I helped dig a big trench that was a yard deep, a foot wide, and 22 feet long. That was tiring. We also found a whole bunch of new people to teach! Now skipping to the subject line part to tie it back to the people we found this week. First off, old violins are super cool! And they're not exactly like dandelions, growing wherever. So we were helping a guy in another Ward organize a whole bunch of stuff in his garage. He is an antique collector. When we finished I asked him if I could look at the broken violin he had, and he said I could have it. OK! Cool! So he gave it to me along with another antique violin that was not broken. The broken one was made in 1730. Nuts. Definitely one of the coolest things I've ever stumbled upon. So the point I want to make with this....if I can run across a violin made in 1730, not even making an effort to find one, it's so much more possible to find those that are looking for the fullness of the gospel! I love you all! I'll try to send les photos in a bit.

Elder Hunter