Happy New Year 12/31/2018

Hello everyone HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 2018 is coming to a close, 2019 is gonna be a great year. This year has felt like the fastest year of my life, I am thankful that I could spend the entire year in the Philippines teaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I am excited for what 2019 has in store who knows maybe BYU might actually beat Utah....maybe LeBron will finally win another championship (and MVP) I dont want to get too hopeful though haha. I am looking forward the next year, half of it will be spent on the mission and the other half i'll be home...crazy how the time flies.

This week was pretty good, most everyone we tried to go to was pretty busy and there are WAY more drunk people, there are usually a lot but wow this week its almost like everyone is drunk, we were asked to take a "shot" like a million times haha. We did get to find some more people to teach and hopefully we will see them at church on Sunday. In the Philippines people give us soda A LOT because water is not always clean and there are places that sell soda everywhere. One of my new years resolutions is gonna be no more soda. Its gonna be hard because I have grown very fond of Coke and Sprite in the last 18 months haha, but im gonna do it. This next week I hit my 6 months na lang mark... mabilis diba? We are gonna continue and try our best to put people in the water, and help them change their lives. Love you all and have a fun New Years Eve!!! 2019 here we come...   

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Elder Hunter Munk 

12/23/2018 Maligayang Pasko!

Maligaynag Pasko sa inyong lahat! Hope you guys have a great Christmas season! This week was pretty busy. We had our mission christmas conference on Wednesday it went really well, we gave a workshop about how to "make your own referrals" haha it went pretty good. We got a really good lunch and I was able to eat salad with RANCH DRESSING for the first time in 17 months!!! We had a lot of baptismal interviews and should have some baptisms coming up. On Sunday we met a guy named Ricky at the church, he investigated before and now he wants to turn his life around and change. We told him we can help him with that, we are excited to go back there and teach him the gospel. I am thankful for this time of Christmas where we have time to remember Jesus Christ the savior and redeemer of the world. I am truly grateful for his sacrifice and love that he has for each and every one of us. Christmas on the mission is not the same as it is back home, not even close but I would not want to be anywhere else doing anything else! I love you all, be safe and have a great Christmas!!! 

Ill be home for the next one haha....   

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Elder Hunter Munk 

No email 12/10/2018

No email this week, He was too exhausted from helping

transfer the Elders and getting all his duties done. He said the 

zone is now going to be an all sister zone. They transferred  our all 

of the elders and moved in seven sets of sister missionaries.

He will stay as the Zone leader Good thing he had a 

wonderful sister to teach him how to deal with girls.

Calumpit pictures 12/3/2018

Its already December! It came so fast and I am excited to see how my last December as a missionary goes. This week was pretty busy. I went to Quezon city to try and get my license but I ended up just getting my temporary one notarized and it went all good. We got free lunch and all my batch mates were there it was really fun. I went on exchanges with Elder Ho in Malolos 3rd ward. It was really fun to work in my old area and to see some of the investigators of the other elders in the zone. Friday and Saturday was a tight work day, but we were able to hit every one of the progressing investigators in our area and invite them to church and teach them. We came across a couple problems with some of our investigators. Christian the guy we are teaching how to read, just found out that he might have to go back to Naga which would mean that he would have to go find the missionaries down there and have them continue the teaching. The sad thing is that he was super looking forward to getting baptized in Malolos and he was only 2 weeks away. He may not be able to continue to learn how to read, I am hoping if he gets sent home he can find someone willing to teach him. The wards in Naga are not as established as the ones here so its gonna be kinda sketchy. I am really hoping it works out. David is another one of our investigators. He is being taught by a Filipino missionary that is assigned right now in temple square. We have grown pretty close to him and he texted us the other day informing us that he has work on Sundays and he works in Makati so its really far. We are currently looking for a solution so he can come to church and be baptized, the sad part is that he was scheduled to be baptized on Saturday. We will continue to help them make a solution and continue their journey into the church. On sunday we went to teach one of our not so progressing investigators and during the lesson the sister ran into the house and yelled that their grandpa fell and she could not get him up. Elder Bryan and I ran over and helped him up, it seemed like he had a heart attack and had trouble breathing. It was pretty intense, i honestly thought he was gonna die right then and there.We helped him get into a trike and they drove him to the hospital. It is a good thing we were there or ole tatay could have been a lot worse. Makes me feel good knowing we were in the right place at the right time. Good times.

We went to Calumpit today ate some fish, it was good to be back there in the bukid. Love you all hope you have a great week!!

Pictures:

We went to the bukid area this week

  

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Elder Hunter Munk