Transfer Week 11/28/2017

Kumusta sa Inyong lahat!

This week was Thanksgiving and also transfer week. I found out that I am being transferred to Lagro ward in Fairview zone, so I am in the same zone and stake just in another ward. Me and Elder Morris my tatay are splitting. My training is over and it is time to move on to greater pastures. My new companion is going home January 10 so in another 6 weeks I will have another companion. crazy stuff.

So this week was a really fun week. We had Thanksgiving on thursday and we all put away like 500 pesos for it so we could all have a feast. We made mashed potatoes that were divine. Also we got some chicken and rice and some soda. It was a great thanksgiving with my three fellow kabahays. On friday we had zone conference that lasted all day. It was really good and we learned about ITA's and how we can invite people to commit. Also about companionship unity and the atonement. Here in the philippines it is hard to stay focused during the sacrament because all the kids run wild and as a missionary it is easy to worry about investigators. So we made up some ways we can focus. For me, I am going to try and read through the sacrament hymns during the sacrament. The sacrament is so very important to us in our lives and I hope you all can find ways to focus during the sacrament. Anyway the week was very good. Erwins baptism is still up in the air but since I am leaving I wont get to see it but it will happen someday. Our bishop met with us and we worked out the bumps in our realtionship and he is willing to work with the missionaries again! thank goodness. We fed our left overs from thanksgiving to a dog across the street and he almost bit us in the process haha. Looking back on thanksgiving there is so much to be thankful for, all my family members, all my teachers, friends, and people I have met on my mission so far. I am so blessed and I just want to thank all of you for all your support and love. I hope you all have a great week, mahal kita 

Pictures: 

1: our thanksgiving feast

2: my thanksgiving plate

3 and 4: before and after of the mashed potatoes​

11/21/2017 Craziness

Hello Hello Everyone. This. Week. Was. Crazy.

but it was also good too.

So this week we had a temple p-day, so we had a long week before our next p-day. The week was good until Saturday then everything went crazy. We had another blitz in the Lagro area. it was really fun, i took some of the young men and just went door to door and went finding for a couple hours, it was good for my tagalog and it was fun to see the young men help out with the missionary work. We did not find anyone too interested but we found an old guy who told me he wanted to join the church so he can have "many wives"...hahaha i could not help but laugh when he said that. Erwin our investigator had a baptism date for November 25th so he was gonna go get interviewed saturday night. yeah, he never showed up for the interview. Also we found a stray cat trapped in the church and Elder Morris chased it around for like 20 minutes trying to get it out hahahaha. the cat had no grip so it was slippin around everywhere, we finally got it out after Elder Morris trapped it in a mop bucket and kicked it out the door. 

so we rescheduled the interview for sunday morning. He said he would be there...yeah he didnt show up. We rescheduled again for monday morning after calling the president and pulling some strings...yeah, he showed up! and long story short, he has to get his baptism postponed to at least Dec 2nd. So it was hard for us to deal with, the ward was asking us all sorts of questions and we had to repeat what happened over and over. On monday we found some and visited him to try and figure out some stuff. On tuesday we went finding and we found this crazy guy who tried to speak english to us (we could really understand him too well haha) He thought we were 'born again' but we assured him that we were the mormons. He was really funny and at the end of the lesson he pretty much forced us to tell him our first names so he could pray for us. When he found out my name was Hunter, he started making jokes about how i should hunt anyone and how I shouldnt shoot anyone at night...hahahaha ya it was whack for sure. Today We went to the temple. ohhhhh man i love going there so much. It was a much needed brake from crazy missionary life. Tomorrow is thanksgiving and we will probably eat chicken and rice (like always). Friday is zone conference, and next wednesday is transfer day....im kinda nervous to see where I end up or who my new comp is gonna be. Yeah. thats it. I would like to encourage you all to go to the temple as much as possible. So many good things come from temple attendance including personal revelation. Always remember to read every day and pray always. Pray works talaga. Thats all Love you All. 

Pictures 

The Raymundo Family (they are awesome)

Our loaded food cupboard (hyped)

Me and elder morris at the temple

the manila temple 

11/13/2017 Pogi ako talalga

Kumusta po! Masaya ako para sa yung araw na ito sa magbahagi sa inyong lahat!

My week was a little bit up and down. The week started of great with our district activity, we went to an all you can eat dessert buffet. It was good for the first 10 minutes and then we all felt sick and had LBM's afterward hahaha. It was a good time. We had zone interviews this week and my mission president, President Hughes gave me a lot of good counsel on how to not worry about things you cannot control, how adversity is good and necessary. He is an awesome mission president. Wednesday it rained all day and we worked but no one let us in, they all came up with the excuse that its raining so we cant let you in.....yeah i dont understand either. On thursday we went on spllits with the Zone Leaders, It was awesome and i learned a lot of new vocab and teaching skills. It also rained all day. Elder Yates one of my zl's showed me a rap he wrote in tagalog. its dope. Friday it rained again and I did alot of language study. We finished the lessons with Erwin!! he should be getting baptized on the 25th if everything goes well. We also saw this cat kill a rat during the lesson it was crazy awesome. Elder Connell spotted us Macdo and it was flippin awesome, 12 chicken sandwiches and a bunch i Saturday was just another day, we had to drop the Mcivers because they were not progressing, we tried to visit the other investigators but they were all gone or they just didnt answer. Sunday was a little crazy, we had stake conference. the stake president asked all the missionaries to stand and while we were standing he said that these are the people who are going to progress the work, but we need members to help. He asked who is going to be a missionary everyday and everyone stood up it was awesome. The bishop of our ward doesnt like us though, he is not very willing to help us either. It is what it is, we are still going to work hard. On sunday night we had a tender mercy, we found a family of 4 who seemed really interseted and asked if we could come back the next day! hopefully they are willing to act. Thats all though. Love you guys, keeping you all in my prayers. Shoutout to the homies out in the mission field, shoutout to my fam bam. Remember to read everyday and be cheerful. Until next week.

p.s. someone please update me on the Jazz haha, i heard Mitchell is balling it up, k thanks

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Elder Hunter Munk

Doing it for the culture 11/6/2017

Hello everyone! Hope your week was as good as mine was!

So the week started off with Power Scrub, we cleaned for 6 hours on Tuesday and Wednesday. Our house is squeaky clean now haha. The next day we found these kittens in a little patch of jungle, we saw that they were going to die so we took them and saved them from certain death. After, one of the street cats took it in so they are alive. Elder Morris and I tried really hard this week to work with members, almost all the appointments fell through, but the ward is helping us more and more. We found a bunch of less actives and hopefully soon our ward can start home teaching! yeah! I found this really good oatmeal at the store this week and I have eaten it everyday so far. Its awesome, banana and honey. We found some new investigators and we are sifting through some of the ones we have. One of them is named WIlfredo and he is very religious, but no matter how many times we tell him that the Chruch of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the ONLY true church on the earth, he does not seem to get it haha. We have set up a lot of baptism dates for our progressing investigators. The closest one in on November 25th. im excited for it , his name is Erwin, he is a trike driver and he had a bap date before he just didnt show up to the baptism haha. We met this one lady who tried to convince us that jesus christ did not exist and that there is a sun god??? the best part is after that, when she prayed, she ended it in the name of jesus christ. hahaha idk. The language is getting better and better each week. It rained every day this week, elder morris and I got 263 ITA's and were going for even more this week. Shoutout to all the homies out there serving missions, love you guys. Shoutout to the fam, love you guys. Remember to read every day. if you have questions email me becasue I dont have a lot of time to email haha. Love you ALL!   

Pictures: Elder morris chillin

A basketball tourney right by our house

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas (not really)

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Elder Hunter Munk 

Preaching and Teaching 10/30/217

Hello everyone! I hope your weeks were great! i miss and  love you all!

This week was another grind. We worked hard to try and find those people who are ready to accept the word of god. My tagalog is getting a little better, my lesson 1 is improving and hopefully in 5 weeks when my training ends I can be able to lead the area. We found an awesome family this week and they are progressing. we had to drop a couple of investigators because no progress was made. Its sad to see them not care because the gospel is so dang important for us. This week I found pork and beans at one of the stores. I stocked up on that and ate it for like every meal. Then I had LBMs the rest of the weekend hahaha. It was not very fun. It didnt really rain this week so my shoes are not wet and my shirts are staring to turn yellow! I got a fresh cut at the barber and it helps with the heat. Also there is dog poop everywhere in the streets and so its fun to dodge the poop as your wwalking, it keeps things exciting. I was reading in Alma about Ammon and Aaron and Amulek and I realized how much harder they had it than us. They were almost killed multiple times and they still kept preaching and working knowing they would be blessed and knowing they could not be harmed as long as they had the spirit with them. I am trying to work like them, no matter what. Even if people laugh and point at me and call me bad names. I am starting to realize more than ever the importance of this gopsel. Thats all, boring week but me and Elder Morris worked hard. Love you all! remember to read everyday! 

Pictures: My church building

My dope tan line

Mogu Mogu, the greatest drink ever made

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Elder Hunter Munk 

High Gear 10/23/2017

Hello everyone! Hope everyone is doing great, miss you all and I am praying for you all as well! This week was a grind for sure but the rewards were amazing.

This week was work, work, work. We decided to kick it into high gear this week. Our teaching pool was getting small and some of the people we were teaching were not keeping commitments. We found everyday this week. On Wednesday we found like 5 investigators and we both got home that night, we were all sweaty and tired and decided we can do better. The next day we tried even harder and although we did not find as much we both felt really good about our efforts. This week weather wise was good, it didnt really rain as much and the cloud coverage was nice so it wasnt too hot either. Friday was another good day, it was pretty hot and we walked around like crazy, nothing too exciting happened. Saturday was one heck of a day. We worked from 10am to 10pm, we walked around back and forth in our area over and over. We found 8 new investigators and we taught some less active members as well. It felt good coming back to the house and flopping on my bed knowing that my efforts were noted by the Lord. Overall this week we found 19 new investigators and 7 of them came to church. I really hope that they have the urgency to keep coming to church and reading so they can have the testimony they need to get baptized. Please pray for the Mciver family if you can, they are a family of four who are really good investigators, we need them to come to church. Sunday was crazy and we pretty much across our area to our church right at starting time, we walked in all sweaty and breathing hard and we got some weird looks haha. 

Last night we found a spider on our wall that was legit like 7 inches from end to end. We all freaked out and when Elder Morris finally got the courage to throw a shoe at it, the egg broke and out came hundreds of little baby spider. hahaha iti was nasty and none of us could sleep until we sprayed our rooms with bug killer. nasty. Hopefully this next week we can get another 20 investigators. The grind is real sorry for no pics, maybe next week. LOVE YOU ALL remember to read everyday. ingat po 

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Elder Hunter Munk 

Crazy cool week YO 10/17/2017

This week was jam packed and to be honest I cannot really remember everything, but I am gonna try my best to get it all

So the week started off with splits, I went with my district leader Elder Batilong and we taught some people, after he took me to this mountain top and the view was so awesome. The air did not stink and I could actually see the mountains! it was beautiful. The next day was our mission tour with the area president Elder Bowen. He pretty much said that obedience is the most important thing we can have because if we are obedient we can ask God for things and honestly say to ourselves that we are doing our best. It was a great meeting and he gave us a formula to follow: Obedience + Faith = Miracles. And the next day we tested it out. we did everything exactly on time and when we went out we found a women who was looking for the LDS church. She wanted to be accomidated (baptized) into our church, miracle!. Hopefully that works out. I know that obedience brings miracles.

So one of our investigators, Alaysa is 17 and has a kid. SHe isnt married yet so before she can get baptized she has to get married or stop living with the man. We invited her to baptism on November 25 and she said "maybe next november" WHAT???? she seemed like the perfect investigator, she comes to church and even pays her tithing, we are not giving up on her yet. Hopefully she will realize the importance of baptism and accept it in the Lords time. 

This week is rained really hard and both of my shoes got soaked. One pair already has mold on them but i wear them anyway. There was a little bit of flooding in our area but nothing too crazy. Today we played basketball with our zone and said good bye to Elder Uhler, he was a great ZL and missionary. I have 6 more weeks until my training is up, the language is hard and slowly coming. Sorry for the jumbled email. shout out to all my friends in the field and my cousin for getting married!! love you all!   

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Elder Hunter Munk