3/4/2019 TRANSFERS NA

Hey everyone, sorry last week my email was not working so I was not able to email.

So this week is transfer week. At zone interviews president told me that I was going to stay in Malolos for a 5th transfer making it my longest area... also I would have been in Malolos for 10 months. Yesterday we got the calls and president gave me a curve ball. I am transferring to Minuyan ward in San Jose Del Monte North Zone!!!! I will be the zone leader in that zone. I am really excited and still kinda shocked that I am leaving Malolos again and for the last time. I am gonna miss it out here but I am looking forward to getting to know more members of the other wards and the other missionaries in SJN zone. Hopefully Malolos can deliver in March, we were expecting 30 baptisms for March and our mission is going for 300 once again, it was a good run and I had a lot of goods times in Malolos. 

We had 2 baptisms last week, they are two kids that I have been teaching since September and I finally saw them baptized it was awesome!! They even showed up the next day looking pogi as ever in their new ties. We were supposed to have another baptism this week but there was a death in the family so it was pushed back. We got to go to the funeral service held by the ward, it was really cool. I was reminded of the love the god has for each one of us to make a plan where we can come here to earth to learn and grow and then return to him after this life with the people we love and live with them for eternity. I know that plan is real, and death is just part of the plan. Of course this plan would never and could never happen if it were not for the Atonement of Jesus Christ. We may not comprehend how great his sacrifice was but as we do our best to use that sacrifice we can feel the peace and joy that it brings. Death is hard and sad, but if we do our part in this life it is not the end and we dont have to worry. I love this gospel, Gods plan is perfect.

also just a side note... 119 days na lang hahahahaha.

Love you all!!! Ill send all the pics next week

2/18/2019 Another Week on the Grind

Hey everyone sorry again for last week I was not able to write an email. This one will cover the last couple weeks. 

So last week was pretty wild we were super busy. We had exchanges with the APs on Wednesday down in Camarin area. It was super fun I went with Elder Pajarin, he was in the MTC with me. We pretty much found less actives all day but it was a good time, Pajarin is a stud I learned a lot from him. That night we had to drive all the way to Montalban (the south east border of the mission) to drop off the zone leaders from Montalban zone. We got there at 10:30... then we drove all the way up to Malolos (the exact opposite edge of the mission) and got there around 2 am. The next morning we had zone conference at 9 and one of the APs thought he knew where he was going but got lost so we were almost late and super tired. Zone conference was really good. We learned another process we can use in our life in order to get what we want in almost any situation, it was pretty cool. We talked about sacrifice vs investment and it is cool to see the mission as an investment for the rest of my life not necessarily a sacrifice. President Hughes is a great speaker sometime I wish I could record all of his workshops and listen to them after the mission haha. He talked about pressure and how the more pressure we go through the less we will feel it, and with that he randomly called out the zone leaders to give workshops.... we did not really know were supposed to give a workshop and only partially prepared. All the zone leaders silently panicked and we started looking through our notes... I gave my workshop about using the scriptures and it went well. It was only 10 minutes so it was not too bad, all the other zone leaders did a good job with the short notice we got. We all were pressured at that moment to give a good workshop in front off the whole zone and the APs and the president, but next time I am called to give a workshop the pressure probably wont be as bad. We learned that lesson quick haha.

This week was pretty much average other than MLC on Friday. MLC is usually a fun, relaxing meeting where the spirit is really strong and we get a really good lunch. This time President Hughes decided to pressure us a little more and did the same thing he did at  zone conference. I did not give a workshop but it was cool to hear the workshops that the missionaries gave on the spot. They did a great job. On Saturday I was sick all day. It was the first day in my entire mission where I felt sick. I dont know what it was but I threw up all day it was bad and the worst part is that our water pump broke LAST WEEK and its still not fixed so we have to carry our water up three flights of stairs in a bucket haha, and our cr still smells like throwup. Hopefully it will get fixed this week. 

Thats it kinda long but all goods haha. Love you all have a great week!!    

The man they call Elder Francisquete 2/4/2019

So first I just want everyone to know that my new companion is the most interesting man in the world. He is Elder Francisquete ( not a filipino name but he is from Davao). He is already 26 years old... he always lets me know that he was in 7th grade when I was 6 years old haha. He is a professional heavy metal rock singer, his band has toured all over the Philippines and in Malaysia already and he is on itunes and everything.... its pretty legit. He performed in the biggest arena in the Philippines and it sold out. He has changed a lot in his life, he was pretty sketchy back in the day so its cool how he can relate with almost any of our investigators that have WOW problems or anything like that. He is also like their same age so the investigators actually listen to him better, he is a great teacher. He is a great cook and I have not been hungry since he cam here. He is also was a ghost writer for Forbes... im not sure what that is but it seems pretty big. So he is really good at english and sounds totally american, also he knows a lot about Philippines sports because that is what he wrote about. Pretty much a legend, I am glad he my companion.

This week was pretty good, just the same everyday teaching and walking its the best! Our zone is doing really well. We were the top baptizing zone in the mission for January! Malolos has never been the top zone so it was a great accomplishment! I am lucky to be in a zone with great missionaries, they work really hard and you can see the success. We are gonna keep pushing to get the top again in March. Its a big week with 5 saturdays.... lots of baptisms. I am loving the mission and I love this country. What a time to be a missionary! 

Love you all! Ingat lagi

Pics

1. Our area

2. Francisquete's breakfast

3. We did not swim I promise    

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Elder Hunter Munk 

Pamarawan & Transfers 1/22/2019

This week is transfer week.... I am staying in Malolos 1st ward for another transfer. This will be my 2nd 6 month area. My new companion is Elder Fransiquette, he is like 25 I met him in my training he is awesome its gonna be fun. I am excited to stay and hopefully we can get some our investigators and families to church so they can be baptized. My companion Elder Bryan is going to Valenzuela. I am gonna miss him he was a great companion and we had lots of fun here. 

This week statred off great we did a service project out in Balayong. We picked tomatoes in a big field. It reminded me of a farm in Idaho and so for a second I pretended I was picking potatoes haha. It was a lot of fun and the man who owns the farm said that he would come to church... he didn't but at we are gonna go back and teach him some more. We had a lot of dinner appointments this week it was awesome. I love this ward because they know what Americans like to eat and that is what they feed us! It was a good week eating wise. Today we went to Pamarawan. It is an island in our area, I have never heard of any missionary ever going there before so we decided we would go. It was a boat ride down the river, and when you got there it looked pretty much like everywhere else in the Pinas. Cement buildings and lots of people. But the view was cool and you could see Manila bay and the big mountains in Bataan. We ate some crabs and prawns and rice and talked to some of the people there it was really fun. On our way back we went to a place they make salt at. It was really cool it was like rice fields but all of it was salt. It was a good experience, too bad there are no beaches in our mission, that was the closest thing we got.

The work is going well. It is pretty much the same thing every day, we are trying to get a couple families to come to church. There are lots more part members here in the ward we just are working on getting their less active family back to church. I am loving my mission and lucky to be here!! Its more fun in the Philippines!!!! 

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Elder Hunter Munk 

Binyag ni Iannah 1/15/2019

This week was a pretty good one. We had a baptism for Iannah on Tuesday night and it went great. We joked with the bishop that we should start having baptisms on Tuesday instead of Saturday because everyone was free, and no one was using the chapel. It was a really good one and her less active brother and mom came as well to support her. We have been teaching and visiting her since October so it was good to see her get baptized. The rest of the week was normal, we had exchanges with the Tabang elders, I went with one if the trainees and it was a really fun time. On Sunday we had a stake broadcast with elder Holland. It was nation wide so the entire country watched it live, pretty cool. He talked about the changes and why they were necessary. He also talked about timing, the things that have changed in the church have been talked about by the brethren for 40 years, but now they need to be put into place. All in the timing of the Lord. It was a really good experience, it was all english of course so they were a lot of people that were not paying attention a whole lot, but it did not get too loud. This week went pretty fast, next week is transfers so we will see what happens there. I am pretty sure I am staying here another transfer so I will be here for 6 months! making a total of 9 months in Malolos zone haha. Love you all, miss you all, have a great week!!! 

  

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Elder Hunter Munk 

Week 76 1/7/2019

This week was a very good one. We set a goal to teach 6 lessons per day and it has been pushing us and we have found a lot of new people because of it. This week we had MLC, it was really good as usual. It was on my 6 months na lang mark haha so I saw all my batch mates and later that night when we got home my district bought me a cake and some pizza!!! The rest of the week we worked and were able to teach a lot more than usual. On Sunday we had a miracle, there is a family that we have been visiting since September. They always promise that they will go to church but they never do... Until yesterday they actually came to church!!! We were both really happy and we had to take a picture after so we would never forget it haha. We also saw two other part members for the first time at church and Ricky, it is his third time. We have not been able to teach him yet but he should hopefully be baptized here in January or February. 2 hour church was pretty nice, it felt super short. New years eve was lit as usual and people are not quite as drunk as they were last week so that good. The work goes on. I love the mission, hope you all have a great week!

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