NOVEMEBER

 2014

TRANSFERS

Hello Family!!!                                                                                 11/24/14

Holy cow what a week! We had transfers and I'm still serving in the Winnebago YSA branch which I'm really happy about! I love serving here so much! I'm going to be really sad when I get told I'm leaving... but for now I'm staying so all is well! My new companion is Sister Goldwater. She's from Colorado and oh man she is incredible! She's a recent convert of 2 years in February and she left on her mission 14 months after shew as baptized! She has such a powerful testimony and she is SOO BOLD!! I love it she just tells it how it is, it’s so great! Oh and get this her mom got baptized on Saturday!! How neat is that? Wow in case you can't tell I'm really excited to be serving with her. We've already seen so many miracles this week I just know this is going to be an amazing transfer! Oh ya I'm the designated driver now.. haven't driven in almost 9 months and now I get to just in time for all the snow... haha but don't worry I'm a good driver so we'll be ok :) (also I know Shawn and Chris are probably

 laughing right now saying something about how that's not true...)

Introducing Sister Golwater

So HUGE Miracle for the week was our lesson with Jon!! I think I've mentioned this before but he has not been willing to pray specifically about the Book of Mormon which has been really frustrating because we knew that if he would pray about it he would know that it’s true. We felt very strongly that we just needed to be really bold with him so we decided to read 2 Nephi 32:8-9. We talked about the fact that it is Satan who is working so hard to keep him from praying. We asked him why he thought Satan would put that much effort in to keep him from praying about the Book of Mormon. He said because Satan knows it’s true. Then after a little while he said "I know what I need to do." We asked him what that was and he said "I need to pray about the Book of Mormon." So right there we told him to do it. We all got down on our knees and sat in silence while he prayed and listened for his answer. The spirit was SOO strong. I have never sat in a lesson where the spirit was testifying that powerfully to someone! After about 5 minutes he said he felt so much peace and that he knows the Book of Mormon is TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

He committed to do what’s necessary to be baptized including getting work off on Sundays so he can come to church! Also we had Stake Conference this weekend and at the Saturday night session Jon told President Cutler that he knows the Book of Mormon is true!! We are going to be working harder than ever now with him because we know that Satan will be working extremely hard to keep him from being baptized. I know that we won’t be working alone though, Heavenly Father will be helping us each step of the way to see this miracle happen! I know that the Book of Mormon is true, I know that the Spirit and The Book of Mormon are the real teachers in this work and that we are only instruments in God's hands, but I am so grateful to be that simple instrument in his hands to help this work move forward. 

The Church came out with a new video for this coming Christmas season and I want to invite all of you to watch it. Just go to www.mormon.org/christmas. This video helps us see what’s really important about the Christmas season and invites us to share it with those around us. Christ is the real gift. Because of him we can have eternal life! Help others understand this and Share The Gift with them! 

I love you all and miss you! Pray for the missionaries around the world and pray for missionary opportunities in you're on life! I know that you won't regret it and that you will grow and be strengthened by the experience. 

Love, 

Sister Kendra Hunter

Not For Time But For Eternity!!!

Hi Family!!                                                    11/17/14

I hope you all had a great week back home! This week we did a lot of tracing in Oshkosh. We're trying really hard to find new investigators. We had a ton of other lessons and met a lot of people who have a ton of potential. Only problem is none of them will set return appointments with us because they are going to school and working so there really busy and don't know when they will have time. It's really frustrating sometimes, especially when you feel like you are working so hard and not much is coming from it, but then I realize that I can always be better. And I have to realize that everything is on The Lords time and when the timing is right he will place those who a  prepared in our paths so that we can teach them!

A couple of weeks ago some members of our branch got married in the Nauvoo Temple. On Saturday they had their Ring Ceremony and we got to go. It was so happy! They had people speak on Temples and The Plan of Salvation, I loved that they took advantage of that time to share the gospel with their friends and family who were not members. They are incredible examples to me with their faith to be married first in the temple even though not all of their family could be there. I'm so grateful for temples and the blessings of being able to be a forever family!

Yesterday Adam passed the Sacrament! It was really neat to be able to see him do that. I feel so blessed to have been able to teach him, see him be baptized, and receive the Aaronic priesthood. Brandon took the Sacrament yesterday for the first time in seven years and he was sustained to receive the Aaronic Priesthood! I can't even begin to explain the joy and happiness that comes from being a missionary! Just like it talks about in Alma 29:9, I'm so grateful that Heavenly Father has used me as an instrument in helping Adam come closer to Christ! I know that this church is true and I know that the Book of Mormon is the Word of God. I know that it changes people’s lives as they read from it and apply its teachings into their lives. I'm so grateful to be a part of this work and to be an instrument in God's hands!

The members are great cooks in Wisconsin!

These Sisters are very grateful for wonderful families who feed them

Sorry it's not much this week but I love you all and miss you

Love,

Sister Hunter

p.s. We have been teaching this little 8 year old girl in the Neenah ward to help her be ready for her baptism. She is super cute and she got baptized on Saturday. It was fun to be able to help her understand better the covenants that she would be making!

A Week of Tender Mercies and Miracles!

Chicago Temple

Hello Family!                                                       11/10/2014

This past week was another great one! So there a less active in the branch, her name is Aurora, and we have been trying to meet with her every week since I got here. Most of the time she would never respond to our texts but sometimes she would actually set up an appointment with us and then she would cancel at the last minute. She text us this week and asked if we could meet and have a simple lesson on who Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ are. She's gone back to a lot of old bad habits and decided to go to an AA meeting. She realized that she needs God in her life. She has a desire to start coming back to church and begin making these changes in her life. Heavenly Father has been slowly working to soften her heart and I'm so grateful he's doing it! I know that people would never change if it wasn't for him and the power of the Atonement. She came to FHE last week and we are so excited to be meeting with her again and to help her come closer to Jesus Christ.

Adam and Betty both went to the Temple on Saturday to do baptisms for the dead. They both had really great experiences. I'm sad that we couldn't go with them but I'm so excited that they both have now made it to the temple and had that experience. Betty told people that it was a little overwhelming but she really enjoyed and is looking forward to doing it again. Hopefully she will have the opportunity to go again soon so she can experience it again without being overwhelmed.

Brandon is doing great! He's started reading the Book of Mormon with his Dad, hoping that it will help his Dad to strengthen his relationship with Jesus Christ and have the desire to be more active again in the church. I think it's so incredible that Brandon has recognized the good changes that are being made in his life and he's wanting to share that with his family. Brandon informed us as well that he should be getting the priesthood either this coming Sunday or the next! He told us that one of the reasons he feels like he's been able to come back to church and make these changes in his life so soon is because back in September we challenged him to look for the tender mercies in his life throughout the day. I remember that lesson and feeling so prompted to bring that up with him and extend that invitation to him. He said that because of that challenge he's been able to recognize all the ways Heavenly Father has been there in his life and how he has been preparing him to come back and receive the priesthood again. It was such a tender mercy for me to know that following that spiritual prompting has made such a difference for him. He has come so far and made so many great changes in his life. The Atonement is REAL and it's Amazing!! I want to invite you all to look for the tender mercies in your day. I know that it will help you to see all the ways that Heavenly Fathers hand has been and is in your life. He is there, I know he is! Have I mentioned that I love being a part of this work? Cause I do! It’s INCREDIBLE!

                                                 

I had the opportunity to go on exchanges this week as well with Sister Morelli’s. She is a wonderful missionary and I'm so grateful I had the chance to spend the day with her and learn from her! I love learning new things and being able to apply them to my missionary efforts. I hope you all have a great week! Remember to look for those tender mercies! 1 Nephi 1:20. Also listen to the spirit and act on those promptings! I love you all and you're always in my prayers!

Love,

Sister Hunter

Where is Sister Hunter?  She is camouflaged!!!  

A nice member took these missionaries to dinner!!!!

Red Lobster!!! So Yummy!

Sister Hunter is in Heaven!!!

LOVE THE BOOK OF MORMON!!!!!

One of the original 500 copies of the Book of Mormon

Hi Everyone!!                                                                                                 11/3/14

How was your Halloween? I hope you all had a great week!

It was a pretty amazing week here! We had Zone Conference on Thursday and it was really great! They had a member who lives in Wasau come and talk to us. He is a convert and his story is really neat. He bought an old missionary copy of the Book of Mormon at a rummage sale, he said he doesn't know why he bought it other than that the spirit told him to. He had no idea what the Book of Mormon was but he bought it anyways. It sat on his shelf for close to a year and then one day he decided he would read it. He read through the introduction and the testimonies, then part way through the first page of 1 Nephi 1. That's all he read and he knew it was true! He didn't know what to do, but he was eventually able to get in contact with some missionaries, was taught the discussion and not long after he and his wife were baptized. Since then he has somehow gotten a copy of one of the original 500 copies of the Book of Mormon. He showed us the original copy, his quad, and the paper back missionary copy he bought at the rummage sale. He said that these were all worth something, but in different ways. The original copy is worth a lot of money. People look at it now in almost a materialistic way. His quad has "the most knowledge" because that's where all of his markings and quotes are, and yet the one that is of the most worth to him is the old paper back copy, because that is where his testimony came from. I thought that was really neat. The copy that would seem of the least value to us was of the most value to him. What's really valuable about the Book of Mormon is the testimony that we gain as we read it. It changes our lives! If you haven't already, read the Book of Mormon and let it change your life! If you're out of the habit, read it and let it change your life again! I love that it doesn't matter how many times we read the Book of Mormon, each time we do we learn something new and it changes our lives again in some way! Have I mentioned that I LOVE THE BOOK OF MORMON?! Cause I do!

October 2014 Zone Conference

Adam received the Aaronic Priesthood yesterday and should be going to the temple this weekend to do baptisms for the dead! We're really excited for him!

Brandon is still doing great as well. He's been to church every Sunday since getting work off. Yesterday he bore his testimony, it was really powerful. I am so grateful for the Atonement and to be able to see it change people’s lives!

Sorry it's not a lot this week but I'm loving it here every single day! I love being able to share the Book of Mormon with others and bear my testimony of it to them! I hope you always take advantage of opportunities to bear your testimony, it can only strengthen it even more! Love you all and miss you tons!

Love,

Sister Kendra Hunter

Beautiful sunset in Menasha, Wisconsin