Elder Huntsman: 2nd Week in MTC: Bed Bugs!

Hey there!!!

It has gone fast! hopefully it stays that way cuz that means i'm enjoying it right?? haha or at least that’s what my teachers have been telling me! everything is going great here! I haven’t seen any calling cards here at the bookstore but i know we will have at least a 6-9 hour layover in New Zealand! so send lots of minutes this way!!

I really am hungry all the time! i eat til i'm full which isn’t that much but then 1 hour later i am hungry again! so yes i always am hungry mom :P haha i lost 3 pounds when i was running every day but then i caught a cold last Friday and it hasn’t been the funnest..... mouth hurts every morning and just full of grossness (i'd explain more but it’s gross, so grossness just fits ok? haha)

So mom i know you aren’t going to want to hear this, but my teachers have been telling our class that if we get sent to the outer islands like they did, we won’t have mail for 6 months so don’t think i'm not writing! but this week went so fast! the language is coming slowly!

This past Tuesday’s devotional was an APOSTLEEEEEEEE........amazing i know :) Elder Richard G. Scott talked about prayer and it was soooooo good! felt the spirit so strong! it was just what i needed to hear! Heavenly Father really does answer prayers! and on his way walking out, he kept turning around yelling things like "BE GOOD" and "WE ALL LOVE YOU" it was funny haha but during his talk he placed an apostalic (i think that’s how you spell/say it) blessing upon all the language learning missionaries that through faith, obedience, and prayer we will all be blessed with the gift of tongues on our mission! i have prayed so much these past two weeks haha but it is nice just being able to sit there and talk to someone without feeling stupid about what i say! my testimony has grown so much since i have been out here!!!! i can’t wait to get out to the mission field! and a scripture to go along with the talk by Elder Scott is James 1:5 :)

So this is disgusting but they say it happens to almost every missionary! when you shave, (some guys shave there legs which i think is very...... feminine haha) your pores open up and if they get any sort of infection it turns into this huge BOIL!!!!! makes me wanna gag.... but i just won’t share my razor with anyone cuz that is how it’s mostly transmitted is using the same razor! i will shower all the time no matter how cold hahahaha!

But all the teachers here are different! one won’t tell about like any bad thing that happened, won’t even tell us how long the language took him! one tells us everything and he is the one i like the most! and then there is one who is like the tough guy who is always serious who has a lot of good insight to everything! but it will be amazing! can’t wait for a skirt haha!

I'm going to need more bread Kayleigh so i can make more sandwiches! i make triple decker sandwiches and they taste sooooo good it’s crazy hahahaha! last night i bought a pizza in the vending machines, waited 15 minutes to cook it cuz the stupid microwave was taking forever to cook it, walk around the corner once it was finally done, and get it knocked right out of my hand and onto the ground after trying to catch it and burning my hand! very kovi (bad) right there it hurt all night! but it’s fine now so i can’t complain! the worst part was the kid was like well what do we do and i was like well we gotta clean it up and so i went to get wet paper towels and i come back and the kid was gone! testing my patience right there haha but i got through it :)

Mom! soooooo many people have those sandals Aunt Betty Ann got me haha! i wear them once we get back from class when we are just chilling at our residence!!!

Part of my testimony in Tongan!!!

'Oku ou 'ilo 'i he Tohi 'a Molomona i he 'a e Kataka 'o e Ongoongolelei.

'Oku ou fakmalo koe 'uhi ko e Ongoongolelei.

'Oku ou 'ofa kia Sisu Kalaisi.

'I he huafa o Sisu Kalaisi, 'emeni.

it’s not perfect but it’s what i can remember...... and i can’t remember what it completely means, but it’s something like i know the Book of Mormon is true and (something about the gospel).. I am thankful for the Gospel. l love Jesus Christ. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen. ha it’s the thought that counts right?

Well that’s basically it for now. if i remember anything else i will write you again! o ya and my room has bed bugs :( so far only the bottom to bunks and i'm on the top so i haven’t been bit but I’m sending a picture is my comps back!

love you all!

'Eleta Hunisimanu