He's Home!! Mission Accomplished!!

Letter Later

hey i am on a members computer and the keyboard is broke but i'll get on on wednesday after our meeting and write you

Painting at the Palace

Hello again :)

We got to do service this week! About 40 Elders got to go to the King's palace here in Tonga and paint the fence! It was a way cool experience with the King of Tonga even pulling up while we were there and saying thank you to us all. Apparently pictures are against the rules butttttttt everyone snuck some in haha.  Our baptism this week though wasn't able to go through because our investigator moved to another village.... And the other girl we were planning on baptizing got married haha so we have to go back out and find some more people to teach! There was also a ball kinda thing for the youth here and I got some pictures, mostly just with my companions family... not much else happened this week! 

Coronation is on the 4th and president said there will be about 20+ missionaries at the Coronation picking up trash and stuff so hopefully I get to be there! haha They are planting trees and flowers at the palace this week, don’t know if I will be a part of that though.  I guess we will just see! And that last week I am here is like the Alumni week for Liahona, the church high school here that is right across the street from me so I will be seeing soooo many people from America here haha it will be fun! Love you guys!

Elder Huntsman

King's Palace

Me and some of the guys I came in with.

The ward had a ball kinda thing for the youth.
 I got some pictures with some of the kids,
mostly just my comps family haha.

Popcorn and Discouragement

This week was another struggleeeeeeee……as always it seems here.... The main struggle is with the companion, being in his area with his family, his friends, his members, he just always wants to be with them, not doing work.... And I don’t know how to change it. So we honestly do nothing. I try and say "Oh lets go and check this investigator" or anything like that and he'll just say no or that we will do it later.... Our numbers for this week were horrible and it sucks cuz I don't want to end my mission like this, I want to do work!!!! But..... I can’t do it alone..... so yeah that’s my struggle... trying to get my companion to realize that we need to work and not just chill at members houses and wait for them to just bring investigators.... We need to show them the way to invite and make family plans and stuff like that.... Hopefully we can get some stuff like that going!  I’ve explained the problems to the ZL and MP but nothing seems to change. 

Elder Huntsman

One picture this week--
With the popcorn machine and some of my companions family! haha
Everytime i go over they ask me to make them popcorn!!

Insanity

Welllllll hellllloooo there! Slow week again. Transfers happened and I have the same comp and same area til the finish! Last Transfer! crazy..... kinda wished for a new comp.... it sucks cuz he works in his HOME ward with all his family and friends and stuff so he kinda is like a know-it-all with everything..... but I will get over it! Only 6 more weeks! 

To answer your questions-- We taught that girl with her family and it went good! She is getting baptized on Wednesday. I had Lasagna for dinner yesterday….man was it good! The senior couple who pretty much runs the mission goes home on June 22nd. So i dont know how everything in the office is going to go haha! Guess we will see!

Not much else has happened here.... Mostly cuz we wait for the members to bring people for us to teach... hopefully get some new investigators this week! I am fine with that rooming/living situation at BYUI, Mom! I don’t really care. I just need a place with warm water to shower haha! It’s been awhile without that!  But ya all is well! I have started doing insanity with my zone leaders. It’s pretty killer haha but I need it! O yeah I weighed myself this week! Still 185!!! I stayed the same I guess! Now just pushing to lose the POOCH! hahaha ;)  Love you guys! :)

College Headaches

Today's email conversation was all about sorting out college decisions....a big headache.  After sorting that out, this was his letter:

So this week was good! We got a couple teachings in and have a couple baptisms planned for the next few weeks! Everything just seems to be going so fast now that I don't really remember much. It all just feels like one long day instead of a week!

Thats pretty much all I have to say about that..........   ;)  (inside joke)

ELder HunTsMaN   :)

Fireside Follow-Up

Man was it good to see you guys on Monday (Sunday there). And I was sooooooo surprised Mom didn't even cry hahaha :) This week only three or 4 of our 19 teachings actually came through, all those people we talked to at the Fireside and everything lied I guess..... haha but we will keep asking their friends they came with to keep contacting them. Nothing exciting really happened this week though, it just flew right by! We went to a YSA activity at one of our wards and it was fun. Just did a bunch of games and stuff and at the end they did like a march-off of step-off contest that me and my companion participated in. My group wasn't very organized and they said at the end to break off and dance kind of thing so I was the only one that did anything..... lame haha mostly cuz I am white and can't dance...... But ya nothing exciting really this week! Time just seems to be FLYING by all of a sudden...... Well love you all!!!  Tell K4 Happy B-day even though it's a little late now.

Elder Huntsman :)

New shirt I bought here....and a very dirty mirror.

Before....

After!  It's called a kumete.  It's a kava bowl.

Nerd pic of the week...
Some swords I saw at my companions house.

Making cookies for Mother's Day.

At a YSA activity with one of our wards.

Baptism Pics

Skype Next Week!

Hey sorry I couldn't get a key to the church, and this is a member's computer and the keyboard is broken so I am using an on-screen keyboard. I will try to skype you around 6 your time next week for Mother's Day! I will use this computer to skype.  See you next week.  Love you guys.

Just Pics This Week

Here are some pics.  Sorry I didn’t get to write you today. I had a lot of reports to fill out for a meeting tomorrow! Love you tons! Talk next week about Mother’s Day plans and all! Love you :)

My Tongan CTR ring, FKT, which is Fili Ki he Totonu.

My three names here in Tonga haha Mani, Hanisimani, and Huntsman.

A turtle shell I wanted to go home with but it's against the law.....

We had another meeting with President Pearson, who just spoke in Conference.

These are a bunch of the guys I came in with and go home with.

We prepped a baptism for another companionship.