Monday January 27, 2012

i need some help i have to write an easay for my application to collage and I have no Idea what to write about. the prompt question is what callenges have I over come in my life and what did I learn? i think. so if you have any ideas you should let me know as soon as you get this. thanks love ya.

Love Elder Hurst

Monday January 16, 2012

This is the month. 21. Oh man. So we had a good week. The work was good and we had like 3 p-dayish days. P-day, temple day, and ZLC. So, it was kind of different but the temple is so amazing. So I am applying to BYU, BYU-Idaho, and UVU. If you could request my transcript from SLCC and have them send it to those schools that would be great. I don't know my GPA so if you have a way of getting that it would be good, too. Yup, everything else is good. Love ya.

Love,

Elder Hurst

Monday January 9, 2012

Thank you for all the support and love. I can really feel the strength of your prayers and thoughts. Your encouraging words go a long way for me. Thank you.

I am glad the Alta's passing was pleasant. It made me realize that she is now experiencing the spirit world that I teach and testify of. As that thought came to me, it removed the sorrow and filled me with joy for her.

This week was good, especially yesterday. I really got what I was here for. For a moment everything of life, the Gospel, family, love, and kindness, all of it made perfect sense and there was this power over me that made me feel that there was no need for me to ever do anything wrong again. Of course I slipped up and it didn't last, but the impression it left on me will last forever. It all started when 2 of our investigators didn't come to church. Instead, he attended another church. Yikes. So we went and visited him and ended up spending like an hour and a half there. We went through all kinds of things but at the end he truly understood that if the Book of Mormon was true then this was it and he ended our meeting with a prayer. Probably the most sencer prayer I have pretty much ever heard. It was during our testimonies and that prayer the the Spirit lifted me to such great heights. I know that this is the gospel of Christ and the only way to our Heavenly Father. I love you and everything is great. We had a really good week and another one coming. Also, I get to go to the temple this week. Y'all are awesome. Love ya.

Love,

Elder Hurst

Monday January 2, 2012

Deer Mom and Deer Dad and Deer Herd,

We had a wonderful week. We got to visit with a lot of our investigators and teach them, too. We had our mission president come teaching with us. We went to a lesson with this lady that is a single mother. She started with the feeling of "I am comfortable at my church", but then expressed the feeling of knowing that there was one true church, but didn't know which one it was. Having Pres. Weston was great. He said exactly the right things and we left with her wanting to know for herself if the Book of Mormon is true. We were also told by one of our investigators that she wanted to be baptized. We hadn't met with her for a while. Then she called us up and had us over and told us that she has asked her father-in-law to baptize her.

On Saturday evening we were teaching this guy Tommy and his family. He has really been doing good and loving it but he told us he was going to go to a different church. It made my stomach sick. The church is super anti. So we were kind of depressed on New Years Eve. When we were at church, at the last minute, he walked in. He said God told him not to go to the other church. Yes. Oh, and more good news...

We had a baptism shout hurray "hurray" We want to sing about it today. One more convert and member too. Happy baptism to him. Toren got baptized. He is awesome. He was to be confirmed at church and he usually is like 30 min early but he came at the last minute, too. We also got to play a ton of basketball on p-day and make Chilean empenadas.

Well, that was our week. Transfers have come and gone and Elder McCollough and I are staying in the Auburn 2 ward. So yup. Love ya and I know that God does watch over us. The Atonement is real. I have learned a lot about the sacrament and its power lately. The Atonement can truely set us free.

Love all y'all.

Love,

Elder Hurst

Monday December 19, 2011

SO THIS LAST SATURDAY WE DID THIS CHRISTMAS BASKET THING HERE IN AUBURN and caps lock was on. A brother in our ward organized a big thing where families that weren't going to have much of a Christmas could sign up and then on Saturday they all came and we loaded them up with donated items. It was so good to see the smiles on the faces of those who were truly grateful. Then I got a huge headache. I had it all day. We had our ward Christmas party that night. It was ok but i just wasn't able to be as involved. Some of our investigators came so that was good. Well, everything here is going great and I will tell you more on CHRISTMAS.

Love y'all. Have a Merry Christmas.

Love,

Elder Hurst

Monday December 12, 2011

Yes, we moved and it was stressful. But all is well and the work is going forward so good. Part of our zone is doing so good but there is another part that seems to be struggling and I am not sure what to do. Thanks for your suport and love. love ya.

Love,

Elder Hurst

Monday December 5, 2011

This was an awesome week. I loved how it was summed up with the Christmas fireside. We had a zlc (zone leader council) that was about the goals for the coming year and the standard of excellence, which just is a way to raise the missionaries vision. It sure raised my sights. We knew we could be doing better so we did. We found new investigators and taught more lessons and set a baptism date. Then at the end of the week we watched the fireside. The video during Pres. Eyring's talk was awesome. I loved it and felt like I was watching the actual happenings. It just felt cool. Well, this saturday we move. I will tell you about it next week. love ya.

LoVe,

ELDeR HuRsT