Monday January 10, 2011

Howdy partner,

I am glad that grandpa got to spend some time with those Arizonians. How long will he stay there? Oh, I did get that package with the sweet jacket it came a couple of weeks ago. Thank you. Some ideas for birthday um... everyone send me their testimonies. Maybe you could do that for like family home evening ?:) Maybe a gift card to like Coldstone, Jamba, Chilles, or Tacobell! Ties! Yep, that's about it.

So, Elder Merrill went into the MTC with me but about 4 weeks out he was in ridding and broke his ankle and had to go home. He came back out in August. Now he is serving in Rocklyn 2nd ward and so am I. His last companion, Elder Duncan, went home to deal with his depression issues. So Elder Myers, Elder Merrill, and I are in a trio covering 2 wards and I get to drive the car.

So on p-day we went bowling then we had dinner with the Morton's. Their son, Robert, got back from the Lima Peru mission. He was in the MTC with Taylor Griffin and served around him. On Tuesday we moved into Elder Merrill's apartment. Then we did ward visits. On wednesday we helped this crazy guy, Bro. Armstrong, move to Texas. His wife is nice and normal. They are a cool family but some times he goes over board. I think he is bi-polar along with a few other things. On Thursday we had district meeting then tried to make a few visits and taught a few lessons. Friday we just had lesson all day and a little weekly planning. Saturday I had a leadership meeting and then we had a few lessons and some more weekly planning. Sunday we had like 6 hours of church, and then a surprise re-baptism "that was easy" (the easy button).

Oh, you should go onto youtube and watch some of the Mormon messages. They are awesome.
Love ya and the church is true.

Love,

Elder Hurst

Monday, January 3, 2011

Hello,
I love having big family parties on the holidays. That's one thing I miss. This Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years were great. We got to spend them with other families and see the love and still have a lot of fun. I'm sure the whole family will be able to get together in heaven.
Things are going really great. My area rocks. The members are sweet. My companion is pretty awesome. He is way chill. Sometimes a little to chill but he loves the people. So we have been teaching a ton of less active people. This week at church we had 6 families show up. It was sweet. One of the families has a pretty awesome story. They are the Hahns family. When Bro. Dobson (our ward mission leader) started taking the missionaries over there it was a mess. They had like no lights, the kids were way disrespectful, and there was junk everywhere. The 2 oldest kids were baptized but no one came to church. Now their entire family came and the brought a few friends. The house was kind of chaotic even when I first got here, but when I went in yesterday it was clean and peaceful. The Spirit was definitely there. This gospel has so much power to help people, especially families. Our Heavenly Father loves us and He knows families are the way we can find the most joy, for eternity. I love you

Love,
Elder Hurst

Monday, December 27, 2010

I had a great Christmas.
Thanks for the sweet calender as well. We went to the Brinkerhoff's for a massive breakfast. They opened all their presents and they even had a few for us. Then we went to the Morell's for dinner and they are like the coolest family in Rocklyn. We had some awesome Italian dish Italian cream sodas. Then we played some Blokus and scum. Sunday went well. We decided to go into the priests quorum. We learned about Winston Churchill's and Roosevelt's Christmas address right after Pearl Harbor. You would never hear Obama talk about turning to God. It was good to hear a leader of our country that actually speaks about faith. After church we visited the halls. We visited some members we felt we should visit and I guess we actually were an answer to a prayer, it was sweet. Well, life is good. I was so happy to hear your voices. The gosple is amazing. I found some awesome scirtures about following Christ in Alma 37.
I love you.

Love,

Elder Hurst

p.s. My companion's country is more like rock/country. He kind of sounds like the eagles. He sounds good.