June 7, 2017

This week has been kind of like running around like a rabbit trying to dodge the brush, jumping and going all over the place. We also were able to see how the Lord was able to help us dodge those big old pieces of sage brush. We went on exchanges with our district leader in his area which is just north of us this past week and it was great. I was with Elder Harmon who has been out about 3 months and we did lots of bike riding and walking and their are so many people in his area we talked to a lot ( which wears you out pretty good). We also ended up in downtown Cleveland which isnt quite like to many other places I have been, it is like a downtown you see on movies or even picture in your head. Elder Stephens got a flat tire towards the end of the day so that made for a good adventure trying to patch his tire and eventually we just had to go by a new one after trying 3 different tubes. Yesterday we got to do some service for the Lloyd's other, other neighbor and it was really great. We got to help this older man who is probably around Grandpa's age put some wire around his gardens fence to keep the rabbits out. He has a super awesome garden and it was good. Cherine is still doing awesome, she loves to learn still and is commit able which is a great blessing for us. We had some great testimonies this week in church and served as a great boost for us. Truly, I have been taught many things this week which is a great blessing to help me progress and improve. The Gospel truly does bring happiness.
I did get a treat and the converter and Elder Nelson said he was pretty tempted to eat it before we got home. That was another thing that threw a twist in the week, I wasnt sure what to think. We were talking to some people when Dana called and so we didnt answer but when I heard the message I couldn't believe it was her for a few minutes. Avon is a little bit away from us but I hear a super nice place.  It is amazing to have the support I do and I hope you all know how great you are and how much I thank you!
We will be rolling our sleeves up this week with zone conference, exchanges, and then transfers. I will be emailing Tuesday again next week. I hope everyone is having a great summer and continues to have a great one. It sounds like everyone is staying busy and that is great! So am I! Have a great week!
Love Elder Koden Hunt 

May 31, 2017

Another amazing week here in Cleveland. On Saturday the other elders had a baptism, and Cherine and Mike came which was really good. They liked it a lot. Cherine talked with President Brown for a few minutes and that is always a good thing, she was enlightened you could say. Cherine is doing amazing right now which is a great blessing. She came to church and she just loves to learn. Mike also came to church but the house he is living in now he wont be living in this weekend because the rent isn't paid, so who knows what might happen there... James also came to church and he is still progressing along at his own pace. Sot the family, Doug and Ashley, are different from the ones who wanted homework. They just have craziness going on all the time so it can be a good challenge to meet up with sometimes. Many are progressing along pretty good right now though. Last week Bishop was telling us that there was a lady who called him who none of the rest of her family are members but her grandparents, who live in our area, and her dad who would be visiting from Chicago would like a blessing because the grandparents aren't doing the best health wise. They live close to the Lloyd's who are great, so Brother Lloyd came with us to give them all a blessing. It was a super great and spiritual experience. The daughter who is the member we found out moved to Arizona for college I believe, got baptized and got married in the temple too. We also found out the dad of the member has a son who is on the track team at Utah State right now, just like Elder Stephens will be. Hopefully that all makes sense. It was super awesome.

 Nothing to special for us for Memorial day, it was really great weather and that is always super nice. We did some biking around like usual and trying to visit people too. It did pour rain a couple times too, but more like thunderstorms and not just raining all day, at least for the most part so that is good.

I am doing really well. We have many wonderful opportunities all the time which is great. I hope everyone has a super awesome week. We also got an elder from a mission that got shut down in Russia, and he goes home in July, so it will be a crazy adventure for him. We stay super busy with all sorts of things to do all the time which is good. Hope all is well for everyone and you all have lots of fun being out of school and doing summer stuff. Thanks for all you do for me. Have a great week.
Love Elder Koden Hunt

May 24, 2017

Talk about having a super blessed week, this was one of them. We found some super awesome people to start teaching this past week, one is the family and the dad has already read the Book of Mormon 2 times! He has some family who are members of the church so that is how he has read already. We went on exchanges twice and it has been fun, really great as far as the work, and pretty crazy for us too. We also had 4 people come to church on Sunday. James Mitchell came again and so did Cherine and Mike Obryon. Also, Jared who is someone we have been working with for a little bit came to church. He is in a band and is super into music. I think he had a little concert he did a little bit ago too somewhere. We have been blessed to be able to set some baptismal dates with some more people too, thanks to President Brown and his counsel, which makes things super fun.
We were up in Cleveland Monday and we had a crazy lady in a wheelchair ask us if our church had a choir and we said yes. She then went on to sing to us which was kind another one of a kind experience. It is amazing how many people want to talk about Christ though. For us this past week, some people blast some christian soul music which makes you smile and other just want to get in a big circle and have you say a prayer.
 The weather was pretty awesome this past week, but I think it is going to rain most of the next few days, but it looks like it wont be to cold either. I am so blessed by the gospel! I hope you all have a wonderful week and enjoy no school too.
Love Elder Koden Hunt

May 17, 2017

Another week and especially couple of days since we talked for us here. We have just been so greatly blessed in so many ways. Monday we had district meeting and then we had some great lessons with some of our investigators including Mike Obryon and James Mitchell. Brother Obryon is still striving to hit his baptismal date in June. We were pretty busy yesterday as we had a meeting at the mission office and then went our with Brother Simbeck and had some more great appointments mainly talking a lot about the Restoration and how to find peace in our lives. I totally left my camrea home like usual when we went to see James this week so I will try to remember next time. The weather has been very good for us here luckily, it has stayed pretty warm. I hope it warms up for all of you there for sure. Thanks for the pictures, the fort looks pretty awesome. We are going to be doing missionary work again this week like usual. We have exchanges and and always lots of things to do here so that is good. We forgot to bring the converter for the sd card for my camera so hopefully next week I can send you the pictures I took. I hope all goes good for you and you have a wonderful week. Thanks again for all that you do!
Love Elder Koden Hunt

May 10, 2017

It seems the weather in Utah you talk about always is what happens here the next week, so I am excited to hear good weather coming. It was a rainy and cold week really this past one. it rained for 2 or 3 days straight I think and was in the 40's some of the time, but we were still blessed a lot. We again had great conversations with people and were able to find some wonderful people to teach. I went on exchanges with Elder Parra this past week and he is from the Dominican Republic and he is like that one speaker from General Conference that spoke about how he got baptized, super excited and sincere.  Yesterday we were biking around and went to an appointment we had with a potential investigator. We got there and her husband came out and we were able to teach them and they said we could continue to teach them too. The cool part is the husband, who's name is Bryan, reminds me of Uncle Jeremy so that is pretty sweet. Also, the highlight of this week is James Mitchell. James is the 71 year old man that lives in Cleveland we have been teaching since my first couple of days here, but he was able to come to church on Sunday which was great. I will have to get a picture for next week, but he is super awesome and loved church. We also are going to help the lady who tried to give us money again, but the Lloyd's are great and they hooked us up to help there other neighbor with her yard work which is a pretty great thing, a great way to find people. I also had some really awesome donuts this week, I know you asked about a donut shop and I think this is the one. It is called Spudnuts, Brother Romick brought us some when we were going out teaching with him and they were great. We see President Brown about 4 times a transfer or so, we also are in touch with him sometimes too, more than others. President Brown is great. We try to play basketball as much as we can, but it has been a little slower lately in that category.  I am still doing great, as always lots of things to take care of and be done all around which is great to keep us busy. I hope your week goes good and you keep having some wonderful weather. Talk to you soon!
Love Elder Koden Hunt

May 2, 2017

This week has been great! First things first, I am staying in Cleveland again and so is Elder Stephens. Elder Stephens is great, he is an awesome companion. I try to keep in touch with my companions for sure. Elder Robinson is getting transferred from our apartment and Elder Nelson who I know well will be living with us now. There are lots I would love to keep in touch with. So this week has again been packed for us. We have had lots of appointments and so we have been blessed to teach a whole lot of people this week. Mike is still struggling with some things so we are trying to help him work through those all we can. I can really feel how the Lord is really helping him right now even though things are tough for him. The referral family is super busy so we have talked to them a couple times, but no lessons yet. We have been chugging along and we are so blessed to always have lots of people to talk to who show some interest, sooner or later they will be progressing I know for sure. We were able to help the Lloyd's who take good care of us, with some service for their neighbors. It was an 88 year old lady and when she saw us doing it she wanted us to do some more than we were planning for her so we did. She was adamant about giving each of us 100 dollars for helping her, which of course we couldn't take, but we are going to go back and help them this week too. That was a big highlight. Also, a less active and her boyfriend who isn't a member came to church this week so that was pretty awesome its self. We also saw some pretty cool older cars this week too.
It sounds like things are going good for you too. I hope you have a wonderful week and thanks again for all that you do.
Love Elder Koden Hunt  

Columbia Temple Trip April 2017

Elder Hunt and a temple worker (Elder Hulet photobombing in the background)

Cool Car....

Cool Old Car....

The district April 2017 in Cleveland area

April 26,2017

Well, another crazy fast week for us here. The temple was really awesome, there was a lot of other missionaries from the mission that knew the man that was going through the temple for the first time. It was super great and we even made it home in time, barely. Right before we got home maybe the biggest rain storm I have ever seen came and it was like it just picked up some water off the lake and dumped it down. We then had exchanges with our district leader in his area on Friday, were all over the place until Monday then we had Zone conference in Kirtland again. It was super awesome, a lot about talking with everyone and teaching everyone the gospel of Christ. We gave a little discussion and helped out with some other little things. We then went on exchanges yesterday and it was good. It is starting to feel more like summer than winter around here, most of the trees have leaves now. Elder Stephens saw Mike O'bryon yesterday and he is doing good, his mom is starting to get over some health issues she had. The other family was so busy they couldn't meet last week so we are going by them later today. We have been able to talk to all sorts of people on our bikes lately and we have meet some really awesome people, we are always just trying to see them more than once.  Transfers are next week so I will be emailing on Tuesday. Elder Stephens has 2 transfers left, he is actually going to run track at Utah State when he gets home so that is cool. It is tough to predict this transfer, it is a toss up if I stay for 1 more or get transferred. Transfers are always exciting for all the missionaries. I will have an update next week for sure. 

Time really is flying by, I am not sure where the last transfer went for us either.  My favorite place to eat in Cleveland, we haven't really made it to any  local places to eat. Handel's ice cream was super duper awesome for sure, so that might be my favorite. I did have a donut from that donut place once at a members house. It wasn't the best kind of donut so I didn't get to good of a feel for it.   

 My favorite scripture is a lot of them these days, but I always have to go back to Alma 26: 12, because it is a great reminder to me that we can only have the strength we need if we rely on the Lord and his strength. With his help we can accomplish what we need to, even all things. I hope you all have a wonderful one!

Love Elder Koden Hunt