June 28, 2017

It was an interesting week here in Lorain. We did lots of finding and we again reaped many rewards from our labors. We went on exchanges with the Elyria Elders and it was a great time. We had some Hungarian soup for dinner and were able to start teaching the lady from Puerto Rico who had already gotten a Book of Mormon before. We also got a good soaking while riding our bikes around, but it was all great because it was so warm it didn't make to much of a difference. We got to eat lunch with the Lee's who are a pretty old but super nice family. We also were able to start teaching a lady who requested a Bible online so that is always a great opportunity to teach people. A lot of the people we are teaching right now are in the beginning stages which is a super good experience to try and help them progress and keep commitments. We have been traveling all around the last couple days, because of the lower number of missionaries in the mission at the moment we are in a big district which includes missionaries about an hour away, so we drove to their church building on Monday for District meeting and yesterday we went to the Mission Office for mission leadership council.  I also talked to Elder Jennings, the Site director, and he knew Grandma Schmutz and he knows Kim and Becky Hafen too. Sister Rice who works in the office and is also from St, George also said I need to stop by her house when I get home to visit, she is a super nice lady.
It has just absolutely been amazing weather for us here, in the 70's usually, maybe a little breeze and mostly sunshine. I am continuing to learn things all the time and it is wonderful. We are going to keep pressing on here and I hope everyone has a super wonderful week!
Love Elder Koden Hunt   

June 21, 2017

The Lord has poured out his blessings upon us this week. So i am in " The Great Lorain Ward" as they call it out here and it is pretty great, I like it a lot. Lorain is about right in the middle of Ohio by the lake. It is a smaller place from where I have been the last 15 months or so, but there are still lots of people to talk to too.

 My new address is: 1310 Shaffer Dr. Apt. A     Lorain, OH 44053

There was an investigator in the area book that hadn't been contacted in a while and Elder Walker didn't know him, so we went by. When we got there a man was setting on the porch and said his son wasnt home, but said we could visit with him. He speaks Spanish as his first language it seemed but it was a super awesome lesson. When we were getting towards the end his son showed up and visited with us for a few minutes and it was super cool. They both wanted us to come back and visit with them more. We also got to start teaching a man and a lady who is hopefully his wife, who just moved from Cleveland not to long ago and there last name is Morman, so they took a Book of Mormon for sure. They are really looking for the right church and how to better follow Jesus Christ in their lives. It is pretty cool. We have one man who has a baptismal date for July 23rd so that is pretty fun too, his name is Josh and his wife is a less active member.  

Elder Walker is from Pleasant Grove and is a great guy. He has one older brother and his parents are both school teachers. He has been out on his mission about a year but is older than me. I didn't get a picture with him before we came to email, so we will shoot for next week.

I am doing great, learning so much everyday. One thing I learned in my studies this week, and I cant quote it exactly from Preach My Gospel, ... when we let Christ's words sink deep into our hearts then we are able to be enlightened with new knowledge. It made me think about the importance of pondering and not just reading the things we study, or in other words " treasure the words up". I later learned how we cant just learn things from reading them, and we cant just learn from experience, we need both. When we have the knowledge and the faith, we have the " power of God unto the convincing of men". 

The weather has been pretty good for us really, we have had some great enjoyment walking and biking around and talking to all sorts of people. I hope you all have a great week. I didnt get to tell dad Happy Fathers Day! I am 2 steps behind this year. I appreciate all everyone does for me and the support I receive. I hope you all have the best week ever and keep it up.

Love Elder Koden Hunt 

June 13, 2017

So the big news.... Yes, I am leaving Cleveland and going to the Lorain Ward. It is not super far away, it is still in the same stake and is the ward where Bishop's relatives live I'm almost 100% sure. I will get you the address next week when I know it. My new companion will be Elder Walker. I remember him from when he came out last summer but dont really know him, it will be good. I will still be a zone leader there too. Elder Stephens and I were banking on staying together 1 more time, but I will still get to see him around at meetings we will have so that will be great. This week flew by like it has been. We had zone conference and that was wonderful. Brother Packer from Kirtland came and was acting as a Bishop for a role play we had. It was super awesome for him to come and to be able to see him again, he is a really great guy. We then had exchanges and I was with Elder Williams who just got here from Russia. He had been serving his mission there for about 21 months or so and then when they shut down the mission over there, he got transferred here, he goes home in July. We had a great exchange though and he is a good missionary.
We were also able to go to Kirtland with Charine and her husband and it was awesome. They enjoyed it and Charine came to church Sunday too. She is doing as good as some of the ward members already. I have been able to learn a lot this past week and it has been super wonderful. Jesus Christ's power can help us all to truly find peace and happiness. He can help people change.
I hope everyone stays busy and keeps having a blast doing it this summer. It sounds like that wont be a problem either. It has warmed up pretty good here this week, in the 90's some of the time. We do continue to stay busy and try to keep finding those who are prepared. I hope you all have a great week. I appreciate all everyone does.  Keep up the good work and don't blow away! haha
Love Elder Koden Hunt

Elder Hunt with the Gardner's and their son

Elder Hunt and James Mitchell

Elder Hunt's buddy Elder Taylor

Charine Zsaludko, our investigator

The Lloyd's

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