6-15-10

HEY,


THINGS ARE GOING WELL. WE WERE ABLE TO SEE TWO PEOPLE ENTER THE WATERS OF BAPTISM THIS WEEK.

THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY DIFFERENT MEETINGS THAT I HAVE HAD TO GO TO AS DISTRICT LEADER. IT HAS BEEN FUN THOUGH. WE HAVE BEEN GETTING MANY APPOINTMENTS AND THAT IS SO MUCH FUN TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND TO TEACH THOSE INVESTIGATORS.

SORRY WE HAVE A TON WE NEED TO GET DONE SO I BETTER GET GOING.

LOVE

ELDER LUNT

Questions:

Mom:
How has your first week as District Leader gone?  IT HAS BEEN INTERESTING TO SAY THE LEAST BUT IT WAS STILL GOOD.

Were your baptisms in the same ward? NO

How did they go? THEY WENT GOOD

How is Aetna doing with her lessons?  SHE IS OUT OF TOWN AGAIN

Amy:

Best thing this week? I'M STAYING IN THE AREA

Worst thing this week?  ONE OF OUR INVESTIGATORS WAS IN THE HOSPITAL

Nate:


Write another teaching story. We enjoy these.  NEXT WEEK I DONT HAVE AN INFINITE AMOUNT OF STORIES AND I CANT THINK OF ONE.

Tarin:

Do you want another niece or nephew when you get back? (She did say just kidding afterwards, but thought I would put it out there. ) :-)  YES!!!!!!!!!

Chuck Keirstead's Baptism...

Darletha Scott's Baptism...

Morgan Allen's Baptism...

Morgan's little brother Tate...

Talk about a wild goose chase!!

6-8-10

HEY EVERYONE,


WELL WE HAVE FOUND OUT ABOUT TRANSFERS AND I WILL BE STAYING AS THE DISTRICT LEADER. I FEEL SO STRANGE HAVING THAT HAPPEN. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO. I JUST HOPE THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO DO THE THINGS THAT THE LORD WOULD HAVE ME DO TO HELP THE DISTRICT IMPROVE.

THIS WEEK HAS GONE WELL. WE HAVE TWO BAPTISMS SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK AND THEY WILL HAPPEN BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN INTERVIEWED. ONE IS A MAN IN HIS 70'S. ANOTHER IS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN LADY. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD.

AETNA, THE LADY IN HER 80'S, CAME BACK FROM TEXAS AND SAID THAT SHE HAS A COUPLE MORE THINGS TO DO BEFORE SHE GETS BAPTISED.

WITH ME STAYING HERE I AM EXCITED TO FIND THE PEOPLE THAT THE LORD HAS PREPARED. THERE ARE MANY HERE. I KNOW THAT IF I WORK AS HARD AS I CAN THAT THE LORD WILL HELP ME FIND THOSE THAT HE HAS PREPARED.

I KNOW THAT THIS CHURCH IS TRUE AND THAT I AM DOING THE LORDS WORK. I KNOW THAT JESUS CHRIST CAME TO THIS EARTH AND SUFFERED MANY THINGS FOR US THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TURN TO HIM FOR HELP (ALMA 7:11-13). I KNOW THAT JOSEPH SMITH WAS A PROPHET OF GOD. I KNOW THAT THE BOOK OF MORMON IS THE WORD OF GOD. BY STUDYING IT YOU CAN KNOW ALL THINGS THAT YOU MUST DO (2 NEPHI 32:3). I KNOW THAT THROUGH PRAYER YOU CAN KNOW THAT ALL THESE THINGS ARE TRUE (MORONI 10:3-5).

LOVE
ELDER LUNT

QUESTIONS:  (All From Marvin)
1. How often do you give out a book of Mormon?  SEVERAL TIMES A DAY

2. Have you ever written your testimony in the Book of Mormon and gave it to someone?YES

3. How often do you go tracking?  AS NOT OFTEN AS I CAN

4. Do you have a favorite area that you have been teaching in? HERE

5. How many different area's have you served in? THIS IS MY THIRD

6. Is there still snow on the Mountains there? SOME NOT TOO MUCH THOUGH

7. Does the ward you are in have a father's in sons camp out? Where did they go? I'M NOT TOO SURE

8. How often do you get to do service? What was your last service project? ONCE A WEEK-ISH. HELPED SOMEONE MOVE THEIR FOOD STORAGE

9. Can you share some more stories with us? We all miss hearing the stories that build up our testimonies. HERE IS A STORY:

AETNA'S HUSBAND DIED AND SHE ASKED ME TO DEDICATE THE GRAVE SO WE WENT AND DID THAT AND ALL WENT WELL MANY PEOPLE COMPLEMENTED IT. WE WENT TO A WARD AND WERE SITTING THERE AND THE BISHOP CAME UP AND TOLD US THERE WAS A BLACK LADY THERE THAT HE HAS NEVER SEEN BEFORE SO WE WENT TO TALK TO HER AND SHE TOLD US THAT SHE WAS LOOKING TO JOIN THE CHURCH. WE SET UP A LESSON AND WE WENT AND TAUGHT HER AND SHE TOLD US SHE WAS BAPTIST AND WE TAUGHT HER AND SHE ACCEPTED THE BAPTISMAL COMMITMENT. THE NEXT LESSON I LOOKED UNDER (RATHER THROUGH THE GLASS TOP) HER COFFEE TABLE AND SAW THAT A PROGRAM WAS THERE FROM THE FUNERAL AND KNEW WHY SHE CAME TO CHURCH SHE FELT THE SPIRIT WHEN WE DEDICATED THE GRAVE.

10. What is the weather like up there?  RAIINS EVERY NIGHT AND IS WARM DURING THE DAY

11. Do members do most of the baptisms or do you get to do them?  WE TRY TO GET THEM TO ASK MEMBERS BUT SOMETIMES ALL THEY KNOW IS WOMEN.

12. How many members have you brought to the waters of baptisms?  MANY BUT HAVE NOT KEPT TRACK.

13. Have you been around for any major ward changes? Such as new wards, wards getting combined?  NEW STAKES BEING MADE AND JUST RECENTLY OUR SINGLES WARD WAS DISSOLVED AND THEY CREATED TWO SINGLES STAKES.

6-1-10

HEY EVERYONE,


WELL ANOTHER WEEK HAS GONE BY. THERE HAS NOT BEEN MUCH THIS WEEK. IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS ALWAYS SLOW AROUND HOLIDAYS. THIS COMING WEEK WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE THAT WE WILL BE MEETING WITH FOR THE FIRST TIME. SO WE HOPE THAT THEY ARE READY TO MEET WITH US AND TO COME UNTO CHRIST.

THIS WEEK WE HAVE TWO BAPTISMS SCHEDULED. HOPEFULLY THEY WILL GO THROUGH. WE HAVE MANY HOPES FOR THE FUTURE IN THIS AREA AND THE PEOPLE, SO WE HOPE TO FIND THEM.

I KNOW THAT THE LORD IS IN THIS WORK AND HE WILL BLESS US AS WE WORK DILIGENTLY TO FIND HIS CHILDREN.

SORRY I REALLY CAN'T THINK OF MUCH ELSE THAT HAS HAPPENED THIS WEEK.

LOVE YOU ALL,
ELDER LUNT

Questions:
Fainting Goats kinda like cow tipping huh? A LITTLE BIT AND IT IS FUNNIER THOUGH

Do you have the video of the haka on your camera? NO BUT I HAVE ONE ON MY FLASH DRIVE

Have you had any problems with your breathing in the night? DON'T KNOW I AM ASLEEP

Were you even aware of it when your companion had to wake you up to breath? I WAS NOT

5-25-10

HEY EVERYONE,

THIS WEEK HAS GONE WELL. WE DID NOT HAVE ANY BAPTISMS HAPPEN. THIS COMING WEEK I'M NOT TOO SURE ABOUT. I DONT REALLY SEE ANY HAPPENING. WE HAVE BEEN SEARCHING REALLY HARD FOR MORE INVESTIGATORS. WE HAVE FINALLY BEEN FINDING SOME SUCCESS AND IT HAS BEEN GOOD. THERE IS AN EIGHTY YEAR OLD LADY THAT WE ARE TEACHING AND SHE SEEMS TO HAVE A DESIRE TO BE BAPTIZED. SHE IS AWESOME. SHE BEARS TESTIMONY OF THE THINGS THAT WE TEACH AND IT IS FUNNY BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL TO GET HER PHD. IT IS CRAZY THE THINGS SHE WANTS TO DO.

WE HAD EXCHANGES YESTERDAY AND THAT WENT WELL. WE WORKED REALLY HARD AND HAD TONS OF FUN.

THE OTHER DAY WE WENT TO SEE ONE OF OUR POTENTIALS AND WE NOTICED THAT THEY HAD GOATS IN THE BACK. THEY SHOWED THEM TO US. WE CAME TO FIND OUT THAT THEY WERE FAINTING GOATS, MEANING THAT WHEN YOU SCARE THEM THEY FALL OVER. THEY ACTUALLY SHOWED US.

I ASKED THE GALVEZS TO SEND THE HAKA AGAIN SO THEY SAID THEY WOULD.

I HAD A PRETTY CRAZY THING HAPPEN ONE NIGHT. I WAS ASLEEP AND HEARD A VOICE THEN SOMBODY GRABBED MY ANCLE SO I WOKE WITH A PRETTY BIG START I STARTED LOOKING AROUND AND FOUND NOTHING. I LAYED BACK DOWN AND A FEW MINUTES LATER I SAW ELDER OLSON GET UP OFFTHE FLOOR AND CRAWL BACK INTO HIS BED. I FOUND OUT HE WAS SLEEP GRABBING. IT WAS KINDA FUNNY.

WELL I CANT THINK OF MUCH ELSE.

LOVE YOU ALL,
ELDER LUNT

Questions:

Mom:
How often do you have Zone Conference?  ONCE EVERY SIX WEEKS

How often do you meet with President Olsen? ONCE EVERY SIX WEEKS

Did you get your package?  YES THANK YOU SOOO MUCH

Madison:
Do you miss being home?  I DO NOT BUT I DO MISS YOU GUYS

Other:
The best thing that happened this week... THE BEST THING THAT HAPPENED WAS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND SOME MORE INVESTIGATORS

Also, tell us about your companion.  ELDER OLSON IS AMAZING HE IS ABLE TO TEACH WITH THE SPIRIT. THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH WORK THAT WE HAVE ACOMPLISHED. HE IS ENTHUSIASTIC AND HAS A GREAT DEAL OF LOVE FOR OUR INVESTIGATORS.

KADEN TARBET'S BAPTISM

5-18-10

HEY FAMILY,


THE WEEK HAS GONE GOOD WE HAD ZONE CONFERENCE WITH ALEX BOYE (AN LDS SINGER) THERE. IT WAS SO GOOD. HE SANG FOR US AND TALKED TO US. WE THEN HAD INTERVIEWS WITH THE MISSION PRESIDENT. IT WAS GOOD TO BE ABLE TO TALK PERSONALLY WITH PRESIDENT OLSON.

WE HELPED SOMEONE MOVE. THERE WERE THREE TRAILOR LOADS THAT WE FINISHED AND IT LOOKED LIKE WE HADNT EVEN EMPTIED THE APARTMENT. DID I MENTION IT WAS ON THE THIRD FLOOR? THAT WOULDNT HAVE BEEN SO BAD IF THEY DIDNT HAVE US MOVE THE WASHER AND DRYER DOWN THE STAIRS.

NOT MUCH ELSE HAPPENED OTHER THAN THOSE.

QUESTIONS:

Grandma Smith: Did you get the card and money I sent you?  YES THANK YOU SO MUCH GRANDMA!!!

Amy's : Did you think about me on my birthday? He, he!!  I DID I HOPE THAT IT WAS A HAPPY BIRTHDAY

What was the best thing that happened this week?  WE FOUND SEVERAL NEW INVESTIGATORS

What was the worst thing that happened?  THE BAPTISMS CANCELED

LOVE,
ELDER LUNT

5-11-10

FIFTEEN MONTHS OUT!!

HEY EVERYONE,


IT WAS GOOD TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOU ALL ON SUNDAY. THERE WAS ONLY ONE BAPTISM LAST WEEK RATHER THAN THREE. NOT TOO MUCH HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN. WE PLANTED FLOWERS AT THE OGDEN TEMPLE YESTERDAY. IM SORRY... I TALKED WITH YOU ALL ABOUT EVERYTHING ON SUNDAY SO I DONT HAVE MUCH TO SAY. :)

THE BEST THING THIS WEEK WAS TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOU GUYS.

THE WORST THING THIS WEEK WAS THE CANCELING OF THE BAPTISMS.

LOVE

ELDER LUNT

TALKING TO ELDER LUNT ON MOTHER'S DAY...

MOM... 

DAD...

 MARVIN & SARAH AND NATHAN & TARIN...

 AMY...

ELDER LUNT ON MOTHER'S DAY!!

ELDER LUNT AND HIS COMPANION, ELDER OLSON ON MOTHER' DAY!

5-4-10

HEY EVERYONE,


MY COMPANION IS ELDER OLSON HE IS FROM ALBERTA CANADA. HE IS WAY AWESOME HE KNOWS THE GOSPEL AND HAS A DESIRE TO BE HERE. HE IS REALLY BOLD AND IS WILLING TO SAY WHATEVER PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR.

ONE OF THE BAPTISMS HAPPENED. IT WAS FOR SHANE WALKER. HE IS A WAY SMART KID. SOMETIMES WE THOUGHT HE WASNT LISTENING BUT HE WAS AND LEARNED A TON.

LORRAIN NELSON WENT AND DID BAPTISMS FOR THE DEAD TODAY. SHE SEEMED TO LIKE IT A LOT AND SAID SHE MIGHT MAKE IT A WEEKLY OCCURENCE.

WE HAVE THREE BAPTISMS SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK. THEY HAVE BEEN SO MUCH FUN TO WORK WITH. I HAVE SO MUCH LOVE FOR EVERYONE THAT I MEET.

I AM OUT OF ADVAIR NOW AND OF CORSE I GOT A COLD TO ADD TO IT. BUT AT LEAST I CAN STILL WORK THROUGH IT ALL. WE HAVE BEEN HAVING SO MUCH FUN DOING THE WORK. WE ARE SEARCHING FOR MORE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE ARE ALREADY PREPARING FOR BAPTISM. WE MUST FIND MORE.

ELDER OLSON COMMITTED SOMEONE FOR BAPTISM ON THURSDAY AND SHE ACCEPTED HER NAME IS DARLETHA SHE IS A BAPTIST BUT BECAUSE OF THE WAY HER LDS MOTHER ACTED SHE WAS WILLING TO LEARN AND SHE WANTS TO BE BAPTIZED.

I FOUND OUT ELDER SCOTT AND ELDER BOHNE ARE SERVING TOGETHER NOW. IT IS A GREAT THING TO KNOW OF THE SUCCESS IN THE MISSION AND BACK AT HOME IN MISSIONARY WORK. I AM ALSO HAPPY TO HEAR THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MORE CONSTRUCTION TO DO.

I WILL TALK TO YOU ON SUNDAY,

LOVE YOU ALL,

ELDER LUNT

THE GILES ARE A FAMILY THAT HELPS US OUT ON P DAY...

SHANE WALKER'S BAPTISM...