FATHERS DAY

HAPPY FATHERS DAY, fathers day is actually a big deal all of the churches have parties and there is tons of food, that is probably why not very many people came to church, because they went to a church that was having a party! 

Thanks so much for the box with the clif bars and stuff it was the best thing ever! I am sending a box today so get ready! Sorry I don't ever send long emails I just don't really have time and the internet is really slow, and i am the slowest typer in the world so that doesnt help. 

Lets see not that much stuff went on this week! The A.P.'s came to Chuuk and they have been here all week and it was cool! I got to go teaching with one of them, Elder Gasu, it is awesome I learned alot of sweet stuff, he is super cool! He has served most of his mission in Pohnpei so he speaks Pohnpeian but he knows Chuukese really good and he had to learn some crazy outer island language called Mortlockese i think, so he is the Man! There was another funeral this week so Elder Huppe and I got to eat like kings again it was sweet. They always make the best food! Oh and i am sending home my memory card with my box so you can see a bunch of pictures! Landon i am finaly sending your B day presents so i hope that your not mad at me! Don't be mad landon hahah its coming! Dad Happy Birthday, it is weird not being home for all of this stuff! Dad how old did you you turn this year, 37 right or is it 36? With how much you are bench pressing it has got to be around there!:) Well family i love you guys so much you are always in my prayers! I had a scripture that i wanted to share with you but i forgot what it was haha oh well all of the scriptures are awesome!!

Transfers are this week so who knows what is going to happen! Who knows where i will be when i next email you or if i even get to email where i am! because all of the outer islands only get to email once a month if that, so i guess we will see! Next week you will have a crazy email this one isn't to interesting! i am kinda nervous, everyone keeps saying that i am going to train someone, and that would be crazy, but i will let you know what happens and where i go or if anything changes! 

Love you family! Love Elder Hunter

P-day basketball with the Chuuk zone and APs

Chuukese Flu

Mom I really miss you! I really miss you! I have never realized how crappy it is being sick until I got sick with no one to take care of me!haha it really sucked super bad, Elder Huppe just isn't the same, and he really does not know how to give foot rubs!! haha just kidding I would never let him touch my feet! Anyway this week was a crazy, interesting week it was all over the place! ok so last p day it was like 9:30 and my companion told we that I was going to do an exchange with Elder Kleven in Wichap Tuesday and Wednesday, so that was kind of unexpected and I was pretty nervous! Just me and Elder Kleven, and Elder Kleven doesn't know much chuukese and my chuukese is not great, so it was scary! So we got back to our house and throw all our stuff inside and then we say good bye to the Zone leaders! Then we go inside and go into my bedroom and my stuff is all over and a bunch of stuff got stollen! I guess this has happened a bunch before  in Wichap! They didn't take really any important stuff just stuff that he could sell really fast! He took my White Watch the one that Britni gave to me and I was super super angry! That is the only thing that I was mad about! So how he broke in is he just hung by the roof and he kicked in our ac box! So now even though we could never use it now it is smashed and there was a big hole in the wall, ahah pretty crazy! So we just put it back the best we could and went to bed, haha I slept with a machete right next to me!haha so the next day me and elder Kleven were all on our own, and it was crazy! it was awesome though having to talk to everyone more that I usually would, because with elder Huppe he does most of the talking. So it was a super good thing having to do all of the talking!! I did all of the talking, and it was super fun finding people, because people are never at there house! And even more that day because there was a mima (funeral) but I found out were the mima was so me and elder kleven dropped our dollar and got our food with 2 of or members, A-chuk the kid that I baptized and another member who is super funny! His name is Casto he always sells us coconuts and tons of local food, he is the one that I took a video of him climbing the tree! Then the rest of the day we just went out and I taught a ton of people, it was super scary at first but it was awesome I taught lessons all day, and then I would look at elder Kleven and he would read his testimony! It was a super good learning experience for me! Ok so Wednesday night we walked down to go switch back, I kind of didn't want to, I liked being the boss haha. So we walked to this place called blue lagoon and we ate there it was super good, all I got was a bannana split and fried icecream it was sooo good. so we started walking back and it was already dark, and we didn't have a flash light haha so i stepped in some big puddles on accident haha! So we were walking and we saw these kids dancing so we stopped to watch because they were really good, like most chuukese kids! So then I realized that he had a really nice white watch, so we confronted him and he made up a bunch of storys about where he got it, but I ended up buying my own watch from him for 20 bucks, which was lame, but even though  it was something small like a watch I think that was a miracle! I was super happy that I got it back that is all I really cared about getting back! Alright then we went to bed and in the morning we were watching these training videos and I started getting really cold and a little weak! so I put on every hoody and sweat shirt that I had on and wrapped myself in a blanket and I was freezing, my comp was sweating like crazy, it is like 100 degrees and i was freezing. Then it was just a blur and I woke up on Saturday! I spent most of my time on the can I don't wat to say what I was doing! It was awful! 

love elder Hunter

Chuukese Hair Cut

Dear Family,

I decided that I will send you a letter at least once a month! So here we go... Its kinda hard to think of what to write because I will email you to. So I think that in my email I will tell you about my week and in this letter I will tell you about the people I have been teaching.
We have been teaching a lot of lessons and a lot of people, I don't know where to start. Ok so we have been meeting with our recent converts BigMan and Atong almost every day, they are awesome. Atong goes teaching with us a lot in Wichap, and BigMan goes with us down by his house in Epidupe. BigMan is awesome he loves to have us over, we always help him out with stuff. His family makes us food. This week we helped him and his cousin plant a bunch of banana trees, and he gave me a tree of my own to plant. It is going to be cool to watch it grow.
We have been teaching these two sisters Ke and Mixi, they are awesome, they really want to learn. We gave them a book of Mormon last week and now their whole family is reading it. It is really awesome. I can already see them changing. One of these days you will get an email or letter telling you about their whole family being baptized!! That is going to be an amazing day. I believe that it can happen.
There is this little boy I think he is 11 or 12 his name is A-Chuk he is a punk, he reminds me a lot of Landon, haha. I think that he will be the next one baptized, he knows everything super good and he knows that the church is true, he is just a wild man. haha He is a really good kid though.
There are a bunch of little girls that we go see all the time. I have a bunch of pictures with them that you have  probably seen. One of them is named Keonin and she is almost ready to be baptized. Her mom and dad are both members but they don't usually come to church because there is a big osukisuk. Her mom attends sometimes but it is usually just her. She always comes with the girl that I baptized Narcian, they are super cute and way funny. The kids here are so funny. They jump and run and play all over me. They want me to lift them up and hold them every second that I am with them haha. "upwe mogno okasi" they always say that. That means I will eat your candy! haha! there are the cutest kids here. haha mom you would love it here because all of the little kids and babies never ever wear clothes. haha its super funny. Most of the time guys aren't wearing a shirt at their house.  When we teach them and when we pray they always put a shirt on or wrap them selves up in a towel. haha Another awkward thing, whenever their babies are hungry the moms just whip it out and feed their babies. Right in the middle of a lesson, when ever they want haha. That was weird at first, but I have gotten used to it. But the first time it happened, I was just like what!! Woooo!! and was super surprised and just looked the other way the whole time. Now it is not even weird it is just their culture.
There is a lot of weird things about Chuukese culture, not weird just different. One thing is when you eat, if you slurp your food a lot that means that it is something that you really like. It is bad to do like yard work and stuff after 2:00pm Idk why. I think its just because that is when the sun is the hottest, that's why everyone gets up way early. It is bad to puff up your cheeks, that is pretty much like flipping someone off. haha It is bad to sharpen your knife after it gets dark!? Because that means that you are going to chop someone. You always have to take off your shoes when you go into someones house, even if their floor is just dirt, and most of the time it is.
There is like ten different ways to shake someones hand. You can just shake it, you can shake their hand and put your other hand over theirs that is like a sign of pwi pwi like brothers/really good friends. Then you can shake your hand and put your other hand under your wrist, and that is a sign of respect. And you can just keep moving your hand up closer to your elbow the more respect you have for them, and putting it under your elbow is the most respectful thing that you can do. You would do it to people in high positions, religious leaders, the president, old people, people do it to us all the time.
Oh I got my first Chuukese haircut, and it was awesome. I look just like dad in his missionary picture. Really short on the sides and long on top. It was a scary experience at first. So I go up to this guy's house Tpays, he is like the Mob Boss of Wichap. He is super buff and he grows tons of weed. He is also the young men's and young women's president! He is like 27 years old. He is super awesome. He told me that he was super good at cutting hair for all of his cousin and stuff that he cut their hair and it looked really good. All these crazy designs and stuff. So I'm up there and he comes out with a pair of scissors and a comb. I thought he would have a pair of buzzers. So I was a little nervous.  He tells me to sit on a cinder block, I told him what I wanted and then he went to town. Just sitting on a cinder block out side next to a fotong - a cook house. And I couldn't see anything that was happening, so when he was done I told him Kiblsou - thank you and walked all the way home to see what I looked like. I was covered in hair and just feeling my head. It felt really short. Got home looked in the mirror and it was awesome.
I am getting really strong!! haha I have been doing a ton of pull ups and push ups. I do 150 pull ups and 400 push ups every day except Sunday. The boys here call me Kechof Kechof or Jaiwalk a wak which just means ripped or really strong.
I think that the rainy season is coming, it has been raining quite a lot, I try to shower out side when ever it rains, it is the best.
I love you all so much!!
Some of the boys here have been helping me make Landon's Birthday present, and I realized that I couldn't leave all the bros out. I know they will all love these things we are making.

Love, Elder Hunter

Salt Waters of Mormon

This week we had another baptism, it was super super cool. It was a way fun baptism! I baptized the crazy 11 year old that I think I told you about. Well his name is A-Chuk and he is a little ball of trouble. He is super funny and he was so ready to be baptized. It was so funny when we let him try on his baptism clothes he would not take them off haha, he really really wanted to be baptized it was sooo awesome. So me and him just took pictures all over the place in our white cloths. He is an awesome kid, we took some really good pictures! He reminds me a ton of Landon, and it is awesome because he always hangs out with us and goes teaching with us! 
So we walked down to the baptismal spot, and that was awesome because we held hands the whole way. I think it is the sweetest thing when these little kids want to hold your hand. We got to our spot and it was high tide and we had to almost swim past this muddy part to get to where we do the baptisms. Past the coral there is a sand bar and it is supper cool.
 I have the funniest picture of Elder Huppe up to his neck hahah, but right when we got to the water A-Chuk dove in head first haha, he just really wanted to be Baptized! 
It was a super amazing day, probably the best day so far! I keep saying I had the best day, I guess my missions is just getting better and better! Tell Tanner I must be getting better looking haha, it's probably because I get to wear short sleeves so they can see my huge biceps! 

Oh mom guess what? I have been making all natural coconut rice pudding!!!! Oh it is soooo good! So what I do is go find some taka under coconut trees, taka is the older coconuts that fall off the tree and they have the hard white stuff in the middle! Then I husk the coconut so it looks like the hard coconuts that you can buy in the states.  Then I crack that open and I grade it into shavings with this thing they call a pwaker, and I do about 4 coconuts every time.  Then I Squeeze all of the milk out into rice with some brown sugar, oh it is so freaking good, reminds me of home! 
Oh and I watched them make coconut oil, they call it tika! I bought a big bottle of it for a dollar haha! I love coconuts they are my favorite thing! 

Well I love you all so much, thanks so much for the package I was super happy when I got it, and I think Elder Huppe was even Happier! 

Love Elder Hunter

The Chuuk Zone 20 Elders and 2 Senior Couples

Puda the Island Steroid!

Hey hey hey family! Shea is lifting weights huh? We should arm wrestle! Hey since you are already getting shea some protein you should send me a bunch. I eat a lot of puda which is the island steroid! So i am getting Huge! 
This week was sweet, every night we got kids to bring us mai or puda every night so we would cook it together, squeeze the coconut milk in to it and cook some come or rice to have something else to go with it, ahh it was so awesome, it is so good, i love it! 
The food here is so good I like it more and more every day. My favorite food here is sukosuk puda and mai, mai is bread fruit if you forgot! 
This week there was a funeral and so that kind of messed with teaching and it was super weird! We had to drop a dollar in the coffin to get a plate of food haha it was weird! 

My language is getting really good, I can understand a ton, I just can't say every thing that I want to say! 
I love  the people more and more everyday. Best place in the world!  I love you all so much, thanks for your prayers!

Elder Hunter

On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 4:05 PM, Danielle Hunter <fitmom@thinairboys.com> wrote:

Dear Jameson,
It was so awesome to hear from you, I'm so happy for you, sharing the
gospel with your Chuukese family!! The 18th was a beautiful day for
all of us! This week was a good week, I have been working in the
garden a lot getting everything planted and everything some water
which is a problem you do not have! It's just so beautiful where you
are, I bet nobody ever wants to leave.
The kittens are all doing good we gave away all of Mickeys and Calicos
kittens but I think Mickeys kittens were too young because Mickey was
miserable just so engorged with milk so we got 4 of the kittens back
to keep with there mother a while longer. That was a happy reunion.
Rainee even took 2 kittens! Big step into owning pets.
We are getting excited about our Mexico humanitarian trip, should be a
good experience. Shea has collected 5 missionary suits for his eagle
project to bring to Mexico for the new Elders. And 400 reading glasses
to give away so that is cool. Kaden would like to do an eagle project
for the people in Chuuk so you will have to let us know what you think
they might need.
I love my primary class, last week we gave them their own Book of
Mormon, they were so excited, this week we talked about how important
it is to have scriptures to help us keep the commandments. In
sacrament the topic was also on scriptures and how important it was
for Lehi to go back and get the scriptures, so they could teach there
children and the generations to come. I love the scriptures and I love
church so I can recommit myself to read more consistently and with
greater purpose. As a family we read the Joseph Smith history, and now
we are going to read the Pearl of Great Price, we set a goal to read
and pray every night and we have made it 3 weeks!! I'm so glad that
you love the scriptures, what an opportunity to dedicate 2 years to
the Lord, and then after your mission you just keep doing it, and your
life will be so blessed.
It's memorial weekend so the kids don't have school on Monday then
they only have 1 week left yaaa.
We are on our way to the cemetery to see grandma Hunters parents,
tomorrow we will go to my dads grave, then have a picnic with my mom
so that should be fun.
I ran 10 miles on Saturday my last mile the "eye of the tiger" song
came on and I ran faster and thought of YOU!
I love you so much, I'm so happy for you, and so proud, I talk about
you to everyone!
Can't wait to hear from you, we just love your letters, and look
forward to it all week.
Take care my boy, I love you!
Have a great day and sleep sweet at night,
Love Mom

Sent from my iPhone

Tiffany's Home Coming & Big Mans Baptism

Hey family how is it going, you have no idea, how freaking good I am

doing! This week was probably the best week so far on my mission. Was Landon baptized on may 18? If he was that is the coolest thing in the whole word. Because this Saturday I baptized two people

Big Man, and Atong!!!!!! Oh it was the best thing ever, and because

Landon got baptized on the same day that makes it soooo much better.

It was amazing, we had the baptism at the end of this coral dock type

thing it was way amazing. Ohh haha and I gave a talk!! So Landon can

just pretend that I gave a talk at his baptism and talked about theHoly Ghost! 

But no one would under stand me at Landon's baptism because I

talked in chuukese. It was a scary experience but an amazing experience. The

baptisms were soooo good, everyone loves me so they both wanted me to

baptize them, Tanner was right!!! The good looking missionaries get way

more baptisms hahah. The baptisms were super good, all three of us were just smiling the whole time. 

I want to send you the pictures super bad because they are so sweet but

the internet isn't working great. We are killing it Elder Huppe and I, we are

hoping to have another baptism this week.

You don't need to worry about me at all, I love  it here, I am being taken care of for sure.

Thank you for all of the prayers I can truly feel them, especially

on those hard days.

I love you all so much. Tell Britni that she is going to be the best missionary ever, and she will love Alaska. Tell her I love her and she should wear a really big coat so I know she is warm.

Chuuk is awesome I love it more and more everyday. I love you so much! 

Tell Landon I have his present. I am just waiting until I have a bunch of crazy cool stuff to send home. 

I can't believe Landon got baptized the same day that I baptized my two chuukese brothers, pretty cool. Love you all so much! 

Love, Elder Hunter

ps. send lots of peanut butter and cliff bars

pps. I am getting my companion to go vegetarian with me! hahaha I'm 

kicking his butt into shape!!

On 5/20/13, Danielle Hunter <fitmom@thinairboys.com> wrote:

We just had the greatest Sunday ever right after church we drove up to Centerville to the Tiffany's home coming it was awesome! There were about 8 elders that came and sang the Chuukese Mission song, so cool. We got to talk to elder Jones, he said what a great missionary you are and that you are learning the language quickly, he was very impressed with you, the vegetarian that eats meat haha! He also  said that lots of people really like you are now more interested in the church!! We also talked to Elder Fisher who was Elder Huppe's trainer, he opened up the Wichap area and he was so excited that you are teaching Big Man!! It was super cool to talk to the Elders and the Tiffany's they also said how well you are learning the language, they said you will be a trainer in no time. They said where you are is definitely the most primitive but the most beautiful. Elder Fisher said he got robbed 12 times but it didn't matter that much, you would see some one in your clothes and they would just give it back to you, they don't think of it as robbing just sharing. Tiffany's  said the scary looking gangsters are really nice people they just look scary. They all talked about the kids how they are everywhere and how cute they are and how even 18 month old kids use Machetes! They said thankfully there are no guns, said the people are mostly peaceful except when they are drunk. Told us about this old guy named Frosty how he would wear crazy  outfits every day, speedo vest and boots, his favorite!! He would always say "Elders can I have a dollar" Elder Tiffany would say you give me $5 and I will give you a dollar! Haha so many crazy stories, I hope you are keeping a journal!!

Anyways it was great to get a feel for what it's like where you are, and talk to people who were with you! All the elders just thought it was the adventure of a life time!

Landon's baptism was awesome!! You are his greatest example and your not even here. He got scripture and a case just like you, and he wanted a new tie just like Jameson! And he picked out a way cool tie!!

Thank you for being you!! Shea gave a talk on Baptism and Kaden gave a talk on the Holy Ghost. They did an awesome job! It was an amazing day!

We hope we hear from you today, I love you so much, have an awesome day.

Love you , Mom

These letters are backwards, I wrote him this letter first then he replied.

Eel sauce anyone

Peanut butter and Nutella

Thank you so much for that last package, peanut butter and nutella was that best thing in the world. I never knew that I missed it that much, and peanut butter is crazy expensive here. For one the same size that you sent me it is 8 or 9 dollars. Every morning, we buy these little banananas from this kid, and they are way smaller then any other bananas. They are a little bigger than your thumb, I will send pictures. It is awesome I put like 15 bananas on a plate and put peanut butter and nutella on them and eat while I study. It was the best thing ever. Transfers are this week, so people are going all over this place but we dont know yet.
I have been doing super great. The work is awesome Elder Huppe and I have been teaching so many people we are going to get a ton of baptisms.
We like never have power though, haha it is awesome.
So did get my letter with my memory and all the pictures? I was worried that it wouldn't make it, you have to hide expensive stuff like in peanut butter or a box of cookies.
I have been doing a lot of push ups and pull ups every morning, I want to go running but Elder Huppe is still hurt. This week Elder Jones went home, I couldn't believe it. I swear that I just meet him. He has been a really good missionary, he helped me a ton with everything, expecialy the language, he could speak chuukese like he was a native it was amazing. I loved him. I can't believe that I have been out a transfer, time is flying. Sorry I can't send longer letters. 

Oh guess what, I am starting to get some crazy facial hair. I have to shave everyday or I look like a mountain man. I cant wait to grow a huge beard! i


Love you all so much!

Love Elder Hunter

Preparing breadfruit for sale at market

We hiked through the jungle to visit members and the Branch President.  We visited with Anson and Pepsi.