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.

A Picture is worth 1000

We didn't get an email this week but we got a memory card in the mail with all these cool pictures.

My first Baptism

Sorry that I didn't email last week internet just wasn't working and I didn't really have time either. P-days are a mess, they are so busy, it is just kinda annoying. Most of the time we don't end up doing very much, usually we just play basketball or something like that. I got my package last Monday, it might have been in the mail before that but i didn't get it. Thank you soooo much for that. It is just what I needed. I have been craving Nutella since I left home, it has just been burning a hole in my belly. Thank you for the ties they are sweet, I love them. Thank you soo much for the ctr rings the kids are going to love them. 
If you could it would be awesome to get some soccer balls I think the kids would love it. I think I need some sunglasses, because it is really bright here. What would be awesome is a huge bag of huba buba. The kids love gum, and I have already given them all my gum and candy. I buy gum for them all the time. 

Now if you got my picture like I hope that you did, you are probably thinking, "Your not aloud to go swimming in the ocean" I had my first baptism on April 13 2013! I can't even tell you how amazing it was. I said the prayer in Chuukese not one mistake. I did have to do it twice though because her dress was to big so there was as air bubble when I dunked her. Her name is Narcein, she is the cutest little girl, but all of the kids here are super cute. It was the most amazing experience that I have ever had, I hope that I get to do lots more. 

So this week we had Zone conference, and no we still haven't seen the real conference. Our mission president came down here, and a member of the quorum of the 70, from Japan Elder Yamashita. They talked to us and gave us a little training, it was way awesome. He is a really awesome guy and super funny.
I love president Mecham and his wife they are so nice and loving. They really love serving the lord. 

Dad I love all of the dear Elders that I get from you they are awesome. I can always look forward to getting at least one of those a week. I love it I hope you keep it up. I loved all of the letters from the boys, soooo awesome.
So Elder Kleven is actualy in my district so I get to see him every week for district meetings and p-day. The island that I am on is called Weno, but in chuukese n sounds like a d so it is pretty much wedo haha. There is an Elder Rainey in my district he is Elder Kleven's trainer. He is super awesome we are way good friends. He pretty much is into all the same stuff as me, snowboarding, wakeboarding, skateboarding. When he was younger, he played club and high school soccer. He wants to go to BYU Hawaii and play soccer after his mission. We get along really well. I love my companion, we are rocking the Wichap area. They are going to need to build a bigger church in Wichap when i get done here. I am doing pretty good with the language. I still don't understand that much, but I can pray and share my testimony. I do it every chance that I get, to everyone that I meet.
I love it here, I am thankful every day for this wonderful opportunity to serve the lord.
I have a challenge for you. It is something that I have been doing, because I love it and it keeps the spirit with me always. So what I want you to do, this goes for all of you reading this. I want you to try and pray every hour, I know that seams like a lot, but you can just say little prayers. You will feel the blessings I know that i have, blessings upon blessings upon blessings. 

I love you all Love Elder Hunter

Love the sunsets on Chuuk

Chuuk Zone

Chuuk Airport to see off the Tiffany's

Chuuk Wichap Branch

HEY EVERYBODY is it still cold in utah because it never gets below 80 here and I freaking love it. I have not had a problem with the heat yet, I love it. I was born to live in this climate, even nights I sleep like a baby and we don't have AC at all we just have a fan which is pretty nice.
I don't even know where to begin, I am just loving it here so much, I am having so much fun. 
My companion is great, he knows chuukese soooo good and he is so good with all of the people but especially the kids. I love the kids here they are the best thing about this place, they love me already even though I only know a little bit of chuukese they teach me more and more every day. 
Almost no one knows english only a couple of kids that have just picked it up from missionaries and such and then people that have lived in Guam and the US. I think that makes it easier to learn the language because you don't have the option of speaking in english. 
I want to know chuukies soooo bad, and I am working so hard to learn it. I am putting everything in the Lords hands and I am seeing where he wants me to go and what he wants me to do. I can already feel the blessings and I feel the spirit so much. I get prompted to do little things all the time and if I do them it turns out to be awesome. On Saturday I told a bunch of kids that they better come to church and they didn't really understand me but I have got really good with talking with my hands and Elder Huppe told them. Most of them showed up, and it was an amazing testimony meeting, the spirit was so strong and even though I couldn't undrstand most of it, it was awesome. I even bore my testimony in chuukese!!!! yeah crazy right, I wrote it out but I only looked at it a couple of times. I love my little Wichap branch I love it here. 
Ok the food I bet you are wondering a lot about the food and this strange stuff called bread fruit. They call it mai and it is super good I love it, I could it it all day. So what the do with it is they peel it, then the cook it, and after they cook it they call it tipin, which i think is sooooo good. Then they take the tipin and then pound it with a hammer looking thing (po) and they pound it until it looks like play dough or pretty much just like bread dough. They call that kon. That is pretty much the same as tipin just a different texture and a little sticky, but it is so good and filling. I also drink a lot of coconuts or nuu, I love them so much, I make the kids climb the trees and pick me lots so our fridge is pretty much full. We also eat a lot of rice, beans, tuna, and spam, not a big fan of spam. Oh and the fish here is super good, didn't like fish until I tried the fish here, but not sardines ugh gross. Oh I forgot to tell you more about the kids, they all love music. They walk around with speakers and there usbs or ipods and just blast music and they are all soooo good at dancing even the little kids. It is sooo sweet Britni would Love it here. So where we live is pretty much the cool place to be, because of the open space, the church and the basketball court. The rim got ripped  off by me dunking it to hard. Every night and most of the day it is a party at our house and they just hang out dance and chill. It can be really annoying when I'm trying to sleep. 
I love you all so much tell Britni and her family I love them. I miss you all!   

The one and only  Chuukies Elder Hunter

Any mail for me today!!

Elder Hunter, Elder Blocher and Elder Kleven 

 The Trukstop

Elder Hunter Destination Chuuk

He made it! With just a few set backs, the 13 missionary's made it to Portland Oregon, but then after sitting on the plane for 3 hours their flight got cancelled. So the airlines put them up in a hotel for the night and gave them food vouchers and 24 hours later they took off for Tokyo! The good news about the delays, I got to talk to Jameson at the Airport which was awesome, he loved the MTC and all the people in his district. He is just excited to get to Guam and start working! Well he made it to Guam but only for the night, then his Mission President put him and his companion on yet another airplane to Chuuk. We have not heard from him since the airport but his Mission President called James and told us where he is, all is well!

Info on Chuuk

Chuuk State comprises the volcanic islands in the Chuuk Lagoon and some 24 outer-island atolls--in all, some 290 islands. Chuuk is the most populous of the FSM states, with 53,000 people and a land area of 49 square miles. It is a world famous spot for divers, with a sunken WWII Japanese fleet to explore.

Opening assignment letters in the mission home 1:00am

 Last minute training from President Mecham

 Guam Airport Elders going to Pohnpei and Chuuk

Mission Home

 Elder Hunter & Elder Huppe "my trainer"

Chuuk Airport