Elder Hunt

I'm not sure how to handle this for the family blog.  Any suggestions?  I don't want to duplicate ElderHunt's blog, but I also want to make sure some of his stuff is in our Family blog as well.  So maybe I'll cut and paste a few of the pics, and some of my own personal notes and see how that works...

Wednesday (Sept. 5^th), when I was doing some grocery shopping, I kept getting some really weird phone calls from a number I didn’t recognize.  Every time I answered, there was no sound from the other end.  I arrived home with my groceries, and Amelia was already there with Dezmond.  I was telling her about the phone calls when another one came in.  I told her I wasn’t going to answer it, but after 3 rings I finally did.  And it was DALLIN!!  I’m SO glad I answered!!  He was having trouble with his phone cards (4 of them), and the one that WAS working was almost out of minutes, so I told him I would re-charge it, and to call me back in 10 minutes.

I did, and he did, and then I got the whole story!  The flight from SLC to Detroit was fine.  But Detroit to New York was diverted to Connecticut due to a storm.  Their plane sat on the tarmac for two hours before flying off to New York.  By the time they arrived, they had missed their flight…which had been cancelled due to weather.  So, here were 14 elders stranded at LaGuadia Airport.  They got a hold of Pres. Leavitt (their mission president), who got a hold of the New York South mission president, who, with his AP’s and wife all driving vehicles, went and got the 14 missionaries, with their luggage, put them up for the night and fed them.

Dallin commented, “Who would have known that our first area would be ‘The Bronx’ in New York!?!”

So, we were able to talk to Elder Hunt several times on Wednesday, last being when he was in Toronto, waiting for his flight to Halifax.  They were all pretty ready to be in THEIR assigned mission field.

Later in the week, on Friday afternoon, I noticed a comment on Facebook from Sue Hampson.  She said, “Guess which elder is serving in my ward?  And guess who just had a roast beef dinner at my vt-ing companion’s house?”  I screamed!!  I could NOT believe that Dallin had actually been called to serve in Sue’s ward for his first area!  What an incredible blessing!!  She sent me her phone number and I quickly called her for all of the details.  It was SO much fun!!

Here’s what I found out without having to talk with Elder Hunt at all:  He’s in the Cole Harbour Ward; there had been 4 elders serving there, but they were all transferred out and now Elder Hunt and his companion are covering the area, which is a driving area.  They live in Dartmouth, close to the Stake Center and Temple, which two buildings share the same parking lot.  Stake Conference is on the 15-16^th. 

Sue also told me that Pres. Leavitt spoke in the Cole Harbour Ward a couple of weeks ago…after the meeting Sue went up to President Leavitt and said, “So I hear you have a special elder coming in a couple of weeks…the son of the missionary that brought me into the gospel.”  He replied, “Oh, yes...I’ve talked with his mother!  You never know, he just might be serving in your ward!”    Surprise, surprise! (Now I have to make a note here...I NEVER talked with Pres. Leavitt.  We had correspondence through email ONE TIME!  So there was no undue influence here...I hope!)

Either way, it's pretty cool!  And Sue mentioned on Facebook Sunday evening about how great it was to walk into church, see Elder Hunt there, and have him come up and give her a big bear hug!!  I think Elder Hunt may be just what the doctor ordered for Sue right now.  I am happy for BOTH of them!