This past week has been a very busy and crazy week. David is going to get baptized and he ask me to baptize him. I feel its a great honor for him to ask me. I am really looking for to that day! Being here on a mission has built my testimony of the Savior. I know that he lives and that he answers prayers. I see it everyday of my mission and it is amazing. So many people have been put in my path to meet and talk to. It is really cool. I seem to connect to the people here in Joshua Tree & Yucca Valley and I'm grateful for that. On Tuesday we had to go down to Rancho Mirage to a dentist for my companion to get his tooth fixed. Then we stopped by Bro Cox's smoothie shop in Palm Springs on the way back. All of my days are filled with teaching and sharing the gospel. This past week we taught 22 lessons and have many more visits on top of that. People here are really willing to accept the Savior in their lives. It's neat to see. Today Elder Glasco and I went to Joshua Tree National Park again and hiked Mt Ryan. I hiked from 1,000 ft to almost 6,000 feet. it was a tough hike but it was really cool. It seemed like I was right in the middle of the wild wild west. I could just imagine the horses running across the valley I was standing on top of.  You could hear all the rattle snakes all around us rattling but Elder Glasco and I said a prayer that nothing would harm us. I also said a prayer for it to cool down a little. right after I said that prayer a cool breeze came out of nowhere and there where a few clouds that rolled in to cover up the sun for a little bit. I thought that was really cool. It was just enough for me to stop and take a break and cool off. When we got to the top of the mountain you could see the whole national park and clear down to Mt San Janico & Palm Springs. The road looked like a spec and all the huge rocks seemed like little dots. We had zone meeting down in Desert Hot Springs on Friday and that took forever. Everything is going very very good here in sunny southern California! Don't forget to write me! I am working on writing back those who have written me today. so be expecting a letter soon from me.

I love you all very much.

Elder Hunter