I LOVE MY MOM

This week was great! talking to the family is always fun. transfers are next week so this might be my last here! nothing too crazy this week. we celebrated star wars day cuz my comp loves star wars haha and went mini golfing with the I U elders and ysa. we all have matching Ole shirts from elder tanners dad. but I love my mom. she's great and so is emily and everyone else who played the mother role in my life. I believe god made mothers and told them go down and love, protect, nurture, teach, and guide MY children. I dont think he said THY children. But my children. everyone of them. I see that all the time with the amazing ladies I've seen in my life. so thank you for that. love elder hullinger!!
 

MOTHERS ARE SPECIAL

 this week was better. we went out to eat alot and everyone is trying to feed us. they treat mothers day like christmas for missionaries. I will be calling you guys this Saturday to set it all up. but other then that nothing to crazy. we went to a kids guitar concert. elder tanners dad owns a energy drink so he got us all Ole shirts ha today we are going mini golfing with some members. in church this week they talked about mothers day and it was sad ha very few things get me crying but that was one of them! it was neat to see how special a mother is. and a grandmother. we are still helping that guy who is a famous sculpture and mobile maker. its great. but thats the week! hope everyone is doing good!!! love you 

      

JUST A FEW STITCHES

This week was crazy. we went up to sister banks farm and started cutting down trees. a bunch of missionaries im really close with came up and she brought a bunch of food so it was fun, but we were cutting down a tree and it was raining pretty hard. I guess one of the axes head got loose and it came off and hit mortensen right in the knee, evryone freaked out kinda ha but he was ok...a few stitches later. we got some big trees down and now have some blisters on my hands from it ha but this week was just alot of finding. I got to go up to IU for a day and I love doing that so it was a good break from day to day. I cant work unless I have something to look forward to. It was nice to go up there. we have a few people getting pretty close to baptism and hoping they catch some friction. but other then that. normal good week. Hope everyone is doing good. I miss you and Love you. smack the boys around for me. elder ian hullinger 

LOOK HARDER, PRAY HARDER, STUDY HARDER (April 20)

this week was funny. we got to be witnesses at jeffs wedding. it was funny to see him married. jeff only dated her for about 3 weeks. i guess they were friends from being kids but yikes haha.

we had "why I believe" this week. it is where missionaryies take all of their new members and they speak on their conversion stories. We had Paige go up and it was neat to see the changes in her life that have happen since then. other than that, a lot of service and finding. we have to go out and find 3 hours a day and it is helping me be a better people person I think. just avoid awkward convos haha But someone told me something this week that was neat. a few months ago. elder perkins came to the mission. a lot of people growing up said learn the basics of the gospel and base your testimony on that. then when things don't make sense it won't matter to your eternal living. but he was the first person I had ever heard say if you read and study and something doesn't seem right or make sense, keep studying. look harder, pray harder, and study harder. It was cool to hear someone say something more than there are not answers for that, or it doesn't matter. he said look and not only will you find the answers. but also you will find truth and happiness. I hope you are doing good! I love you and miss everyone there!! ian hullinger 

COME AS YOU ARE (April 6)

This week was another good one. we do service for this guy named joe. he is a famous sculpture and painter and we knocked on his door and he asked if we would want to come by every few days and help him with service making his projects. we said yes and are helping him now. its fun we are learning how to build and make things, hes a nice guy to. we have a list of almost 30 people here this next transfer of people we want to help or change or help them get baptized. we want to have a good transfer and are hoping to be the best we can for god. 

we had the last district meeting of transfers as 80 theme haha good pictures there. you learn alot in district meetings. 

the work is going good here though. we had a few people come watch conference talks and it was funny..jeff ritter is a hard core baptist ha he wants to get baptized. in only 2 transfers he has read the whole BOM and been to church. he got a youth job as a pastor in another church so that was our hold up right now..but in conference they said the church has never been stronger..jeff gave a big air fist bump and said amen haha hes not a member yet but we were all laughing. 

this week has just been another in the books. hard work, lots of laughts. spring cleaning( gross) and trying to become better. I loved conference. 2 fav talks were actually by seventies. the talk about learning to dance and hearing the music. that was changed me alot personally. and the next was " it was I. but it is not I". I loved it. something I always tell people scared to come to church or out to an activity is Christ said " come as you are." I always loved that but after that talk I thought why christ lets us come as we are no matter what we are or who. we could be stragglers or have turned away or just good people. no matter who you are..."come as you are" I think it is because he doesn't care who we are when we come. he cares about who we are when we leave. he will always be there and ready to take the people in. its when the people leave out. is when we are put to the test of can I be a follower of Christ. I enjoyed it alot and hope to spiritually come as I am ever day and leave a little better every day. I love you guys and hope youre week was good. keep praying for me and know I miss everyone! ian hullinger! 

CHURCH IS TRUE

this week was a good one. we had exchanges with the assistants and the zone leaders and had a lot of fun. we have a last of people who were blessed as babies but never got baptized when they turned 8. so that's a gold mine as a missionary. we just keep the ball rolling here and trying to keep the work progressing. president told roper that we will stay one more transfer together. so six more weeks coming up! I have mixed feelings about it but I know I am where i need to be. just get antsy haha I have only been in two areas serving. kokomo and

martiansville. cool thing happen. we were tracking up in the ritch parts of M vill and a lady opened the door. she

said she was leaving but we told her if she has anything going on and needs help let us know. so we walked down the street and about 10 mins later she came out and asked us to come in. her husband was alittle man who looked like the guy off UP haha he was a famous carpenter and sculpture. he asked me and roper if we would want to come by and he would teach us how to make the parts and help him make his projects. he said we could teach him while we do this and im pumped! they are super nice. we helped a lady move out a full house of stuff for a garage sale.

I found super smash brothers and got hyped from old times haha we also do service at a place called red barn and they give us free cloths and food sometimes witch is nice. jeff is back on a date trying to get baptized. we are working hard and have a few other people on dates. I am pumped for conference this week and am going with some good questions. I love everyone and hope you are doing good. church is true! 

THE WORK IS SO GOOD

so this week was pretty fun. we had stake conference and the weather is looking up so much! we had a big family history fair thing and it turned out really good and alot of fun. we have a guy named jeff who is working on getting baptized now. the thing here is for the last 15 years they said the church here has been clicky and just hard to go to. but now we have a new bishop who is amazing. and everyone is coming out of no where trying to be baptized. the work is so good right now. Im being blessed. but other than that just a normal week. lots of work and fun. me and my new comp are making a new song because he plays guitar so we do that at night ha its fun! but anyways I miss you and everyone alot and hope youre week is good! I keep learning so much everyday. love ian!