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This week went by really fast and it was super good. Now that I’ve been out here for a month, I’m pretty used to the missionary life. I feel that our companionship is really good. The three of us work really hard, but we also have a lot of fun. We joke around and have a good time, but at the same time, we get our work done and we do what we’re supposed to do. My trainer, Elder Lewis, goes home on the 22nd which is pretty crazy to think about. He has fewer days than Elder Vang and I have months.
This week for things, we went to the farmer’s market on Saturday. It was the last weekend of the year for the market. We’ve gone to the farmer’s market every Saturday since I came to Wisconsin. We go around to all the different booths and talk to the Hmong people. The Farmer’s market is around the Capitol - so around the entire Capitol building on all sides of it, they have booths set up and people sell their vegetables and fruits that they’ve grown - as well there are cheese curds, bakery items, stuff like that. So it kind of sucks that this is ending, but it was really good to be able to go to that the last few weeks. I never bought anything, but I wish I would have.
This week, we also did a special fast for one of our investigators. We started it on Friday after lunch. The entire time we were fasting, I don’t think there could have been any more temptations to eat food. There were so many opportunities where we could have eaten. When we were in meetings or lessons with people, everyone offered us food. We kept saying, “No we’re good.” There were so many temptations to eat the food. The next day, we were still fasting, we were doing our studies when we got a call to go to the hospital and help a member. At this point, we had been fasting for over 25 hours, but we went and gave one of the members a blessing. We were really hungry at this point. so we went to a buffet after called “Journeys.” They serve lots of seafood and Chinese food. We just pounded the food, and by the time we were done, our stomachs were destroyed. After, we came home to finish our studies, but we didn’t really finish them very well because we were in a food coma. We all ended up falling asleep - so lesson learned - Do NOT go to a buffet after you have a long fast!
This week, also, I noticed that the adversary works in many ways to make us feel inadequate in our callings, whether it’s with depression, feeling not confident with yourself, or not feeling worthy to serve. That’s what I’ve been feeling this week. He knows that your calling is important, and he knows that you have work to do, so he tries to make you feel like you can’t do this or you shouldn’t be out here. He tries to make you feel like you need to go home or you need to not be doing what you’re doing. He knows that what you are doing is very important and he doesn’t want you to be out here. So that’s what I’ve felt this last week. I even felt not worthy to be out here, so I called my mission president and I had a really good talk with him. He helped me so much and reassured me that I am 100% worthy to be out here on my mission. The adversary doesn’t want me to be out here. I also realized the importance of repentance - even for small things. It is important to always talk to our leaders to make sure we have the spirit to be with us because without the spirit we won’t be able to teach. I think a lot of times people think repentance is a bad thing, but it’s not. It’s a good thing because it shows our commitment to follow Jesus Christ. I’ve really seen that over the last month; my desire to continually change and to become a better person. This week has been one of the best weeks.
That’s all I have for this week.
Love you all,
Elder Tshwj Xeeb
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| Farmer's Market |
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| Wisconsin football stadium. |
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| All the people up here are crazy about the Wisconsin Badgers. It is funny. Wisconsin is doing pretty dang good. They haven't lost yet. |
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| Farmland that is outside the city of Madison |
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| My apartment Extra photos for the week
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