Nyob zoo,
This week we had 5 different Hmong meals so we already know it was a good week if that happened. Hmong food is so good.
This week we had the opportunity to go on exchanges with the zone leaders. This last transfer we got 2 new zone leaders. They both came to Sheboygan and spent the night in our apartment. It was pretty fun, but it was also good because we were able to do a little bit of work in our area. I went on exchanges with Elder Evans, he is a Spanish missionary, and he served in the same zone with Jackson Gardner in the MTC so he knew Jackson which is really cool.
This week we also had interviews with President Williams so we got to talk to him which is always a great time. President is so awesome - he’s such an awesome guy and is so loving and caring. And the spirit that he has…it’s almost indescribable. He’s just such a good guy. So we all got to talk to him individually this week in my district for about 30 minutes. He always gives me such good tips and things that I can improve on. It’s always one of my favorite parts of every transfer - getting my individual time talking to him. it’s just awesome.
This week, we did a lot of less active work. We are trying to get to every less active Hmong family and see if they still live there and just trying to meet everyone. So we did a lot of that this week and not too much tracting - which is kind of nice. I’m pretty tracted out right now. We’ve done a lot of that lately. It was good because we were able to meet a lot of the Hmong families that we didn’t know, and we still have a lot more that we need to go see too.
Also, one of the Hmong families that fed us this week - they have a daughter named Bria who is turning 8 in April so she will be baptized in April which is right after the next transfer. The next transfer is March 28 so I hope that I’m staying here so I can go to her baptism because she is so funny and awesome. Her parents asked us if we could teach her a lesson about baptism, so after the dinner with her family, we were able to teach her a lesson on baptism and why it is important. It was really fun, and even though it’s not us baptizing her, it’s always fun to see someone who is getting baptized and is so excited about it. That’s what I love about little kids, they are always so excited.
We also met with Ariel again this week. She is just doing awesome and she has that desire to learn. We showed her a 15-minute clip from “Meet the Mormons” because one of the stories is pretty similar to her story. It was cool to see how she could see the connection between her and the person in the movie and she could see how the gospel changed her life and she could really see that she wanted the same thing for her too. What’s funny about Ariel is that we don’t have to ask her to set up a return appointment. She just tells us, “Just text me whenever and you guys can come over.“ She just really has a desire to learn and is really awesome.
My favorite lesson we taught this week was to Nou and Cynthia who are two of our investigators. They both are ready to be baptized but their parents just won’t let them at the moment. They are both seniors in high school and they are both super awesome. We taught them a lesson called, “Become” and we read out of the Bible in Matthew 27 where Jesus is going to be crucified and we talked about all the hard things he went through. We asked the questions, “Why is life so hard? Why do we have all these challenges? if we are trying our best to choose the right and follow God, Why do we have all these struggles and trials in our lives?” And in this scripture, it shows that even Jesus Christ who was perfect, still had those problems and had those trials in his life too. And his life wasn’t easy even though he was perfect. We then showed the video “Become” which is the February Mormon Message and it talks about a guy whose parents both died. His dad died when he was eleven and his mom died when he was fourteen. He talks about how that really hard time in his life helped him to become the person Heavenly Father wanted him to become. We shared with them that through all the hard times, we have that choice in our life - we can choose to be angry and mad... or we can turn to Heavenly Father and seek for understanding and try to understand and grow from our trials. The spirit was really strong in the lesson and they could really feel it and they were really grateful. It was a really good lesson.
If you have time this week, watch the new Mormon Message “Become.”
Have a great week
Elder Tshwj Xeeb
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| Elder Evans |
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| Pictures with Brea Vang and David Vang. Brea will be baptized in April. |
