Nyob zoo,
On Tuesday we had zone conference in Neenah. It was super fun because the Wausau zone was combined with the Appleton zone. We had 5 Hmong Elders there which was a blast to see them all and talk with everyone again. Basically the whole time though we were getting trained on smartphones. I was pretty excited when I heard that our mission was getting smartphones, but after all the training I was pumped. The phones will have so many extra tools that will be able to help us to be better missionaries. We will have the LDS app, Facebook, Skype, Google maps, language apps and so much more. Let's just say I am super excited.
This weekend also, it snowed a TON again. If I would guess, I’d say we got at least a good two feet of snow up here in Wausau area and maybe more. I am starting to doubt that summer actually exists in Wisconsin. On Saturday we still went out and did stuff which was a little scary because the roads were all super sketchy, but on Sunday it was a missionary snow day. Our church got canceled and we weren't allowed to go anywhere. At first, it was pretty fun to just relax and hang out. We jumped in the snow with our shirts and shorts only, we attempted to make some kua txob which is the spicy Hmong pepper sauce (It was actually not too bad), but around 3:00 we got pretty bored and started running out of things to do because you can only study and clean your apartment for so long. In the end, I really just wanted to go outside and do some missionary work.
Overall, this week Elder Tarone and I have been working on doing everything with more faith. For example finding, studies, speaking Hmong, etc. I feel like sometimes we just get in the routine of doing the same thing every day and are doing things just because we know that is what we are supposed to do. "Faith starts with a desire to believe". But when we start to believe and use our faith, that is when we will start to find people, learn Hmong, or accomplish whatever task we need to do and start to see the miracles and the success that we know this area is capable of producing.
Love you all and thanks for all the support,
Tub Txib Tshwj Xeeb
Pictures: Playing in all the snow we got this weekend and out Hmong hot pepper sauce.
