To start off the week it was my birthday on Tuesday. It was also another Elder in my districts birthday as well, Elder Isaacson, so we got to celebrate together. Funny thing is last year we were in the same zone so we celebrated our birthdays together. I don't know what the odds of that are, but I'm guessing like 1%. Anyway, we went to Bdubs as a district. Got some wings and of course, the Elders wouldn't let us get away without being sung to, so the whole restaurant knew it was our birthday. It was worth it though because they gave us ice cream and a bottle of wing sauce for our birthday. Later that day we had correlation meeting. Our awesome ward mission leader's wife, Sister Murphy, made one of my favorite treats for my birthday - Raspberry brownies and they were wayyy good.
We also had 2 exchanges this week as usual. One of them, I went to Port Washington with Elder Jackson and the other I stayed in the Hmong area with Elder Lundahl. I love exchanges so of course, it was a good time.
I'm continuing to learn the other Hmong dialect, Green Moob. I'm picking it up pretty fast and had some opportunities with some Nam Tais (Grandmas) to talk and learn Green Moob. It was pretty cool because she said I was the first missionary she's ever met that is trying to learn Green Moob. That was a cool compliment since I have been working really hard to learn it. I've been writing down all the differences and have a notebook filled with notes. I think I have figured out 97% of the differences so all I have to do is continue to improve in speaking it and understanding a little better. Pretty fun!
This week I had the opportunity to go to MLC for the first time. It was a great meeting on talking about how the mission is doing, what we can improve on, and goal setting for this upcoming month. It was fun to see some missionaries again and learn some ways I can improve. Something that President Williams told us is that "You can accomplish more and influence people more than you think!" I liked that a lot.
Something sad this week is that I now have less than 100 days left till I head home. Time has just flown by and seems to get faster every single week. I have loved being a missionary and am super excited for this last stretch I have to continue to serve. The longer I get out the more I love to do the things that I used to not love as much. I'm just grateful for every day I have left to serve and I'm loving every minute of it.
Love,
Elder Rich
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| My birthday with my district |
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| raspberry brownies with Elder Isaacson |
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| Bdubs |
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| MLC with Elder Lamb and my first companion in Madison, Elder Vang |
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| Yes I do! |
