I Want To Become So Much More Like Christ

     This past week was by far the most successful week of my mission and there were so many miracles I almost can't believe it. Elder Meyer and I truly have seen great miracles in times of great trial. Here are a few examples of what I mean. Our phone broke this last week so we weren't able to contact members to come to lessons for us but for some reasons the members in our area felt "impressed" to reach out to our investigators and have been hanging out with them throughout the week and inviting them to dinner and stuff like that. It helped so much and was a big miracle. Also this week I got bit by a dog (don't worry I'm healthy and fine and I haven't turned into one of those I Am Legend zombies from rabies yet) and the people that we went to go see that morning felt so bad and all of them came to church. I'm not sure if that was because they felt bad for me or because they wanted to come closer to Christ but either way I'll take it. One of the investigators in our area who has been taught for around 7 months finally comitted to be baptized. She has strong family opposition but she finally said to us, "I don't care what my parents think, I have a husband, I have a baby, I know this is right, and I can choose for myself." Probably one of the greatest moments of my entire life when that happened. She is being baptized not this Saturday but the next.

      So yeah things are going awesome in Frogtown. Elder Meyer and I are stilling getting along super well. One thing that I am nervous about this week though is that I have an exchange with the District Leader today until Wednesday and then exchanges with the Zone leaders Wednesday through Thursday night. I still don't know the area super well but if all else fails I guess I can always pull out my Liahona and just use a little faith. (They gave us those bad boys last zone conference, pretty sweet eh?) I think the reason for Elder Meyer and my success together has been because of three things: 1. The Spirit 2. The same goals 3. Hard Work. The first one is defintely the most important and I have felt it so strongly these past couple days. One of the things that Elder Meyer and I have decided to do and have been doing for the past couple days is called the PURE ANGLER FAST. What you do is pray and fast for a day and ask God what things are keeping you from feeling the Spirit and what things you need to do to have the Spirit more and then you do or don't do those things for 40 days. It has been amazing to see how much difference this has made in the work and also in me. Before my mission I thought that I would come out to the mission field, do the work, then come home a little better of a person with some cool stories to tell. But now that I have been doing this PAF thing my whole outlook on life has changed. I don't want to come back just a little different, I want to become something on my mission now. I want to become so much more like Christ and the way that I can do that is through the Spirit.

      One thing that I have realized about having the Spirit was that all of those gifts that it talks about in the scriptures are so real. I had an experience when Elder Meyer and I were teaching a young man and the lesson was going absolutely nowhere. All of a sudden I had this thought that I needed to speak Hmong to him (which is weird because most of the younger generation prefers english) and I needed to ask him why he felt it was stressful being the oldest son in the family. After I did that he opened up so much and the Spirit was able to teach him and it turned out to be a great lesson. There are just so many little things like that which make me know that the Spirit is what really guides this work.

      One of our investigators, investigator J, who we have been teaching for a few weeks now had a super amazing experience that I wanted to share with all of you this past Sunday. We have been working towards March 22 with her for baptism but she has had a lot of family opposition and so it has been hard for her to commit. We decided to take her on a church tour after church yesterday and show her the baptismal font and also give her a chance to sit in the chapel and pray when there was nobody else there. As we were standing in the back of the chapel the Spirit was so strong it felt like if I opened my mouth I could drink it. (Just realized how weird that sounds but you know what I mean) Anyways she prayed with us about baptism on the 22 and right as she began her prayer I knew there was no way in this world that she wasn't going to get an answer. As soon as she finished her prayer she looked up at my companion and I and just said yes. All of us knew at that moment that God just answered her prayer. Super Cool

      I read this quote this morning and I thought that it applies so well to everything you do as a missionary. It says, "Don't miss the opportunity of a lifetime because you didn't seize it in the lifetime of the opportunity." That's how I feel about this work now. I know I still have like 18 months left but for some reason it feels like there is not enough time. If I could I would stay here for another 30 years but I'd probably still feel the same way after 29. I'll ask President about it and see what he says. I love you all and I hope all is going Dandy! in San-D!

                            Love Elder Muaj Zoo Vwj

P.S. Mom I got the package thanks so much. Making that pizza was awesome. J Dub... I put twinkies on it.

Pictures are THE BEST PIZZA EVER, ME AND THE MEYER MIESTER, ME AND ELDER WHITE ON EXCHANGES