Hmong People Rule!

       If your wondering why that's the title of my letter, it is for two reasons, #1. Is that one of my favorite people on my mission finally got baptized this past Saturday, and #2 Somebody stole my wallet which had my temple reccomend in it :'(  Worth at least 500 billion. So yeah dad don't worry I am still being obedient and did not spend like 500 bucks onhobbytron.com

       This week was really spiritual and I feel like I learned so much. The baptism of M was so amazing and he bore the coolest testimony. He has come to church for almost a year and read all the way up to Moroni before his dad would let him be baptized. He is such a good example to the whole branch and they all look up to him a ton. When he bore his testimony he cried the whole time and he talked about how grateful he was for Jesus Christ in his life and how happy he was that he could stand in front of God and tell Him that he is clean. It was really neat.

       After the baptism we had a slide show with pictures of all the people that were baptized this year and last year and had a few of the recent converts share their conversion story. It was something I will probably never forget and it was so neat to hear their side of the story. I never knew how annoyed our investigators were by us but they all said that in the end it was worth it.

       Miracle of the week was defintely a white dude named J that Elder Moss and I found. We were stopping by a less active who wasn't home and as we were walking back to our car there was a man filling up his car with a gas can and so we walked over to talk to him. Right when we walked up he had the biggest smile on his face. We didn't really have to say anything before he opened up and just started telling his whole life story to us. He had been in the military for over 20 years and had been over seas for more than 10. He had just recently left his church because in his own words,"I'm sick of all the big screens and people passing out and speaking gibberish. Seems like more of a concert than worshipping God to me." He then told us how his wife was addicted to drugs and that he had tried to commit suicide twice in the past week but had failed. After he said that he just paused and no one said anything. The Sprit came so strong and we told him how much God loved him and that we share a message that Christ's church has been brought back. He perked right up after that. He didn't have much more time so we handed him a Restoration pamphlet. As we were walking away we asked if there was anything else we could do for him and I will never forget what he said. He raised the pamphlet in his hand and with a smile/tears on his face said, "No boys, this is all I'll ever need." It was an amazing experience that I don't think I could forget if I tried.

        So yeah things are still steezy in St. Peezy and I hope all of you have an awesome week!

 

   Elder Muaj Zoo

 

P.S. Dad I am glad you got better but I have to say I kind of knew you would. I was reminded of the blessing President Castleton gave to me when I was set apart that my family would be taken care of and sure enough, the Lord never breaks His promise.

P.P.S. Mom I really don't need anything for my birthday I promise. If anything just pray for a girl named J because she has a baptismal date set for August 2nd and I think that is the best present I could ever get.

Pictures are of M at his baptism and of me and the Elders at J-4. Look at the number on 2014. I laughed so hard. Hmong people rule!