Something Pretty Awkward

 The good news is that Tanner and Misa aren't the only ones getting married. The parents of the family of 7 that we are teaching are currently just Hmong married but are planning to meet this next Sunday to talk to our branch president about getting legally married so it looks like everything is going well for all of them. The dad's grandma died this last week so they weren't able to make it to church but we doorbell ditched them and left them a note with some cookies. The Law of Chastity lesson that we taught them this last Thursday was probably the funniest thing ever. I almost started crying. Elder Morrow (bless his heart,) started off with ,"Today we're going to teach you about something pretty awkward." I started laughing because he was so nervous and after that he eased up and the lesson went great. 

      These past couple weeks, one of the coolest stories on my mission has been unfolding. Elder Morrow and I have been teaching a homeless guy named Vang. He has been coming to church for the past 5 weeks and really wants to change his life but feels like he is just stuck in a rut. The one thing keeping him back from baptism has been smoking since he has been smoking since he was 8 years old. Before we began teaching him, he was an atheist, thought God was a joke, and told us that he knew without a doubt that there was nothing after this life. After his prayers, reading the scriptures, coming to church, and several priesthood blessings, he has changed so much. You can see it on his face. We invited him this last week to pick his own baptism date and he picked Feb. 17th. It was so crazy when he chose that. It is super soon but just yesterday, Vang gave up smoking for good. Boom! So awesome. 

      Also, our investigator Mong and his wife Nag came to church yesterday. After sacrament our branch president invited them to meet with them in his office and they apparently had a great talk so it's looking good for him as well. 

       All is well here and best wishes to Tanner and Misa. Looks like it was a great wedding. Tsuas yog kuv tsis nrog nej sawv daws nyob xwb. :)

Sorry it's kind of hard to set aside time to think about school stuff. I will be doing block classes this fall. It means you start halfway through the semester and still get all the credits you just go to school twice as much. I thought about it and felt that if I come home early to start in September then I will feel I did not finish all that I set out to do. Call the mission office if you have questions.