Dear erebody,
So this week was probably the best week so far at the MTC. I'm sure all of you watched conference and loved it as much as I did. No doubt that the Sunday morning session of conference was the best session of conference I have ever seen. Every single one of the talks was so inspiring. That session of conference literally changed my companions life. Unfortunately I can't tell you that story because it is still unfolding but I'll have an update on that next week. I especially liked Thomas S. Monson's talk. He always tell awesome stories that get me excited about life. I especially loved the story about the blind and deaf man who was like 1000 years old. It was so cool to hear about how he would deliver some type of spiritual message to his family in spite of his physical state. But really what I liked most about the story was the joy that the man found in his life despite his difficult circumstances. It really motivated me to be more upbeat during the day and to appreciate the little tender mercies throughout the day.
So the Hmong is going really well and our fake investigators are coming along. Still nobody in our district has committed any of our investigators to baptism. Everyone in our zone says that we have the hardest investigators ever because most people baptize their mock investigators within the first three weeks. I think are teacher is being really difficult to us on purpose because he knows how hard it is and he really wants us to be great. (Our teacher is one of our mock investigators.) The best way that I can describe him is by saying he's like Professor Snape... You really find it hard to like him but it the end he turns out to be a good guy. But the one good thing about him being a difficult investigator is that I feel like my companion and I are really learning to follow the Spirit when we teach which will be a huge help in Minnesota because Hmong people speak three times faster than english people do.
Another talk that really stuck out to me was the talk by Edward Dube. I loved the story that he told about when he was working in the field with his mom and he kept calling to her but she didn't respond for a few times and then when she looked at him he said, "Mom look at all the work we've done" and then his mom said, "Look at all the work we have left to do." That talk was really good for the rest of the Elders in my district too. A lot of times after we have a hard class or a really long study time they will want to take a break and relax. There's no doubt that we work hard a lot of the time but after that talk we made it a goal to be constantly working as hard as we can and I've noticed a huge change in our district. Everybody is a lot happier and upbeat and they are actually excited about the prospect of serving for two years. One of the Elders came up to me last night and asked if he could talk to me. He told me that he was really sorry for the way that him and his companion had been wasting so much time and he told me he felt so much happier now that he was working hard and engaged in his mission. (He's a stud.) I was really scared for him because earlier he was wanting to go home but now he's doing great and he laughs all the time and is more engaged in class and it's been really cool to see that change in him.
Something that I'm super excited for is that on Tuesday we are having some super huge devotional that is being broadcast to all the other MTC's. I'm hoping that we get to here from an apostle. I can't even imagine how awesome that would be. We were hoping for one to come this tuesday but unfortunately there wasn't one. When I walked in and saw his name on the screen I feel kind of bad because I felt really disappointed but it ended up being a really good talk about the Atonement and how the Atonement is basically the entire reason we're on a mission. It got me so pumped up to bring that message to the Hmong's in Minnesota and see the joy they have when they find out that they can live with the people they love forever. It's crazy how those people are on my mind pretty much twenty four seven and I've never even met them. Literally twenty four seven. Just last night I had a dream that I was working at a gas station and one of the other guys I worked with was Hmong and he was telling me about their culture it was awesome. Also two of the Elders in my room talk in their sleep and two or three nights ago I started talking back to one of them in Hmong and he said he knows grace is good or something like that back to me. It was so funny. I can't wait until I actually get to meet my second family out in Minnesota
So anyways that's about all to report this week. Things are pretty good here and Im lovin life. Hope all of you are feeling the same.
Elder Huaj Vam
P.S.Dad I know you wanted an update on my schedule so here it is.
630 wake up and get ready
730 breakfast
800 class
11-1220 study time
1-2 language study
2- 3 gym
3-4 additional study time
4-520 language study time
520-6 dinner
6-9 class
9-930 plan for tomorrow
930-1010 get ready for bed/party
1010 district prayer
1015 personal devotional
1030 go to bed
P.P.S. Dad thanks so much for the update on the Utah vs UCLA game it's sad to hear about the lost but I'm glad they played ok. Mom tell everyone thank you for the letters that was really cool to hear from everyone. Also tell grammy that she is everyone's favorite grammy at the MTC because of her carmelitas. Mom I need size eleven boots. and I have no idea what size coat I am either a M or a S. And no matter what the lady at the store says don't get me a trench coat because nobody wants to be THAT Elder if you know what I mean. Also one thing that I would like is if you could send me a really small picture of Moose in his superman outfit. That would be cool.
The Districts Hmong tags :)
I heard the government is falling apart and there's a world war or somethin like that but I guess if twinkies are back then it can't be to bad.
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