"Nobody Disrespects My Elders!"

     This week was another fun one. Luckily everything ended up working out with T and he had a super great testimony at his baptism. He had done some things that he wasn't super proud of while serving in the army and he talked about all the forgiveness that he felt from Jesus and it was really spiritual stuff. It was pretty funny though because he is super afraid to talk in front of people so after he finished Elder Moss and I were joking with him because he's not afraid to get shot at but he doesn't like speaking in front of like 30 people. Pretty strange.

      Our investigator V that we have been teaching for the past four months finally had a break through this past week which was really neet. We toulk him to President's Fireside which is a meeting where recent converts from all over Minnesota come and share there conversion stories. While he was there he said he felt the Spirit so strong and said he felt like he had finally found his home. Also he told us that a few days before a bunch of his friends were bagging on us saying that we were lieing to him and apparently he started yelling at them and then said, "Nobody disrespects my Elders," and then walked off. So awesome. We had a less active that drove us down to the meeting and after we dropped V off the less active named C and us had the coolest talk.

     C is one of my favorite guys in the whole branch and we sometimes go over to his house in the mornings to work out with him. It has been really hard for him these past couple months because his family was trying to force him to do a Hmong wedding (basically where you get really drunk, pay a dowry to the wife's family, and then bow to them for an hour) but he stood up to them and did the American way. They all got so mad at him and the wife's  family doesn't respect him anymore and it has been hard on his wife. But as we were sitting in the car he just talked about that even though he hasn't been able to make it to church that he still knows this is true and that there is nothing his family can do to take that away. I was so pumped when I heard him say that. It is cool to see the Hmong people when even though everything in the world is against them, they rise above all of it and do what's right. Hopefully C can keep going and come back.

     And dad, as for my studies this last week. I think the thing that stuck out to me the most was patience. I've felt that one of the most important things for me to learn on my mission is to be patient. I guess the work really kind of takes care of itself most of the time but we need to be patient on the Lord and wait for things to be done in His time not ours. I love President Monsen's talk, "Patience-A Heavenly Virtue"

      But that's all for now and I'm glad Sun Valley was fun. Tell Libby that I think her bucket list is super awesome, especially the part about paying for someone in the drivethru. But TTFN and have a great week.

 

        -Muaj Zoo

    

Pictures: Elder Moss and I were on a nighttime stroll and decided to get this awesome picture.