General conference this weekend and I can't wait. Sometimes I forget that almost everyone in the world doesn't know what conference is and so when I tell them that once every six months the living prophet and his Apostles are going to speak to us and they get the chance to hear this weekend and they stare back at me with a completely blank face, I get really confused why they aren't excited too. But anyways I can't wait for the feast of the Spirit all of us get to enjoy.
This week was a really humbling week filled with great new investigators that are progressing really well. But I definitely learned never to judge a book by its cover. We have an investigator named P and her two kids that want to get baptized but it is being held off because the husband still does shamanism. As they described this man I honestly just felt sick, he is never home, he parties with his friends all the time, he doesn't pay for any of the kids stuff, he is abusive and many other things. We have been tying to meet with him but the mom and kids are to scared of what he will say and do to us if we do. My first thought honestly was ,"Wow, what kind of man is this?" Then I heard his story. Growing up in Laos he became a soldier at 16 and some of the guns were to heavy for him to carry. Most of his family was murdered in the village where he grew up. As he was running through the jungle from the Vietnamese, he had to carry his mom on his back because she was sick and while he was carrying her, she was shot and killed. He had to eat bugs that he found in rotten logs and went without food or water for a 2-3 days at a time. Then I realized why this man had become so rough. We have a meeting with him this Saturday to talk about his families baptism and I hope that if nothing else, he can at least find some peace for the things he has had come to him in the past. These people's stories really has helped give me such a better appreciation for God's plan for all of us and truly a love for these people. When the Hmong people speak of the past, they don't speak with anger in their voice, or with hatred for the people who did these terrible things. They simply explain that is how life is, and it is up to all of us to make the best of it. Now when American people ask the question, "How could God let such bad things happen to His children if He's really there?" I can't help but think, "Go talk to the Hmong people, they were the ones all the bad stuff happened to, and they're not crying about it."
Also Super Cool miracle this week. Elder Hardy and I saw some people having a party in their backyard so we walk back their and we see a guy with ALMA 32:21 tattooed on his arm. We go up and talk to him and found out he met with the missionaries a few years ago but then both of them got transferred and no one came back. He is so prepared and I guess God really does work in mysterious ways.
Love all yall and have a good week.
-Elder Henrie
Pictures: Awkward comp pics.
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