Hey family! This past week was actually pretty dang good! We tried a lot of different things, and had some success!! Right now, we're just chilling in the Toyota dealership... had to take the truck in for service again.
Tuesday was a good day. We had the whole afternoon so we
decided to try something different, and we baked cookies and delivered them to
less active members and our investigators. We wanted to try something new to
see if it would work, especially cuz after this past zone conference they told
us to not just keep doing the same thing over and over again. So we did and we
delivered and actually met some nice less active people, which was good. In
retrospect, it wasn't the most effective thing, but it was good because we're
trying new things. Also, something else new we did was an activity for the kids
of the Hmong branch. We did this cuz we have a family who is returning to
activity and they have a bunch of kids who we're are trying to help. So we
played volleyball for about an hour that night, and it was really good! We
shared a spiritual thought with everyone, and got to know the kids really well! So that was fun! The family didn't come to church on Sunday... but that is ok,
step by step.
Wednesday was a good day too. We did service for most of the
day. Pulled weeds for a member, and then we had an appointment fall through so
we tried a less active family and were able to do some unplanned service to
help them build a shed. We had a lesson with the Patterson family after that. It went pretty well. More on them later. Also, got the pizza, thanks so much
dad! It's fed us for the past week, haha.
Thursday was a good day as well, just a week full of a lot
of good days. We felt like we really needed to knock 4th street (which is super
ghetto) on Thursday, but we ran out of time because we were able to go help an
old Hmong grandma farm! She is kind of an investigator. She's been going through
really hard times, and we are trying to help her. So we went to go help her farm,
and she just had us watch her but we met a few other old grandmas! Highlight,
one of the grandmas we met said they have a group of like 7-10 Hmong grandmas
who get together on Tuesdays and she wants us to come meet them and they will
teach us more about farming and we will teach them the Gospel! So that is super
exciting! We are going to try and do that tomorrow. We will see how it goes!
The garden that they all farm at is a community garden run by Hmong people, and
honestly it's unbelievable. So nice, really big, tons of Hmong people. We are
going to try to farm there again and find some more people this week.
Friday we had district meeting. It was awesome. Really
stoked to be serving with the new people. Then we weekly planned, and had
dinner with the Fowles. They are like my favorite! Bro. Fowles was recently
made the Elder's Quorum President, and we got there and got talking and he was
like "yeah, sorry I stole Brother Zarges from ya" and I was like What???? Bro Zarges is now the 2nd counselor of the Elder's Quorum, so we are
getting a new ward mission leader. God answers prayers. I am so excited! I love
brother Zarges so much, don't get me wrong, but he was always so busy, and we
were getting NO help from the ward or the ward missionaries. So super pumped
for getting a new ward mission leader. It will probably happen next week. And Bro Fowles is
super missionary-minded, so that is exciting as well.
Saturday was Cinco de Mayo. We didn't eat any Mexican food
though, haha. Tons of Mexicans having parties though. We had time Saturday, so
we went back to 4th street and we found 2 new investigators tracting in just an
hour!!! So that was a miracle. It has been a long time since we have found new
investigators!
Sunday was good too, although nobody came to church. The
Xiong family has been drowning in finals week and work and what not, so we
haven't seen them for like 2 weeks and nobody came to church... but that's ok, I still love church. We really didn't have any time to proselyte because we study
so much.
But this week was also good because of what I've been
studying lately. I studied a ton about the small and simple things. In my
personal study, I got to Alma 36 and 37; those are some great chapters. But I
was really studying about the small and simple things we do everyday. Lately in
my mission, I've felt like I'm just in a grind. I've been in the same area for 7
months now, I'm only on my 2nd companion and nothing has really changed; most of
the missionaries around me get transferred after like 3 months, and if they stay
for 4 months that's really long.... so I've been here forever, and have at least
another month. So needless to say, my everyday has pretty much been the same
for the past forever. There are things we do everyday as people, just part of
life. And the small and simple things are the small habits we need to be
implementing every single day. For example, the primary answers: praying, reading, going
to church. But there are also other small things we can do that will make a big
difference over time, as Pres. Oaks talked about. Repenting before we take the
sacrament weekly. Daily seeking revelation. Our mission president talked
recently about making a personal study happen every single day so that it
becomes a habit for after the mission, just things like that. It made me
realize how many better habits I could be implementing that will make a big
difference over time... even things just as easy as like what we eat or
brushing our teeth, they will make a huge difference. So I invite you guys to
look at the things you do everyday, and make sure you're doing the important
things!
Love you guys!
-Elder Muaj Koob
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