This past week went by pretty dang quick. The time is just flying by out here it seems like. We worked hard this past week, but not a whole ton of progress from the people we're working with. The two most promising people we have for baptism aren't able to ever come to church because they work... but this past week we found out about a self-reliance class that is taught by the stake on Thursday nights. They already did it once in the Auburn stake, and everyone who took it either got a promotion or a better job. So we told Thaomee and Yang and Choua about that, hopefully they will come and by the end be more empowered to get better jobs so they can come to church!
We also worked a whole lot with the less-actives this past
week. We had one committed to coming to church, Bee, but then he didn't. Even
had a ride for him and everything. Another person we're teaching said she would
come if she is available, but she wasn't at church... I guess she wasn't
available, haha. One of the people we went to see, his wife came to church again
though! She came last week too, and hadn't been to church the whole time I've
been here, so that was pretty cool.
Went on an exchange with the zone leaders this past week. It
was really a good experience. I took over the area for the day, which I was
kind of nervous about, because we had a few lessons and a dinner appointment with
people that don't really speak English very good at all. Meanless to say, the
day before I was kind of doubting my abilities to speak Hmong, and so I decided
that I would go to their English area for the day... but, God had different
plans, haha. We taught a lesson through Facebook to someone in Washington, and
we had a member there to Skype in with us, and it was really great! The lady
has been coming to church and wants to be baptized probably like next month! So
that is super exciting. Dinner was awesome too. I was really able to
communicate and it really built my confidence that I actually can speak Hmong
well enough, even if Elder MacDonald is better than me and talks all the time.
For dinner too, we had fish. They basically just took a whole fish and deep
fried it, and then put in on our plates. We just ripped it apart with our
hands. They took off the head this time though, so that was pretty nice of
them.
Every year, all the Hmong people in the branches around here
get together and go camping. It's called Zions Camp. That was this past week. It
was out of our area, so we didn't go to it, but it was in Yuba's area, so they
went, and then the elders in Chico decided to just go too, so like we were the
only elders that didn't go and the branch gave us a really hard time about it
yesterday... which is funny, we were being obedient by not going. We told them
we didn't go cuz we had work to do, haha. They respected that.
Yesterday also was probably the highlight of the week,
probably month, maybe even year. The first counselor in the first presidency
came and visited our mission! The conference was just down in Gridley, and it
was from 5-7, but we got there at like 3. It was really fun to see all the other
missionaries from the north half of the mission. We took a picture with
President Oaks, and then after that we all got to shake his hand, and then the
meeting started. President and Sister Ward spoke for a few minutes, then Sister Oaks
spoke. I really liked what she said. One thing that stuck out to me was she
said that "When Pres. Oaks speaks somewhere, it's because that's where Jesus
Christ wants him to be speaking, not because his daughter and son in law are
running the mission."
But President Oaks was awesome. He started off with like 3 things that he told us the Spirit prompted him to talk about with us. So that was way cool. I'm just gonna send a picture of my personal notes, cuz I don't want to retype everything he talked about. But basically my biggest takeaway was that President Oaks really is Christ's Apostle. That's probably what the Spirit testified the strongest of to me.
But President Oaks was awesome. He started off with like 3 things that he told us the Spirit prompted him to talk about with us. So that was way cool. I'm just gonna send a picture of my personal notes, cuz I don't want to retype everything he talked about. But basically my biggest takeaway was that President Oaks really is Christ's Apostle. That's probably what the Spirit testified the strongest of to me.
Other things, we bought some fabric this past week and are
going to sew some ties today for pday. And this morning I finished the Book of
Mormon. I love the Book of Mormon so much. I think I've read it every day this
year. I don't know. Maybe I've missed a day or 2, but I've strived for every day. It truly
is God's word.
I love you guys!
Love,
Elder Muaj Koob
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