Nyob zoo fam. Hope you're all doing well. Thanksgiving looked like a good time, but honestly I had a great Thanksgiving out here so I didn't miss you all too much... we'll be back together next year too, haha, so that's cool. But there's a ton to talk about this week, so I'm gonna try to sum it all up quick.
Transfers: Well, I'm headed back to Yuba City, haha. I
couldn't really believe it when I saw the transfer board, but I did have the
feeling that my time was up here in Oroville. So right now, Elder Vang and
Elder Buck are up in Chico, Elder Peem Tsheej and I are here, then Elder Kelsey
and Elder Gunsay are down in Yuba City.. and what's happening is Elder Vang is
training the new elder up in Chico, Elder Peem Tsheej is gonna stay here and be
the new district leader (that's my boy) and Elder Kelsey is coming back up here,
and then Elder Buck will be my new companion down in Yuba. So it's kind of like
they are resetting the area, but then it's also not like that cuz I already
served there for 9 months... but I have heard that there is a lot of good work
down there right now, so I don't feel as bad leaving all of the good work up
here... And plus I'll be able to talk to all of the people who I couldn't talk
to when I started my mission, so that will be cool. I'm pretty excited to go,
just really sad to be leaving here. It's like leaving your family all over
again. And going back down, I'll be covering a different English ward as well,
so I won't know any of those people, but that's ok. Also, I'll be the district
leader for the district, and we will have a bunch of solid people, and I'll be
able to do an exchange back in Wheatland, so that will be cool.
Thanksgiving: So Thanksgiving dinner we spent with the Chue family. They BBQ'd a bunch of steak, pork, and had some angel wings and rice and salad... and then some mashed potatoes, cuz Thanksgiving, haha. But it was like the best Hmong Thanksgiving ever, totally beats miskas Thanksgiving, even if I didn't get any homemade rolls. Then on Saturday, the Chues had us over again for their legit thanksgiving dinner where they invited family over from Sacramento area. They threw down so much good food again. It was amazing. And they adopted Elder Peem Tsheej into their clan, so that was cool. And they all made jokes that I was from General Vang Pao's family cuz I'm a Vang, so it was really fun. I'm gonna miss them a ton.
Mission tour: So last Tuesday, Elder Weatherford Clayton
from the Seventy came to our mission. It was pretty cool. He taught us a lot of good
stuff, and we were able to have like the whole mission counsel about the people
we found in Biggs. Too bad I won't be here to follow through with those plans, haha. Also, said goodbye to Elder Gunsay. That was super sad. I'm gonna miss him
a ton. He's such a good guy. But one of the things I learned a lot from the
mission tour was just to teach simply and cut out all the unnecessary stuff, so I've been trying to do that. ALSO, this is really important, I almost forgot. They announced a change in the missionary schedule for the Northwest American Region Missions. In order to protect prime proselyting time, Monday-Friday we
no longer can have dinner appointments... we have to cook our own food at 4,
then find from 5-7 and they want us to meet with members from 8-9 every
night. I have mixed feelings about the change, but it is what it is so I'll
happily go with it. We can at least still have dinner appointments on Saturday
and Sunday, but they want the less-actives or part-member families to feed us.
So if anyone has any good recipes that they like to make, send them to me cuz I'm going shopping tomorrow and don't know how I'm gonna survive like this, haha.
Other stuff... last Monday we had a super bomb lesson with
the Vang family in Biggs. They said they were going out of town for Thanksgiving,
but that they wanted to come to church the week after... they are just so
golden. They asked us so many good questions about Christianity, and we helped
them find all the answers and then taught them how to pray and it was just so
awesome. Yesterday we were able to meet with like almost all the members and
get pictures, but I'll send them next week and talk about them. They're awesome,
seriously like my family. I'm gonna miss them so much.
Sorry if this email is a little shorter. I got sick
yesterday and still feel pretty bad today, so the motivation is definitely
lacking, and I still have to pack everything, haha. On the bright side, they
packed it all up last week when we moved to Gridley, so it's a little easier.
Anyway, love you guys. Don't forget to do light the world and to read the book
of Mormon :)
Love, Elder Muaj Koob
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