Monday September 18th Weekly

Nyob zoo os!

Sorry this one will be a  little short. This week we had zone conference and had some trainings on Facebook and someways we can use it to teach people. It was a good conference. We also got our flu shots at zone conference. Walmart people came and did it for us and it was paid for by the church. 

We had a ysa fireside which was actually by a campfire. It was good and Cindy who just came back from her mission shared experiences from her mission. During church one of the members got in a car crash, but she still came to the fireside which I thought was cool. 

We have 4 Hmong Elders coming out on October 4th so we will kind of have a mini transfer. They come here during the middle of the transfer so I will probably be transferred then and I don't know where. Anyways I love you all and I will talk to you later!

Elder Bullock 

 What I look at on p day at Cabelas

Zone conference

Weekly

Nyob zoo os! 

This week has been pretty good! We had another missionary come back out which I think I already mentioned, but they are living with us and it is really nice because we can speak the language more.

Last week we went to State fair, so sorry for those of you I did not reply to! But it was super fun! We went to a Hmong stand and talked to the Hmong grandmas. They made this nice almost like suit coats things and she made us try them on and take pictures with her. I don't have the pictures but when I get them I will send them. It rained on us pretty good too. We were walking around in the rain and this guy was saying "Elders come here". He was a member from Idaho and he is in charge of the Sling shot thing that throws you up in the air. He let us ride it for free in the rain! It was super awesome! I would definitely do it again. There were also a lot of Hmong singers there since it was Hmong day.

So this week we found 9 new investigators! We had some pretty cool miracles! We found 7 of those in an hour. We asked the Lord to tell us where to go and we would be there at a specific time and every house we went to they were super accepting and took a Book of Mormon. We knocked on this house and this 15ish year old kid answered and we talked to him a little bit and told him a little about what we do and he said he was actually thinking about going to a church and we asked if we could come in. He said yeah and he took us back to his room and there were 4 other kids back there and we taught them all! They were all cool and took a Book of Mormon! Super cool!

Anyways nothing else really happened, but I hope y'all have a good week! Sib ntsib dua!

Elder Nyiaj 

13 month mark!

Nyob zoo os!

I hit my 13 month mark yesterday and man it seems like time is flying. It's crazy to be out over a year now. I still feel like I just came out so its pretty legit. 

So we found out about transfers today and I am staying in St Paul with Elder Lis Xeeb (Lucero)! Elder Xob Laim (Sele) and Elder Yaj (Yang) are staying in Minneapolis and we are opening up a Hmong area since we have another missionary coming out. His name is Elder Hwj Chim (Hutchins) and he came out and went home for a little bit, but he comes back on Wednesday and he is going to be with Elder Hua Vam (Hutchinson). So Elder Lis Xeeb and I will be covering Frogtown Hmong and Elders Hwj Chim and Hua Vam will cover Eastside Hmong. We have a bunch of Elders coming out in the middle of this transfer too so we will open another area in Minneapolis and another area somewhere else. 

So that lady, Catherine, we gave a blessing to a a week or two ago texted us and told us that her Chemo has stopped the growth of her cancer and that she is a candidate for a new procedure that has a 40% chance of curing her and like 90% chance she will live longer than 5 years. That was super cool to see the priesthood work through us. 

So every day this week we have been going on walks with Tsim Meej and he has already gotten a lot stronger and is not getting as sore. Every time we teach a lesson and then read the Book of Mormon with him. We asked him to watch the hour long video of the Prophet of the Restoration video and he said he cried during it and that he knows Joseph Smith is  Prophet! He is so solid. He pretty much told us he is getting baptized someday. The reason he can't now is because of his family. 

We had interviews with President on Thursday and he pretty much said I was staying so I already knew. So that was good. He is such a good guy and I really like him. 

One of the Young Women recent convert, Pa Ying, ran away from home one night and we got a called from the mom and she asked us to help look for her so we called our mission President and he told us that he didn't have a good feeling. So we called the mom that we couldn't go, but that we would pray for her and so all four us of in the apartment knelt down and said a prayer and a few minutes later we got a call that she had come back! It was really crazy because we had just seen her earlier that day. Super cool miracle. Then the next day we got to church and then got a call from them and their car wouldn't start so we went and helped them jump start it. We were a little late to our meetings, but that's alright. Then after church we had a potluck with a bunch of Hmong food. I am starting to like it more, but there are a few things I can't eat. Then after that their car wouldnt start again so we jumped it again. This little girl was sitting in the front seat pretending to drive, it was so cute. She always plays peek a boo with me haha. 

This week Elder Moore and Elder Condie got in an argument which led to Elder Moore calling President and he put Elder Moore with a Zone Leader, Elder Cardwell, and the other Zone Leader, Elder Dyerly came and stayed with Elder Condie for a few days. Elder Moore got transferred out and Elder Condie is staying. Elder Condie might be moving out of the apartment though so that the other Hmong Elders can stay with us, but we don't know yet. I really like Elder Condie though and I am glad I got to be around him this transfer. Speaking of friends, Elder Huntley is staying in Duluth another transfer! He has been there for 6 months already! He stayed 5 transfers in Red Wing and now 5 transfers in Duluth. 

Well that's about all I got! Kuv yuav tham rau koj lub as thiv tom ntej no! Kuv nco nej ntau! 

Elder Nyiaj

Birthday

President and Sister Barney 

St Paul