P-Day 25

Nyob zoo,

It was awesome being able to skype with you on Christmas and I cannot wait until Mother's Day! It warmed up to 42 degrees here today and warming up!

Well since I just talked I don't have much to say besides about Saturday and Sunday! Well Saturday we went to Hmong New Years. It was a lot of fun. It was weird being the only white person in the whole dome. Everybody would walk by and say "Hello" to me so of course I would say "Nyob zoo'os, koj nyob li cas xwb'os"

Vue Yang, one of our members, is a leader in the Hmong community and was in charge of the the 3 day event. He was also Emceeing the event. He knew we were there but whenever we went anywhere near the stage we hid our faces from him. At all the Hmong New Years, they are famous for calling up the missionaries to sing Hmong songs. Maybe if the other Elder Vang was here we would go do it.

We had a few really cool less actives in the soccer tournament so we watched their Saturday game. They lost because Her Vang, the goalie and member, caught a kick and went to bring it down to his waist and it slipped out and went into the goal. We will go and give him grief at his house for throwing the ball into the goal ;-P

So at Hmong festivals they have this game where you literally stand and throw a tennis ball back and forth and it is a flirting game. Yes... To Hmong people playing catch is flirting. But anytime we walked the area I would get 3 or 4 balls thrown at me and they would tell me to come play. I can't I'm a missionary!

We are going back today with our district that is here in Anchorage.  If Vue Yang sees us all, I think he will call us all up.

Yesterday was our last day in the relief society room! We are meeting in the Chapel now! Yayayayay

Funny story. On Saturday we forgot it that the next day was Sunday and we were really really low on gas and we just said we would fill up tomorrow. Well.. We woke up and realized it was Sunday. We had just enough to get to church, dinner, and home. We ended up just staying at President Lee's from after church to 9 because we had no gas to go anywhere. We barely had enough to get gas this morning. It was a
definitely a miracle we could drive far enough to get some for sure.

Love you!
Hayden

Christmas 2015

 Elder Frey and Elder Vang spent Christmas morning with Joanna and her family-opening gifts and having breakfast.

Two moose put on quite a show for them.  In fact, they were there longer than anticipated because the moose prevented them from leaving.

Elder Frey was able to facetime with family.

 He is so HAPPY!

Elder Frey’s Hmong name tag

The gang’s all here!  So much fun to talk to Elder Frey with everyone there.  We laughed and joked almost the whole time.  He did bear his testimony in Hmong and things got a little emotional for me.  It was hard to say good-bye!

P-Day 24

Hi Mom,

It's not cold at all right now. It's been above freezing 2 this week and sits in the mid to high twenties. Dudley has a lower average temperature then Anchorage. Although, Christmas Eve is supposed to be -5 as  the high.

The Hmong people are awesome! I don't see much of anybody else. Mee Lee bought me a really neat book. It tells a story of a Hmong refugee which is basically the story of the Hmong. President Lee as a similar story, Sister Her has an amazing story. The Hmong people were running from their lives from the Laos communists and the North Vietnamese. They fought with the US and when they pulled out they ran from place to place and tried to escape in Thailand. They guy in the book paid his way across the Mekong but President Lee, along with most of the Hmong, floated across on trash bags, hiding from the soldiers, to go in Thailand. There they waited in horrid conditions until they could be sponsored into other cities.

Friday I can skype home with you all. I will call you on the phone and we will set a time and set it up. I will probably just use FaceTime because it is easier and both you and Dad have it. Can you send me your phone number and I will do so Friday.

What a wonderful week this was. Every week is good up here because guess what?! I'm still in Alaska. The greatest place on earth. I don’t think you can get tired of a place like this. There is something new almost every day.

It was my first week with my new companion. 6 months out and I have had 1 companion! He was my trainer and then I "killed" him off and he went home. Apparently I'm a serial killer or something because my next companion, Elder Vang, is going home after this transfer. We have no more Hmong speakers coming out as of right now. I will probably train
a brand new missionary and he will get the best surprise ever! Like I did.

Lately I have been asked a lot what speaking Hmong is like. It is a tonal language. Not only does a word depend on pronunciation, but also the tone and how you say it. In Thai and Laotian, there are 5 tones. In Hmong there is 8. It's a pretty interesting and fun language to speak. It is also an unusual language. How many people do you know can say they speak Hmong?!

This week we did a lot of service for the storehouse. We helped them load pallets with food and onto the trucks. Then we helped them unload and distribute. It was an amazing thing to do during this Christmas season. I hope it made the difference in many people's lives.

We also went "Carol Tracting." We got a few missionaries together and we went around Anchorage and knocked on people's doors and sang to them. It was awkward sometimes but as a missionary, nothing is ever awkward. A lot of people appreciated it and a lot of people.. Not so much but we had a lot of fun and enjoyed some hot chocolate and
volleyball afterwards!

Elder Vang, or "Elder Vaj Me" (Small Elder Vang) as the Hmong people call him, is awesome. I've known him for about 3 months now and we knew we would serve together a long time ago. He is a funny man. He is care free and doesn't stress. It makes me not stress about anything too! We have a lot of fun and work hard.

Sorry if my English is poor. Writing, and even sometimes, speaking in it is funky!! Have a good week! 
Love you, Sib ntsib dua
Hayden

Pics from Joanna

Regular smiles

 Hmong smiles

Getting ready to sing at the Christmas party

Trying to get back a “stolen” microphone

Taking the leftovers to the food bank

Pot luck after Elder Vang’s Last Sunday at church

“Look over there!"

Pics from the Week

Baptism of Jaynee, Anthony and Lauren

Pao, his wife, and her two sisters

#PriesthoodSquad 

(Most of them at least.  Some went home and some were sick.)

The Pao Xiong Boys

Pao Xiong’s family

minus Emily, who is in Cambodia on her mission

Mee Lee, her two sons, her daughter and her grandson

Paj Kub’s sons

Paj Kub, her sons, her granddaughters, as well as President Lampert

Sister Her and her son, “Her"

P-Day 23

Nyob Zoo!

Today is technically the first day of my 5th transfer in Alaska. What
a beautiful and remarkable state this is. There is no where else like
it and the pictures and videos you see of it do no justice to the
beauty of this place; and I am only in the Anchorage area.

This week we got our transfer calls. Unfortunately my companion for my
whole mission so far, Elder Ryan Vang, is going home. He was an
awesome companion and one of my best friends. I will be quoting him my
whole mission. He was one hard worker and faithful individual. I am
sad he is leaving but happy he can move on with the rest of his life
ahead of him.

My new companion will be... Elder Jamal Vang! This is his last
transfer in the mission field. He has previously served in the Hmong
branch for about a year. He is coming back for one last one. In
mission terms, I am killing him off. I have talked with him a few
times and I am excited to serve with him for one transfer.

After he leaves, I will be the only person with any sort of clue about
Hmong on the mission. We have no Hmong missionaries or Hmong speaking
missionaries coming out. So I will be here for a while. I will either
get an experienced missionary and he will stall until we can hopefully
get one, or I will train a Meskas and we will stay together for an
extended period of time.

One missionary in the mission office asked me: "Where do you think you
will go when you leave the Hmong branch?" I replied: "Home" because I
won't leave!  We had a large "Family gathering" with most of the
active members and I told them I will not leave this branch. At the
end, Grandmother Her, came up to me and talked to me in Hmong but then
said: "I love you" in English. It was the best thing ever! She must of
been practicing or something.

This week we had a baptism of 3 people. Jaynee and Anthony, as well as
Lori's daughter Lauren. It was a great way to finish off the transfer.
Me and Elder Vang finished with 21 baptisms together in 6 months.
Besides the baptism it was just visiting people all week for Elder
Vang and saying goodbye. I got to meet a lot of cool people in the
Klatt area of Anchorage.

Have a wonderful week, Sib Ntsib Dua!
Elder Hayden Frey

Pics from the week

P-Day 22

Nyob Zoo!

What a wonderful week this was as always. We get to go around and
teach a message about Christ and the new Christmas initiative found at
Christmas.mormon.org. The Church did a wonderful job creating the
website with many videos about the importance of Christ so make sure
that you check it out and share it on your social media accounts!

We had a funny yet amazing miracle. One of our "Golden" investigators,
Lori, turns out to be an member! She went to a baptism of ours and she
thought she was. We had her go to our branch clerk and it turns out
she was baptized!

We had a really busy week that included 9 lessons on Thursday. We
picked up a few new investigators. Our branch is growing and growing.
Good news, next year we are moving into the chapel! We currently meet
in the relief society room but we will be in the chapel in 2016. I
also got the opportunity to conduct this month again. And I did it all
in Hmong! That was fun.

We picked up another baptismal commitment. Elder Goodsell my ZL came
to the Hmong branch. We went around and visited some people. We were
driving to go in and we decided to visit one more person. We visited
this LA. He is a really cool dude who still has a testimony but he is
making the steps to come back. We talked sports, then taught a lesson
and then said a prayer. As we were leaving he said, "Hey my wife wants
to be baptized." It was awesome!

Little warmer this week. It's in the low 20s. A lot better than -10s!
We have a baptism this Saturday. 3 more are going into the water as we
say. So we will busy this week. We will also be busy because it's
Elder Vang's last week. We have to go around and see all the people he
wants to say goodbye too. I will miss him. He's been my comp for a
whole quarter of my mission. He is a stud missionary and he has made
his mark on this piece of the garden. I am thankful for him and the
influence he has had over me.

Have a wonderful week!
Elder Hayden Frey

P-Day 21

Hi Awesome Mother,

 

Dang... Thanksgiving was awesome!!! We went and played football and basketball from 9 am to Noon. Then we went to Mee Lee's. She cooked hecka (*tons of) food and we ate so much. Then she packed the rest and gave it to us. Our fridge is so full from all the leftovers we got that we cannot put anything more in there. We ate so much we just napped on her couch for 4 hours while watching Disney movies.  After that we went with Joanna and her family and ate 2 plates and immediately had to leave to eat with a chef we know... I think for the first time in my life I can say I couldn't fit anything more in my stomach. Apparently it isn't a bottomless pit.... Saturday, we were invited to a Hmoob Vwj (Hmong Vue) clan party and dang... I found out that it wasn't just a fluke, my stomach really does have an ending. No pumpkin pie though. 

 

Elder Vang goes home in two weeks... Crazy... He was my comp for the whole first quarter of my mission.

 

All the snow is gone because it warmed wayyyy up. One day it hit 54! That is almost summer temperatures. So I never got gloves.  It's back down to 20s now. 

 

Not much this week. Elder Vang was throwing up and we had lots of food. That's it pretty much.

 

Kuv hlub koj. 

Elder Frey

* I figured that's what it meant, but had to clarify.

 

Thanksgiving with Joanna's family

P-Day 20

Hi Kuv Niam.

The week was terrible, horrible, no good, very bad!! Jkjk, it was
awesome as always.  I'm good on stuff for Christmas. But I need gloves...
No gloves in that package at all.

This last week was pretty busy. We had a Thanksgiving party Saturday
and we spent most of the week preparing for it. When we weren't, we
were strengthening our Recent Converts and helping them to be centered
on Christ

We have even our investigators doing missionary work!! We had them
invite friends to the thanksgiving party and they were all super
interested! You can tell those who are prepared from those who aren't.
They have all seen God in their life and love to here our message! The
Hmong people are awesome!

Well, the thanksgiving party was a huge success. We invited the Chugach
foothills Ward and we set out chairs for 120. Then so many people
showed up we had to put out more tables and chairs for 60 more. Those
were filled up and we moved all the youth to the YW room so the adults
could sit and then that was filled! We had 210-220 people show up! It
was awesome! The joys of being a counselor.

This week will be really nice! Let's just say we have 3 dinners and
2-3 more potential dinners on Thursday... We were also invited to some
Hmong clan parties too so we have 3 dinners on both Friday and
Saturday... Best week of my life!!!!

Love you!
Elder Frey

From Elder Vang

Hello Sister Frey,

First I'd like to be apologize for emailing on a non P-day but I had
to somehow sneak this so that your son does not see or suspect
anything. He's a very smart person. I'm sure you know that. First I
just like to say that serving with your son has been one of the
greatest times of my mission. He exemplifies so many christlike
attributes and I know you're proud of him. And I hope you'll always
be. He is doing a marvelous work here and he'll be blessed with it. I
love him as my own brother. And I owe a lot to him for being the best
companion to me and all he has to do to put up with me. He has always
been prepared to serve in this area of the Lord's vineyard and I have
never doubted that for one moment.
Elder Vang

P-Day 19

Nyob Zoo Niam,

Koj nyob li cas? This will be my 4th transfer (6 months) in the
branch! We had interviews with President Robinson Saturday. It
basically went along the lines of "The missionary department won't
send me another Hmong speaking missionary, so you are the Hmong
speaking missionary." Basically as of right now it is possible for me
to spend my whole missionary here! I would love that. Elder Ryan Vang,
my current comp of 6 months, goes home this transfer. Elder Jamal Vang
goes home a transfer after that. Then it's just me! The only Hmong
speaker.

Oh transfer meeting.... President said we need to make our mission, our
areas and our companion ships "on fire." Then he came up to us after
and said that we need to give a training on what that means! We had 12
baptisms last transfer, 1/3rd of our mission transfer goal.. So we
were inspired and we decided to make our area on fire again... And we
went that night and put 3 more people on date! That's 4 for this
transfer so far that we have on date! We also saw the new Christmas
video.

You most likely won't find the new ChuFoo elder's mom. It is Elder Fernadez from the Philippines. How was Elder Uasike's talk? I'm guessing he talked about Bethel!

We went to the temple with the 6 we baptized last week, Vue Yang, and
Qaze and Gao Xiong. Vue Yang had the biggest smile on his face. He
brought names to do... but they weren't temple ready. He was a little
saddened by that but besides that, his face musta hurt after he was
smiling so big... Bao was pretty pumped too! She was the last of the
girls in line and she was pretty much jumping up and down waiting to
go do confirmations then baptisms! We then all went out to eat after.

Okay, here is a warning. I may buy gloves. It was -7 yesterday here.
With a windchill of -15! Brrrrrrrrr. I'm staying warm though.

Kub hlub koj
Tub Txib Fwm

P-Day 18

Hi Niam

 

What a stressful but amazing week! By the way I am completely better now! I had to drink a case or two of Gatorade a day but I am better now!

 

Our roads are soooo bad..... They are all ice and snow. Good thing I don't drive... There were 92 accidents in Anchorage last night. We got 6 inches overnight! And look at these temps...... -2 next week already.....

 

This week was scary and extremely stressful. It started out with the normal baptismal preparation: Getting speakers picked, getting the building reserved, etc. etc. All of that went smoothly. Then Wednesday comes the baptismal interviews. Since Elder Vang is the DL, he cannot do the baptismal interview and our ZLs have to do them. All 6 of the ones being interviewed speak English pretty good but they prefer Hmong since they were all born in Thailand. So me and Elder Vang got to act as translators. Everyone passed with flying colors! I got to sit in on Bao's and translate and it was the most spiritual interview I have ever been able to sit on. On every question she answered it and bore her testimony on it and how she gained that testimony. I don't ever remember teaching her all that stuff but she took the initiative to learn more about every topic we discussed and I think she is almost done reading the BoM too... What a stud!

So everything went well there. Thursday we get a call from Bao.... She said she didn't feel comfortable being baptized with her cousins and wanted to move it. We thought that was weird because she hangs out with her cousins all the time. We said we would talk to her on Friday and get this all straightened out and to move her date. 

Friday comes... Turns out her parents didn't know she was going to be baptized.... The day before we find this out! Not even the day before. After Hmong night at 9pm! When we are supposed to be packing up to go in.... So we promised her we would talk to them and that she would be baptized tomorrow. Well we went over there.... at 10pm.... Spirit of the law and letter of the law! (My ZL told me that one time so its approved :P) We talked with her parents. At first they were worried. Hmong people are way to superstitious.... They were like "Since we are old culture, if she gets baptized doesn't that mean she can't live with us.." Ugh! We told them that wasn't the case. Then after talking and talking and talking, finally the dad came up with this super crazy, totally incorrect theory but works for now. The dad said: "If her cousins get baptized then all the bad spirits will go to Bao if she isn't baptized" (Hmong people have this weird issues with bad vibes and bad spirits and their theories on them are completely wrong but hey it let her be baptized so we will correct that later.) So finally at 11pm, we got everything set for the baptism! And they were baptized!

 

There have been just wayyyy too many miracles these last few weeks. There have been lots of little things that just seem to be adding up to this giant picture. One day we were impressed to go to Lori Vue's house. We lost contact with them for a long time and we wanted to see how they were doing. We got there and then told them about the Building halloween party. She said she was actually looking for something for her 7 year old son to do that day and that she would bring her family. Well, she came. Turns out Mai Nhia, our super awesome RS second counselor who is just killing it right now, is her cousin in law. They knew each other and Mai Nhia invited them to church. So they came because they felt a little more comfortable now that they knew Mai Nhia. So when they come, it happens to be the week Sunday School is teaching "Eternal Marriage." So, everytime we did service for Lori in that past she would ask us questions about how families can be together forever. She really loves that topic and the week she comes is the week we happened to have that topic in Sunday School. It is also the Sunday before Bao and them are being baptized. We had all these new Young Women coming and they actually went and showed Lori's daughter Lauren around. Bao talked to her about Baptism and what it is.

 

We are sitting in district meeting, since it is the last one of the transfer we were talking about the miracles throughout the transfer. Me and Elder Vang talked about Bao and her cousins. When we finished we got a text and I opened it. Lauren texted us saying she wanted to be baptized. We were like "Well here is another miracle" and read the text. We just cracked jokes that we just sit around and wait for people to text us asking to be baptized. 

 

We had never really talked to Lauren. We go over there and talked to her. She just said that Bao's words about baptism resonated inside of her and she had a feeling this is what she needed to do and she wanted to be baptized on December 12th and she didn't know what to do. We had never taught this girl anything and she felt like this is what she needed to do... Holy Ghost! So we are teaching her and preparing her for that. 

 

Joanna was released from Primary that same week that Lori came. Lori is a single mother right now, Joanna felt prompted to go sit next to her in Sunday School and RS. They are about the same age and they just hit it off. Lori opened up about everything to her and they have become great friends. 

 

The ward has seen how hard me and Elder Vang have worked. They have become really missionary minded. Anytime someone new is there now, they flock and fellowship. Everyone that comes feels comfortable now. Our number in attendance is growing rapidly every week. We have to bring in a lot of extra chairs into the RS room for sacrament meeting now. Less actives are coming, people I have never seen before, our investigators. It is crazy! The work is going by wayyyyy too fast right now. It is hectic. Lots and lots of miracles and things adding up. 

 

Oh yeah and Saturday we are going to the temple with Bao and her cousins to do baptisms for the dead!

 

I am staying in the Hmong branch with Elder Vang. 6 months with one comp... I love it! Me and him have become best friends. This is his last transfer before he goes home too :/

 

I have to send the pictures in a second email but they are coming!  Have a wonderful week! 

Elder Frey

 

 Bao and her mom

 

 

Halloween 2015

The Hmong and Choo Foo Elders dressed for Halloween.  I didn't get this picture in my email, but the mom of a sister missionary in their district sent it to me.

P-Day 17

Nyob Zoo Niam!

Kuv nyiam lub kaum hli tshaj lub kaum ib hli. Kuv tsis nyiam thaum tes poob los. Kuv tsis tau xis nyob thiab kuv yuav mus saib tus nais maum tagkis.* Hehehe!

Okay I'll write in English...

Hi Niam!
**I went to the nurse and I told her about my symptoms, specifically my head. She checked for a concussion, nothing there. But my blood pressure will randomly drop from 126/80 to 106/56, especially when I stand. She thinks there is still some dehydration and I will continue to drink and drink as I have been. She told me to eat more greens (Thats hard here in the hmong branch) and to try a multivitamin. I will check back with her in a week. (**Written mid-week last week).

I bought lots of good foods to eat. I'm still having those problems. Yesterday during church it was particularly bad and I had to walk out of sacrament and classes. I'm going to see the nurse again tomorrow.

I think we are still (singing at the transfer meeting)! Practicing tonight. It's going to be us 4 Hmong speakers. Elder Styler is going home so we are singing God be with you til we meet again in Hmong!

Bao is being baptized this Saturday with her cousins! Okay so I have no cool stories this week. It was rough with the medical things.

Bowling today with the zone. It's snowed the last 3 days and is
supposed to for the next week. Roads are closed. Lots of ice so we have to be careful.

There is someone coming this transfer from San Tan Valley, Drew Johnson? I don't know where he is from in STV. I'll find out.

Love you!
Hayden

*Translation (according to Google):
Dear Mother!
I like October better than eleven months (November) . I do not like when snow falls . I can not get comfortable and I could see the nurse tomorrow.

P-Day 16

Hi mom!

Dang, all the clothes you send me fit, but are on the larger side... Do you think I'm getting fat :P They fit and work well! I love them and thank you so much for them.

 

We killed it when we could work. I got really sick during the week. At first I thought it was awful food poisoning. I was throwing up all day for a 24 hour period. Anytime I would try to eat or drink anything I would throw it up. It was awful and I went almost 30-35 hours without anything because I couldn't keep it in. I thought it was food poisoning but I have some lingering things that I am watching carefully. I get dizzy at random times, I have headaches that seem like they are right behind the eyes. When I get dizzy there is pressuring in that same spot. I cannot seem to really hydrate no matter how much I drink. I don't have my appetite back fully. On Saturday we went to Texas Road House and I ate 2 rolls and my fries and I literally couldnt eat anything more. I saved the ribs and I managed to slowly gnaw away at them. I was just wondering if you had an idea of what that could be? I am watching it carefully and I will talk to the mission nurse if this keeps going on.**

 

So there is this old potential investigator Elder Vang had in this area a year ago. She is the daughter of a LA (less active). Yesterday we felt prompted to go to that house. When we saw her we shared with her the Because He Lives video and a message about Christ and how he can bring us hope and comfort in this life. Well she opened up to us about all these struggles and really bad things that have happened to her in her life and how she was super depressed and was trying to find ways to find peace and that it was exactly what she needed. It was great! We were prompted to go there. 

 

The family is awesome! We met with them a few times. Super Golden. Good thing me and Elder Vang know our stuff!! They asked deep doctrinal questions, like where the Garden of Eden was, the color of Jesus's eyes etc. You know your investigators are golden when they ask questions and want to learn as well as keep commitments. Bao is as awesome as ever! We just finished up teaching her! The law of chastity.  Her cousins, that family we have on date, have said Bao has changed since even before the game thing. They said since she has been meeting with us and going to church she has talked a lot more and not been as shy. When we played ultimate frisbee with her one Hmong night, she got so into it and was having fun and laughing. It was awesome! Things are going well besides the little sickness! 

 

Love you!

Elder Frey

**I told him to go to the nurse now rather than wait.  I also deleted a few graphic descriptions of his illness.

 

 Petting a moose

 Celebrating some Birthdays- Joanna's and one of the other Elder's.

 Enjoying Cream Soda

Watching "Happy Feet".  (Apparently that is allowed)

P-Day 15

Hi Mother,

We taught Bao the Plan of Salvation this week and we talked about
baptisms for the dead. She was really excited. She has names right now ready to take to the temple and she isn't even baptized yet! She is so excited to be baptized. We have 2 more lessons with her and they are getting done this week.

So our record for people was shattered again. We had 65 people show up! It was awesome! We had a ton of less actives there too! As well as 15 investigators this time. It was a good week! Lots of drama but you know.

Hope you have a good week! Love you!
Hayden

First baptism that he performed a baptism.

Lucky the Moose



P-Day 14

*Elder Frey asked me to censor out some names and other sensitive information before posting, so I hope this makes sense...

Hi lovely mother!

Okay so I read your email then it disappeared so I'm replying based off of memory.

The one in Joanna's pictures is Tsemeng, President Lee's son.
President Lee is a perfect BML because he speaks Hmong, Thai, Laotian, and English. So he covers all but Cambodian and Mien. Which we have none of, yet.

My ponderize scripture is 1 Nephi 13:37

Talk about a wonderful sabbath day.. We had 60 people show up! We filled up the whole relief society room. We had 15 investigators there too! We are hopefully moving into the chapel soon. We have had ridiculous high attendance lately; the highest in the branch's
history! The Lord is hastening his work.

Miracles... There was a huge one this week. It is a long story. I will
take time to type it out because it is wonderful!
One day we were tracting in a trailer park. Me and Elder Vang always collect loose change when we see it. We saw a quarter on the ground. After stopping to pick it up, we decided to just go knock on that door. While walking up we saw a quarter on their porch and we picked it up.  We went over and knocked and it was a a very young married couple (Younger then me!!). Their parents were shaman, but they said they believed in God and they had some questions. We sat down the them for about two hours and talked then talked about the restoration and Book of Mormon. They were excited. While leaving there was a quarter in that same spot where we picked one up early. It was a bread trail to their house. Not only did we find some amazing investigators but also $.75!

We tried to get in contact with them and we couldn't. The house we saw them at wasn't theirs. We got their number and we called and no one picked up. One day while tracting we felt an overwhelming urge to go to that house. We went and knocked on that house and they were there!

They were church shopping and they visited a lot of different
churches. They didn't like any of them. They started meeting a
Jehovah's Witness and they just didn't feel it was right. That night the wife had a dream with us in it and something told them to go to that house at 2. So when we showed up at 2 they knew this was the right church.

So they came to church this week. They called us and asked where we met again and times and they said they and their sisters would go. This is where it gets really whacky. They show up to church yesterday. Bao (the girl he mentioned last week) did too. They saw each other after sacrament because we got them together to show them where to go. Turns out that family were her cousins and her cousin in law...  Neither had a clue we were teaching each other,
neither did we, but it really shows that the Lord knows his work more then us!

They all have an insane amount of fellowshippers. Everyone took them in. We didn't commit the family to baptism, they committed themselves along with the ward encouraging them to join. All on the family's first day. We are going to help them through this with President Lee and President Lampert. Then we just need to find them a date when they are all available! And teach them the lessons.

Along with that, Bao committed herself to baptism on October 29th! We brought her to a baptism and she felt the spirit so strong (btw baptism #7 happened on Saturday! It was a part member family). It was awesome.

Funny story too! We were talking to Bao after church asking
when we can meet with her. We asked if Wednesday at 5 works, she responded, "Not really, I have to go to Young Women's night." My heart swelled up with joy! It was so awesome. She is a stud.

Funnier story. That family, the two youngest have very interesting names. The first one is Yauxej, which in English is Joseph. The youngest is YuTha, which is pronounced "Utah." Their shaman parents had no clue.

We have another baptism this Saturday... We are dunking 6 people! The Hmong branch is killing it right now! Soon we will be a ward!

Hope you have a good week!
Elder Frey

 

 Not sure what these building are or if he's just showing us the snow.