A Quick Note

This week was awesome! I don't have enough time to email everything so I will catch you all up next week!

Notable events: This week I went on two exchanges. They were fun. One of them I was riding a bike. I have never ridden a bike with a harder seat! Hahaha. Also, I had a meeting called DLC with the Mission President and some other missionaries! It was super good!

Love Yall bye!

-Elder Yskes

  

Rob Hneev - Hmong Crossbow Gift

Jan 9: today we did a lot of work organizing the names we got at Hmong New Years. Then we had a meeting and tried visiting people.

Jan 10: Today I went on exchanges with Elder Hinckley. My companion and I and the other Hmong Elders had a competition to see who could find more investigators. The loser has to buy the winner Sonic shakes. We tied... Bummer... But all of us found people to teach so that was good! 

Jan 11: Today we outsmarted a Guard Dog! It was going to eat us so I distracted it while Elder Israelsen knocked on the door. They didn't answer but we both came out alive so that was good! We also went to visit some awesome members. One of them gave us a Rab Hneev which is basically a Hmong Crossbow. That will look pretty cool on our wall! 

Jan 12: Today we were super busy and visited a lot of cool people. Not anything super that happened but it was a good day! 

Jan 13: Today we were able to start teaching some pretty cool people. Then we had a pizza party. There is a member that owns a little Caesars so that was pretty awesome! 

Jan 14: Church was really good today! A ton of people came compared to normal because the time changed to start at 12:30 PM instead of 9:00 AM. And it is a New Year so everyone wants to come back to church so that is good. 

Well overall it was a good week! Hope everyone has a good one! 

-Elder Yskes

Transfers this Week

I forgot my journal and don't have very much time so sorry for the shorter email.

Transfers were this week. I got switched to the other side of Fresno and my companion will be Elder Israelsen but I am still in Pioneer Park. 

The area I am in now is a lot different dynamic than the other side of Fresno but it is still fun! 

This week we started contacting the couple hundred people we met at Hmong New Years. It is super fun! 

Not too much happened this week other than that. One of our investigators that has been investigating for about 8 months is progressing towards baptism so that is awesome! 

Our Bishop has become a lot more "missionary minded" over the last year. He has always been great to us missionaries but now he is going out of his way to help us to be the most effective that we can be so that is super super awesome to see.

Love yall!

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-Elder Yskes

Hmong New Year Celebration

Dec 24: Today we had our church Christmas program  It was really awesome! There was a lot of singing and such. It was super cool to hear the Christmas story in Hmong.

Dec 25: Christmas! Today I was able to Skype home! It was super exciting to see everyone! Also, today we were allowed to watch Moana! It was the first time I had ever seen it because it came out on my mission. It was super good though! 

Dec 26 - Jan 1: HMONG NEW YEAR!!!!!!!

      It was super awesome! We had a both at Hmong New Year where we talked to people about the church all day every day this week! We were able to learn a ton about the Hmong Culture and meet a lot of cool people! Overall, we got 252 referrals from people we met! Super exciting! 

Dec 31: New Years Eve was super fun too! We had a bonfire with our Zone and Mission President. It was fun! President told us transfers as well. I am staying in Fresno and will be companions with Elder Israelsen. It is going to be fun!  

Love Yall!! 

-Elder Yskes