Hmong Festival

This week was another week of teaching English. Nothing too exciting. We ended up spending a lot of time with the deaf kids. Other than that, brother Meeno, the one I talked about a few weeks ago, left back to Australia to go to school again, so we said good bye to him. 

Elder Saunders and Elder Smith-Driggs went to a different part of Laos for some DIC (Deseret International Charities) business. They were visiting schools and presenting bathrooms that DIC constructed. They had a good time, but it left us a little short of teachers all week. 

Since we did culture week I have found myself a lot more similar to a Lao person. I don't really use the AC anymore and I eat a lot more Lao food now, it is kind of funny.

Today we went to a Hmong festival. Hmong are a mountain tribe up here in Laos. They have their own language and culture and everything. So we went to that and it was a lot of fun. The main attraction at this festival is a game you play where you throw a ball back and forth underhand. There is really no point to the game except to talk to people and get to know them. Everyone at the Hmong festival was dressed up in really nice traditional clothing. It was a pretty fun day and we got to learn some new culture stuff. 

Our investigators are still doing good. We call them and they are all still reading there scriptures and praying every day. They are just waiting for a church building.

We are trying to do as much as we can here for the members while we wait for our building. The government makes it really hard. We can't really teach people or even share spiritual thoughts in people’s homes for fear of getting in trouble. Sometimes we can, when everyone in the house is a member. We have been starting to see that toll take place on the members. We got the church deed this week but now the government sent us a letter saying that we couldn't have a church there because it is too close to a university. This was way sad news to get because we thought we would be having meetings there this Sunday, I had to just go home and read the scriptures for an hour or so to get over it. So now we are back to a stage of not knowing when we will have a building. It is a little frustrating but I am sure when we do get a church it will be great and the member’s faith will eventually be strengthened because of this trying time.  

Well that is all for today

-- Elder Cheney

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