Brother & Sister Hughes - Vietnam

  January 18, 2024   Hello,  I realized as I went to bed I had not written a letter on Monday. Today I have been planning a farewell dinner for are elders going home. I worked on the newsletter for 4 hours, I also did some of the medical notes. I have been answering texts, emails, phone calls and messages with the rest of my time except when I took a break to eat lunch and look at some of my letters from Kentucky. It is 4:00 in the afternoon and my to do list is shorter by just 3 or 4 things. I am grateful for my list even though it can be over whelming. If I did not write it down important things would not get done. Whenever I lose focus I look at my list and pick a task that I need to do or that will go quickly and I feel better because it is done.  In Preach my Gospel the missionaries learn so many good lifelong habits. One those habits is goal setting. They learn that a goal without a plan is just a wish. Then they learn they need to break down their goals to mon...

    January 9, 2024   Xin Chào,  We have been to Ho Chi MInh city 2 times since Christmas. Once to have a goodbye dinner with an elder flying home for knee surgery and the second time to have thank you dinners with the leaders in the south. I’m glad we did it. Everyone wants to feel loved and appreciated.  On Sunday the mission had a couple of baptisms. I joined one over zoom while the president was busy giving a branch leader a blessing. I met Yên about 9 weeks ago in Ba Dinh branch. During the district conference Elder Johnson had each of us join a lesson with the missionaries. I joined a lesson with Yên. It was his second lesson. He had a long pony tail and the biggest smile. When you meet him you can tell he is a genuine and good person. The sisters who found him were starting from scratch in the area, meaning they had no previous contacts or friends handed over to them. Sister Stobbe was going to be there for only 6 weeks and she would finish her mission an...