6/16/25 Pop goes the tire.

Hey, happy late father's day yall!

This week was pretty standard. We were blessed with slightly cooler temperatures with it being high 80s instead of mid 90s. I dread the fabled triple digit weather everybody keeps telling me is on its way soon. As for the title we had parked and were about to walk over to a local farmers market when I noticed a hissing noise... it turned out to be our tire (Pic below) so the plan for the market was set aside and we had to spend some time swapping the punctured tire with the spare. Fortunately because incidents like this happened often for this vehicle (before my time here) "the LDS missionaries" were a regular customer at the local tire shop and the gave the tire repair for free. Woo ＼(^-^)／
Miracle of the Week was that we had a record if 5 of the people we are teaching make it to church this last Sunday and we didn't even know there was a father's day surprise pie and ice cream linger longer.

On a separate note. Recently I listened to a BYU devotional titled 100 percent responsible. By Lynn G Robbins. And it's message is nice and clear even from the title to be fully responsible for ourselves and our actions. As some of you know I was a man of may excuses and this talk is one I wish I had heard a lot earlier. It teaches that escaping responsibility and even using excuses are wrong even when you are right. I invite you all if you have the spare time to give it a listen.

Love you dad,
Elder Hsu


Pics-
1- here is the tire and the screw embedded in it.
2- one of our friends just got a kitten. 
Impossible challenge: pay attention and teach with this little one attacking my hand.
3- one of the 'roads' in Clearlake (PS not wide enough for a car.)
4- saw a stump and had to

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