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3/17/26 Who touched the thermostat

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Good day all, I hope all of you have had a wonderful week while I have been cooked alive by the California sun. And temperatures will only keep rising this week... who do I complain to about 90° weather in March. Jokes aside it has been a great week and the heat was a inconvenience and a bother but it didn't stop Elder Swindler and I from working hard.  The highlights of this week were Zone Conference and a visit to the temple. Conference was fun over in Fairfeild and there was some great advise given to everyone. The Cawleys (Mission Housing Coordinators) did a spring cleaning message and invited us to do 2 hours of cleaning today... cleaning is hard but it was sorely needed. Then on Friday we had a afternoon road trip to the temple. The temple over in Oakland is closed for cleaning so we had the long haul to go to the Sacramento temple. One looooooooong ride later and we made it just barely in time due to good ol traffic. The temple itself was great with it's beauty and arti...

3/9/26 Mormon Cowboy

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Hey all, This week has been a wild ride. I moved down to Vallejo and it was like going from a stroll to a sprint in terms of the speed and the intensity of the missionary work. And day one a random dude exclaimed "I didn't know they had Mormon cowboys" seeing my hat. Nothing too crazy to report other than meeting a member who knows my cousin who served his mission just south in the San Fran/Oakland mission. He was super jolly about having a second Elder Hsu. I don't really got anything else love y'all. Signed,  Elder Hsu,  Pics: 1- the Mormon Cowboy  2- there are some bold cats here

3/2/26 Farewell Santa Rosa

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Hey all, This week was great and it ended with transfer news. Drumroll....... I am being moved to Vallejo. My farewells for the ward here were said and tomorrow I am off to new sights.  This week saw a mini summer. Temperatures were touching 70-75° and I had to readjust to the warmer weather. But there were tons more happening this week. The biggest event was the Sisters had a longtime friend get baptized. It was also his birthday so 2 for 1 great day. Elder Charter baked cookies with some Andes mint chips and they were delicious they also disappeared quickly. Packing unlike the last few times i was transferred has proved a little more of a challenge but I will conquer the rest of it tonight because last minutes is always the best option (that was mostly a joke). I hope you all have a beautiful week wherever and whatever you are doing. Love Elder Hsu  Pics- 1: The Beach- got some crabs 2: The Beach- scenery 3: The Beach- selfie 4: Local neighborhood cat Dust 5: ...