Companion: Elder Richardson
Hey there Everybody!
I have quite the e-mail for
this week! Thursday was transfers and as of yesterday I am one transfer old and
half way finished my training! (that was quick!) Transfers was a gong show! Honestly ridiculous! It is held at our church building since it is the
nicest, biggest and most convenient. Half of the mission was there and Pres
Senior made some big changes! First off there were 10 missionaries going home
and 15 coming in (my noongs + 1 khonthai) (noong is JR and khon is native ) which in and of itself is huge but
also he made a new district, a new zone and opened/reopened 3 or 4 new areas!
The biggest news however is (i know, right now your thinking how could it get
bigger) I have a new companion/trainer!!! and I am leading our area! So Elder
Siperly went zone leader in Ubon in the Essan and my new companion is Elder
Richardson who just moved from Bang Kapi. In our district of 9, 5 people moved
and all of them were Phiis leaving the Noongs to lead their areas 3 of the 4
remaining are 2 transfers and younger (Me). And in the Pakkret Branch we got 2
brand new elders who are whitewashing an area! They are Elder Clark and my Noong
Elder Tirrell!! Way sweet! It is so fun seeing him and remembering what it was
like 6 weeks ago. So much has happened since then and I have made soooooo much
progress in just 6 short weeks!
So going to transfers was way
fun! Elders Terry, Slaughter and Trabing were also there. It was soo great seeing
them again! Elder Slaughter was also getting ting-ed (ting means to throw away
it also applies when you when your father (trainer) leaves you as in the case of Elder Slaughter and myself) So fun talking to them and swapping stories and we also
got to see our Phiis who were all there to renew their visas, and we got to see
our Noongs come in sooo sweet! I love transfer meetings they are soo much fun!
Elder Murray (from Magrath) is in my zone! He is being trained by Elder Siperly's companion
that he had just before me! (Elder Crawley)
Elder Richardson is awesome! We are getting along great right off the bat! He is from Heber City, UT and he
is the oldest of 4 and he has 3 younger sisters! So we feel each others pain. We
have a ton in common. We both love sports especially basketball and we are way
into music and we are both hopelessly in love with Jack Johnson's music! We listen to a
ton of the same music. He is varied as I am and we know like all of the same
obscure bands and we both LOVE Owl City and he listens to Chiddy Bang! It
is saweet! He also likes English football. He likes Arsenal but his favourite
team, it pains me to report, is Liverpool and on top of that he despises Man U. I
informed him of his grave error, and despite that mar on his character we are
getting along swimmingly and this transfer is going to be a blast! (It also
really helps that he has a guitar and knows how to play hymns and an occasional
JJ song!)
The other highlight of the
week was that on Saturday 3 of Elder Cox's investigators got baptized and I knew
them all super well and taught them before and gone to FHE's (Family Home Evening) together! It was
so awesome and Br. Art ( I dont think i have told you about him, He is an RM
(returned missionary). Served in Cali! Speaks English like a boss, is a music major from BYU and sings
and plays the piano like no other. He is the branch pianist and every Sunday is
like a piano concert! So good! He loves helping the missionaries and he is so
much fun. Well he roped me and Elder Richardson into singing a rendition of
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing for the baptism. It sounded way good (probably
cause Art is a champ) and out investigator Tuun was there and when we sang she
just started bawling! It honestly was like waterworks! She felt the Spirit so
strong! Man you gotta love hymns! and then we went and saw the baptisms and
then I felt the Spirit so strong and just so much joy I couldn't stop smiling. I
was just beaming and my chest hurt. I was just unbelievably, blissfully happy! It
was great! The best feeling and the best thing to see people baptized take that
first step. It is so beautiful!! I LOVE it!! That is really what it is all
about, helping people get there and focused on the temple in their future!
So it was a wonderful week. The district is completely different. I have a new companion and I LOVE!
baptisms! I truly love you all and I think of you often but this is the best thing I have ever done and I LOVE it!
Elder Cahoon
PS Mum I loved your email so
glad you could go to Scotland that's way sweet! But I agree with you. Even better
is the temple. That is the best place on earth. I am so excited that Calgary is
getting a temple and I cannot wait until Thailand receives one.
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