Monday, September 10, 2012

Life in Thailand is Stellar!



Sept 3, 2012
Area: Pak Kret
Companion: Elder Richardson

What up!

Sounds like a great week back home. The English adventure is over and the kids are gearing up to go to school! That’s crazy Mum. What are you going to do with all of your free time? (other than shred with Becky which btw is awesome!) Thank you so much for the info on the crane I have been dying to know cause there is like 5 of them outside the window I look out all morning! That is pretty nuts how they do it! My room looks crazy different. I LOVE the colour! And teal for the next one sounds pretty sweet! Dad that is way awesome good for you Spanish and photography I am very impressed! As far as learning a language goes speaking and reading the scriptures seems to be the best way, so maybe you could get a Spanish B of M? Helps a ton with pronunciation, spelling, reading (duh) and its scripture!

Life in Thailand is stellar. I really need to take more pics but I’m doing pretty good with the journal. First off I would like to confirm a rumour Thailand doesn’t believe in deodorant! dang it! It stinks. haha (sorry) We have a lot of exciting developments in this past week. It was a great week but, it went by sooooo fast. Fastest week of the mission hands down! Prbly cause we were so busy in this great work! On Tuesday we had specialized training with the whole zone and it was incredible; so inspirational, and it just got us ridiculously pumped! So here is the sich. Our zone is 4 Melchizedek priesthood holding, full-tithe paying men away from becoming the second stake in Thailand!!! Not only this but every other zone in the country is right behind us. We are prbly less than a year away from not 1 or 2 but 7 stakes in Thailand!!! This is huge and last month we had 72 baptisms in the mission; our average is 30-40 and 72 is very likely an all-time mission record; but this next month we have a goal of 109 and if things continue we are going to smash that goal! We are so excited it’s ridiculous! This is the time for missionary work in Asia to explode and I get to be here for it I get to take part in this amazing work in this historic time! Ahhh, I’m just so excited you have no idea! I’m just blown away; so stoked and so blessed to be here of all places!

This week Tuun passed her interview and she is getting baptized on the 8th! and I got to do greenie switch-offs with Elder Tirrell my noong. It was a blast but kinda tough too because I had to lead everything and make a lot of decisions and plan activities because the night before over half of our investigators essentially dropped themselves. So, we currently have 5 investigators total; ahh, it was a very sad day! But, we cleared our list so the Lord can fill it with His; with the people He has prepared, so we know we just have to go find them!

The week really was great it was just way too fast. Kinda scared me a little, time needs to slow back down, but it was a great reminder that I don’t have a lot of time and that these two years really are short!

It is so sweet that you all get to be involved with the temple. Those pictures are gorgeous! What a privilege to have a temple in Calgary and to serve there. I can’t believe Mum and Dad lucked out and get to be tour guides, wow! I love the temple and I love all of you. You are in my thoughts and my prayers!

Love,
Elder Cahoon

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