Companion: Elder Xiayawong
March 18, 2013
Hello Everybody!
Great week here on the other side of heaven! I don't know
where to start there is a lot to tell! I guess for starters I am still in Bang
Bua Thong with Elder Xaiyawong. Tuesday we had English showcase and we had a bit
of a talent show at the end and Elder Xaiyawong and I and Br Tu who is in a
wheelchair and way boss on guitar sang a Thai like pop song and then finished
off the evening with I am a Child of God in Thai and English it was way sweet.
And sounded pretty stellar too!
Thursday was transfers and even though neither of us were
moving they told me I needed to go. It was a way exciting meeting Elder Gilley
is training! He’s such a boss! Oh something that Pres Senior has changed a
couple of transfers ago in the mission is that he took the calling of trainer
and put it at the very top. He said why should the less experienced train the
even less experienced but rather have the most experienced sharpest missionaries
train. That’s Elder Gilley to a T! He’s so good! We also talked to the elders
serving in Ubon the Redds are doing great and they gave us a letters from Pong
and Jan and told us they are getting baptized the first week of April! Made my
day! Made my week! We were so stoked! Pres Senior had something that’s never
happened before in anticipation for 35 new missionaries arrival in only 4 short
weeks, he announced all of the trainers for this transfer AND next transfer! That’s
42 trainers! By next transfer 60% of our mission will either training or being
trained! Almost every sister in the mission will be training and 3 of my phiis
and the crazy bit the youngest trainers 3 of my nongs and me! Ahhh! I’m so
excited, and nervous, and stoked! I’ve got 4 weeks to get ready!
Sis Nong from Pakkret was there so happy to see her she’s
defs my favourite member in Thailand and she had some crazy awesome news she
got remarried!! Last month to a way awesome guy named Newt who is an RM he
speaks English way good too! Soo happy for her and her daughter Netr!
We also got a new companionship in Bang Bua Thong making
this area its own district The new elders are Elder Banta and his luug Elder
Heras who is brand spanking new. Its way fun! I think me and Elder Xaiyawong
are a little nuts cause we have these inside jokes that are way funny but make
absolutely no sense and sometimes it will be in 3 languages and we switch in
between them all the time its way fun but they think were kind of goofy and they’re
right! In the apartment complex they live 2 doors down. It started off a little
crazy cause no one has lived in that room for months and its way and like
trashed and the power was shut off because the bills hadn’t been paid so they
had no ac and Thursday was scorching hot! Well they slept over in our room the
night and we got everything figured out. Elder Heras speaks Thai way good I’m
always surprised at how good they are out of the MTC! The thing is he can’t eat
spicy he had this one dish called suki and it like has no spice to it and he
was sweatin up a storm and saying it was way hot haha trainings gonna be way
fun I can’t wait!
The way good Essan restaurant that’s right by our house
burned pretty much to the ground a couple nights ago, the really crazy bit is
it was arson! some competing restaurants were losing all their customers and so
burned the place down at like 3 in the morning luckily some street cameras
caught them. Way sketch!
Our two daters came to church this week they are such cute
little old ladies and they are progressing way good! We found out Arunsi had
been to church before like 20 years ago when we walked and an older sister got
up and ran and gave her a hug and started chatting up a storm haha way solid
fellowshipper! This time round she’s getting baptized for sure!
That was an awesome update on Olivia thanks so much! She is
such a cutie! Hey mum there is a member in our ward that has multiple sclerosis
just like you. She wanted me to tell you she is praying for you and that you
will fight together! She speaks English really good she teaches it.
We have 200+ members on record and about 60 that are active it’s
been around 20+ years and the area is about an hour bus ride long and an hour
bus ride wide (depending on traffic) it’s pretty big!
Dad- triathlon wow! Do it man! That’s sweet!
Mikaela - Provincial’s sounds wicked awesome! I love that
analogy it’s so good!
Chrissy- what happened to your knee? That’s way rough;
sounds like provincials was a party! Been on any dates lately?
Teddy - I hope you get in!
Kenny- you win I’m in 3 Nephi 17! You’re gonna finish this
week for sure! You are so good at reading your scriptures!
Ben - there is a boy in our ward who is just like you his
name is T he’s 7 and way little skinny and funny just like you! I LOVE cub car rallies!
Take THE BLOCK haha
Jeana - Thank you for telling me about school. What do you
like to do there?
Love you guys so much!
Elder Cahoon
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| Elder Cahoon and Elder Xiayawong with cute family |
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