Companion: Elder VanDenBerghe
April 15, 2013
Hey Guys!
What a whirlwind adventure of a week! I am training and we
had general conference and it was all in Thai and we have sonkraan and today we
are playing in it all day!
First off my luug my child the apple of my eye haha that’s
little over the top! I am training Elder Vandenberghe he is from Holiday Utah
and is from the same stake as Elder Banta our district leader who lives next
door. He also has 8 siblings and he is the 3rd child and his older brother just
got back from serving in Taiwan he is about 6'1" his shoe size is about a
10 he has brown hair and brown eyes and is way skinny. He LOVES the NBA and
college sports as well as the NFL his favourite team is the eagles (it’s where
the rest of his family is from) he is a big Jazz fan and he roots for BYU true
blue thru and thru. He speaks Thai way good already especially for a greenie
(in Thai a noongkhiaw) he is pretty fearless at talking to people already.
Training is a blast especially when you’ve got someone as good as Elder Vandenberghe
we have had a lot of fun and we just barely met.
This week has been crazy between transfers, conference and
sonkraan we have had a 6 o'clock curfew Friday Saturday Sunday and then today
again as well so that means we study at nights which is kinda weird and it also
meant that after conference we just like had to go home. I kinda feel bad for
Elder Vandenberghe we haven’t been able to do too much work between conference
and sonkraan. But when we were out we hit it hard and found some solid new
investigators. I love the faith and enthusiasm of new missionary it’s so
refreshing and awesome especially after the recent struggles I have had last
transfer. When we went out to work after conference ended yesterday we got
absolutely soaked! There were people all over lining the streets and just
soaking everybody who goes by and pasting them with flour. We managed to avoid
the flour but we were drenched by the time we got home although it felt kinda
nice cause it was cooking hot!
Conference was phenomenal! This time it was all in Thai
cause we are the only white people in our branch. It was really good being in Thai
really made you concentrate and I got a lot out of it. We also had our
investigators Jawwaw and Arunsi attend and then a recent convert family brought
their friend who we have taught as well her name is Pon they all really enjoyed
it and felt the spirit and Jawwaw was there for all 4 sessions! She loved it. It
was soo great! Pres Senior asked us to take questions to conference in order to
receive answers. A couple of my questions were; how can I serve the Lord with
all my heart and how I can be a good trainer. To the question how can I serve
with all my heart? I received the counsel that I need to continue to be
obedient and that I need to believe and be true to the faith that I currently
have. Also that I need to ensure that Daniel Cahoon is becoming a missionary
not just putting on a tag and doing missionary things. For being a good trainer
the 2 things that impressed me were that I need to be an example in all that I
do and serve him and others.
Some other fun things that happened at transfers is that
Pres Senior made some last minute changes to the trainers and Elders Ellsworth,
Terry and Murray are training this transfer as well. Also Elder Banta got a new
companion as well and it’s Elder Barfuss my noong from the MTC! This transfer
is going to be outstanding! I love this work! I loved Conference, I love my
luug Elder Vandenberghe and most of all I love all of you back home!
Love,
Elder Cahoon
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