Living the Good Life

Area: Roi-Et

Companion: Elder Yuen

September  16, 2013

Hey Guys!

Thanks for all the awesome updates! I will try to make this a better letter and there has been tons of exciting stuff to fill it up with. But first I wanted to respond to some of your letters.

Chrissy - why do you have to take early morning? That sounds like death! But pretty fun chillin with Shelby! Thank you for responding about my letter too! What is your best class this semester? So you get to drive the car to school or does Mikaela take it to work? How is the speaker system in it? Do you have an iPod hook up? Have y'all seen the new iPods? They are saweet one of the new missionaries had the new nano and I was like woah what is that??

Teddy - That’s rough that school is kinda dull but it’s just the beginning of the year it will get better I promise! I don’t remember are you going to play volleyball this year you said you were thinking about it. Are you going to play basketball? Hey I just wanted to tell you and Chrissy that I have been thinking about you lately just starting and about to finish high school! Its pretty sweet! but high school can be a pretty rough place and I just really want to encourage you two to keep to the gospel standards don’t change them for anyone, friends are so fun please make sure they are helping you be the best you, you can be! You two are awesome and I have prayed for you every day this week that you will stay on the high ground and be safe from all the spiritual dangers that are all around you in high school. I love you too so much you are both such beautiful young women! 

Kendra - Ahh sitting in the classroom when there is beautiful weather outside is the worst! When does school start every day? That is awesome to have a cool friend like Mya next time you see the Proctors tell them hi for me ok? Tell them my companion is half Taiwan too!

Ben - Dude I love cubs soo much fun! That activity sounds pretty stellar! so mum tells me your pretty fast! That’s sweet keep it up bro! Speaking of golf the District President here in Roi-Et is way good at golf and he offered to take us out for a round on a P-Day! It’s going to be so much fun but I am going to be pretty terrible! haha

Jeana - You have so many cousins to play with now it sounds like you all are the best of friends! I bet you hit golf balls really good too that’s how Uncle Markie taught me to hit golf balls it’s like a dance! ha! 

Olivia - Who is grandpa Librado? There is an LA who just came back to church he is like 50+ who told us he wanted his name to be Frachesco Sancho and he wanted to be a cowboy! He is sooo funny!

Mikaela - Ahh crazy days! That’s less time then I spent in the MTC! Speaking of which how long are you going to spend there? Also some things you gotta check out: find a pillow room the jungle room, chicken ciabatta sandwiches, blueberry muffin top cereal, the wrap bar, narnia holes anyway that just a couple of things off the top of my head! It’s going to be so awesome! A couple of mission things make sure to memorize the 10 HTBT points, the first vision, your purpose, James 1:5, D+C 4, and the baptismal commitment! For clothes make sure you have a lot of variety but go for quality rather than quantity it’s better to have a few really nice things than a whole bunch of alright stuff. Are you reading the Book of Mormon and PMG daily? Are you taking notes too? I can’t wait till you get to start your own mission experience! It’s gonna be great! Did you ever get a calling?

Mum and Dad

I think BYU would be way cool it’s a great school very inexpensive and I’m going to be able to see all the friends from the mission. Also BYU has almost no freshman class they are all on missions! ha would it be possible to transfer to BYU I would like to go there! Elder Chelson from my MTC group called and asked us if he could do that today so I was giving it some thought already what does it to take to go to BYU I probably have to take the ACT right? That’s cool about the field. Congrats to Maureen! That’s way cool about Ben atta boy! Dad you work so hard. You will be a great gospel doctrine teacher personally I really hope they put me back in primary when I get back, so much fun! Just make you sure that balance Bro Stonehocker once said put God first and everything else will fall into place or fade out because it wasn’t needed.

Well on my week we went and did a training on Tuesday in Galasin and then Wednesday we got on a bus for 4 hours to Korat and did another training and a switch off with the district leader and then on Thursday 4 hours back. There is a lot of travel involved in the work of an Essan Zone Leader! I went on one with the trainer in the district so kinda a 3 way switch off it was way good and we went and taught a member family and it turns out I had met them before back when I was in Warin! We took pics together it was pretty sweet! And we stayed in a sick hotel! This Saturday we had a baptism it was the sisters investigator and our investigator Bo went and after we moved his date up to be this month he has been so prepared I have never seen someone progress so fast its incredible he is so willing and faithful! Everyone in the branch is way excited about missionary work and it’s because we are doing it with them and teaching their families and friends and helping old members come back and we are doing it all together!

I love you guys!

haha hugs and kisses!

Elder Cahoon

P.S. Teddy keep breathing! haha lol

The District 101 (from Elder Yuen's camera)

The Good Life (Hotel in Korat)

Oh yeah it was so nice it had a continental breakfast and granite in the bathroom and a flat screen that we watched mormon messages and the work of salvation on after planning and while we were working out in the morning! and get this $20 a night!