Monday, November 25, 2013

Passwords and the Rice Harvest

Area: Roi Et
Companion: Elder Wilson



สวัสดีครับครอบครัวที่รักของพม!
Hey I feel so bad about the emails that I have sent home the past couple weeks so much has happened but I haven’t been able to tell you anything yet! However I am sooo relieved that I don’t have to fill out the application anymore! Funny story for the ecclesiastical endorsement I had to send my info to the Assistants for them to give to President and my first thought was oh no President is going to see my way goofy password! but elder wilson is like oh don’t worry President spends all day with Elder Davies I’m sure he is used to it by now not 30 seconds later Elder Davies texts back "nice password! Elder Cahoon goes HAM!" haha so funny!
Anyways it was another way exciting week! This weekend there were two baptisms here in Roi-Et and Bro Bo (it is so hard to Romanize his name Bo is not anywhere close but it’s the best I can do) he baptized one of them! Bless his heart he had to do it 3 times the first time he rushed it and messed up the words but then the lady just went dead weight and she was kind of hefty and he is way lean so he struggled to get her back up the second time her foot popped up but the 3rd time was golden! Then yesterday he received the Melchizedek priesthood! We taught him after church gave him an oil vial and helped him to consecrate some oil! It is so cool to see him grow and progress in the gospel! He is such a stud this week he is going to be covering for the Gospel Principles teacher even though that is the class he is still learning in.
This week we got to go harvest rice twice! It is so much fun! We went with the whole district on Monday and biked out 16 kilos and went and harvested for like 2 hours we did like 2 and 1/2 acres me and Elder Thomas made our phakhawmaa's into turbans because we gave the sisters our hats, it was way fun! After we checked out a crocodile farm there was just this random dude out there who raised crocs cool right! The other time Elder Wilson and I went out with the first counselor in the district presidency he helps us all the time and so we really wanted to help him out he is 70 and such a boss he can still work in the fields! Their field that we went too though still had a bunch of water like almost up to your knees and the rice was all fallen over it was soo hard to harvest and we got stuck in the mud with like every step we took but it was fun and that time we got sick cone rice field hats like the ones in the movies!
We are still really working hard and praying harder for a miracle to happen so we can get a baptism this month. I fell like this month is the hardest I have worked on my mission, and as a result of our faith and prayers and work we have seen so many miracles and I want to share a couple today.
Sis Waan: We found her at the park she is mid 30's and single but we taught for the first time and she was so prepared she wants to get baptized and it floored her when she learned of all the Christ had done for her. Since then she has received an answer that the Book of Mormon is true after just one lesson! She has great faith! But also great opposition. Her aunt has diabetes and is dying from it and she just finished harvesting like 10 acres of rice by herself and now she has had people stealing her rice from her field.
We are continually finding very prepared people through Bovembering we were blessed with a big night market all week which we capitalized on the big numbers of people. We got a new dater from it last night a man named Joe whose sincerity just floors me. I love that we just talk about baptism and the miracle of forgiveness. These people need it so bad and when we find those who want they are so prepared.
We also had a wonderful experience with a former who fell through the cracks I called her and asked if we could continue to help her prepare to be baptized she said yes and I asked if she still wanted to be baptized and she said yes very much! We saw her the next day and I have never met a more prepared woman. She had had so many experiences that have brought her to this point and the coolest part is that she recognizes that all those things have been preparing her for this moment.
That’s so crazy that Braeden and Esther got married! Esther is beautiful and Braeden is such a stud!! Thanks for getting the gift that’s way classy! Mikaela is going to the MTC next week!! aaahhhhh!!! Try to look up and find the talk the Fourth Missionary if you can print it out study it and do it! I did that this week and it has helped me change so much! Sounds like a sweet weekend in Raymond that’s so cool that you girls can do that now! Teddy YAAAAYYYY!!!!!!! atata girl I’m so proud of you I threw out a cheer and some fist pumps and scared the khon thai next to me haha I love you guys so much!!!
Love
Elder Cahoon

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