Something Elder Winter and I determined was we have not had the opportunity to be companions in a true manner this transfer. At the beginning we had Elder Watson, which was really scary, but when he left we got his comp Elder Lim. Elder Lim is a great guy but he has been hard to work with. The lack of English knowledge has been really hard. We can’t blame him for it either. It would be so hard to learn a new language and get thrown into it.
This week it got bad though. He woke up one morning with no desire to live. We had him call the mission doctor and that ended in yelling and screaming. Then he would not talk to us and we had to hid all the rope and knives and watch him closely because of the balcony we live on. The doctor ended up coming to our flat and nothing helped. It was scary. Elder Watson never got this bad. We did not know what to do. So we just did nothing because he would not do anything.
Eventually the Mission Doctor took us out to lunch. When we were out with him he told us about half our zone is suffering from this. Crazy!! He said once one gets it the others see that and start to go down that path. He wanted us to make sure no one else got this bad.
So like I said before Elder Winter and I have not had a normal companionship this transfer. It has been fun.
So for the rest of the day we went around to all of our areas and took the elders out for ice cream and a break from the work. We just had fun with them, talked and cheered them up. As we did that Elder Lim had to come with us and it cheered him up. By the end of the day he was totally normal like nothing had happened. It was so weird.
Hear is the good stuff now. Bia and Alexandra are well on their way for Saturday. We finished up the last of the lessons on Sunday. We taught the law of tithing and right then and there she asked if she could pay it right now!! We said it would be best if she did if after her baptism. Her cousin is the clerk and he helped her through it. It has been so amazing to teach them.
During the week we got to teach about the Word of Wisdom. Alexandra shared a very personal experience about alcohol and her family and the trouble it caused and how happy she was to join a group of amazing people who believe the same thing. I know that they have been prepared by the Lord. It is not often that you get someone who is so ready!! She is just amazing!!
The second best part of the week was not giving up on Steve. We have just been feeling like it can’t just end with him saying he does not believe and doesn't want to learn more. So we texted him and asked if we could stop by. Gladly he said, "Yes." So we went back to Steve after he dropped us and we began to see where he was at.
The last lesson we had before he dropped us was the Word of Wisdom. It was not that lesson per say that made him want to stop lessons. It was a mix of things. The good news is that he has been striving to live the WofW for health purposes.
After a very powerful lesson on real intent and the prophet he was touched by the spirit and set himself a new years goal to be baptized on the 30 of December. I could not believe it. There is a power that can cause things to happen that need to happen!!
I mentioned a big party thing we were doing with all of the recent converts we have in my ward. That was a fun night. It was at Bishop’s house. He is a great man who is doing a great job!!
We were able to get Sheila there, and Alex but last minute Celia had to cancel. Even though she could not make it we still had a great time. It was a family home evening type thing. During it we got to share and watch this Christmas video about Light the World. It was a cool powerful spirit. Bishop was able to share about patriarchal blessings and what we need to do to get them ready for theirs. It was so fun to watch Sheila get so into the gospel and want to get her patriarchal blessing. She is such a strong convert!!
After one of our visits with a member out in the bush we were driving home and I thought I saw a snake, so I yelled it out and we turned around to find a massive snake. I think it was a python but did not touch it or get close enough to have something bad happen. I was safe. As we were watching this snake the lady that lived in the house came out to see what was going on. She got freaked out and wanted us to get rid of it. Elder Winter thought it was a good idea to get on top of the mail box so he asked the lady if he could. When he went to jump off it, he fell through and broke it and scared the snake into her rock wall. The lady was so pissed and started to freak out at us. Boy did I hate that. I did not break it or do anything wrong but I still felt bad. In the end Elder Winter gave her some money and she calmed down. So fun!!
Right now we have 4 APs because two of them are going home in the same transfer. Anyway we got to have the two that travel come to our zone for a bit. It was really fun to have them and to get their help and insight. I love how the mission is set up and how powerful it is. After they visited we got to go to a leadership meeting where we learned about how well our mission is doing. We are right on track to reach our goal of 500 baptisms for 2017. Right now we are at 427 and counting.
It was so fun to come up with new goals and work and council together. This really is the Lord’s work. He is leading it and preparing people just for us.
Man time goes quick, I have to go. Until next week, Love Elder Cahoon
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