Week 101 Book of Mormon Musical

Haha this week was pretty awesome. We had a lot of really good things happen for us.

It was announced that the Book of Mormon musical us coming to Brisbane this March 2019. So out of nowhere the adds have popped up. "The Mormons are coming" " the best musical"

We were at a bus stop taking a photos of one of the adds when a lady walked by. I got pretty excited and said, “Hey look. They made a musical about us.” She got a good laugh about it. I thought it was really funny. The Church put a statement that said the Book of Mormon Musical will entertain you for a night but the real Book will entertain you for eternity. So when we door knock we ask if anyone has seen the adds on us all around. It has made it a bit more fun.

While on the note of musicals. In Australia they put on a show called Road Show. Each ward puts on a musical/play type thing. Instead of having the audience move to see the other wards, the actors pack everything up and go to the other chapel and puts on the show there. Hence road show... So we have been inviting all of the people we are seeing to come. I will send some videos! It was the funniest thing ever!! It was really amazing how great they did!! Redland Bay ward by far did the best job. They put in so much practice. We had a fair bit of non members and returning members come. The theme was Life is Beautiful.

This week we tried to solidify Jaco our South African investigator. He always keeps us at the door. The most frustrating part is the questions he asked line up perfect with the lessons we share. He just refused to have us teach them. He only wants us to answer his questions. We tried to bounce back and forth between the questions but finally told him hold up, this would be way better if we taught the full thing. So he invited us back to teach it. The gospel makes sense for him. He just needs a spiritual witness and he would be great!! His biggest question is if God is all powerful why does He let little children get killed and raped. To fully answer that question he has to hear out the whole plan of Salvation. We are slowly getting there with him.

Johannes still has not replied or been home so we are very bummed that we have no clue what he is up to. It could have gone so well. He is in the records though so the next missionary will love meeting him. This is an eternal work. Not just my work.

We have a recent convert who is the only member in his family. We thought it would be good to see him and start a good relationship with the rest of the family. They are not very religious but are very welcoming to us. While we were visiting we saw what looked like air soft guns. Turns out they shoot those little gel balls that you put in water. It stung to get shot but broke on impact. So we had a fun little battle in his back yard. It was pretty fun.

We also became really great friends with a new member that moved from Sydney. His whole life got turned upside down. Everything he owned is gone. He lived a rich life. Ford F-650, super air nautic boat...etc... Now that he has nothing he has everything. His testimony was never very strong but now it is built on a firm foundation. He studies 3-4 hours everyday and has us come over for a lesson or two during the week. He is still looking for a job so he has lots of time. We took him to go see Ben after our lesson with him. They really hit it off. Ben is slowly getting there too. No big steps but now with a friend with the same back ground he should really help.

Just yesterday I started all the departing things. It was pretty sad. I was not looking forward to it. You sign up for two years so I guess I knew the end would come. It just never felt like it would.

Well I am off to the temple today. It should be a great day!!

Love, Elder Cahoon