To start out I have my new phone. I may have jumped the gun for Facebook. When Australia first got phones for the missions one mission gave everybody there phones and nobody baptized that month.
So when the time came for our mission they released them in stages. The leaders first, with restrictions. So we have a smart dumb phone. Every month we will get more. The last one will be Facebook. So right now we have a really awesome phone to show videos and to text and call. Plus we have all the missionary tools to help us, like the area book, LDS tools, and Gospel Library. I have seen a huge difference just this week using it. I still feel like I should not have one or ever be on it. Two years of not having one does that to you. So it is taking some time to get used to it. It was fun at church pulling it out. Some people were really mad and thought how did these elders get smart phones. My whole mission I have said the Lord is hastening his work. Well this was a big step to that hastening!! It is amazing!! Our area book tells us who the closest investigator is to us. Back ups are so easy now!! All we have to do is look at a map and see who lives around us. We do have to put in all the names but with time we will get it.
This week I also tried not to say the word "I" rather us, we, him...etc. It was really hard and Elder Olson kept a tally for me. Sometimes it just slips out. One of the days I said 22 and Elder Olson had 35. It is a word that is hard not to use but really helps you see the importance of others. There is a youth song that goes "it’s not about you... it’s about those who are searching for the truth... it’s not about you..." We listened to that a lot this week.
When I first got to this area we had one investigator. Well after lots of door knocking and following up we have a teaching pool big enough to swim in!! The last two weeks have been really great for getting people to teach. On that note, Johannes got a new job and could not meet us. So we stopped by his house one day just to catch up and say hi. He is still keen but getting very busy with work and life. It will be interesting to see what happens.
There are so many other people that will be great long term. I am at a point now where I know the work I am doing now I will never see the outcome. It is a tough thought to think that all this work I am doing I will never see it through. Nevertheless I still want to work hard so the next guy has a great time!! This is not my work, it’s the Lords work!! So yeah I may not see it but the Lord will see it. They are His children.
We have one person that I ask you all to keep in your prayers. Izzy. She is Bishop’s daughter’s best friend. Over the last two weeks she has been going to early morning seminary and also came to church twice. After church this Sunday we taught her a lesson on prayer. She knows all the lessons because her Mum joined the church 3 years ago. The father loves the people at church but does not like organized religion. During our lesson on prayer she was in tears. The spirit really hit her hard.
Well the only bummer about this is she is moving to Denmark for 6 months at the end of the month. Bishop’s daughter really wants to see her baptized before she leaves but the big stumbling block will be Dad. Please pray that his heart will be softened. I love this work so so much!!
This email was all over the place. I love being a missionary so much!! It is the great time of life. I hope everyone has missionary opportunities this week.
Love,
Elder Cahoon
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