We are still getting used to the new companionship but my favorite part is how well, we are working together!! The yoke between us is very strong already. On our first day we were together we saw Dontay!! Sam happened to be there too. (Sam was on date) We began to teach them and the power we had as a companionship was perfect. We knew where to speak and how to teach a lesson together. He testified of me so many times. That was one thing I did not have with my last companion.
Even just in our simple prayers before a lesson we thank the Lord for each other. It is so simple but it makes such a difference. I have loved it and do it too.
Our dinner canceled on our first night together so we stopped by our senior couple’s home to joke with them. I died laughing when they invited us in. Elder Richins answered the door and as we stepped into the home he stumbled back and said, “Sister Richins can you feel the power from these too!!” It just made us feel so good!! We are off to a great start as a companionship. I know it won’t be perfect all the time but boy right now I am so excited to serve him and love him!!
Along with getting a new companion I got a new zone. I did not get transferred but rather got merged. My zone went from having 10 missionaries to 22. We are now covering what we had plus the Sunshine Coast zone. Well it is a district now. Brisbane North is a district also and together we make up the biggest zone in the mission.
As we did transfers we had to drop an Elder off at the airport and we noticed that we could catch a flight to the furthest area in our zone. Bundaburg. It is an 8 or 9 hour car drive away!! We are only allowed to do trade offs up there if we get a ride up or go when we need to be up there for our stake correlation meetings once a month. Either way it is going to make it hard!! We are going up on Sunday to see a baptism. The senior couple is going to give us a ride.
Our To-Do list is getting very long. Today we are going to plan and prepared how to work and help such a big zone!! It is going to be so fun but very interesting. Just since Wednesday we have had no spare time to do anything for ourselves when we get back to the flat. We go straight to calling people, reporting, and preparing... it has been a struggle but I love being busy and engaged in a good cause!!
The one fun thing we did this week while I had Elder Aspacio was getting permission to watch a movie. The Spirit of the Game. It is about the Mormon Missionary's in Melbourne. I highly recommend it.
Dad, tell Bishop Millar about it. He would just love it!! Our ward was having a ward activity and watching that was part of it. We got permission and just died of laughter from the movie. I will warn you it is not the best acting or sport action or filming but the story is amazing and the church side of it is very funny!!
From the day that I got Elder Tewes, (you say it Teves) I bet my grandpa Cahoon can say it the best!! Anyway since day one it has been go go go!! We had to wake up a 5:30 our first day and have brekkie with our Stake President. While we had brekkie we discussed the new zone and how we can help but more importantly the people that are on baptismal date in his stake. He knows and has been to lessons with a lot of them but wanted an update on how everyone is going.
During this meeting we also discussed the things we want to talk about in a Bishops Training next week. He has invited us to come and train and participate to help the bishops catch the vision of mission work. In our meeting we found where things are struggling. The mission trains the missionaries so well on what they need to do and also the stake but from the stake it is hard to get it to bishops and past them to the ward council. The driving force is the ward council in missionary work but none of them in the stake are functioning properly... We called it the trickle effect. Primary leaders do see how they can help and never get trained on what the stake and mission vision is for the work.
I am really getting excited to help the bishops figure out how to help there ward councils see the vision and feel the hastening of this work!!
After a great breakfast with President Zeisel he came with us to our district meeting. We had all of the Brisbane North district there and we heard from our Stake President about realizing our true identity. We pretty much went over the Plan of Salvation. I am so glad my Dad put that into perspective with our quorums as we grew up. Every lesson we would start out by drawing the Plan of Salvation. What a help it is to always remember whose we really are and the plan he has for us.
I followed after President Zeisel and spoke on the spirit. We had some cool things happen when preparing for the meeting that only came from listening to the spirit. It was such a blessing.
I am just so excited for this work to take off here in this area and now what we are calling the XL zone. (extra large) Haha it is so great!
I love you so much and hope all is well back home. Mom, don’t worry a bit about me. I could not be happier right now!!! What a blessing it is to have such an amazing comp right now!! This will be one for the history books!!
Love, Elder Cahoon
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