We had a great week again!! It started off with a big mission leadership conference!! Boy that was just so great!! Our mission president is great at explaining things and helping us see his vision!!
He shared some really good thoughts on what it means to be a leader and how we need to be hero's for the missionaries. An elder told him that he does not feel like the leaders are hero's right now!! So we got a really good training on how we can improve and be "better".
Since Elder Tewes has gotten here we have been struggling to get the work to progress. With my last comp we had stuff going for us but not a lot of it was great!! We still have people to teach like Dontay but they are struggling to progress!! So we have to sorta started fresh and really working hard to build it up!! It has been so tiring. We work diligently all day. Sometimes it is so frustrating but other times it is so rewarding.
On Saturday nobody we tried to follow up with was home. Nobody was home!! It was so frustrating. We were praying to do good and help people but we could not even meet anyone.
But then we had days this week when everyone was home and we had no time for door knocking. So getting the balance of teaching and finding is hard.
I don't know if I said it last week but the sister training leaders challenged us for the next three weeks to a contacting challenge. Whoever gets the most in the next 3 weeks wins and the loser will get the winner a t-shirt!! haha We are up by 80 people right now but they are persistent!! So time will tell.
With all the finding we have done we have not been blessed with immediate people to teach but the blessings will come with time.
We had ward councils on Sunday and sometimes we get frustrated. It is not a party planning committee. Luckily we had a training on it and this week they were a bit better!!
One of our Bishops is from Tonga and has really broken English but big goals!! In this ward council nothing changed until the end. Bishop announced that the ward conference was coming up on the 21st of April. To celebrate he wants the ward to baptize 21 people. Hahah I was cracking up!! I have been in this area for 4 months and have been working hard but nothing is happening!! I thought 21 was just a crack up goal. As the ward council talked, Bishop said, "Ok we will have 10 on the 21st of April."
I left the meeting thinking it was impossible. There were no names of people for us to work with but our bishop and everyone in the meeting has no doubts that we would get them!
Well I have cause to repent for my unbelief!! While we were at church Bishop set a baptismal date. A family has been coming to church and everyone are members except for the youngest daughter. So we have one for nine right now!! The next day after this meeting we got a referral from SLC. As we followed up with this referral it turned out to be a returned missionary and her family is all Methodist but want to learn more!! She has aunts and uncles and cousins living with her!! Over ten people that want to learn!!
The only problem we have is they have really bad english. The good news is that our ward has heaps of Samoans. So we already have all the Samoan members excited and ready to help!!
I really grew in testimony of priesthood keys and goals. Nothing is set in stone yet or even close but I have faith that it is possible with hard work. I know it was no coincidence that this family referred themselves on the day that Bishop set this goal!! Well who knows but with a little faith all things are possible!!
I am really excited right now to work!! Things are really picking up and I only have so much longer left!! The months seem to go quicker and quicker!! Soon it will be 4 months left!! Today we had a temple trip and after had interviews with the Mission President!! He challenged me to set 5 big goals for the last bit of my mission. Ones to make me stretch!! I got really excited about that!! I want to go out with a bang and not slack off. It does get really hard at times but with the right comp and mindset nothing can be more powerful!!
Last p-day we had a District Trivia Challenge. It was companionship verse companionship. Over the last few weeks we have been planning this with Elder and Sister Richins. Quick side note. On Sunday we were back at the flat at 6 for dinner and then call ins for the rest of the night. At 7 Elder Richins texted and asked if we could stop by!! We got so excited and described the feeling like going to our own grandparents home on Sunday evening. They are just so fun to work with and have right down the road!!
Ok so at the activity for Trivia we got really into it. It came down to Elder Tewes and I and the STL's Sister Wengert and Watene. We were neck and neck the whole game. The questions were random but it made it so fun!! We got to the last question and won it. As we counted up we had 15 1/2 and the Sister had 16. So they beat us by .5 of a point!!
Sister Richins said there was a grand prize and had the sister stand up!! After getting really emotional she announced that they would be having Nigerian pygmy goats named after them. It was so funny!! We had such a great time and grew to love everyone so much!! This is truly the best zone in the mission and we are all so close!! I love them!!
I love you all and hope you are having just as much fun as me right now!! Life is too good not to enjoy it and be smiling all the time!!! Have a great week!! Love, Elder Cahoon
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