I will start with the fun before I get into the tough mission stuff. Last P-day we got all the elders in the district and we went to a trampoline park. We paid to jump for one hour. Before we went there we played two hours of basketball to tire us out so one hour would feel like a long time jumping. It worked really well. We all got super tired by the end of the hour. Everyone had a really good time. Elder Tewes and Huang learned how to back flip and everyone else had a great time trying it in the airbag.
We thought it was all fun and games until the next day. When we woke up I could hardly move. We were all so so sore. My back was really hurting. I forgot how bad of a back I have since I have not done much beside walking for almost two years. I was fine but really sore. To make it really interesting we were doing a zone fast for someone getting baptized over the weekend. I wish some one videoed that day. Elder Tewes and I looked like old men getting into and out of our car. It would take a sec to get up. It made for a really interesting day.
For the rest of the week we felt great and worked hard and saw some pretty cool tender mercies. Things are pushing along. Like I said last week we are trying to get the ball rolling. It started a bit yesterday and we are hoping that it will take off in the next two weeks.
We had two really big things happen. A few weeks ago I spoke of a Samoan family. Well the member of the family came to church. Maria. She is a member who is less active but now really wants her family to join the church so they can be sealed. She came to church and everyone just loved her. We got a text that night that said I spoke to my brother who is less active too and he wants to bring his family to church so they can be baptized and then sealed also. So we could possible have two really great families who want to be taught. I am really hopefully for them.
The other great miracle we had was the baptism of Monaria Hunt. Bishop saw that her records had been lost and she needed to get re baptized. Pretty crazy right, so this week we set up an interview. She has been coming to church since her family got baptized in 2008. She was baptized back then but the paper work was lost for her. So on Sunday after church we filled the font and thought it was going to be really quick. We really did not prepare anything for the baptism. Our Bishop said it would be a small quick one. Well so many people turned up that they filled the whole sacrament room. They had prepared a program and had everything planned out!! When you are Samoan you are related to everyone who is Samoan. Most of the people that came to the baptism were less active family members. We got their numbers and they want to come play basketball with us on Wednesdays. I can see a good future for everyone.
The last little tender mercy is Robert Leulua. He is from New Zealand and his ex-wife and kids are all members. He is getting remarried to his ex-wife. He has been coming to church for the last two months. We thought he was a member. But it turns out he is not. So we have been visiting him. On our first visit he pulled out a teaching record and said, “Elders this is what I have been taught.” GOLDEN!! How many investigators do you know that carry around their own teaching record?? I think he is the only one!! He has been taught everything. The only thing he is caught up on is smoking. But we are doing daily visits with him and he has cut back a massive amount this week. Yesterday he only had six. That is good for him. 20 was about the daily average for him. He is not on a baptismal date but in the next two weeks he will be baptized. He wants to so so bad. Smoking is so addictive and really gross.
We are really going to struggle to see him this week everyday!! Our week is already full. Every hour is accounted for!! We are calling it a vacation week. Today is P-day so we will be preparing for our week. Tomorrow we have MLC with Elder Cardon from the Seventy. That will be an all day thing ending with a dinner. Then Wednesday will be a zone conference with Elder Cardon. Again all day. Thursday is our deep cleaning day because it is the last week of the transfer and Friday will be our weekly planning. Saturday we have three baptisms in the zone and will be attending those and then Sunday is six hours of church plus two ward counsels.
It is going to be a very interesting week. I am really excited to meet Elder Cardon. It will be really fun to hear from him and be inspired. Our mission has prepared a lot for him to come so we are hoping we will be blessed for that effort.
I hope everyone is going to have a good week too.
Love,
Elder Cahoon
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