Game Time!

Dear Family and Friends, 

What time is it? Game time! What time is it? Game time! What time is it? Game time! Aloha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hey fam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let me just start off by saying this was a great week!!!!!!!!! Alright now I can begin.  Yes I did get the letter last week talking
about Danny.  It was so cool seeing him at the Palmyra Temple and just hearing all those names that I knew and he knew like Kurt, Darin, Cami, Amy.  It was a sweet tender mercy from the Lord because there are no coincidences!!!!!!! I know that!  Austin buddy I want to talk to you for a little bit buddy.  What's going on with your back!?!  You know mom's gonna pull you out of football for getting hurt. hahaha  But seriously mom already had to deal with me for 3 years with all my injuries and now you have back problems.  I do hope you get better.  I'll pray for you bud!  I want what's best for you!!! I know we used to compete on who is better at what but I just want you to have the best. I want the best for you 'cause I love you!

Soooooo this week was the pump up I needed to improve the work.  Now I feel better than ever on the mission. So I'll start from the beginning. First off, Elder Harper is a GREAT companion we joke around and have fun and do work. I want to emphasize that having fun and working hard in the mission and in life (in anything) is key because if you are working and not experiencing joy why work? Yea some days are harder than others but you gotta look at the positive. So that's what Elder Harper and I do!!  So we had a lesson with the Skinners who just got baptized Friday.  The lesson was on eternal marriages and family history.  I was teaching the a lot of it because Elder Harper wants to see how well I do. Anyways, we taught them about the temple and I bore my testimony on the importance of family and how much of a blessing it is to me to know that families can be together forever.  I told them how much I love each of you and want the best for you!!! See, I really do love you guys!!!!!! Hahaha but it was a really good lesson and they felt the Spirit.  Elder Harper said I did well.  I really am seeing my teaching skills grow!!!😃❤️😃 Then I went on splits with (Former Bishop) Bishop "D."  I love that man!!!!!!!!!!!  He is seriously the most charitable man you will ever meet!!!!!! I can't wait for you all to see him when we go on the tour of the mission when I get back. Anyways, I went with him and we taught a less-active about commandments and why they are there for us.  The Spirit was so strong!!! She even bore her testimony on commandments!!!!! Also this week we had zone training and me and Elder Richens went on exchanges in Warren.  That was fun.  I love spending time with Elder Richens- we have so much fun!!!!!!! We talk about MTC times and all that good stuff. So then came our zone training which was good.  They asked me to share a talk from Conference I liked.  I chose "What Lack I Yet?" by Larry R. Lawrence.  I was explaining how I would get so frustrated with myself if I didn't do something correctly or didn't teach well in a lesson.  I explained that I wanted to be like Tyler at the end of his mission.  I wanted to be as great as he was and I wanted that now. But as I listened to that talk the Spirit was saying to me it has to be at my pace and it will take time but I can become better- it just takes time.  Also I shared the quote "our direction is much more important than our speed."  It doesn't come all at once.  If it didn't I would get frustrated but the Spirit speaks to us line upon line, precept upon precept.  That's when I truly knew what "line upon line precept upon precept" meant.  After the meeting we went and we played football and volleyball at the Erie Lake (more like ocean).  When game time came around,  I was killing it out there.  I was making plays and touchdowns- even played quarterback.  I did a good job.  I threw a touchdown and I was pumped!!!!!  Me, E Richens and E. Miller, his comp, were all just throwing down and making plays.  It was sick!!!!!!

Then the next day (Friday) we had the baptism of the Skinners.  This was such a great experience.  Also funny story:  Bishop was the one who baptized them and "F" is about 6'6 and weighs around 230 lbs. and Bishop "D" is 74 years old and he was the one who was  baptized him.  Well it turns out he tried twice and he almost fell over with "F"!!!!!!! Hahahaha It was pretty funny.  But then we were trying to figure out how are we going to do this so "F" got on his knees and Bishop baptized him on his knees!!!!!!   We then baptized "K" and that was such an amazing experience!!!!! I have pictures!!!!!! Then we confirmed them on Sunday.  They were smiling from ear to ear!!!!!!!😀😀😀

Last night on Sunday, we went over to Bishop "M's" house (the new Bishop) and we discussed how we as missionaries can benefit the work in our Ward.  After that meeting and I was prompted to ask my bishop what could I do to help him.  Thatt's how I want to approach all my Bishops in all my wards.  I want to be out here to just serve my God, my Mission President and my Bishop.  I just want to serve!!!!!!!!!!! I love my mission sooooooo much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃 I hope that Austin will be just as excited.  So for you Austin, to prepare a little, get a Preach My Gospel booklet and look in chapter 10 "Teaching Skills."  That's the best chapter for how to teach better!!!!!!! You study that everyday out in the mission!!!!!!!!! That's your homework hahahahaha 

Well I love all y'all take care love you bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

Elder Cahoon