This is his first transfer! He had such wonderful people (members and nonmembers) who took care of him that I am going to miss Olean too. lol
Susan
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Hello family and friends!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't need any winter boots I don't think. Hopefully it doesn't snow too hard. hahahaha You did mention gloves. I think I would want an in-between- not thin or real thick. My hands freeze!!! Speaking of freezing, football is still happening? Man that's gotta be cold! Hey Austin I know it stinks where you drive all the way up and don't play but look on the bright side- at least you get to be with the team. Eventually your time will come! Man, is Spring Formal already around the corner? I can't believe it. I feel like I was just dancing yesterday. hahaha Crazy how time flies. I wonder if Austin will ever go to that. I don't feel like dances are his thing but man, I was all about those dances haha!!! Wow, Tyler is 22. How does that make you feel mom? It seems like yesterday he was training for football back in WA and now he's met a girl. I am so mad that I don't get to meet Hannah in person but I'll see her after the mission. That stinks that Kyle is feeling sick. That's no good! I need to write an email to him and see how he's doing and ask him what he's been up to!!! I'm so glad that HF gave me the amazing opportunity to have my brothers be apart of our family. As you come out into the mission you realize that family is the central unit to God's plan. Now imagine you lived in a family that was either torn apart or not getting along or where they don't support each other or care about one another. I've seen a lot of that here on my mission and I'm so grateful for our entire family- Aunt Cami, Uncle Darrin, Aunt Amy, Scott, Aunt Alison, Grandma J, Grandpa Cook, Grandad Steve, Darlene, Nana and Papaw and all my cousins and brothers. The Plan of Salvation makes me so happy! That is my favorite thing to teach because that's the ultimate goal- to live with our family forever!!!!!!!!!! Even our crazy circus family hahahaha!!!!!!!
Wow let me tell you this week had its up and it's downs but now I'm feeling normal. This week was transfer week and guess what? I'm getting transferred!!! So Goodbye to Olean, NY. It was really sad to go; to leave all those great people Bishop DuPont, Bob, Dave & Laurie and so many more. I made a lot of friends and they were really sad to see me go- especially Bishop and Dave. They both teared up and thanked me for all my hard work. I said thanks and then jokingly said, "I still don't even know what I'm doing" hahahahaha!!!!!!!!!! I'm gonna miss them. So the drive down to Pittsburgh was definitely difficult and we had a bunch of luggage!!!! Elder Miller, our District Leader, got a call from President Johnson and he called him to be the new Assisstant to the President. He freaked out. He called my companion, Elder Harper, and asked for advice because Elder Harper was an AP. Then Elder Richens, my MTC companion, got his call to be a Trainer and he is still in Warren- both excited and nervous. Then I got my call and I'm heading to McKeesport, PA. It is just south of Pittsburgh. A suburb of it, I think. The funny part is that everyone I have talked to has no idea what that town is like and no one has served there. Elder Harper said it was an old oil town that is now deserted and that there is only a Branch there. This will be my first time in a Branch. hahaha My companion is Elder Hebdon- he used to be in my Zone in Erie. He seems like a cool guy so I'm excited. He's tall and skinny. I'm excited to begin anew but a little nervous. The area will be great- I know it will!!!!
Well, for Pday yesterday we stopped in the city and took pictures. It was so cool!! These are the pictures of me in various parts of the city. The coolest part was seeing this one building. Alright, you know the one scene in "Batman, the Dark Knight Rises" where Batman and Bane fight? Well the scene at the end of the movie was filmed in Pittsburgh at this building!!!!!!!!! :) It was soooo cool. Me and Elder Richens were like, "Batman is real!!!!!!!" Hahaha Well, in that scene there are explosions and the residue from the explosions stained the building. They haven't been able to remove the stain. So the explosion marks from the movie are still there on the building and I got to see it. That was really cool!!!!!!!!!!! We spent the whole day in Pittsburgh exploring and even got to play basketball. Man do you have to be straight balling up in order to play with the Elders of Pitt or with the people in Pitt for that matter! It was insane!!!!! I didn't embarrass myself thank goodness!!!!! I said a prayer with real intent in my heart and got on the court. I didn't play like LeBron but I was putting up balls and making moves that I know I didn't do! I had angels on my left and my right helping me out. I began to understand the game of basketball and not look like I didn't know what I was doing. I looked decent and I did put a few scores up on the board!!!!!!! Those basketball shoes will come in handy mom hahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, I love all of you and hope you make this week a week of work and a week of fun. Have a great week. Love you. Bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
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Elder Cahoon the Baboon
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