Hello family and friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think I put too many exclamation points... Naaaa that's what they're there for- to tell you how exciting my mission is!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Pennsylvania Pittsburgh mission is great!!!!! In Ambridge we are about 45 minutes from the city Pittsburgh and it's such a cool site to see!!!!!!! I had the best tour guide to take me around Pittsbugh! Elder Harper, my companion, served in the city Pittsburgh basically his whole mission minus 7 months. So he showed us the cool sites and even some things people wouldn't get to see if they didn't serve in Pitt. I'm super lucky that I was able to do that since not everyone gets that opportunity. I also have the coolest companion ever- Elder Schofield. I love this guy! He is from Salt Lake City, Utah. He is 20 years old he was a firefighter and EMT before his mission. He was also skinny before his mission and since he's come out he's gained 40 pounds!!!!!!!!! Can you believe that!?! He is really funny and is a loving guy- the most patient companion I've had so far! He plays the guitar and is pretty good! He is a hard worker and wants to be a good missionary! He's had companions that have struggled with one thing or another so when he got me he was so excited to work! So that's what we did this week- we WORKED!!!!!!! On Tuesday we were able to get in and see the Is. They are a less active family that Elder Schofield has been trying to see since he got here 2 months ago. He's never been able to meet them. So we knock on their door and we finally were able to get inside and talk with them. They have 4 kids that are pretty quiet except for the youngest he's a fireball!!!🔥 W talk with them and shared "A World Without A Savior" video. They liked that a lot and we invited them to church. Wednesday was Zone Conference. Everyone from Pitt North (our zone) and (Jamestown zone) come together! I got to see Elder Kap who actually came out with me and is serving in Olean where I served!!!!!!!!! I also got to see Elder Miller, the AP and former District Leader who reminds me of Tyler!!! He's like my older brother! I actually got to eat lunch with President Johnson as he sat at my table at lunch. That was really cool! I was joking with him and everyone at the table was too, It was such a blast. I'll send you guys the picture of that Zone Conference! Then we had dinner that night at the church with the scouts because brother Kiggin, our Ward Mission Leader, invited us. They had good food. The best part was that there was a Star Wars theme and Luke SkyWalker and a storm trooper walk out together. I was like best day ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As a missionary you get excited about anything Hahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!! On Thursday night Elder Schofield got a pretty bad headache and we didn't go out for about 2 hours but he got through it and we kept working. We tried to increase our teaching pool by just talking with everyone. If they weren't interested we asked them if they knew that would be. We picked up 2 new investigators and 3 potentials with a return appointment!!!!!!!!!!!!! The work is going forward!!!!!!
Oh my goodness before I forget.... on Thursday something really frightening happened!!! We were driving our car and we take a right at this light and I see this old lady and she starts to stumble and then loses her balance and falls on the ground. It was a hard fall! I began to look for a parking spot and I said, "we need to park the car!" My companion didn't see the old lady fall and said "why" but before I could answer back I was out of the car and running towards this lady. I don't even think I looked when I crossed the street. Sorry mom, but I saw her and just ran. By the time I got there another lady was already there. The old lady who said she didn't need to go to the hospital but she was holding her ribs and she scraped herself pretty badly on her hands and feet. We helped her up and helped her to the store she was going to because she insisted and then we made sure she was ok. We then let her on her way. I was really scared when I saw her fall and I'm glad she was ok. It turned out her heel got stuck in a crack and that's how she fell. So mom, watch those cracks. I don't need you falling either!!!!!!!!!!
O man I have to tell you guys about this event that happened. So we were calling some potentials and we came across this gentleman. I asked him if we could stop by and he said, "sure but I'm not interested." Out of nowhere he asked how our dinner schedule was and he asked if there were any open slots. I told him Friday was open and he invited us to eat with them! He didn't even know us!!! I was flabbergasted!!!!!!!!!!!!! Some random stranger fed us dinner!!!!!!!!!!! Well anyways we go over there and their kids open the door and welcome us in. The whole family was happy to see us. We had sooo much fun over there!!!!!!! We talked, ate, joked with each other. They were curious about us as missionaries and we asked questions about their beliefs. They are Christians and and after dinner we talked to the wife and daughters about the Gospel. It was soooooo cool!!!!!!!!!! We plan on staying in contact with them even if they "aren't interested."
Ok so another cool thing that happened. As missionaries, we do service for this place called Old Economy. They wanted to recognize us for our volunteer service at their volunteer luncheon. It was pretty cool. Sandy, who we see every Tuesday and Thursday, recognized us and gave us a certificate that said we had performed over 200 hours of community service. That was pretty neat! So this last thing is something funny. We were checking out at this store and the cashier told us he was drinking on the job. We were like don't get caught. I hand him a card (it was an "I'm a Mormon" card). He reads it out loud but he read it too fast (or perhaps he had had too much to drink) and he said, "I'm a moron!" Hahaha It was sooooo funny!!!!!! Well I hope you all have a great week make it the best love you all bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️
Elder Cahoon (Gronk)
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