Hello!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Family and Friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have just thrown my first pair of shoes away They were wasted! Dad I'm sooooo glad you got to go to AZ and see Camille play. I miss Aunt Cami and Camille. I love them soooo much and Camille looks like an 18 yr. old. She looks so pretty and all the boys are going to try and snatch her. I better get home and be her bodyguard hahaha!!!!!!! I miss Sisters Herman and Taylor and Brother Marcum. Tell them all I'm doing fantastic and that my mission is the best thing ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow this week has been the CRAZIEST week on my mission so far! I was just talking with Elder Schofield about how this past week I have seen at least 1 person from each of my 3 areas! HOW CRAZY IS THAT!!!!!!!! So let me start off with this week. So I had absolutely NO IDEA that I was getting transferred. On Monday we traveled to Monogohala to enjoy P-day and then we were going to go on exchanges afterward. I was thinking it was going to be a fun exchange but it turned out that I get a call from President Johnson saying that we needed to meet back up with the McKeesport Elders because I was getting Emergency Transferred to Ambrige. I thought NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! I was soooo sad because I loved McKeesport. I had connected with the people and I loved them sooo much!!!!!!! This was the first time on my mission where the people I taught were actually my friends- they weren't people that we saw and taught and cared about but they were my FRIENDS! I want you all to understand that these were my friends I truly, truly loved. When we talked at Christmas, Ty said something that struck me and that I have remembered. He said, " I think the hardest part about a mission is when you get to love the people and then you have to leave them. That's the hardest part." But I have learned, that that IS the hardest part!!!!!!! I have never been more hurt to leave an area than McKeesport! So I got the call Monday night and had to leave to head to the mission home on Wednesday. I had to report to the mission home at 9:00. So I only had 1 day... 1 day to say goodbye. I didn't even get to say goodbye to everyone. We visited people, did service and then for dinner we went over to the M's (the ones in the wheelchairs). We ate dinner with them and told them that was my last day in McKeesport and she was sad. I am really going to miss them! The hardest goodbye was that night with Sister Y. I called her and asked how she was doing and asked about her day. She was so happy. She has finally found peace through the gospel and she has progressed sooo much and really has put her faith in Christ! Then I told her the news... She began to cry😢😢😢 I felt so sad and then as we were talking about it I was trying to keep a positive attitude and I began to cry. We talked for a while and then I told her that I loved her and that I would stay in contact. She told me she and D both loved me. I have her address and phone number and we WILL see them after my mission! I also called Brother P and I told him that he was sooo cool! He is definitely my favorite member so far. I love that guy soooo much!!!!!! I packed my bags so I could leave the next morning. We got to the mission home- that was weird because the last time I was there it was my first day in Pennsylvania. Then Sister Johnson asked me a question to which I said yes! She asked if I would be willing to play the prelude and postlude for a fireside in Jamestown, New York!!!!!!!!!!!! You know what that means????!!!!!!!!! I got to go to Jamestown and see people from Olean! I was going to see Bishop DuPont!!!!!!!!!!!! I was soooooo excited!!!!!!! It is about a 2.5 hour drive to Jamestown from here. When I walked into the room guess who was the first person I saw... Guesses any guesses?!?!?! It was Bishop DuPont and his wife Betty! He looked at me with a confused look on his face and says, " Is that Cahoon the Baboon?" Hahaha Then Betty saw me and ran toward me and I gave her a big ole hug and then Bishop DuPont gave me a hug as well. I was soooo happy to see them. He asked what I was doing there and I told him, "I'm coming back to Olean, Bishop. I'm coming to live with you." he laughed and said, "I wish." hahaha It was soooo good to see them. I took pictures with the both of them. He is the sweetest old man ever. I got his address and number so I could go see them after the mission.
So that was great and as if I couldn't get any better my companion, Elder Schofield, is such a great guy!!!! I love him a lot we have been having tons of fun!!! So as we were driving back to our area we had to go to our District meeting and guess who my District Leader is.... Guesses?? Any guesses???????? Drumroll please!!!!.............It's Elder Mink!!!!!!!!!!!!! Remember, he was the one I was showing you on Instagram and I met him at In n Out Burger before I went into the MTC. Remember how you were saying mom, " I wonder if you'll ever serve around him." Well here's your answer- he's in my district and is my District Leader!!!!!!!!! After District Meeting, we went back to our new area (our teaching pool is small) to get to work. This week (we didn't even have a full week) we taught 6 lessons!!!!!!! We made some goals and and discussed how we were going to accomplish them and as a result we taught 6 good lessons and didn't even have a full week! This companionship is going to be sweet!! So we are really working hard and plan on continuing this cycle of good contacting!!!!!!!
So then on Sunday we went to church. Wexford Ward is a big Ward. We share the ward with another group of missionaries-they are sisters. Sister Oliver and Sister Nelson are pretty quiet so I talk... A LOT!!!!!! Hahahaha I love talking!!!!!! I love our ward already and I'm excited to serve with them and to help further the progress of Gods work.
So that's how I saw everyone in all my areas- Olean, McKeesport, and Ambridge- and that's why this week was sooooo crazy. It really was was like I was touring the mission when we went into Jamestown. Hahahaha Well I love you all! Take care bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️
Elder Cahoon the Baboon
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