Hello family and friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This week again flew by and it indeed was a good week!!!!!! I am so grateful to be a missionary. It is a privilege and a great blessing and a lot of fun too!!!!!!!! Well to begin on the sad note: Sister Wayman isn't feeling any better so she's actually getting sent home today. This is sad and frustrating because she was an awesome missionary and she was a HUGE help to our District. She showed us what it meant to be a true, hardworking missionary. She was an amazing missionary. Even while she was sick she still woke up on time and did her studies. Even though she could only stay in bed she would still do all she could and she would even go out in a wheelchair to find and teach! How amazing is that!?!? She has really helped me understand what a hard working missionary looks like and has really influenced me to be better! The new missionary coming into our area is actually from McKeesport District- Sister Johnson. I only knew her for a little bit. She will try and replace Sister Wayman but no one can replace her!!!
Now moving along. This week we had a good topic for District meeting. We talked about how to study effectively. There were a lot of good ideas shared which helped me understand how to have better studies which was cool! We did a role play at the end with teaching an investigator or someone on the spot and then taking time to study for them and then teaching them. We gave them 2 opportunities to practice. Of course I liked the second one better. Truly, that was the purpose- to see the difference in their teaching and their understanding. Another exciting thing that happened this week was that I got to go on exchanges with Elder Mink which is always a blast!!!!!! We had soooo much fun!!!!!!! We worked hard of course but I love that guy soooo much!!!!!!!!! I'm so glad we are serving around one another! We actually found a new investigator. His name is Corkey. Elder Mink and I were street contacting and said hi to him and then struck up a conversation with him. We talked a lot about the Bible and we even shared a few scriptures in the Book of Mormon. We talked about what the BOM is and the interesting thing is that he knew about Joseph Smith and that JS translated the BOM. I thought he had heard a lot of anti-Mormon stuff because we get that a lot in Pennsylvania; however, he didn't know anything else besides his initial knowledge of the B.O.M. That was a huge surprise. We set up a return appointment and I will let you know how that goes!!!!!!!! That street contact was important in another way as well. So some background info: Elder Mink has served in Zelie for like 6 months where he has tracted many, many hours in Zelie. He saw no success come out of it so at that moment when we made the appointment, it made Elder Mink's week!!! Well we exchanged back at the Addiction Recovery Program (ARP). At that meeting we talked about hope and we watched "The 12 Steps To Change" the church put out. There was such a strong spirit in that meeting-there always is! Our Ward Mission Leader, Brother K, shared a great story of hope!! He goes because we meet with him for a correlation meeting afterwards.
This week we also went out to eat with Brother L, Brother K and Brother D. The whole time we did role plays and discussed the gospel. It was really neat!!! Brother L has been on fire with role plays and so we did role plays all dinner and they were helpful. Of course there were many things we needed to improve on. One question that I didn't know the answer to is why can't women hold the priesthood. To be honest I didn't know how to answer that. I found an article where Joseph Smith talks about the role of women in the church and it was really insightful. So if someone asks me that question I'd just pull up that article. I love role plays and don't beat myself up if I don't say things perfectly. I just learn from it and that's the whole purpose behind them anyway!!!! My commitment for District meeting this past week to was to do a role play every day!!!!!!!! I've been taking that seriously and it has been good for both Elder Schofield and I!!!!
A highlight for me this week would have to be on Saturday. We helped out the community by planting trees. It was good, hard, physical labor and fun!!! The Lubins were there and they were ready to work. We were digging holes to plant trees. I just love service sooooo much!!!!!!! We do quite a lot here and let me tell you it is such a great feeling!!!!!!! It helps put our church's name out there for the good and I am helping others. It's the best!!!!!!!! SPIRITUAL MEDICINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm very excited to call home on Mother's Day. I'm actually going to call at 7:00am your time so be ready!!!!!!! I think I'm going to call at 6:40am so we can figure out Skype!!!!! We don't want to ruin any precious time that we have. I'm so excited. I can't wait to see everyone. I'm so excited I can hardly wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love you all. Take care. Bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Elder Cahoon the Baboon
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