They see me mowing and they start hating!

Hello family and friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Man Austin, I'm sorry about the football game. I can imagine how devastating that is.  I know it stinks to lose.  It

killed me last year when we lost. I didn't want to see anyone or talk to anyone.  Just remember that it is only the beginning.  Look at the positives and go out and play your heart out! If you look at the negatives and the bad plays, you will find them.  Just continue to work harder and harder. You definitely have a hard-working attitude about you so keep that attitude and remember, "Attitude is Everyting!"  I'm Trying to live that quote.  If you've got a positive attitude you will be able to do things you didn't know you could do. I love you buddy.  Keep working hard with the team and in school.  Keep doing your best!

So to answer your question about visiting my mission- I want to come home for a bit then go back out and visit the mission (like we did with Tyler).  Do you think that will work?!?  Don't you worry mom with everyone I want to visit.  I have their phone number, address, email and all! I can't wait for you guys see these people!!!  I hope everything goes according to plan for Tyler and Hannah with school and football and work.  I already missed the wedding so if they have a baby before I get back I'm going to throw some punches!!!

It is a beautiful day here in the Pittsburgh Pennsylvania mission.  I'm here with my good, long-time, friend of 2 months, Elder Cuthbert.  Any words E. Cuthbert for my family?  He says,  "I love your energizer bunny of a son!"  E. Cuthbert is not much of a talker but man is he a funny guy!!!  This letter and conversation is coming to you all live from the east side featuring the city of cities, Harrisburg.  We are just across the river of the Susquehanna; in the town of New Cumberland.  The place is the place of the work and the glory haha!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Well anyways, it's sooooo good to write to you guys.  A lot of stuff happened this week and I'm gonna try and condense it because this letter could be like 3 or 4 pages long and I wouldn't be able to enjoy P-day.  haha!!!!!!!! Last Monday was a fun one.  After playing games with the other missionaries in our District and the Maryland Baltimore missionaries, we headed back to our area with the sisters to have dinner with our ward mission leader Bro. F.  He is a funny guy.  He always has something to say and connects with a lot of different people.  We don't see him too often because of his work schedule but he is a hard worker.  Even when he is running low on fuel he still gets the job done!!!  So we actually had a b-day dinner for Sister Kwasney, Sister Kelly and my comp because all of their B-days are in September.  I'm the odd man out with my birthday in March! The reason we celebrated all theirs together is because The F's are all going on vacation and they won't be around.  They have the cutest baby in the world!!!!!!   The next day we did what?  Can you guess?  Yep. Service!!! I rode on a riding lawn just like I did back in my first area!!  The last time I had to mow a REALLY big hill with a push mower!!  It seemed like it was a mile wide of just grass!!  uggggh!!!!!! It was a good workout though.   It was better on a riding mower!  We also did a lot of biking in Lemoyne which is about 15 min. bike ride from where we were originally.  We got a call from a sister in the ward who needed some help moving so we turn around and bike to the other end of our area.  It took about another 20 minutes.  We showed up with smiles on our faces!  

This week was sweet because Elder Perkins and Elder Meurs came and visited and did a training.  I had an interview with Elder Meurs.  He told me that Satan was really trying to work on me & stop me from doing what I needed to do.  I am grateful I had that time with him. I also got to talk a lot with Sister Perkins and Sister Meurs.  Sister Perkins was born in Farmington, NM and Elder Perkins moved to Farmington, NM when he was a little older.  They actually met in Farmington so that was very exciting talking to them.  They gave good talks and a good training. Sister and Elder Meurs are from Australia and they have a very DEEP accent.  It was also good to see President and Sister Johnson.  Those are some loving people.  I'm so grateful for them.  

On Thursday we got a referral from the Philadelphia Temple.  This guy went to the temple Tuesday, we were contacted on Wednesday and we saw him on Thursday.  We went up to his apartment in this hugh complex.  It was a really nice apartment with a gorgeous view.  He knew some about Mormons as he was friends with a few and had had good experiences with them. We talked about times where he felt the spirit in his life.  He said he has seen God's hand in his life.  He was impressed with how quickly responded.  His name was Richard and we made an appointment to see him again in about 2 weeks.  Hopefully there will be success with him.  Other miracles occurred this Sunday.  F actually came to church and he hasn't been in a while; as well as 2 other less actives.  So we had 3 of our less actives come to church!  They made the choice on their own so good for them!!!!!! The other 2 were JB and SN.  We have been working with J since we've been here and it was great to see her.  She hasn't been for a couple of years.  BOOYAH!!!!!!!!!!! I was just really excited and grateful they wanted to come. 

I want to thank everyone that takes their time to write me or send me emails.  I wish that I could get back to each one of you but it is very difficult.  So that you know, I save every letter and email I get because they all mean sooo much to me!!!!!!!!! Thank you.  I love you all!! Have a great week.  Bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

Elder Cahoon the Baboon

To Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before.

Hello family and friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First off I wanted to thank you guys for the emails.  They always mean a ton to me and let's me know that I still have a loving family and dear friends who care about me.  I appreciate it. I'm grateful for Tyler and Hannah and their support.  They send me some emails letting me know what's going on in their life. Tell my other Mom and Dad (The Craig's) that I love them and I'm so glad that they still keep in contact with me. We've been in contact for over a year which is great!!! Tell Aunt Cami and Camille I love them soooo much too!!!!!!!!! They are amazing .  I always will appreciate the "Greenie" package that I got from them- that meant sooo much to me.  Tell Todd I love him too!!!!!!!! He was always so nice and loving and really did care about me.  Tell Uncle Mark I love him too.  Tell Will Hall, man I love that kid, I hope he does well in soccer up in North Dakota.  I also love my other mom and dad, the Halls.  They always meant a ton to me and were really good friends!!!!  My heart goes out to Grace Hall.  I totally feel for her tearing her ACL!!!!!! That really is too bad that she has to go through that surgery and rehab.  I bet she was really
wanting to play soccer this year.  I hope she's not in any pain.  I love you Grace!!!!!!!!! Keep fighting and never give in or give up.  You can come off conqueror!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow what an amazing week.  It was very good and I'm excited to tell you of what all went down!!!!!!!  Well first off: I'm loving my companionship with Elder Cuthbert.  He's such a funny guy and we've got a ton in common.  Even though our personalities are very different, we do great together!!!!!!! It's funny how you can connect with peole even if you are polar opposites I felt like I've met a lot of people that are different from me yet we get along great and have fun together!!! Of course it takes work and you can't just expect it all to work out in the end.  You have to put in effort- it's no different than anything else. Well speaking of work we went and mowed a member's lawn.  She lives in a trailer park so not too much grass.  We mowed it in our church clothes in like 90 degree weather with 84% humidity- it was HOT!!!!!!! This whole week was really hot.  I'm glad I've got some short sleeve shirts.  Otherwise, let me tell you, I would be cooking.  I can't wait to get home and just put on a wife-beater and some sweat pants- I'm going to go total Pennsylvanian hahahahaha!!!!!!!!  You'd be surprised with the lack of clothing people wear out here- especially in summer! The gross part is it's usually the unattractive people that have the least amount of clothes on!!!!!!!  I've said it before and I'll say it again, I've met more people naked here on the mission than I ever did in my 18 yrs. of life!!!! People need to learn to put on pants!!!!!!!! Hahaha  After we mowed that lady's grass,  we mowed her neighbor's lawn.  We've talked to her neighbor before and we love him.  He asked some sincere questions which we helped to answer.  Hopefully, that will lead to more interest.  I will have to fill you in more with our contacts with him at a different time.  Well we finish up at her place then we tried a few people in Lemony.  Sadly, one of the kids we were teaching dropped us.aught dropped us. HE came to see who knocked at his door, and when he saw us he ran back inside.  It's okay though.  He's only 13 and when I was 13 I wouldn't have had the guts to tell them I didn't want to talk with them anymore either.  We love that kid but are letting him go.  We tried a few other people but no success.  We did get to see a former investigator (an older lady).  She was soooo nice and talked to us for a while.  She mentioned that she needed her grass mowed so we offered our help and walla- we mowed her grass too!  More service!!!!!!  

So we sent our awesome investigator, S, an email to check in on him.  Just to see how he was doing.  He emailed back immediately and we went over to talk with him and lift his spirits.  I LOVE S!!!!!!!!!!!  Remember he is the one that was reading the Mormon Theology book given to him by a BYU Professor?  Well, the book was causing him to have more questions and be more confused so he returned the book to its owner.  He told us he was just going to read and focus on the Book of Mormon because he didn't get confused or have doubts when reading it and talking with us.  We were like GO Stephen!!!!!!!!!! We were very proud of him because that took a HUGE leap of faith to not only send the book back but to also not let another's view affect his.  If this would have happed when we first began to teach S, he would have not been able to do that.  It is neat to see his progress!!!! We are going at his speed and aren't going to pressure him.  We did tell him to not let go of his spiritual  anchors that he has gained so far because those anchors will help him get through his storms.  

S is probably the most knowledgeable theologian I've ever met.  He is such a pro with the scriptures.  He says he has read the Bible close to 200 times and the B.O.M. over 100 times I mean this guy is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  He already knows the scripture before we even talk about it.  We'll say we're going to turn to Alma 45 and he will give us a whole preface of what's going on in that chapter or Book.  I'm always baffled that every time we go over (2 men without eloquence and with a little knowledge) can teach him and help him feel better.  Yay for the Holy Ghost!  

We also saw Sister Z this week. I mentioned her before (she is the lady who will grab your throat and throw you around like a rag doll).  Well, she is the biggest Star Trek fan ever! I mean just as much as Leonard and Sheldon on Big Bang Theory.  I can't even explain all the things that she has!  She doesn't show or tell everyone about her collections but we got to see it.  I had heard about it but I didn't believe it until I saw it.  Then it made me think that I was like doubting Thomas from the Bible who wouldn't believe Christ was resurrected until he saw him with his own eyes.  "Blessed Are They That Have Not Seen, and Yet Have Believed."  

One day we did a ton of biking and contacting as our appointments cancelled.  People are so funny sometimes.   We had a great time at our Ward activity too!  Good food, fun games, and great conversations with ward members.  I got some crazy news last night:  I'm going to be interviewed by President Meurs of the Seventy when we have training on Wednesday.  That's really cool!  Also Daniel La France, a member who used to serve in Durban South Africa, knew Logan Welling. How crazy is that!?!?!?!?!?  Also, I know a missionary here who was actually companions with Logan Welling in South Africa- Joseph DePriest. What a small world!!!!!!

So now to answer your questions.  Getting up on time is all good and has been for awhile now!!!  Now I have to work on getting up even earlier to work out.  I'm hoping by the end of my mission I have made that a habit.  Transfers are 3 weeks away.  My studies have been awesome.  Recently I've been reading in Acts 1-9 and man Peter, John, and Stephen are boss.  The coolest part is Saul's conversion story in chapter 9.  What a great experience to be so converted that you literally transform your life and become one of the greatest teachers, apostles and testifiers of all time!  I really love Paul and am looking forward to reading his mission letters in the New Testament!  A missionary reading another missionary's letters of love and admonition!  

I love you all!  Have a wonderful week.  Take care.  Bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️
Elder Cahoon the Baboon
Elder Gronkowski

Temple Times!

Hello family and friends!!!

Elder Wilson is another missionary in my District.  I did find out last week that he was friends with Cache- that is sooo sick!!!!!!!!!!! He's a really funny guy and I love him.  Maybe he, Cache and I can all hang out after our missions hahaha!!!!!!!! I'm psyched for Austi, Ty and Hannah.  So many cool things are happening!!!!!!!!   Best of luck to them!  

What a beautiful time it was this past week, especially at the DC Temple.  Let me tell you all about  it!  We got to travel down to the temple with a member (his name was Brother P) and he is a really cool guy, real down to earth guy.  The temple was sooo pretty and man is that temple huge!!!!!!!!!! It was so great to go into the visitors center and be able to see the layout of the Washington DC temple.  The mission president there explained to us where all the different parts of the DC temple were so it was nice to have that kind of personal instruction.  While there, we saw someone who looked familiar and she asked us what mission we were a part of which is kinda weird 'cause no one really asks you that.  I was because she was the wife of the Mission President of the Baltimore, Maryland mission (that's the mission that Elder Mink is in now)!!!!!!  We were able to talk to her for a bit.  She was a really nice lady but I think Sister Johnson is still my favorite! Hahaha!!!!!!! She was a lot of fun though.  We eventually got to the temple and went inside.  Well I forgot my bag back at the Visitor's Center so we had to go back outside, back to the Visitor's Center and retrieve my bag.  I could tell my companion was irritated, justifiably so.  I was mad at myself too.  I'm pretty forgetful so I'm working on being better at remembering and maybe I will be able to turn that weakness into a strength.  The reason we were at the temple was  because there were some members getting their own endowments and then another family was getting sealed together for all of time and eternity.  That was my first time ever seeing a sealing and what a really special experience to be a part off!  It was very joyful seeing the entire family sealed together forever.  While in the sealing room, I began thinking about what you told me mom about kissing my wife over the alter.  I am gonna take your advise.  When I get sealed in the temple, when they tell us to kiss, I'm going to give my wife the biggest SMOOCH!  I'm talking a big, long kiss.  I want our kiss to be memorable because the day will be so special.  I'm making that happen.  

After the sealing, they needed some men to do proxy sealings so we decided to stay.  I'm so glad I was able to participate in those ordinances for those I knew and didn't know. Temple sealings are now my new favorite!  I could do them for days!!!!!!!!!!!! 

After the temple, we had planned to go to Cafe Rio because there isn't one in our mission.  It was soooooo good!!!!!!!!!!!  It smelled great right as we walked and it tasted like heaven! So as you can see we got to have celestial blessings and go to the temple (in that order) hahaha!!!  The ride home with Brother P was great.  We talked about, the mission, questions, doubts and things- sad moments, happy moments, funny moments, great moments.  We were talking to him about his mission and he served in New York and he told us how he soap boxed the Madison Square Garden in New York City during a hockey game!!!!!!!😱😱😱 Remember being there?  He and his mission buddies were talking about how you had to soap box the garden or else you weren't a real missionary.  They were talking about how the other missionaries did it. So Brother P takes the challenge and stood up on one of the pillars and began talking in a loud voice about the Book of Mormon. He said that people immediately began to yell at him and curse at him and even throw food but he continued to talk.  He finished and went back to the other missionaries.  Those other missionaries stood there in astonishment, with their jaws to the floor.  When he asked them what was wrong, they said they couldn't believe he did it.  They then confessed that they were joking and had NEVER known another missionary to soapbox Madison Square Garden.  Brother P was a total boss!!!!!!!  I want to be more bold like that!  He then shared an analogy about a razor and Christ.  He said if you don't commit to the stroke, the razor is gonna hurt.  It is gonna pull your hair and cut your skin.  He said that if you don't live a Christlike lifestyle and commit 100%.  If you are not all in, it is gonna hurt.  I want to continue to strive to be more committed.  I want to be committed 100%.  Our purpose for coming to this earth is to learn to follow Christ by making commitments to follow Him.  No one's perfect (I sometimes barely press the razor to my face) but I am continually learning what I need to do to be more fully committed to my Savior!  That's what discipleship is all about. 

We tried contacting a lot of people this week by biking to more areas to meet some new faces! We've been biking a ton and man has it been humid!!!!!!! I mean you can feel the water in the air when you step outside- it's super nasty!!!!!!  It's even worse in a shirt and tie Short sleeves is the only way to go in this weather but when it gets cold, it gets really cold!  We were able to see our good friend, S.  He has yet to come to church but desires to be baptized.  We boldly invited him to church and he committed to come, but didn't.  If things don't change, then we will have to have the members work with him and move on.  That would be sad because we love S.  We also got the chance to stop by and see S.  This is the guys we watched "How rare a possession" with.  He has had lots of doubts lately.  We talked with him and really tried to uplift his spirits.  He feels better after we visit (thank you Holy Ghost)!!!!!!!!  

We had a zone training this week in Altoona which was about a 2 hr. Drive.  It was a great training.  I love you guys.  Have great weak and commit to the shave! Take care bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

Elder Cahoon the Baboon

Service Is Solid!

Hello family and friends!!!

I just want you to know this letter is approved so it's all good!  Trust me I have a good excuse for not writing until now.  It is because we got to go to the temple.  Can you guess which one? Any guesses?   I'll tell ya.  Drumroll.. dadadadadadada It was the WASHINGTON DC Temple!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was absolutely gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!  A family in the Sisters' area had the opportunity to get their endowments awhile back and they were sealed in the temple!  It was sooooo cool!!!!!!!!!!!  I will let you know how it went on Monday in my next letter cause I don't have much time.  

This week was pretty awesome!!!!!!!!!!! We did a ton of service and of course you know that

I LOVE SERVICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's the best thing ever to go and serve whether it be a group of people, a member, a friend, or even a complete stranger.  Whatever it is, service softens hearts!!!!!! Can I get an AMEN???!!!!!!!!!!   We were able to see our good friend S.  We had lunch over at Mama D's house so that's how we saw S.  He is doing good- I mean really good!  He was telling us how he felt the Spirit so strongly this week twice on two different occasions.  The first time he was browsing the internet when all of a sudden he came

across a picture of the Provo City Center Temple.  He said he suddenly felt the spirit and now that temple is his new favorite!  He then emailed his nonmember wife and said that they were going to be sealed in that temple. It was funny but powerful at the same time!!!!!!  The second experience he had was when he watched "How Rare A Possession." It is a true story based on the life of Vincenzo di Francesca.  He was a boy who grew up to be a minister.  He was wise and knowledgeable with the scriptures.  One day he came across a book in an alley and opened it up with.  The cover page was torn out so he didn't know the name of the book but decided to read it (this is how Parley P. Pratt is connected with him).  He learns that it is from God and begins to preach from it.  His church authorities basically give him 2 choices-  to either discontinue his ministry or burn the book. He stops his ministry.  He continues to read from the book and he faces more difficulty and persecution as he will not deny the truthfulness the book.  He learns of the origin of the book and finds out about the church.  He writes to many church leaders asking to be baptized but due to the wars, he isn't able to.  I won't spoil the ending- you will just have to watch it.  As S watched the video, he said he felt the spirit so strongly.  He said he was going to share it with his Aunt and his Dad who are both against the church.  So this is a HUGE step for him.  

We biked a ton this week.  It was pretty fun.  I wouldn't recommend a biking trip in a white button up shirt, tie and slacks- it's not a very enjoyable ride haha!!!!! We always show up to appointments sweating like crazy hahaha!!!!!  We did a lot of door knocking without much success but that's alright, like I said, this week was a ton of service!!!!  We started out cleaning out a house for a guy named K.  Remember him?  I told you about him last Monday.  If didn't tell you that we took all the metal to the scrapyard so he could make some money.  It's cool throwing metal onto other metal cause it makes cool noises and clashing sounds.  I was pretty happy breaking stuff 'cause to be honest, I think that's my forte hahahahaha!!!!!!!!  On Thursday a young couple in the ward was putting in a trampoline and I was wanting to get down and dirty.  My companion and the sisters were on board so off we went!!!!  We each took different jobs to get make the pit for the trampoline. We were able to get the outer ring of the tramp balanced and set inside the pit.  It was pretty steady too. I was jumping on it and it didn't budge one bit.  It was a lot of fun (quite a bit of work and a lot of sweat) but it just reiterated to me that working hard is good for the body and the soul.  It helps to turn around negative thinking!   

Then on Saturday we helped out the good family (the Ps).  We were over there for quite a

while to but that is exactly where we needed to be!!! The Ps are a new family that moved in, young couple.  He is a doctor still going to school so it's difficult for him to do all the projects at home.  Sister P works from home while she juggles the kids.  How she does it I have no idea; however, she does it fantasticly!  They are very selfless and have helped out other families before getting to their stuff.  We knew we wanted to help them out so we asked them to contact us so we could go over and help with some projects! So that's exactly what we did.  We chipped some of the wall that was in the basement as he wanted to level the surface.  They are just such a great family and have a ton of love for
everyone around them. 

So that was pretty much it for this week.  Sorry this letter isn't very long but I'll make up for it on Monday.  Love you.  BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

Elder Cahoon the Baboon

It's Raining Cats and Dogs!

Hello family and friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow it's so good to write you guys each Monday and to hear how you guys are doing.  I'm glad that Ty and Austin are killing it at football and working hard- those are good habits and traits to gain from football practice! I love hearing from you guys because you share some great stories and experiences.  That's crazy that you guys are going to see the Piano Guys. You'll for sure have to send me pictures!!!!!!!!!! I'm excited for Austin and Ty and football season! This past week as I was at a member's house.  We were talking about mowing lawns and I sat there and as I pondered, my heart opened up as I thought of Sister Shields!!!!! She is such an amazing lady and was soooo nice to me.  I love the Shields family!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was always good to see both Sister Shields and Ken when I was working in their yard, driving by or just walking by them.  They were always so polite and treated me as a friend!  I love you Ken and Sister Shields- you guys are awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!! I could go down the list and say how each and every person I've met and talked to- whether in the church or out of the church- have influenced me.  I'm so grateful for all of you and for the great examples you are to all those around you.  You've all played a huge role in my life and I'm so grateful for our relationship and friendship.  It is such a wonderful gift.  I LOVE ALL OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I could go on but I'll be up all night!!!!!! 

So let me tell you what went down this week.  We had dinner paid with some members at the Hong Kong Buffet and oh boy was that a trip... So I thought I could eat 12 plates because I hadn't eaten all day.  Well, 2 things helped me see why this couldn't be done.

1. It was a Chinese buffet, so there could be cooked dog back there in the kitchen.
2. I drank way too much soda.  
Well anyways, long story short, I only had 4 plates.  My stomach was pretty full so that wasn't fun.  Never gonna do that again!!!!!! Hahaha  It is all good because I worked it all off this week.  

I went on exchanges this week.  Elder Wilson was here with me in New Cumberland and we did some service with our good friend, K.  Oh man is that a story!!!!!! So Elder Wilson and I start off our exchange helping K and this was an all day task! We go over and we first are asked to take all the stuff out of the shed.  Nothing too bad- it was pretty dirty but I couldn't complain because it was better than some of the houses I've been in on my mission.  Soon after, we go into the house and the place was trashed.  I mean clothes spread everywhere throughout the room, plates of cat food all over and cat litter spread all over!!!!!!  We had to actually clean it up!!!!!  Well anyways we start cleaning this place out and we actually come across a stray cat living there.  It was just chilling in this trailer.  hahaha It didn't like us too much.  We end up just tossing all the trash into one room.  We broke down the couch and threw it out the front door so that was pretty fun! We filled bags and bags of trash and eventually put them out on the sidewalk to get picked up by the trash man tomorrow.  We had to get the stray cat out of the house because we
already got rid of the litter box so we tried to catch it.  We shut the door so it wouldn't escape into another room and we trapped it in this room.  It's freaking out and climbing the walls.  It even latched onto Elder Wilson's leg.  It was ticked!!!!!! So we grabbed a plastic laundry basket and K and Elder Wilson told me that I was the one that had to catch it.  I put it over the cat and it straight up broke the basket.  Then we cornered it in the closet and tried to get it into some boxes but no success.  It got desperate and it stuck itself next to the water heater and the wall and was not moving.  K grabbed a cup of water and I thought as soon as the water hits this cat it's going to get up and leave.  I poured some water on it and it didn't even move an inch.  It started making the strangest noises.  The only way I could get this cat out was to grab it's tail and drag him out.  It was trying to grab onto anything it could and hung on for dear life but I got it out and then it made an immediate rush for the door. The stray was finally out of the house!!!!!!!!!!!!  So that was a highlight this week. 

Another highlight I was pretty happy about was when we got our bikes- yes!!!!!!!!!! We haven't had bikes the last 6 weeks but we finally got some new ones.  I was so excited and they run like a dream!!!!!! Both of our bikes are really nice!  We were able to bike a total of 15 miles in 1 day woohoo!!!!!!!!!! That's a good feeling because I was able to work off the
Hong Kong Buffet and McDonald's.  We did a lot of contacting after receiving our bikes because we were not able to get to parts of our area before that.  We were able to get back in contact with a few people and see them so that was good! We also got to go see a lady
named Sister Z, a member that hasn't been to church in a while.  She is pretty funny.  She'll say what's on her mind and show you she's boss. She'll grab you by the tie and pull you in real close and let you know what she's thinking.  I've experienced that myself.  Don't tell her

she's an old grandma or she'll grab you by the throat and put you up against a wall (she actually did that to an Elder when he was teasing her a little).  

We were able to see S and Mama D last night.  She is such a spectacular lady and has been through a lot.  We were grateful we could help and support her 'cause she always does so much for everyone else. I love this ward so much.  I love the beautiful
things I get to see here in Pennsylvania.  I am grateful that I have the opportunity to help others through service and to comfort those that stand in need of comfort. Like I have said many times, I love service.  Service softens and even heals hearts!!!!! I love you guys.  Have a great week.  Take care.  Bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

Elder Cahoon the Baboon