5/21/2012: 5 dates set!

hey there.

so this past week was pretty normal. except on thursday my companion and i had to drive down to nashville for him to do some more tests at the hospital (well actually i just drove down. he slept the whole way). it was crazy cuz we were going to be late, so i had to pull out my california driving skills and we got there on time. i didn't speed, i just didn't let myself get behind slow cars haha.

anywho, so we drove all the way down to nashville... then we had to wait two hours to see what the results were. bcuz if they came back negative then he would have to have another surgery... so we just killed two hours. and then we could go home. so we left clarksville at like 1ish and got back at 10. i was driving the whole time so i was super tired! best nights sleep ever... that's for sure.

then on friday and saturday, we set a total of 5 dates :) and i think in total we have about 7 dates in our area... so the ysa is moving forward! hopefully we have a branch up here soon, if all goes to plan. i think every week my emails get shorter and shorter... haha sorry about that :( i will promise to work on that :)

love yall!!! i've been craving in n out soo much this past week bcuz everyone i talk to asks me if its better then five guys and i just look at them and say "... yes" hahaha. and then i try to describe it to them... but it just doesn't do the job :( oh well. stay classy!!

Peace out girl scouts. ( i ate like a whole box of thin mints the other day... soo gewd!)

Elder Cawley

5/14/2012: silly mood email

hey family! 

 

long time no talk! man it was super weird to punch the home phone number on the phone. but i enjoyed talking to y'all!! even though jakey was throwing things hahaha. So today we had to get up and study for an hour, then drive our new mini van down to franklin. the best place on earth! and we just played lots of bball and now we are waiting to hear if the sounds game is cancelled. yesterday the sounds were supposed to have a game, but it got rained out. so they are doing a double header today... so instead of the game starting at 6pm... it starts at 5pm. and the best part is... the mission van that is supposed to pick us up broke down hahaha. so we gotta drive there. crazyness!! i hope it doesn't rain though... bcuz i don't want my dollar hot dogs to get soggy... haha am i right?! that would be a no bueno. 

 

anywho, and so i checked my memory card and i got 20 pictures left. so i gotta go get another one. but that shouldn't be too much :( anywho, idk what else to say hahaha. since i talked to y'all yesterday. hope y'all have a great week. oh well last week we did help build a huge fence for a guy. it took a couple days to finish it... but we got cake and lil caesars pizza.... and believe me... the pizzas were hot... and they were ready. hahaha. i think i'm in a silly mood. 

 

oh also, the couple we made the fence for, made us this cake. it was soooo rich! it was good, but so rich. the husband was like,"yeah this is too rich for my blood." haha. i ate it all... but i had to have about 3 glasses of milk with it :) tasty :) but yeah that's all i got this week haha. talk to ya next week!!!

love yall!!

 

Peace. Love. & Chicken Grease.

Elder Cawley

4/30/2012: fireside chaos

hey familia!!

well this week has been crazy. we have been doing more fireside work then missionary work haha. it... is... no bueno... so stressful. so on saturday (day before the fireside) sister mckee called us and said she wants a video playing while a missionary is singing the song "his hands" and she wanted it to match with what he is saying. so my companion was working on the programs, so he made me do the video. i found one on youtube, but during certain parts it was cheesy and had, like, the stars and the earth and the sun and then it cut to these ppl dressed in white shaking hands. so i couldnt use that haha. so instead i went and dissected the video and got all the info on what little scene is playing at what time. then went and found all of them online and compiled them into the same video as youtube, but replaced the weird parts with just normal scenes about His hands. it was pretty sweet. 

but i couldnt figure out how to get it to a dvd... i tried for 4 hours. no luck. so i had to call Sister ____ (she is a videographer) and she was like, "ok, i can talk ya through it, or i can just do it." and i was like "ummm well...." and she just said, "ill do it" hahaha. so she put it on a dvd and was gunna give it to a missionary in her ward to bring to the fireside.... but the missionary didn't get it. so i was like crap. when i got to the fireside we also realized that we left the programs back in clarksville... and we were in murfreesboro... double crap. hahaha. so i had to call the lady, have her put the video up on youtube, figure out the wifi password by asking tons of ppl for it, go and basically reprint the programs at the church's library... it was hectic and pure chaos. but the fireside ended up to be awesome :) everyone loved it :) it kinda stinks though bcuz everyone was like, "oh man, if i knew it was this good... i would have invited everyone i knew." so next time they will know :) 

and yes mom my shoes fit and i got a new suit and had lots of compliments on it yesterday :):) thank you :):) kinda bummed the garrisons weren't at the fireside :( but that's otay. they be busy. well i love y'all!! im jealous about the dodger game. soon enough though (that wasn't meant to sound trunky at all...) stay classy!! miss y'all!!

Peace out girl scouts (speaking of that... thin mints?!?! :))

Elder Cawley

the garrisons DID visit elder cawley the next week at the fireside in Franklin :) we not be busy.