7/16/2012: bonding

whats up fam bam! :)

 

this week was pretty good. :) i'll start out with a funny story. So, Elder Hymas came and visited the mission (he is the same one that came to teach the YSA sunday school class a couple weeks ago) and he talked about how we need to involve the members in with our missionary work, and help them become friends with our friends we are teaching :) it was super good :) half the mission was here in clarksville... super powerhouse in that chapel. 

 

after he was done, elder_________ and i took the chalkboard back to the gym and cleaned it, and i had to go to the bathroom. So i walk to the smaller bathroom, because i just knew that the other one was prolly packed. so i walk in and Elder Hymas is in there!! and there are only 2 urinals... so i had to go next to him hahahaha. and the best part was... that i couldn't go to the bathroom bcuz there was a general authority right next to me!!! hahaha. so i just waited there, and flushed after a couple mins. and he flushed right after me! haha.

 

so we we talked while we were washing our hands. it kinda surprised me because he knew who i was. he went "Elder Cawley!!! how are ya?!" and i just said, "oh i'm just doing great!! Thanks for coming." and we just talked for a couple more mins. it was funny too because my comp was outside the bathroom waiting for me. and when Elder Hymas opened the door his face went blank. PRICELESS!!  

 

We are teaching sooo many lil kids right now. which is kinda funny because we are working with the YSA too... the lil kids are future YSA though! :) everyone keeps asking me how we are teaching so many lil kids right now and i just tell em, "go contacting in Toys 'R' Us. its a gold mine!" hahahaha. hopefully they realize that i am joking... if not they will get a good story out of it right?  

 

As of right now we have 5 baptismal dates in our area, all lil kids, all getting baptized on the 28th :) and we had 2 more people show up to church that their friends brought :) and we set up appts with them :) so this next week will be good too :) welp. hope all is well back in CALI! i love y'all!! stay classy!

 

Peace n Blessins'

 

Elder Cawley

7/9/2012: zone meeting

well this week was pretty good. we had a zone meeting to help push the work forward :) it is mainly just to excite the missionaries :) i trained on a program called Set to Wet. its 12 things that we should be doing with our investigators that will help them progress towards baptism. everyone came up to me and said that it was a good training and it helped them :) 

 

we fed all of the missionaries hot dogs and chips and soda on the 4th. (that was when our zone meeting was) it think it was pretty good :) the clarksville 3rd ward had 3 baptisms on saturday. it was awesome to see that family come closer towards Christ. 

 

In a couple weeks we will have our family of 4 baptized :) they have come to church the past three weeks :) its awesome to see! i love it!! sorry this is so short, but we are short on time! haha. i will try and write y'all a letter this week to tell ya more :)  love y'all!!

 

Peace out Girl scouts.

 

Elder Cawley

 

 

7/2/12: cold hands

hey familia :)

well this week has been awesome :) we had another baptism on saturday :) It was awesome too because his biological dad flew all the way from alaska to clarksville just to baptize and confirm him. they hadn't seen each other for 17 years... crazy!!! it was a trip teaching him too. he is the most chill guy ever! haha. he was just prepared. all we did was just invite him to do certain things, and he did them... without hesitation... and he found out that it was true. after that, he wanted to be baptized :) 

oh and on sunday our family that we are working with came to church again :) we sat right behind them. They have 4 kids that are not baptized... and after we sustained our newest convert a member of the church, the dad leaned over to one of his sons and whispered, "soon that is going to be you." so awesome!! these kids are hilarious!! on of the sons has a HUGE white fro haha. they all joke around with each other and are just super funny. they invited us over for the 4th of July to eat fewd and watch some fireworks. (i guess they bought the second most expensive package of fireworks.... oh boy) but don't worry... i ain't touching any of em! haha. 

sunday was seriously the best day ever... we had to go to 5 hours of church though... that was no bueno haha. we went to first ward (where the ysas meet) and then we went to the second ward too. Elder Hymas of the 70 came to the first ward and he taught the YSA sunday school class :):) it was awesome :):) before church we pulled into a parking spot, and elder hymas pulled up next to us, then our stake president pulled up next to him! we all walked into church together. he said he remembered me from my cold hands.... darn cold hands hahaha. last time i met him he said, "oh you got cold hands... but that means you got a warm heart" hahaha. i reckon so! 

anywho, this month will be a good month for the YSAs and also for 2nd ward. lots of miracles are happening!! :) i love it!! i love yall!!! stay classy!!

Peace out girl scouts.

Elder Cawley