a member of the ward where elder cawley is serving shared this picture and said, "Our missionaries work so hard!! We love them!!"
we love knowing that there are members and nonmembers alike who love our spencer and are taking care of him.
--cristine
Sunday, August 26, 2012
picture update
a member of the ward where elder cawley is serving shared this picture and said, "Our missionaries work so hard!! We love them!!"
we love knowing that there are members and nonmembers alike who love our spencer and are taking care of him.
--cristine
8/20/2012: getting dinners
well this week has kind of been slow :( i think it is safe to say that
almost every appointment that we had set up, fell through :( even a dinner! but its all part of life i reckon.
There were a couple awesome things that happened though. one was a young couple moving in our ward. He is deploying next week and she is moving back to texas while he is gone. and we helped them move out and they took us to lunch, and then they said, "okay, any food that is in our kitchen... you can take, cuz if you dont take it... we are just going to throw it away." so we LOADED up this huge box full of food hahaha. it felt pretty weird though, i felt like i was stealing from someone. but they kept saying... take this, and this, and that. i was like "okay... if we have to"... hahaha. :) and we thanked them like prolly 1786 times :)
and i found a new way to get dinners. yesterday i just walked around with the calender in my hand, and people came up to talk to me and they would see it in my hand and ask to see it. it worked like a charm!! since the ward is struggling on callings, there are not a lot of people in EQ or RS, so its hard to pass it around. so i think this way will be easier on the members, and us :)
anywho, other then that it has been a reallllly slow week :( hopefully this week is better!! :) i love yall!! stay classy!!
peace n blessins.
Elder Cawley
p.s. http://www.clarksvillenow.com/pages/13932515.php?imageGalleryXRefId=2917521#imgXR CHECK IT!!!! community service... YES!
There were a couple awesome things that happened though. one was a young couple moving in our ward. He is deploying next week and she is moving back to texas while he is gone. and we helped them move out and they took us to lunch, and then they said, "okay, any food that is in our kitchen... you can take, cuz if you dont take it... we are just going to throw it away." so we LOADED up this huge box full of food hahaha. it felt pretty weird though, i felt like i was stealing from someone. but they kept saying... take this, and this, and that. i was like "okay... if we have to"... hahaha. :) and we thanked them like prolly 1786 times :)
and i found a new way to get dinners. yesterday i just walked around with the calender in my hand, and people came up to talk to me and they would see it in my hand and ask to see it. it worked like a charm!! since the ward is struggling on callings, there are not a lot of people in EQ or RS, so its hard to pass it around. so i think this way will be easier on the members, and us :)
anywho, other then that it has been a reallllly slow week :( hopefully this week is better!! :) i love yall!! stay classy!!
peace n blessins.
Elder Cawley
p.s. http://www.clarksvillenow.com/pages/13932515.php?imageGalleryXRefId=2917521#imgXR CHECK IT!!!! community service... YES!
8/13/2012: laughing buddies
hey familia!!
on saturday we had another baptism!! :) woohoo!! it was a 10 year old... that stud.
it was awesome i found these super legit programs that you can make on sugardoodle.com or something like that? idk haha. but they looked sweet.
anywho, i was able to baptize him! and it was funny cuz the day before we went over and showed him everything and i was like "kay, any questions at all??" he goes "yeah... will the water tickle my ears cuz i don't wanna start laughing underwater." hahahaha. i just started laughing it was hilarious. his dad isn't a member, and his mom is active now. so woohoo!!
Elder ____-my new companion-- and i are like brothers...i swear. we like all the same things, have the same toothbrush (didn't plan that) we keep thinking the same thing... its gettin weird haha. hopefully we will set a couple more dates this week so we can help more people come unto Christ! time is flying too... its almost half way through august!
There was a pretty sweet storm this mornin. the lightning was hitting right next to us... so the thunder wasn't quiet thats fo sho. haha. man. i'm still super jealous that yall got to go to the beach house!! we better go there again!! "im.... gunna soak up the suuuunnnn"
oh so, one night elder ______ was driving, and we were just telling stories, and i don't even remember what he was saying, but we were laughing so hard! we were just in the laughing mood... like i couldn't breath. i started to get a lil worried hahaha. and it was on our way to an appt, and so when we showed up they thought that i had been crying cuz my face was red and i had tears in my eyes from all the laughter! that's basically all that happens... we just laugh all the time. well i love yall!! stay classy!!
peace out girl scouts.
Elder Cawley
on saturday we had another baptism!! :) woohoo!! it was a 10 year old... that stud.
it was awesome i found these super legit programs that you can make on sugardoodle.com or something like that? idk haha. but they looked sweet.
anywho, i was able to baptize him! and it was funny cuz the day before we went over and showed him everything and i was like "kay, any questions at all??" he goes "yeah... will the water tickle my ears cuz i don't wanna start laughing underwater." hahahaha. i just started laughing it was hilarious. his dad isn't a member, and his mom is active now. so woohoo!!
Elder ____-my new companion-- and i are like brothers...i swear. we like all the same things, have the same toothbrush (didn't plan that) we keep thinking the same thing... its gettin weird haha. hopefully we will set a couple more dates this week so we can help more people come unto Christ! time is flying too... its almost half way through august!
There was a pretty sweet storm this mornin. the lightning was hitting right next to us... so the thunder wasn't quiet thats fo sho. haha. man. i'm still super jealous that yall got to go to the beach house!! we better go there again!! "im.... gunna soak up the suuuunnnn"
oh so, one night elder ______ was driving, and we were just telling stories, and i don't even remember what he was saying, but we were laughing so hard! we were just in the laughing mood... like i couldn't breath. i started to get a lil worried hahaha. and it was on our way to an appt, and so when we showed up they thought that i had been crying cuz my face was red and i had tears in my eyes from all the laughter! that's basically all that happens... we just laugh all the time. well i love yall!! stay classy!!
peace out girl scouts.
Elder Cawley
8/6/2012: golden investigator
so y'all are at the beach house?!?! jealous!!!!
So my companion is being transfered, and he is the new assistant!! he almost passed out when prez called him. President told me that i will be in clarksville for the rest of my mission... so that will be 10 1/2 months in C-ville!!! crazy!! my new comp is Elder ____, he is awesome. i've known him my whole mission. he lost his dad while he was on his mission, that happened about 4 months ago. he went home for a couple days, and then came right back out. he is going to see miracles because he chose to stay!
So my companion is being transfered, and he is the new assistant!! he almost passed out when prez called him. President told me that i will be in clarksville for the rest of my mission... so that will be 10 1/2 months in C-ville!!! crazy!! my new comp is Elder ____, he is awesome. i've known him my whole mission. he lost his dad while he was on his mission, that happened about 4 months ago. he went home for a couple days, and then came right back out. he is going to see miracles because he chose to stay!
here is one... we got a
referral from mormon.org and it said, "i
want to become a member and learn more :)" i was like no way... its too
good to be true haha. so we go over, and it is an APSU student. she is 20 years
old and SUPER GOLDEN!!! like she already had a book of mormon, i read a couple
verses out of the bible and she had me underline it and mark the pages and
everything... just pure golden. she asked how long i had left on my mission and i
said 3 months and she goes... "oh don't worry... you will baptize me
before you go home." i was like saweet!!! hahaha. i guess she is a model
and she competes in Miss USA
too... crazy stuff. she lived in provo for a semester when she was in high
school and that's how she got introduced to the church. she has been reading a
ton!! seriously like the most golden person i have ever taught!
oh! on sunday,
bro._____ came up to us and said, "i am going to teach you the
secret..." and i was like the secret of what?? he said. bread! haha. i
about jumped for joy!!! he is FAMOUS in the ward for his bread... it is celestial!!! people go crazy when he brings a loaf of bread. so he is
inviting us over and teaching us how. He is in the bishopric. he is
about 60 years old, very soft spoken and just a stud. i love him! i call
him John the Beloved! because he totally could be him!
The ward was
pretty excited that i was staying for the rest of my mission. it was funny cuz my old comp was with me at church, then right
after church the assistants came and picked him up, and dropped off my new companion,
then we went to our wards break the fast... so everyone was
trippin out that i had my new comp already when they just saw the other one fifteen minutes ago hahaha. it was pretty funny! oh and the food was
super good too... as always :)
well i miss yall!! have fun partying up at
the beach house!! gosh. oh! people here keep talking about some famous
root beer in cali??
called like henry whinehouse?? or something like that... idk what that is.
maybe yall could send some to me? :):) stay classy!!
Peace out Girl Scouts!!
Elder Cawley
Peace out Girl Scouts!!
Elder Cawley
7/30/2012: all smiles
baptism!! woohoo!!
on saturday we have 4 baptisms!! well technically three, since one was eight years old, so he was a child of record. it was hilarious. they are all kids, so when the first went to go get baptized they all started giggling and saying "is it cold?!" i made sure to make it super cold... not haha.
We had all of the primary and young women presidencies there so it was an awesome day. We confirmed the 8 year old on saturday, and then the other 3 in sacrament meeting. it took up about 15 mins of sacrament meeting... oops.
It is pretty awesome though, because we are good friends with the bishopric, the elders quorom presidency, and the primary presidency. also with the RS presidency. we are always smiling and laughing on sundays. its awesome to see.
on saturday morning we did some service, and Brother _____ (EQ president) was there, and me and him were laughing soo hard. he is from Haiti and speaks 7 languages!!! he is hilarious. it is just so fun to go to church and KNOW that you are going to be smiling and happy. i cant picture what it would be like if it was all frowns.
that is awesome about bert and cardon! today we are going cave exploring :) so it will be pretty fun! i love y'all!! i hope all is well in cali!!
peace n blessins!
Elder Cawley
on saturday we have 4 baptisms!! well technically three, since one was eight years old, so he was a child of record. it was hilarious. they are all kids, so when the first went to go get baptized they all started giggling and saying "is it cold?!" i made sure to make it super cold... not haha.
We had all of the primary and young women presidencies there so it was an awesome day. We confirmed the 8 year old on saturday, and then the other 3 in sacrament meeting. it took up about 15 mins of sacrament meeting... oops.
It is pretty awesome though, because we are good friends with the bishopric, the elders quorom presidency, and the primary presidency. also with the RS presidency. we are always smiling and laughing on sundays. its awesome to see.
on saturday morning we did some service, and Brother _____ (EQ president) was there, and me and him were laughing soo hard. he is from Haiti and speaks 7 languages!!! he is hilarious. it is just so fun to go to church and KNOW that you are going to be smiling and happy. i cant picture what it would be like if it was all frowns.
that is awesome about bert and cardon! today we are going cave exploring :) so it will be pretty fun! i love y'all!! i hope all is well in cali!!
peace n blessins!
Elder Cawley
7/23/2012: four lil baptisms
We didn't have a baptism last week, its for this
week. our 4 lil kids are getting baptized!! so awesome!! this week has been
pretty slow, because people are still on block leave, so the town isn't that much
of a ghost town... but its still a lil abandoned haha.
we focused on Less Active
work this week. we had around 20 rcla visits this past week. it's a little
different then what we normally do, but hopefully that will bring more people to
church :) we have been struggling with finding people to teach lately :( idk
why, but not a lot of people are interested when we talk to them. hopefully if we
just continue to push forward... prepared people will be put in our paths :)
sorry this is short :( don't have a lot of time to email. we have a DLC soon
today. always things to do... haha. even on Pday :( i love y'all!! stay classy!!
:)
Peace out girl scouts.
Elder Cawley
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