well i reckon its my birthday this week haha. it doesn't feel like it.
it is going to take some getting used to when i tell ppl that im 21 and not 20. crazy!!
So, nothing really happened this week :( although we did teach
the husband of the member that wants to get baptized. and he is a chef! like...
a good one haha. he went to culinary school and then right after went to France and had
a chef teach him for 6 months. Our first appt with him, he cooked us filet
mignon wrapped in bacon... super tasty!! and he is just about the most
solid person ever, is already in 4th Nephi... knows the church is true... just
needs to be taught the lessons and then baptized!! awesome possum!!
On
wednesday, we are having a zone meeting. Since the First Presidency took out
leadership training, they want each zone to hold a zone meeting right after ZLC
and train the missionaries on what we learned. So that will be on wednesday, we
are going to plan most of it today. our zone didn't really
change much with transfers. in our whole zone, only 3 people are leaving, the
rest are staying the same. i think that they are leaving missionaries in areas
longer.
anywho, i hope yall have a great week!! gotta finish this race
running!!! :) i love yall!! stay classy!!
Peace out Girl Scouts!!
Elder Cawley
fun fact... Lake Tahoe is west of Los
Angeles!!
Monday, September 24, 2012
9/10/2012: golden referral
my gosh!
this transfer has flown by!! transfer calls are this saturday... then starting next tuesday... is my last transfer... what the... haha. anywho... enough being trunky.
This week was good. we got an awesome referral!!! This member in our ward just got married last saturday, and she called us up (she talks pretty fast) and told us that her husband wants to join the church. she said that he wanted to wait for a couple months but woke up one morning and said to call the missionaries. So we talked to him, and he wants us to come over twice a week and teach him. They are feeding us every monday, and he just wants to get taught all the lessons so he can get baptized as quickly as possible, because he already knows the church is true. so after all that happened, i picked up my jaw from the ground, and we set up times to go over and teach him :):) woohoo!! its pretty awesome how that worked too because my comp and I were praying to know who we were going to baptize this month, because our teaching pool is pretty low right now. and then BAM, golden referral. its awesome!!
anywho, we got ZLC tomorrow. love that! we get spiritually fed and also physically fed! stinks though... because my day to drive is tomorrow... so i have to drive us all down to brentwood and back tomorrow. dangit. haha. oh well. its worth it!!
thats awesome to hear about the Elder Cawley in Florida. (spencer's cousin) he is going to love the mission! :) the weather here has been sweet! in the mornings it feels like CALI! but then it gets really hot and humid later in the day... but i still love it! :) hope all is well back home! i miss yall!! stay classy :) haha.
peace out girl scouts.
Elder Cawley.
this transfer has flown by!! transfer calls are this saturday... then starting next tuesday... is my last transfer... what the... haha. anywho... enough being trunky.
This week was good. we got an awesome referral!!! This member in our ward just got married last saturday, and she called us up (she talks pretty fast) and told us that her husband wants to join the church. she said that he wanted to wait for a couple months but woke up one morning and said to call the missionaries. So we talked to him, and he wants us to come over twice a week and teach him. They are feeding us every monday, and he just wants to get taught all the lessons so he can get baptized as quickly as possible, because he already knows the church is true. so after all that happened, i picked up my jaw from the ground, and we set up times to go over and teach him :):) woohoo!! its pretty awesome how that worked too because my comp and I were praying to know who we were going to baptize this month, because our teaching pool is pretty low right now. and then BAM, golden referral. its awesome!!
anywho, we got ZLC tomorrow. love that! we get spiritually fed and also physically fed! stinks though... because my day to drive is tomorrow... so i have to drive us all down to brentwood and back tomorrow. dangit. haha. oh well. its worth it!!
thats awesome to hear about the Elder Cawley in Florida. (spencer's cousin) he is going to love the mission! :) the weather here has been sweet! in the mornings it feels like CALI! but then it gets really hot and humid later in the day... but i still love it! :) hope all is well back home! i miss yall!! stay classy :) haha.
peace out girl scouts.
Elder Cawley.
Monday, September 10, 2012
8/27/2012: knockin' doors
waddup peeps!!
well, this week was pretty good :) we had to do some baptismal interviews for the traveling elders (they teach at appointments that members set up where there aren't any missionaries) and every time we went on exchanges for that... our appointments fell through. so i was like, "welp, lets go knock some doors." it went okay, we did find some new people to teach! most of em just moved into clarksville, cuz the army is switching people around... kinda like transfers. its going to be weird when september hits though... because all of the 101st is getting deployed, and also 3rd brigade, and that is... like our whole ward! haha. so most of the priesthood will be gone... no bueno. so all of the sisters in the ward are planning to feed us still... but have it be a huge get together, where all of the families get together at someone's house and they promised to bring friends :) otherwise... we couldn't get fed cuz all the hubbys are leaving :(
hey mom remember that one time you got me chick fil a and i didn't like it??? well that must have been like a bad piece of chicky or something... cuz i'm obsessed with it now!! haha. the people that work there know us too!! or maybe because we stick out horribad? idk. but we were talking to one guy that works there and he was asking where our church was and he is interested :) woohoo!! so it pays off to eat chick fil a!
Clarksvegas is the land of miracles though... since so many people move in n out (i miss that food btw...) there are always new people to talk to! you could knock one street... then in 4 months... there will be 4 new families on the same street. crazy!! so we are always finding new people that have never seen or heard about missionaries before.
oh story time. so this prolly isn't the best story, but yeah. Duke and I were just having a poopy day. nothing was going for us. we decided to knock some houses, and we knock on this one and the lady opens her door... this is how it went
Me: "hello ma'am! we are representatives of Jesus Christ and w...."
her: "can you read mr. representative??"
Me: "... yes?"
her: "can you not read the 'no soliciting' sign?!?!"
Me: "yeah i read it :) (the smiley means i smiled when i said that haha) but we aren't soliciting ma'am"
her: "why don't you go get a dictionary, look up the word soliciting, then come talk to me."
(ooohhhh that made me mad!!)
Me: "ma'am have you looked it up recently?? if not... maybe you should, so you don't make yourself look silly again... have a good day."
so i know that was totally not the most Christ-like thing. and i did repent of it haha. but that lil comment just pushed me over... and i don't get mad easily... i totally could have said it differently though... my bad.
on a better note, we have zone conference tomorrow!!! so that is always a plus... time to get spiritually fed! :) i hope yall are stayin classy!!! and fyi... that pic of me and duke sleeping was at institute... they played an hour long movie that we watch all the time as missionaries... all i remember was our teacher putting the movie in... then waking up to everyone giggling... haha. no bueno. just remember... life is like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gunna get! love yall!!
peace out girl scouts!
Elder Cawley
well, this week was pretty good :) we had to do some baptismal interviews for the traveling elders (they teach at appointments that members set up where there aren't any missionaries) and every time we went on exchanges for that... our appointments fell through. so i was like, "welp, lets go knock some doors." it went okay, we did find some new people to teach! most of em just moved into clarksville, cuz the army is switching people around... kinda like transfers. its going to be weird when september hits though... because all of the 101st is getting deployed, and also 3rd brigade, and that is... like our whole ward! haha. so most of the priesthood will be gone... no bueno. so all of the sisters in the ward are planning to feed us still... but have it be a huge get together, where all of the families get together at someone's house and they promised to bring friends :) otherwise... we couldn't get fed cuz all the hubbys are leaving :(
hey mom remember that one time you got me chick fil a and i didn't like it??? well that must have been like a bad piece of chicky or something... cuz i'm obsessed with it now!! haha. the people that work there know us too!! or maybe because we stick out horribad? idk. but we were talking to one guy that works there and he was asking where our church was and he is interested :) woohoo!! so it pays off to eat chick fil a!
Clarksvegas is the land of miracles though... since so many people move in n out (i miss that food btw...) there are always new people to talk to! you could knock one street... then in 4 months... there will be 4 new families on the same street. crazy!! so we are always finding new people that have never seen or heard about missionaries before.
oh story time. so this prolly isn't the best story, but yeah. Duke and I were just having a poopy day. nothing was going for us. we decided to knock some houses, and we knock on this one and the lady opens her door... this is how it went
Me: "hello ma'am! we are representatives of Jesus Christ and w...."
her: "can you read mr. representative??"
Me: "... yes?"
her: "can you not read the 'no soliciting' sign?!?!"
Me: "yeah i read it :) (the smiley means i smiled when i said that haha) but we aren't soliciting ma'am"
her: "why don't you go get a dictionary, look up the word soliciting, then come talk to me."
(ooohhhh that made me mad!!)
Me: "ma'am have you looked it up recently?? if not... maybe you should, so you don't make yourself look silly again... have a good day."
so i know that was totally not the most Christ-like thing. and i did repent of it haha. but that lil comment just pushed me over... and i don't get mad easily... i totally could have said it differently though... my bad.
on a better note, we have zone conference tomorrow!!! so that is always a plus... time to get spiritually fed! :) i hope yall are stayin classy!!! and fyi... that pic of me and duke sleeping was at institute... they played an hour long movie that we watch all the time as missionaries... all i remember was our teacher putting the movie in... then waking up to everyone giggling... haha. no bueno. just remember... life is like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gunna get! love yall!!
peace out girl scouts!
Elder Cawley
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
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