Model homes, baptismal dates, and a greenie

Model homes, baptismal dates, and a greenie

 

So this has been a pretty amazing week! I'm not quite sure where to start but I'll try to cover everything.

 

Kay so first Holly holly holly. So we've been making major progress with her and just for privacy reasons for her i just want to say that we've jumped tons of hurdles. A few days ago we put her on date for Oct. 25. So she's really excited about that but super stressed at the same time. Yesterday she recieved tons of revelation and guidance and has realized how important baptism is. But she also realized that she need to quit smoking which will be hard. She works crazy hours so she texted us at 4am telling us she expected a really good lesson tuesday and she needs to quit smoking. Then she texts us at 6:31 telling us she needs help again and to wake up! Then she called us. Did y'all know it's rather difficult giving a lesson two minutes after you've "woken up" after sleeping on the ground (I'll explain the ground thing in a bit). Anyways we're super pumped but nervous and excited but stressed. So we need prayers for her to quit smoking and she'll get baptized soon.

 

Next of all we moved!!... sort of anyways. The original plan was to move last friday, but it turns out we had to move out last friday but couldn't move in to the new place until today. So yeah we were totally homeless for a few days. Luckily the new place let us stay in the model home which is amazing! Then we found out we could stay in the old place, but it smells like cigarettes and marijuana from the people downstairs so we stayed in the model home. Completely furnished with automatic lights and tons of other fancy stuff. Unfortunately only two beds. Since we were only staying two nights we agreed i'd sleep in the bed one night and sleep in the bed the other. Thus explaining why i was sleeping on the floor. Technically i was on tons of throw pillows and blankets and slept great, but i was on the floor as well.

 

Also our new apartment complex has a tennis court so Elder Cahoon and I decided we would take advantage of it. So i bought a polo shirt, a bag for my racket, and am working on getting a sweat band, and official tennis shoes. Evidently my black soled shoes aren't aloud on the court. So this morning as i was playing in my black soled shoes i found out I'm pretty good at serving the ball. In fact I missed only a couple times and only almost hit the ball over the 12 foot fence on the other side of the court. Well after Elder Cahoon hit both balls over the fence we decided that we were done until tomorrow.

 

So today we are moving and I'm super pumped about that. We found out that we get the upgraded apartment with brand new carpet and wood floors with granite countertops and new black appliances and cabinets. So basically missions are hard.

 

Elder Wilkinson our district leader is training! The new dude is Elder Potts from american fork, utah. So we got an apartment full of utahns. So it's always pretty funny when we introduce ourselves to people and announce we're all from utah and that we've never met eachother before the mission thingy.

 

So i did a fist pump and said "yes!" when i saw that Chris got those papers in. The person next to me looked at me weird... plus all the people behind the counter. But we're used to getting weird looks. Imagine all the looks we'll get when we go to wal-mart after this and ya know, all wearing suits. Those Mormons.

 

Well Elder Cahoons plans when he gets home is to first catch up on movies and video games. Then he plans on becoming a rock star. If that doesn't work he's gonna make video games. He'll be going to the U of U. So yeah normal stuff.

 

As for a suit I'll keep my eye out. This suit will probably be able to last being worn every day... but I should probably wash it.

 

Hmm well that's my life...

 

Oh man! I'm supposed to expound a scripture today!

 

Okay so I may have said this one before but not officially. One of my favorite verses is Moroni 6:4. It speaks of what happens after baptism and recieving the Holy Ghost. It says that it cleanses us. Which is usually what people think of when they think of baptism, becoming clean. But it also says that we will be "wrought upon" by the Holy Ghost. An example of being wrought upon is a blacksmith who is beating something into a shape that he wants. Well it's the same with the Holy Ghost, after we recieve Him He beats us into the shape that God wants us to become. We are not only cleansed, but changed.

 

I love being a missionary and i love y'all!

 

eLDer K. oLseN