WE HAVE A MIRACLE IN PROCESS NOW

-- All is good here in Mexico. Sounds like all is good on the home front as well. That´s weird to think that Michael is home now. Time is flying by. In no time I will hit my 18 month mark. Time flies when you are having fun. It always does. You´ve made me think about what I want to talk about in my homecoming talk. I have no idea what I would say. I´ll just have to share some good stories and doctrine, or something like that. I´ll worry about that when I get home. I´ll just worry about what I´ll be teaching this week.

These week we are really going to focus on getting people to church. What is really special about my area is that no one has faith, or very little; less than a mustard seed. So we are going to get their faith up and get them to church.

So we have a miracle in process now. We have been working with an investigator and my comp has worked with him a lot longer, and the investigator now has a baptismal date for this Saturday. We just need to help move out of his girlfriends house, get the interview, and he can be baptized. This is the same person who I did marriage counseling with. So we are praying all goes to plan.

Then the up coming week, we have two more people getting ready to be baptized. They are both really excited and everything is going great. We are going to do all we can to baptize every week this next week. Then we are going to do all we can to invoke the powers of heaven to bless our work to see miracles.

I´m thinking if I want anything special in my care package...... maybe powdered Gatorade or powerade, which ever is cheaper, snickers or candies, the add water stuff is perfect. I can´t think of anything else, oh if you don´t want people to open it, put pictures of the Savior on the outside, otherwise it´s not guaranteed. I know I spelt that wrong

Everything else is going good. This week was good, because we have found more people to teach and they look like they might progress. That´s the hard part, finding people that will progress. Because we can find people, but that doesn´t mean that they are the Lord´s chosen people or the people who have been prepared. Our lessons have been going good. The only down part is that we have searching for the in-active members and we are finding them and are finding out that they don´t have testimonies about anything. So we are trying to help them, but it´s like teaching investigators. But we are going forward with faith to perform miracles.

Thanks Mom, for everything you are the greatest. As a parent, I´m probably sure that I will worry. I love you Mom. Thank you for worrying about me. Tell everyone hi for me. Also can you tell Michael that I say hi. Please and thank you. Also, is there anything I can do for you?

Love you Mom,

Love your Son,

Elder Coon the first

P.S. I´ve included pictures of our Thanks giving dinner and a poster that we made. We set the poster up and contact people in the streets.
Our thanksgiving dinner consisted of a slice of ham(packaged), mashed potatoes(potato pearls), stuffing(sliced bread), Soda(soda), and cookies(packaged), and of coarse one tortilla( we´re in Mexico!). It was pretty cool. That´s a missionary thanksgiving. Love you all!

 

 

We had about 9 people come to church last Sunday

So the pictures are of me and Elder Woodcox in the new apartment, well new for me; the other is of me and another missionary in my last area, his name is Elder Hinton; as you can tell I cut my hair way short, I don´t want to cut it for another 2 months, I think I can make it that long; then another of me taking pictures of my beautiful self.

Let me think what happened this week. I got to know the branch, that was fun. This branch is full of gossip about other families. It´s bad and funny at the same time, because they all do it and they always start saying that it´s bad to gossip.

It was a rougher week with teaching. We are having some trouble finding some new people to teach. People are a lot more closed here. That sometimes happens in smaller areas. It´s all about tradition here and people really go after  you if you want to break tradition. So we are trying to attempt some new finding strategies. We are trying to get our branch more excited for one. I think it will take some time, because there are a lot of less actives as well, and we just about no Priesthood, so that is harder. We had about 9 people come to church last Sunday, way different from my expectations. But me and Elder Woodcox are ready to go at it.

Things may be a little rough, but that´s part of this work.The best part of it is that we both have experience and are hard workers. So we can really tear it up.

So we had a lot of appointments fall through, not the first time. But we did have a powerful lesson last night. We went to go see someone who is close to being baptized, he only need to get married. So we were there with Jorge and Miriam. Lets just say we had some couple therapy, focused on making things work or separating. The only cool part was that the Spirit guided me with exactly what I needed to say. I told them to focus on their three daughters and what will be best for them. There was a lot of anger between Jorge and Miriam. We will see them tomorrow. I have decided that I will not be a therapist. Sometimes, as a missionary I feel like a lot like one.

What else, that´s about it. Nothing really has happened this week. It was a really slow week. We pray that something good will happen this week.

Tell everyone hi for me and that I love them.

Thanks Mom, for everything. Also easier said than done, try not to worry too much about me. I have everything under control. There are few things that I can´t handle now.

Love you Mom,

Love your favorite Mexican missionary,

Elder Cameron Coon

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My New area is in the City of Chilpancingo

As far as recipes go, all that I have to work with is a frying pan and a pot, like a pot to boil water. That´s about the extent of my kitchen and cooking. There´s not a whole lot that I can do, but I can get a little creative.

That´s cool that Sister Blunck came home for a bit. As mission President they will be out for three years, so that´s a little bit longer than me. They´ll love every minute of it. Cool fact, I will actual end the same time that my mission President ends. Well it´s a cool fact to me.

Another cool fact, I am now in another area! I am back in the state of Guerrero in the city of Chilpancingo. My area is called Zupango. It´s a little pueblo outside of Chilpancingo. My companion is Elder Woodcox. He´s from Colorado. He´s a pretty cool elder, he has just a little less time than me. I am also a normal missionary right now. Which is nice because I can focus a lot more in my area.

I´m excited to be here. This is the first time that I am working in a branch. I´ve always been in wards. So I´m excited to see how this will go.

Nothing really big happened this past week. We worked hard but we learned a lot from our mistakes. Since it has been getting darker earlier, we can´t really contact at night time, because no one has confidence with the person at the front door. So we always have to visit ppl that we know or who knows who we are.

I´m excited to bring all that I have learned to this area. Having 17 months means lots of experience. So I don´t feel lost when coming to a new area, I ask a few questions to the missionary who has been here, to get a feel for how things are going and then go to work. It´s such an awesome feeling.

Tell everyone hi for me and that I miss them, and that in no time I will see them again.

Thanks Mom. For everything. Keep going strong. The Lord will take care of you and the family.

Love your son,

Elder Cameron Coon

District Leader Elder Coon & His Awesome District

I Love this Work!

-- All is good in Mexico. We weren`t able to find 25 new investigators. We were really blown away or we were really surprised that we couldn`t. Last week we found 17 so we thought we could go for 25. But Since it was Dìa de Muertos nobody wanted to listen to what we had to say. It`s contacting doors on Christmas Day. It`s a good thought. But it just doesn`t work. But we are going to have at it again this week. This last week I was a little disappointed for not having so much success like last week. I started to get a little down. But, as the famous saying goes, you learn more through hard times than through the good. That`s what happened to me. I learned a lot and my relationship with my Father in Heaven grew dramatically. My testimony has grown a lot stronger. I love this work!
That`s weird thinking that Michael is home. That time went by fast. Tell him "hi" for me.
What else is new in the house, anything? Remember I haven`t seen it for over a year. Something has to have of changed without me knowing.
Also, I am doing very good health wise. Speaking of health. Could you send some easy cooking recipes? Cereal is starting to get old and I`m running out of ideas. Also could you send a recipe for no bake cookies. That would be awesome.
Love you Mexican son,
Elder Cameron Coon
This Saturday we are going to have changes, so we will see if I stay or go. It`s about a 50/50 chance if I stay or go.

 

¿Còmo estas? yo estoy bien. ¡La obra esta progresando buenisimo

Querrida Mamà,
¿Còmo estas? yo estoy bien. ¡La obra esta progresando buenisimo! Everything is going great. This past week we had zone conference, with president Spannaus. I learned a lot during that conference. One being that mission has some standards now in how we work. As missionaries we tools to help us measure how many lessons we have and if people are progressing, and what we need to do better. There are numbers and they are called key indicators. So our mission president has now established some goals to help us grow as a mission. One of them being finding 25 new investigators every week. I`m excited for this, because I know we will be finding a lot more people to teach and finding more people who are ready to baptize. This last week we found 17 new investigators. So it is possible. I`m excited to see what miracles will be happening.
I`m doing good. The Lord has helped me grow in ways that I could never have imagined. I don`t even know how to describe it. I am able to help my companion grow, my investigators grow, and my district grow. It has been a huge blessing. I am feeling great. My spirits are high and I`m ready to work even harder and baptize all! A little dramatic, but that`s how I feel.

I`m excited to see what will happen this week. Thank you Mom for everything. You are the Greatest!

 

Save some of that candy for me. Oh in the next care package if you could send M&M. That would be awesome or peanut butter cups. Something sweet. Thank you.

Mom, your boys are being protected. More than you can see. I know, sometimes hearing it helps a lot.
Love you Mom,
Love your Mexican son,
Elder Cameron Coon