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
Monday, November 14, 2011
Monday, November 7, 2011
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.
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.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
¿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.
Love you Mom,
Love your Mexican son,
Elder Cameron Coon
¿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
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
One More Family Complete in the Gospel
Dear Mom,
I am feeling a lot better now. The medicines did everything that they were supposed to. I am now back to normal. I`m always honest, I`m a missionary. Thank you for all your prayers. Thank you Mom.
So not a whole lot has changed since my last letter things are still a little rough. But like you said it`s a refiner`s fire, it`s not something that`s supposed to be easy, but the end result is well worth it. I know that I am doing all that I can and I know it is for a good reason why all this is happening. There is a master plan behind all this. I`m only excited to see what I will be like afterwards. Because something good always comes from times like these. It may not be what we want, but it is exactly what we need.
Right now we have about 23 people we are teaching, but only 5 are progressing, people aren`t progressing for lots of reasons. They don`t have a testimony, they don`t have faith in Christ, others because they aren`t fulfilling their commitments, but that`s the work. This past week Elder Romero and I have really focused on receiving answers to prayers and finding out if the Book of Mormon is true with our investigators. Because it all comes down to that. With that testimony people really start to progress and grow closer to God.
I had some really strong experiences this past week. It didn`t happen during lessons, but when I was praying. To receive an answer to a prayer in the moment is rare. I was blessed with the answers I needed two times this week. During both experiences the voice of the Lord came to me through the Holy Spirit and was able to receive exact revelation. One had to do with the work in my area and the other had to deal with my district and what I needed to do to help them. I know that He listens and answers, I do not doubt it.
Me and my comp. are getting along great. Sometimes he`s hard to be around, just because of the difference in personalities. He`s a really hyper guy and is a jump and then look type of person. Which Has it`s ups and downs. But all is good. He has taught me a lot in how I should be or act.
Oh I forgot. Miracle Baptism! One of our investigators we stopped teaching got baptized yesterday. We stopped teaching her because she wasn`t progressing. But the primary did their presentation in sacrament meeting and she came to see her two kids participate. We went to go see her that same day, two weeks ago, and told us she wanted to be baptized. The power of children. Now we have completed one more family. Yea!
I love this work.
Thank you Mom for all that you do for me. You're the greatest mom ever! You can do anything you can put your mind to. I got that trait from you and Grandpa. Tell everyone that I love them.
Love,
Elder Cameron Coon
I am feeling a lot better now. The medicines did everything that they were supposed to. I am now back to normal. I`m always honest, I`m a missionary. Thank you for all your prayers. Thank you Mom.
So not a whole lot has changed since my last letter things are still a little rough. But like you said it`s a refiner`s fire, it`s not something that`s supposed to be easy, but the end result is well worth it. I know that I am doing all that I can and I know it is for a good reason why all this is happening. There is a master plan behind all this. I`m only excited to see what I will be like afterwards. Because something good always comes from times like these. It may not be what we want, but it is exactly what we need.
Right now we have about 23 people we are teaching, but only 5 are progressing, people aren`t progressing for lots of reasons. They don`t have a testimony, they don`t have faith in Christ, others because they aren`t fulfilling their commitments, but that`s the work. This past week Elder Romero and I have really focused on receiving answers to prayers and finding out if the Book of Mormon is true with our investigators. Because it all comes down to that. With that testimony people really start to progress and grow closer to God.
I had some really strong experiences this past week. It didn`t happen during lessons, but when I was praying. To receive an answer to a prayer in the moment is rare. I was blessed with the answers I needed two times this week. During both experiences the voice of the Lord came to me through the Holy Spirit and was able to receive exact revelation. One had to do with the work in my area and the other had to deal with my district and what I needed to do to help them. I know that He listens and answers, I do not doubt it.
Me and my comp. are getting along great. Sometimes he`s hard to be around, just because of the difference in personalities. He`s a really hyper guy and is a jump and then look type of person. Which Has it`s ups and downs. But all is good. He has taught me a lot in how I should be or act.
Oh I forgot. Miracle Baptism! One of our investigators we stopped teaching got baptized yesterday. We stopped teaching her because she wasn`t progressing. But the primary did their presentation in sacrament meeting and she came to see her two kids participate. We went to go see her that same day, two weeks ago, and told us she wanted to be baptized. The power of children. Now we have completed one more family. Yea!
I love this work.
Thank you Mom for all that you do for me. You're the greatest mom ever! You can do anything you can put your mind to. I got that trait from you and Grandpa. Tell everyone that I love them.
Love,
Elder Cameron Coon
Monday, October 10, 2011
It's Raining in Mexico
Dear Mom,
All is going good here in Mexico. It`s raining like crazy right now. All the streets are flooded, but that`s normal here. There aren`t any drain systems here. I+m sorry I didn't write a whole lot the last time. We lost track of time and we had to go to an appointment. So Caleb is off to Africa. That`s way exciting. How are you doing with the three younger ones? Are pulling their fair share? Thanks for sending me the letter from Manti. It sounds like he has changed a lot, okay maybe not a whole lot there is still a little bit of the Manti I still know in there.
Tell everyone hi for me and good luck to Judy and her marathon.
If you need more strength read in Mosiah about when King Mosiah sent his sons off to the Lamanite country and th promise the Lord made to King Mosiah.
Could you please keep forwarding my eamials to Brandi? Please and thank you.
So this past week has been very fun. Elder Romero and I are working like crazy! I love it when that happens. Also I have now performed every priesthood ordnance outside of the temple. I did the naming and blessing of a newborn in Sacrament meeting yesterday. I must admit that it is my favorite ordnance yet. His name is Edson and he is the first child of a couple we have been teaching for some time now. We are working one baptizing them, but we need to marry them first and the Father of doesn`t want to sign the papers so his daughter can maryy. She is under 18 so we need his signature with the Mom`s as well. I still believe in Miracles so we will see.
What else is new.... I had interviews with President Spannaus the other day or Thursday. It was a short one. He asked how I was doing in my book of mormon reading, explained to me that I have learned everything necessary to be a missionary or should have learned it, I think I have, and told me to keep working hard. He said I looked great and told me to keep working hard. Short interviews are nice, because it shows that you are doing what you need to be doing. At least I think so.
We are having some trouble baptizing, all of our investigators have to get married first, or all the ones who have baptismal dates. We found 13 More ppl to teach this past week. So we will see what happens to them and what we can do to help them keep progressing. It`s like escalator. we find ppl, we put them on, then we find More ppl, and send them on their way to baptism.
Tell CAity to just be happy she`s not going to CCC. BYUI is changing and is starting to become a more high credential school. When I left the school was trying to make it a little harder to get into. plus it`s still college education.
Has Chad tried anything new yet ar still the same old same old? If not send him to Mexico and he`ll learn to eat. Beans, rice, and chicken soup. That`s what we normally eat here. but the chicken soup is way different here and I think a ton better.
I love you Mom, Thank you for everything that you have done for me. You are the greatest mom ever. I love reading the scripture about the 2000 stripling warriors, because that`s has a direct application to me and Caleb. I love you Mom.
Love your favorite Mexican missionary,
Cameron
All is going good here in Mexico. It`s raining like crazy right now. All the streets are flooded, but that`s normal here. There aren`t any drain systems here. I+m sorry I didn't write a whole lot the last time. We lost track of time and we had to go to an appointment. So Caleb is off to Africa. That`s way exciting. How are you doing with the three younger ones? Are pulling their fair share? Thanks for sending me the letter from Manti. It sounds like he has changed a lot, okay maybe not a whole lot there is still a little bit of the Manti I still know in there.
Tell everyone hi for me and good luck to Judy and her marathon.
If you need more strength read in Mosiah about when King Mosiah sent his sons off to the Lamanite country and th promise the Lord made to King Mosiah.
Could you please keep forwarding my eamials to Brandi? Please and thank you.
So this past week has been very fun. Elder Romero and I are working like crazy! I love it when that happens. Also I have now performed every priesthood ordnance outside of the temple. I did the naming and blessing of a newborn in Sacrament meeting yesterday. I must admit that it is my favorite ordnance yet. His name is Edson and he is the first child of a couple we have been teaching for some time now. We are working one baptizing them, but we need to marry them first and the Father of doesn`t want to sign the papers so his daughter can maryy. She is under 18 so we need his signature with the Mom`s as well. I still believe in Miracles so we will see.
What else is new.... I had interviews with President Spannaus the other day or Thursday. It was a short one. He asked how I was doing in my book of mormon reading, explained to me that I have learned everything necessary to be a missionary or should have learned it, I think I have, and told me to keep working hard. He said I looked great and told me to keep working hard. Short interviews are nice, because it shows that you are doing what you need to be doing. At least I think so.
We are having some trouble baptizing, all of our investigators have to get married first, or all the ones who have baptismal dates. We found 13 More ppl to teach this past week. So we will see what happens to them and what we can do to help them keep progressing. It`s like escalator. we find ppl, we put them on, then we find More ppl, and send them on their way to baptism.
Tell CAity to just be happy she`s not going to CCC. BYUI is changing and is starting to become a more high credential school. When I left the school was trying to make it a little harder to get into. plus it`s still college education.
Has Chad tried anything new yet ar still the same old same old? If not send him to Mexico and he`ll learn to eat. Beans, rice, and chicken soup. That`s what we normally eat here. but the chicken soup is way different here and I think a ton better.
I love you Mom, Thank you for everything that you have done for me. You are the greatest mom ever. I love reading the scripture about the 2000 stripling warriors, because that`s has a direct application to me and Caleb. I love you Mom.
Love your favorite Mexican missionary,
Cameron
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