So still in Crossville, Tenn. It is warm out but not too bad. So the Nashville Tenn mission is soon to be the highest baptizing english mission in the world. The average for this mission was around 250 new converts a year. This year we are already at around 600 at the end of July with lots of new perspective people every day. The churches in the south states are all moving away from the basic
doctrines and it's really got a lot of people soul searching for the simple simple gosple of Jesus Christ.
Now it's so cool to see the book of Mormon come into play because it is the thing what most people are looking for and it changes lives... Something interesting, the stake I am in right now is way over sized, like three times too big, and for some reason there is more and more missionaries being put in McMinville stake-enough for another mission to be opened up. So we will see what happens. This stake has enough less actives to open up a third and fourth stake so we are focused on re-actives and baptizing part member families.
Love, Caleb
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Thursday, July 26, 2012
July 23, 2012 E-mail
Hello from Crossville!
Every thing is going great out here. We have another baptism this Wed the 25 and things are moving on and on. We have the whole ward tuned around, they are starting to get it. I met with Pres Mckee a little bit ago and was told that it took one person to change a whole ward and guess what? It did...
This past week has been a true tornado- we have so many people who want to come out with us we are way way over scheduled. The Lord's work is fun, so enjoy it. That's all we are working on and it's really turning things around because the true gospel is a message of happiness.
It's so humid right now, as soon as you walk out the door you sweat and its only 79 degrees out. I fried my first cat fish this Friday. It tasted like burnt oil. I guess you have to at least see someone fry something first, so tonight sister Threet might show me how.
All my messing arouned with engines finally paid off this past week. A guy named Billy had a lawn mower that would not run so I pulled the whole thing apart, intake valve back to carb. I opened up the fuel jet, knocked out some casting and a few other things now, it is ready for the race track. It can now do almost twice factory speed:) Billy is super tickled about it. lol.
Love, Caleb
From a previous e-mail:
So this happend a little while back. Michael is a guy we have been teaching ever since I got here in Crossville around April. He lives next door to Wanda, she is a member. We were over fixing Wanda's car, the brake lights were staying on. As I started to fix the lights Michael went to go buy some corn on the cob. He walked to Krogear about 3/4 mile away. By the time I had it fixed Elder B was looking to see what i did. So I was talking to Wanda and I see Michael walking up the street. I look at the bag and I'm thinking he got some more beer... Any way, Michael walks up to Wanda and says ''Wanda, I got you some mayonnaise.'' Wanda says ''I don't need any maynonnaise. I already have some''. Michael says ''I actually went to the store and got you mayonnaise.'' Wanda says ''I thought you went to the store to get corn?'' Michael says ''It's mayonnaise.'' Then Michael walks up to his porch sits down with arms folded and pouts... meanwhile Wanda and I are rolling laughing and Elder B missed it all. lol .....
Every thing is going great out here. We have another baptism this Wed the 25 and things are moving on and on. We have the whole ward tuned around, they are starting to get it. I met with Pres Mckee a little bit ago and was told that it took one person to change a whole ward and guess what? It did...
This past week has been a true tornado- we have so many people who want to come out with us we are way way over scheduled. The Lord's work is fun, so enjoy it. That's all we are working on and it's really turning things around because the true gospel is a message of happiness.
It's so humid right now, as soon as you walk out the door you sweat and its only 79 degrees out. I fried my first cat fish this Friday. It tasted like burnt oil. I guess you have to at least see someone fry something first, so tonight sister Threet might show me how.
All my messing arouned with engines finally paid off this past week. A guy named Billy had a lawn mower that would not run so I pulled the whole thing apart, intake valve back to carb. I opened up the fuel jet, knocked out some casting and a few other things now, it is ready for the race track. It can now do almost twice factory speed:) Billy is super tickled about it. lol.
Love, Caleb
From a previous e-mail:
So this happend a little while back. Michael is a guy we have been teaching ever since I got here in Crossville around April. He lives next door to Wanda, she is a member. We were over fixing Wanda's car, the brake lights were staying on. As I started to fix the lights Michael went to go buy some corn on the cob. He walked to Krogear about 3/4 mile away. By the time I had it fixed Elder B was looking to see what i did. So I was talking to Wanda and I see Michael walking up the street. I look at the bag and I'm thinking he got some more beer... Any way, Michael walks up to Wanda and says ''Wanda, I got you some mayonnaise.'' Wanda says ''I don't need any maynonnaise. I already have some''. Michael says ''I actually went to the store and got you mayonnaise.'' Wanda says ''I thought you went to the store to get corn?'' Michael says ''It's mayonnaise.'' Then Michael walks up to his porch sits down with arms folded and pouts... meanwhile Wanda and I are rolling laughing and Elder B missed it all. lol .....
Monday, July 9, 2012
July 9, 2012 e-mail
Another week of fun and games here in Crossville. Yesterday I had to speak in church and had three weeks to prepare for it. So I chose to just wing it at the stand. It went really good, I was asked to speak on the restoration. I started off with 2 Nephi 25:26 then went to Helaman 5:12. After that I pretty much told everyone to suck it up and look to the Savior, use Him and His atonement to fix their lives, get rid of pride and start new...
So the 4th of July week = no one in sight. There was like 2 families out of 32 families we are teaching home .. it was an adventure though :)
I'm doing good, staying very fit even though we always are in the car - which is nice when it is 103 all the time!
Love you all,
Caleb
P.S.-I have a funny story and will send it next week. I have it written down so I won't forget.
So the 4th of July week = no one in sight. There was like 2 families out of 32 families we are teaching home .. it was an adventure though :)
I'm doing good, staying very fit even though we always are in the car - which is nice when it is 103 all the time!
Love you all,
Caleb
P.S.-I have a funny story and will send it next week. I have it written down so I won't forget.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
July 3, 2012 E-mail
Hello!
This week has been real hot, 109 degrees, but it's dry so it's not too bad. Everyones lawns are dying, they have no way of watering anything out here. But what can you say? lol.
So two things happened this week. First off, we went over to see this less active guy. We were talking about the power grid here in Tenn ... in the middle of the conversation I asked if all his kids had been
baptized and he said "No, ill go get her." So he went to go get her. When he came back we asked her if she wanted to be baptized and she said she really wants to be. We are looking at the 21st of July for that.
The second thing that happend was we have this guy who is investigating the church. We were having a lesson when all of a sudden he punched the member who was with us in the forehead. It was pretty crazy after that for a min. After she left (the member who was with us) we gave him a talking to - so craziness...
Love, Caleb
This week has been real hot, 109 degrees, but it's dry so it's not too bad. Everyones lawns are dying, they have no way of watering anything out here. But what can you say? lol.
So two things happened this week. First off, we went over to see this less active guy. We were talking about the power grid here in Tenn ... in the middle of the conversation I asked if all his kids had been
baptized and he said "No, ill go get her." So he went to go get her. When he came back we asked her if she wanted to be baptized and she said she really wants to be. We are looking at the 21st of July for that.
The second thing that happend was we have this guy who is investigating the church. We were having a lesson when all of a sudden he punched the member who was with us in the forehead. It was pretty crazy after that for a min. After she left (the member who was with us) we gave him a talking to - so craziness...
Love, Caleb
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