Week #96- Last Transfer
May 31, 2016
Hey Family and Friends!
This week I entered my last transfer! A
big group of missionaries flew home this morning, so now I'm in the group of
the oldest missionaries in the mission. It is pretty crazy! My old companions Elder
Free and Elder Hess are being transferred to North Carolina tomorrow. Elder
Armstrong and Elder Valentine will be my last companions.
We had a pretty fun Memorial Day. We were
invited to the homes of Hermano Piggot, the 1st councilor in the branch
presidency and President Ojeda, the
branch president. We had a lot of fun
and we ate a lot of food.
The church is true!
Love, Elder Cannon
Week #97- New Companions and Old
Friends
June 6, 2016
Dear Family and Friends,
Well I finished my first week of my last transfer
with a bang!
On Wednesday I dropped off Elder Free and Elder Hess
at the mission office in Portsmouth.
Then, the current Norfolk Elders, Elder Kelly and Elder Armstrong picked
me up. Elder Armstrong is one of my new companions. While Elder Armstrong and I
waited for Elder Valentine to arrive, we went to Norfolk to do some teaching.
It was great to go back up to Norfolk. We were able to see some old people that
I taught. I was able to talk to Lani
(someone that I taught and baptized in Norfolk) on the phone. She's doing well
and is expecting a baby girl. We ate dinner with the Mencia family at a
Hispanic restaurant and I ordered some tacos de lengua (cow tongue tacos).
Elder Armstrong and Elder Valentine are great
and we already get along super well. Elder Armstrong is from Hurricane, Utah
and has been serving for 15 months. I got to know him when I was his Zone
Leader in Greenville, North Carolina where I went on a few exchanges with
him. Elder Valentine is from Denver, Colorado and has been serving for 6
months.
We taught a few lessons to Miguelina and
Leopoldo this week. Miguelina is so close to being baptized. We went over the
baptismal questions and she is totally ready. She knows all of it is true. She
just still doesn't feel prepared. She feels like she needs more time. So
hopefully, we will be inspired to know how to help her feel more prepared.
We ran into a lot of strange people this week. A Jewish
pastor asked us if we knew the three things that we needed to do to be saved. He
told us to worship God with all our heart, multiply and replenish the earth and
then love everyone including our enemies. Then, he walked away backwards as he
played a harmonica. He was pretty funny.
My watch stopped working so I stopped wearing it. I am sure that it needs something simple to
fix it like a new battery. Branch President Ojeda happened to notice that I wasn’t
wearing my watch anymore and asked me to wear his. I tried to politely refuse but he insisted.
So- now I am wearing the watch that he so kindly lent to me.
We found an old Hawaiian shirt tucked away in one
of our closets in our apartment. Elder Armstrong decided to make matching ties
for all three of us. We plan to wear them
to our last Zone Conference with President Baker before the new mission
president comes in.
We went to a thrift store today and bought a cd
player that we are going to give to one of our investigators named Alvino. He can't read and his phone won't let him
download the app to read the Book of Mormon. He will be able to listen to the
Book of Mormon on CD now.
I also had to start the "My Plan" program
for missionaries that are one transfer away from completing their mission. I
have three weeks to complete it. There are a bunch of questions for me to
answer and videos to watch that will help me prepare to go home. I will miss
being a missionary.
We have a pretty busy week of lessons planned so it
should be a really good week. I will talk to everyone next week.
Love, Elder Cannon
The Ojeda family
Dodanim and Gregoria from the Dominican Republic
Farewell cake and milk with Elder Hess and Elder Free
Tracting
Miguelina and Leopoldo
The Ramirez family
Saying Goodbye to Elder Free and Elder Hess
