What an interesting week for the both of you mom and dad. It seems these days that those are the only emails I receive. Hahaha but they are the most important. Dad man that sucks big time you have gout again. I know your in terrible mine, And that Indomethosin Makes you sicker than a dog. I have never really understood that phrase. How sick are dogs really. There mouths are a lot cleaner than ours hahah. Mom that makes me so happy that you are growing in the gospel. So quickly and gaining such an amazing experience from teaching. Come on mom you cant be so hard on yourself you are a fantastic teacher. Try teaching the lessons in finnish than come speak to me bout nervousness. I am not nervous anymore but with time it will grow and you will be confident that's for sure.
Tell everyone I say hello dad at byu, tell them to hit me up if they ever have a free moment, it would be fun to hear from them. I always use to love it when the athletes came over. haha. Dad mom I sent you a package with a USB jump drive dad it has all my pictures and Video's of the mission if you could burn them and save them somewhere and send back the Jump Drive. I sent more chocolate and I sent a tape home, It's a lot for EJ but for you and mom too, The tape I mean. And I put a map of Rauma of the city and circled things of importance. You should get it Tuesday or Wednesday.
So my week was a great week. Wednesday we went down to Turku for district meeting. We had a DA before the bus ride. I wasn't feeling so good on the bus so YEP I used the busses bathroom it was nasty but wow my stomach was in the pits big time. Haha than I tried to sleep it off but nope had to make another visit to the bathroom. I felt bad for the people on the bus hahahahahahahah…... So I hang out with Heelis, Gandola and Cook. Cook is one of our Zone leaders. He is a stud I have talked about him before. He has 4 months left, he is pretty stoked. He always thanks me for the comments I make in the meetings when he teaches. I can always count on you caffaro and thanks for the comments man they were great. I can always count on you to do something cause I trust that you can do it. Well at this Zone Conference he asked me to lead the Music the WHOLE day I wasn't nervous cause I thought I knew how!!! WRONG not even the slightest clue. Everyone was laughing with my cause I was laughing while I was leading. A few sisters in the front row were doing it and telling me to follow them. It was really funny, I sat down and Cook and Olsen were laughing at me on the stand, haha I said I am going to kill you under my breath they laughed ever harder. Man great times always come from Zone Conference. We ate and after that President talked for 3 hours. But during the lunch break I got taught how to lead so I was confident this next time. I get up and the Elder playing the piano said the music changes to a ¾ to a 4/4 I was like what the heck it was funny. I took it like a champ. I got approval nods from the missionaries that I did a better job haha.
That morning me and Elder Gandola made pancakes for the whole north zone we got up at six and just slaved away in the kitchen it was a blast we made enough pancakes to feed Uruguay hahahahah I am a funny one EJ. We ran out of milk so we had to run about a mile to get more milk and it was like a blizzard it was fun. I love ZC's they are fun times that we will always remember.
After president spoke, Elders Cook, Olsen, Stewart, Heelis, Gandola, and Young all went shopping. They gave us that time to go eat, we are the elders that like to shop haha. But Cook, Young, Ghandi and I went to the Food store and bought us a feast. We came back to the church and cooked it in the kitchen. Man it was great.
So on Friday after everything was over. we said our good-byes. I feel bad for Elder Robby my old companion he is just dying with his fellow AP haha it was good for him to be all around us. But a cool experience that even shocked me. The Pori elders and Us were walking to the bust station it is a far walk from the church. We want to ride the same bust back home together. Pori is just 50 mins North of rauma. But the next bus they went through Rauma to get to Pori left at 8:20 and it was 4:20. Everyone was down to do it and stay in Turku and shop some more and everything. I was even down at first. But all of a sudden I got a strong feeling that it wasn't a good idea. I was being torn inside because I didn't want to be the strict one or the one that looks good. And Heelis was there. I had to choose to go along with it or say what needed to be said. It took a lot, but I said I don't think this is a good idea. Everyone stopped and looked at me like pretty mad, I was like lets pray about it, you cant say no to prayer hahahaha I am a quick one. So I said the prayer and I for sure got a feeling that we should take the 5:00 busses. I said it again and they were like whatever. Than Elder Heelis said your right there are things that we have to sacrifice on a mission, I was mad at first and thought we does Caffaro think he is trying to be Mr. Perfect or the Good guy but than I realized the same thing. It probably took you a lot to say it. YOUR DANG RIGHT IT DID. It felt like a war was inside me dying to come out. It was a really awesome experience. One that I will always remember. How I stood up for what we needed to do not what Johnny Caffaro wanted to do. I think it's a small step in changing, What do you guys think? hahah
So on Saturday we went into the Center where all the old sailors meet to drink there coffee. An old man chewed us out big time it was really funny. I think that was my first time getting Yelled at and sworn at. We come home and change into our service clothes. Than the doctor from Germany calls, we talk about me hip and the stuff I have been taking to help it. He is concerned so they are setting up an appointment with an Orthopaedic Surgeon to check my hip out to see if there is anything really wrong with it. I hope everything is ok. He will be calling me back on Wednesday to tell me what will be happening. Don't be scared, my hip hurts and all but I know the lord will bless me, everything is in his hands. I don't lack faith and whatever does happen is according to his will. So we shall see.
We go and take down this house everything goes we smashed the kitchen the bathroom everything it was a blast. I took down the cuboards in the kitchen and one of them smacked me in the chin I have a cut on my chin haah its funny. I had my name tag off for a while and I noticed that I didn't have it on. I hurry and put it one cause I only have one chance to wear this name tag and its special to me. I want to always have it on, to show people we I represent!!!
This week is Change calls we receive them on Saturday. I hope something good happens. I always love change no matter what the situation is. I am not sure why I like change so much, sometimes its for the better and sometimes changes can be for the worst we never know but I always embrace it well at the beginning than see what I like and don't like about it later. I like to look at the BIG picture like you dad knowing why I am on the mission and not letting little things block that thought of what I want to get down or what people need to receive that gospel.
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