Elder Caden Kapp: See ya 2023

Happy New Year everyone! Dang did 2023 fly by fast. But what a year it's been. Being a missionary has been the best part of my life and has been such a blessing. I wouldn't trade this time for anything in the world.

This week was pretty good. We went on exchanges on Tuesday. So Elder Campbell came here with me. I swear I'll never leave my area until I finish my mission. On the exchange we saw a lot of less active members which went very well. And while walking we saw a koala in the trees, and a later while in the suburbs we saw this huge kangaroo just jumping down the street. Then later on we door knocked heaps. We had so many good conversations with people and one of which was Jimmy. Jimmy lives in a massive house and we talked with him for about 30 minutes. Hopefully we can catch him again this week.

Then on Wednesday we had our district council meeting. That went swell and afterwards we got sushi and finished the exchange. Then we had a lesson with guess who? Another Margaret! She's an older English woman we found. We had one of our members come with us and the lesson was so good. We're seeing her again on Wednesday. I'm so excited for it. After that we tried to visit some referrals and door knocked heaps.

Thursday was pretty average. We went to a lesson but the person for some reason wasn't there. A little bummed about that but that's ok. After that we visited some people taught in the past and then had a lesson with our friend Aman which went very well. Then we door knocked for a while and got caught in a huge storm and of course it was our only day biking this week. Funny how that works.

Friday was pretty good. We had a meeting for all trainers in the morning so that was good. Then we went to a lesson with our friend Frank. Judy wasn't home sadly but luckily Frank was. After that we visited our other indigenous friends. And then had a lesson with a less active member which went very well. Then we door knocked and when we got to the last house the people invited us in. And turns out, the wife and our Bishop's wife are best friends. They weren't interested in the gospel but we talked with them for a while. It was nice to be welcomed by people who are just genuinely good people. They also had the cutest dog named Paddington. After that we went and had a lesson with the sisters and their indigenous friends which went very well.

Then Saturday we had so many visits with members. A lot were less active so that was good. We went finding at the bus interchange. And then had two lessons after which didn't fall through! Then we door knocked and met this super cool lady. We'll see what happens there. And then Sunday we had church and went out to complete out districts Book of Mormon challenge which was giving our 200 Book of Mormons before the New Year. And... we got it done! Everyone was so happy. To celebrate, we had breakfast with Elder and Sister Sant this morning.

This week was super beast and full of blessings and miracles. The spiritual thought I have is about Alma the Younger. If you think about it, he had a pretty cool dad. His dad was righteous and such a great leader. But his son fell away and what did he do, he prayed for his son because he was lost and it pained him. And then Alma came back. But what did he do next? He went out and shared his experience and the teachings of Jesus Christ to others. He made sure to help others because of the help he received. And I love that because we are blessed to know the joy and the truths about God's true church. Others are lost, or have fallen away. So it's up to us to help bring them back. We are here to gather Israel, not watch it be gathered.

Well I love you all and hope you have an amazing week. I love your emails so if you're bored then send one my way.