Elder Austin Cahoon's Mission: I Love Christ's Gospel So Much!!!

What is up family and friends!!!

Thank you all for the emails and letters. I really do love and appreciate them!! So thank you!! I also got news that we (missionaries) can have other family members in our phone call/skype as long as a parent is in it! So, I will try to call today and see if you can get McKay there! If not, try Tyler and Hannah. But it's been a great week!!! We had some amazing adventures this week!! The weather was a little crazy at times and that made our biking experience really fun!!

So to start off we met some great people this week!! And we had some more cool experiences!! We met some great families and we met some great less active families as well! We are so grateful to do the Lord's work and see it change peoples lives!

We tried to meet with that one man again who had an amazing expedience with the Book of Mormon. His wife isn't quite sure about us and with us meeting with her husband so we weren't able to talk to him. At least we prayed with her so that was good. I hope she lets us talk with him soon!! I hope he is still reading the Book of Mormon.

And the Lady that is planning on getting baptized is doing great!! She has had a really tough life and is working to get a home! She is living with her mom and she has had a lot of problems there. But she recently got a job and only about 3 days into working she got offered the manager position! She is able to make more money as manager! She works at Dollar General. She doesn't want to be baptized till she has her own house so I know the Lord is helping her out a little!!

We had some crazy weather down here and it was super fun!! So we got to bike all this week! And our area is pretty large!! At the beginning of the week we got a Book of Mormon request!! The guy lives all the way out in Ybor City which is like right next to Tampa! And you remember, we also cover Tampa!! Well, we bike from our apartment all the way to Ybor City (which was a hour and a half to a 2 hour bike ride)!! My legs and knees were on FIRE! But it was a lot if fun!! We got to see Tampa and all the big buildings! We were able to talk to a few good people on our way! Biking is good for that. Another day this week, while we were biking again, it poured rain!!! I mean POURED as in buckets!! We got absolutely soaked!! That was a fun day!! It was kinda chilly being so wet though!

I love my Companion Elder Allen- he is an amazing missionary!! And he has only been out 2 weeks!!! It's crazy how good he is!! I have learned a lot from him!!

I know the Lord NEEDS us on his side!!! We choose everyday which side we are going to be on! And we need to choose His side!! The score is lit up on the score board. Christ is going to win no matter what!! We don't want to be on the losing team! We can either have joy and happiness or sorrow and sadness! Living the Gospel of Jesus Christ makes us happy and builds us up!! So don't be taken down by the evil craftiness of man and of Satan!! Satan only wants you to be miserable like himself!! Don't fall for his tricks!! Remember that Halloween Family Home Evening lesson you gave Mom about Satan's tricks? He is tricky for sure but the treats (or rewards) of the Savior are so much better! Continue to strengthen your faith and repent daily!! I know Christ lives and he really does love each and every single one of us!! Go to Him!!! PLEASE! He loves you!!

Alright love you all!!! I have to go because I am going to a strawberry festival with the Hursts and some other Elders! It is really big deal here. I am going to get to see some animals so I am pumped! Have a great week!!

Elder Cahoon