Time Flies When You're Having Fun!

"The Army of Helaman"

Hello friends and family!!

We had a great week this week!! The lessons we had were amazing and we taught a lot this week!! It also flew by super quick! I feel like I just emailed! It's been 4 MONTHS ALREADY!!! How the heck did that happen??!! Super weird but I'm just glad I have 2 years!! Because it's going by quickly. 

We taught this awesome guy this week that we haven't had a chance to meet with in a couple of weeks! It was super great! We then had a church tour as well with him and it was super good!! He felt the spirit a lot and he should be coming to church with us next week! He has been starting to read the scriptures and has been praying a lot more!! He used to be an addict with drugs and now he is changing his life! It's been amazing to see him grow!! We are seeing him again this Wednesday! 

We also taught this amazing lady this week! She can't be baptized right now but she has a great desire to be baptized. She knows the church is true and she wants to be sealed in the Temple and loves the Temple! She has come to church a lot! She says it will take some time for those things to go away so she can be baptized. She said, "When the time comes and I am able to be baptized, I will be. No matter what."  Hey faith is pretty sweet!  We read the vision of Lehi with her from the Book of Mormon. It was great and the member that was there bore powerful testimony of the scriptures! It was great! I love that vision! I challenge the people reading my email to read that chapter. These two chapters are great to study and to learn from. 1 Nephi 8 and 11. 

We are also going to be setting a date with another lady this week and we are really hoping she can be baptized on the 30. She wants to be baptized soon. So that's really exciting! 

The members here are really great and we had some fantastic lessons with them. We have been doing some good things with them that hopefully will lead to increased missionary experiences.  When we talk to them we ask them what people have come to their minds.  We ask them to write the names down and then after a bit we pray for someone on their list and what specific thing they could do for them.  This list is just for the individual member and we let them know it is not for us to contact them.  Hopefully, eventually we will come into the picture but this is just a way for increased missionary experiences for the members.  I have loved doing this with the members we have visited so far.  

We also were able to meet with the one man who had an amazing experience with the Book of Mormon. We cut some cactus for him in his yard! It was really fun! We will be going back this week! And teach him about faith and repentance and baptism. 

We had a super amazing exchange with the zone Leaders this week! I love those guys!  I love the learning opportunities I have had so far on my mission! Some have been tough and hard lessons to learn but I have grown a lot from them and I really hope I continued to learn! 

The Zone Leaders

During personal scripture study, I have been studying a lot of things this week! I love the scriptures so much! Before I came out on my mission, I loved the scriptures and I loved reading them.  But since being out, I have studied them more diligently and spent more quality time with them.  I just love digging deep into them!! I have been studying a lot about faith and receiving answers to prayers. There are things that I have been studying that I want to know more about. I know I can find the answers to questions in the scriptures.  The Brother of Jared is a great example of faith and prayer so I began to study about him in more depth.  His faith is truly amazing! I have been pondering daily on his experience of when he prayed to get an answer to how to light the ship.  Not only did he get an answer but he also saw the finger of the Lord.  Such faith!  I need that kind of faith as I serve.  Also I have been studying Moroni's teaching about receiving answers. The scriptures are so great to help me (and ll of us) to learn and to grow! I'm so grateful for the truth that I have and that I get to proclaim it to people.  Thank goodness I have another 20 months left!  

By the way, I have gotten my Jamba Juice fix here!  I have gone there two times since being here!  You know the Razzmatazz is my favorite so yay me!  Have a great week all!  Thank you all for the letters and packages! I really appreciate it!! Love you all! Have a great week!! If you have questions about the gospel I would love to talk with you! 

Elder Cahoon

The Dog Whisperer