Elder Austin Cahoon's Mission: Preparing People For Baptism!

Dear Friends and Family!

"I'm ready Baptism, I'm ready Baptism, I'm ready Baptism!" That was from Spongebob! Although for obvious reasons, he doesn't say baptism- but it's what I say!!! Baptism is sweet-especially to see others baptized! And we have a baptism coming up soon!!! So I'm hyped!

We received an awesome text message yesterday from Donna! She is the one that is being baptized soon!! She sent us this amazing testimony video of her!! She is going to post it to Facebook and wanted us to see it! She is super great!! She is so fun to talk to and teach! She has such a great spirit about her and she reads from the Book of Mormon everyday and has been enjoying it so much!

We had some awesome potential investigators that came up! I'm pretty excited about that! So we stopped by the house of this inactive member of the church and while we were talking to her we got to meet her roommate! He is a non-member and he is super cool!! The inactive lady doesn't attended church because she works on Sunday but she has a testimony of the Book of Mormon and of Joseph Smith! So when she heard her roommate say some incorrect things about Joseph Smith (he had heard it on TV), she decided to teach her roommate about Joseph Smith and about the Book of Mormon. Since she taught him, he has been super interested and has been reading the Book of Mormon!! So I'm excited to see what happens there and to teach him more about the Gospel of Jesus Christ!!

We also met an Inactive young man this week! He is from Uath and he is married! He is pretty cool and his wife is interested in the Church! They have a child and they want to raise him in the Gospel! The mom learned about the Church before but kinda fell away due to some concerns. We talked to both the mom and dad for a bit and got to know them more! As we talked, we resolved some of those concerns and the mom desires to learn more about the Church and is happy that we are going to come and teach them! They are both pretty cool!

Maddie, the other person we are preparing for baptism, brought her Mom to church yesterday!! It was her first time to our church service! She is pretty cool and is really accepting of Maddie being baptized!! We are going to meet with her and will be going over the baptism questions with her this week and will be preparing her for baptism!!

We had a great week and my new companion in the area is named Elder Hatch! He and I have been having some fun! He is a pretty cool guy and is from Utah, of course😂 "The Factory" is what we call Utah!!

Well, it's been great over here in Florida- nice and hot!! It's a great pleasure to serve here in Florida and help out God's Children!! I absolutely love being a servant of the Lord!! I am working really hard. The Lord promises to bless those that are obedient so I am sure my obedience will pay off after my mission when I find an awesome wife!