Aloha como esta la Familia? Hello Family and Friends! Hope all of y'all are doing great!! This week was pretty sweet! We have some good things happening around here! Gotta love those miracles!!
Okay well to start off the week we had some fun service at the college that we did! And the great part is we were with a guy named Brenden! Brenden is a non member and he is being taught by the other Lecanto Elders. We have done lots of things with him on our preparation days. His best friend is a member and he also does lots of stuff with us. Well, Brenden came with us to do the service and he drove us there! He has been hanging out with us even when his best friend doesn't come along and loves being around us! We love him too- he is a pretty cool guy! Brenden's family attends another church but they are good friends with a family that are members of the church. Brenden went home this past week and told his parents he wanted to learn more about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and wanted to meet with the missionaries so we could teach him more. Well, since he lives in my area, my companion and I will be teaching him! We are so excited!
We were able to have some sweet lessons this week! I feel like most of these lessons we have had have been really good! It's awesome when people have a real desire to learn! It's amazing to see them light up when the spirit hits them! We taught this one lady about baptism and she has a desire to change and better her relationship with God.
So,,, now for the awesome miracle for the week! I felt like I needed to go on an exchange with a District Leader in our Zone. So my companion, Elder Hatch, went with the companion of the District Leader. Elder Hatch and the other Elder stayed in his area and I took the DL to my area. Well, Elder Hatch and the Elder had a dinner with these 2 Grandmas and their niece. They thought that all the people were members of the church but one of the Grandmothers was not. The non-member grandma's name is JoAnne. While eating dinner, Joanne asked "How do I go about joining the church?" The Elders were astonished! They talked with her about our purpose as missionaries and talked about baptism and how, as missionaries, we help people get baptized. JoAnne already knows about the Word of Wisdom and has already stopped drinking coffee so she can be baptized!! And JoAnne lives in our area!! So we are super stoked!! We are going to be meeting with her this week and setting a baptismal date with her!!
We had a big change this past transfer in the Zone. Elder Lewis (my Zone Leader companion) and I have some good exchanges planned for this week with various missionaries! We are really excited for those! As a ZL companionship we are going to be setting new goals so even more good changes are going to be happening.
I really enjoy my daily personal scripture study. I love studying the scriptures and learning from them! The Spirit, combined with the scriptures, is the best thing in this world! I love being able to read from the Book of Mormon especially! I have learned so much about the Book of Mormon over the course of my mission and I love it so much!! The Holy Ghost has testified to me that the Book of Mormon is true. I know this for myself and I don't rely on anyone else's story or testimony. This knowledge is my own. I feel a true sorrow for those that don't read the Book of Mormon because it has forever changed my life!
Love all of you and thank you for your support and prayers!! I appreciate all of your letters and emails!! Have a great week!!!
Elder Cahoon
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