Alright, this
week I will put a little more effort into this letter! And this week was
super good so lots to talk about as well!! You would think that in
Florida in wouldn't get that cold but man this November it's been pretty
chilly! I had to wear a sweater this week- kinda crazy but it's so much
better than being crazy hot and sweating a ton! It's only going to be
this cold for a few weeks I guess and then it starts to warm back up
some time in December.
To
start the week off we had an exchange with some other Elders in Ocala
and it was super fun! We set a baptismal date with someone we were
teaching over in their area and we had some great lessons with people!
Me and the this one Elder stayed up late talking about some things that
we have learned from the scriptures about the Plan of Salvation. It was
fun to go deep into God's Eternal Plan. I like talking about that
stuff!
We also had a great lesson with Melanie
about keeping the Sabbath Day holy and teaching her family! She desires
to help her children progress in the Gospel but she isn't sure how to
do that. So we took the opportunity to teach her about family prayer and
family scripture study along with some other things! She is doing great
and we are excited to see her this week! She has been praying about
getting Sundays off and as a result of he prayers, at work they are now
training a new Manager that should hopefully be able to take over on
Sundays! So, in a few weeks Melanie will be able to come to church!!! We
are so excited as is she! It has been great to see people exercise
faith in Christ and see how their lives change from it! This is one of
my favorite things about serving a mission!
In
addition to setting a baptismal date with someone in another area, we
also set a baptismal date for one of our friends here in this area that
we are teaching!!! She is so excited! She is the sister of a convert who
was baptized 2 years ago in Tampa! The sister of the girl we are
teaching (whose name is Cali) to take the missionary lessons and talk
with us. She told Cali to take 2 lessons, and if she didn't want to
continue, that she didn't have to and could tell the missionaries to
stop coming by. Well, we had our two lessons and Cali wanted to
continue meeting with us and learning! She said she felt different when
we taught her and she began coming to church. She has been having a
great time enjoying church and has made some new friends there! She has
also been having some really cool personal experiences with prayer! She
explained that once she started doing what we asked her to do, her life
started to change for the better! She is happier then ever before and is
so excited to learn more and more!
We
also had a cool experience with a guy named Hector this week! We had
actually stopped teaching Hector 2 weeks ago because he wasn't setting
any up appointments with us. Sunday, he came to church out of the blue
and we had no idea he was coming!!! He just randomly showed up and Elder
Hatch saw him first and hit me in the arm when he saw him! We weren't
able to go and sit by him because he was in the front and we were more
towards that back of the chapel. We talked with him after Sacrament
meeting and he stayed for Sunday School as well. It was awesome to see
him and he said he had a great time! We set up a time to stop by and see
him this week and he is pretty excited to see us! It's going to be a
great lesson!
I
have been reading in 3rd Nephi in the Book of Mormon lately and it's
been great! That part of the Book of Mormon is where Jesus Christ comes
and shows Himself to the ancient Americans. It is really an amazing
book of scripture! Christ taught the people in that land about His
Doctrine and how we all must have faith and repent so that we can be
baptized in Christ's name. Baptism is so important in this life; without
baptism by proper authority, the forgiving power of Christ's sacrifice
has no power or influence in someone's life. How grateful I am for the
knowledge I have of the Doctrine of Christ and for the Book of Mormon
which teaches these things so simply. I know it to be true!!
Thank you all for everything and for the support and love you give me!!! I really do appreciate it!! Have a great week!!
Elder Cahoon
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