Baptism!!

Hello family and friends!

Cali's Baptism!

BAPTISM!!! We had a great baptism for our friend Cali! She is the sister of a member.  I am not sure if you remember me talking about her.  The member had asked her to meet with us and if she didn't want to meet anymore, her sister wouldn't say anything else to her. Well, after our first lesson she asked us back and then the rest is history!  She is doing great!  The baptism was super good and the Spirit was very strong.  Sadly, we didn't have any investigators come.  One of our investigators, Melanie, texted us that morning and told us that another Manager had quit the night before and so she was going to have to do a double shift and she wasn't going  to be there.  Satan stinks!!  Poor Melanie, she is trying so hard to do all the right things. She was so excited to attend the baptism.  However, she is persevering and she is pumped to learn more and more. This week was pretty good! We had some great lessons this week and I wish I was motivated to write in detail about them but I'm not. However, I will still right a few words and rehearse a few moments of the week.

So to start off, we had a super good first lesson with Jose! Last week we showed him the Christ Child video and he loved it! So this week we had a lesson on the Restoration and finding his own answers. It went great and he is excited to learn more! 

We also had 2 lessons with Melanie and she is doing great but sadly Satan has been working his terrible work on her. She has been trying so hard to get off on Sundays so she can come to church.  A new Manager was just hired and things were looking good but now one of the other Managers quit so she is back to square one.  She also has had other things take place in her life that have made it harder on her. She has been reading and praying a lot and she is now reading somewhere in Alma 26. She is very strong and has been loving the Book of Mormon! We are excited to see her grow! We would really appreciate prayers on her behalf- please pray to help Melanie if you can. She could use some help. 

We had a great lesson with a woman named Debbie. She is awesome! We were able to talk to her about the Plan of Salvation, The Book of Mormon and receiving personal answers from God. She has been wanting to know where her mom has been. Her mother passed away a few years and it's been really hard on her. So it was cool to help her find those answers to her questions. She was so happy to hear about the Plan of Salvation.  She said, "Why have I not heard of this before?  This is so wonderful!"  

As you can tell we had some pretty amazing lessons this week!  We continue to teach Rosemary and she is doing really well and is anxiously anticipating her baptism this month!  What a blessing it is to see my brothers and sisters accept the message of the Gospel and begin a change in their lives!  This is the best part of missionary work!

We had a great Thanksgiving and we even went to Cali's parents house and ate with them. We also had a fried Turkey which was SUPER GOOD!! 

Have a great week and thank you for your help and support! 

Elder Cahoon