Another Miraculous Week In The Great TFM!

Hello friends and family!

Cahoon and Epstein- Zone Leaders

This week was awesome!!! So many crazy miracles in the area! It's crazy!! Elder Ferry is leaving to go home after his two years so I will be getting a new companion.

I am going to be training a new missionary! I will still keep my calling as a Zone Leader.  Elder Epstein, my Zone Leader Companion, is also leaving to go home after his 2 years!  I'm sad to see both Elder Epstein and Elder Ferry leave! Ferry was fun and we had many good times together! And hey, Rio Cox, you're getting a grandson! 

So Sad To See Elder Epstein Leave

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So to start off, this week we committed Harry to be baptized and set a date but he needs to get married first so pray for him! He and is family are beginning to get back in the habit of coming to church and reading their scriptures and praying.

We got back into contact and Mama Teresa and the kids after they left to who knows where.  We will baptize them in the coming weeks.  We also had a church tour this week.  I lve church tours- showing people various artwork, explaining about Relief Society, Primary, and Elders Quorum.  Showing them the chapel and explaining the

Sacrament is my favorite.  We also show them a shot video.  The Spirit is always so strong.  It is de beest (said in Nacho Libre's voice).

We met this man named Johnathan at church while we were greeting people at the door. I left the door and went over to talk to someone while Elder Ferry stayed by the door (don't worry still in sight and sound). He met Johnathan who told Elder Ferry he had been here for a year. E. Ferry had never seen him before and so he told me to go sit next to him during church. Way to go with the Spirit of Discernment Elder Ferry!  Then I find out that he isn't baptized and so we invite him to our recent converts/friends class we are teaching.  As the lesson progresses, a class member basically commits him to join the church when he finds out the Book of Mormon is true.  Bam!  Our recent convert, Steven, was there is doing fabulous!  So we get his info and tell him we want to come over later that night. When we go over to his house that night, we committed him to be baptized and answered his questions. However he needs to quit chewing nicotine gum and so we gave him a blessing and we will go over that next time.  He has quit smoking because he had been taught that principle but he didn't realize that nicotine gum was an issue.  He is committed to quitting but he can use prayers!

We had another crazy miracle happen this week! As we were preparing and planning on teaching a part-member family, the Spirit prompted us to bring Brother and Sister Kneckdal. So we invited them and they excitedly came!  Sister Kneckdal asks the guy if he remembers helping a 10 year old boy. He then says, "Yes I never found out what happened to him."  Sister Kneckdal tells him that was their son, tells him the story and then they both start bawling. Apparently, the Kneckdals' 10 year old son was found at 3 AM on his bike by this guy we are teaching (named Charles).  Charles was heading out to work when the Kneckdals' son biked all the way over by his house and henwas acting really weird. So Charles felt the Spirit prompt him to help the boy.  Apparently, the Kneckdals' son sleep walks and that night the son and gotten out of the house and put on his bike helmet and biked on the highway all the way over there unconsciously! The Kneckdals were just thanking him and crying and the Spirit was so strong!! Charles initially wasn't interested in coming to church but, after the experience that was shared, he was so excited to come to church!  We will see him this Sunday! 

Today (Monday) we got some couches from some Utah snowbirds and holy cow those things were so stinkin' heavy! It was so appreciated though!  We got them for our apartment.  The couches both had pull-out beds and so it made them stupid heavy! 

Doing Service!

We had to carry them up and down multiple flights of stairs and around some corners.  We finally got them in!  Then after that, we helped some members cut down a tree! It was fun!  It was hard to lug those huge tree limbs away after carrying the couches to the apartment.  Boy did I get a nice workout carrying those couches and doing the serice.

I know that God loves his children and knows their needs and their concerns! I have seen God use people to help resolve others' concerns in life. The know the Book of Mormon is the word of God and it has helped me to overcome a lot in my life! This is one big reason I love this book! 

I love all of you and thank you all for reading my letters and supporting me and encouraging me!  Have a great week!! 

Elder Cahoon