Faith Precedes The Miracles! Steve's Baptism!

District Missionaries!

Hello family and friends! 

I'm so sorry this one isn't going to be as detailed as I would like because we had some amazing miracles this week and some amazing things happen! I just don't have time this week.  We had a District activity this morning and I have other things to do later. I'm sorry I won't be able to go over all of the wonderful experiences but I will, however, mention a few. 

My District

On Sunday, Elder Ferry and I forgot to bring the BCR (baptism confirmation record) with us to church for the Bishop to sign so we ended up having to come back long after church was over to get it signed.  As we pull into the church parking lot, we see a car driving away. Then the car turns around and follows us into the lot. So we park and the other car parks.  A woman gets out and asks if we have a copy of the Book of Mormon.  She says she was trying to get one. We tell her she ran into the right guys!  She asks us if we knew about some verse called D and C and asked what that meant. So we ask her if she knew what what verse or thought she was looking for. So she's like "ya it says, 'Thine afflictions shall be a small moment.'" Apparently some BEAST member shared that scripture with her on her plane ride to Florida. She had just gotten here and came straight to the church! So we showed her the verse in Doctrine and Covenants (Section 121) and she was HYPE!, She's even going to go get highlighters for her new book!  Long story short... we're teaching her family Thursday!!  We are so excited! 

Scrubbing the font

Saturday was another great day!  Steve got baptized! He was so excited for this step and we are excited for him and is family!  As missionaries, we prepare the baptismal font by filling it up with water.  The font was filthy!  At first glance it was fine but when we looked closer, we saw that there were dead bugs everywhere! I had the awesome idea to put gloves on my feet and scrub away! It took a little bit of time and effort but I cleaned the font and the water was nice and clean!!

The baptism was incredible. Right when Steve entered the font I could feel the Spirit testify and bring me peace. Its incredible to see how many miracles come into your life when your focus is where it needs to be! Faith precedes the miracle.  The more you magnify your faith, the more miracles you are able to see in your life!  

We have also set  date with him to attend the temple to do baptisms there!  He is looking forward to that because he wants to be sealed to his family and knows this is just the first step!  

I love you all!  Gotta go but know I am working hard, loving everything about my mission and magnifying my faith so I can see and be a part of the miracles that are a part of my life as a missionary!  

Elder Cahoon