Welcome To The Miracle Factory!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to the Elder Cahoon Miracle Factory!! This is where the fun begins! Miracles and Tender Mercies are abundant and God is so good!! So..... let's break it down to the details! 

We had a great week!!! 

So we were walking in a neighborhood close to the Church around 8:00pm on a Saturday night. No one was answering and the people that did werent to interested. I said to my companion "lets knock one more door!" I told him to pick a house. He spun around and pointed while saying "that one. " We knocked and a guy immediately came out and started talking to us. He was decently religious but he didn't have a Church. We talked for a while and he seemed like a decent guy but not too interested in joining the Church. We gave him our number and left not thinking too much about it. He texted us the next day, which is very unusual for people we meet. He wanted to pray with us before he left for vacation. He originally wanted to meet with us on Tuesday but he wanted to do it sooner. We told him to come to the Church since it was close to his house and said we wanted to show him around the Church and do a tour with him. He arrived and we went in and started showing him a picture of Jesus Christ giving the Apostles the priesthood. We talked to him about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the same as Christ's church that He set up a long time ago. This guy started becoming a little more excited and interested in the Church. We walked with him to the Chapel and flicked on the lights. Immediately, the Spirit just flooded the room! We turned to him and started talking again while standing in the Chapel. We asked him why he felt like meeting with us and why he wanted to pray with us. In an instant, he started tearing up badly and he went on to tell us how the last time he went on vacation he made mistakes that he deeply regretted. He tried everything to get rid of the anguish of his soul and the guilt that followed him everywhere. He said as soon as we started turning the keys in the door to the Church he began to tear up. This man was leaving for vacation again and he was terrified that he was going to make the same mistakes again as he left. We explained that Christ knows exactly what he was going through and that he could only find that relief through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. We told him that our sins can become white as snow through the sacrifice of our Savior. He was holding back tears the whole time and he happily accepted a Book of Mormon. He said he would read it every day on vacation and we testified of the power that the Book of Mormon has to help us resist temptation. He said that he really wants to come to our church when he gets back and we prayed with him so he could have a relaxing vacation, free of sin. He was so incredibly happy after talking with us. He left so excited but still crying from the feelings he had. The spirit was so strong as we were teaching him! He texted us a picture of the Book of Mormon in his suitcase the next day as he was leaving!

That same Monday, we did some super fun labor/service for the older couple that we are teaching- Joe and Joyce. We shoveled rocks into buckets and wheel barreled them to his back yard!  We then spread them over an area. It was a little tiring but it was a fun work out!! We saw a mouse and killed it with a rake cause they did not want mice in their yard!! It was pretty nasty. We flung it over their fence into the woods!  They are continuing to progress and we are excited for them!

We are teaching this super-cool young couple!! She is inactive but wants to come back to church and he is interested in learning more! We had them read the first chapter of the Book of Mormon and had them watch the Book of Mormon videos that correlated with the chapter!! They loved it! She came to church this week!!! So great to be with her there!!  He had to work but he's is trying to get off so he can come!

So yesterday (Sunday), as I was sitting in church, I offered a simple but heart-felt prayer about finding people.  I really have a great desire to increase baptisms here!  We have been praying as a mission for us missionaries to find those ready to accept the Gospel or have people find us if we can't find them.  Well, we have been seeing some great success and miracles with that!  That was again on my mind Sunday morning at church when I said my silent prayer before Sacrament meeting.  Well, after Sacrament meeting, I checked my phone and I had a message from a lady that had contacted us asking for us to deliver a Book of Mormon to her!!  I mean how great is God in answering sincere  prayers??!!  Needless to say, we took one over that day and we are meeting again with her to talk more about it tomorrow! 

We had some random people this week pay for our food when we were eating out! We went to Cracker Barrel and this older couple sitting next to us paid our bill! So that was very, very nice!! If you ever pay for missionaries' meals, introduce yourself and let them know!  I wanted to thank them so badly but couldn't! 

So these stories are just a few of our miracles!  We feel so blessed and excited for the work in this area!  Thank you for all of your prayers and help!!! Also for the letters and emails!! Thank you for those as well!! I really do appreciate all of them!! Have a great week and I love you all!! 

Elder Cahoon