We had zone conference to start out the week. As always it was really good. We all loved it. It was full of faith growing experiences and lots of learning. The fun part of the story comes at the end. We had a massive feed. One of the wards made us a massive lunch. They had every food possible. It was more of a buffet really. We all loved the food and had a great time eating. That night it hit us it the butt. For reals the BUTT!! Everyone at zone conference got food poisoning. I was so glad we had 2 toilets in out flat. It was good too that the day before was p-day. We loaded up on toilet paper and used all of it by the next day. It was crazy!!
Before I get to a spiritual moment I have one more fun story that falls under both. Oh side note, at zone conference we learned how to give blessing and all the ins and outs of the details and power behind it.
While we were driving this week we saw a bird fly right into the side of the car driving in front of us. This bird broke its neck and was lying on the road. It was one of those moments when you just feel so bad for the thing. So we turned around and went to see if we could help it. It was on a part of the road that was a one way and when we pulled over a car came and we had to move. So we sorta broke mission rules. I stayed with the bird while Elder Sharma drove the car a few blocks trying to find a spot to turn around.
While I was alone with the bird I said a silent prayer. "Heavenly Father please help this bird." It was simple but fervent. Right after I said the prayer I went to touch the bird. I touched its head which was behind the back due to its break. Right as I touched it, it snapped its head back and flew off. BOOM!! Not to boast or anything but I healed this bird. Power in prayer. It was so funny.
As the week went on we set up a few appointments with everyone. We had a dinner with the Gonzales family. A lesson with our investigators and everyone is doing great and progressing.
We meet with Celia this week and had a great lesson. We meet her at a member’s house. They are really good friends with her and have so much love for her. The opening prayer was said and then the members took over. We had a big lesson prepared but the members had so much love for her that they just jumped it. So for the first time on my mission I set a date without doing anything. Celia is now preparing for Baptism on the 20th next week. It was amazing. We did do some talking but for the most part the members addressed all her concerns.
My highlight though this week was going to a stake mission correlation meeting. We have the coolest stake president who cares so much about mission work. The fun part was that we were prepared for it. We brought all the things we are implementing with the missionaries in the zone and how they are doing with it. The stake president was so blow away with how much we did. The meeting turned into a “we have great things happening how can we get the members to feel the spark.” Boy did our council come up with some great ideas. I love this church. The council that we had was not from us but from the spirit. It was amazing.
I say this always but this week shows it. The work is hastening. This week we only had 3 full working days due to zone conference and general conference. I thought we were going to have terrible numbers for our area and the zone. Guess again. The numbers for this week have never been higher. All the missionaries had high numbers. You can just feel something happening in the air right now. I think the second coming is coming quicker than we think. Things are happening right now in mission work that have never happened before. The Lord is leading his work and we are in the full swing of it!!
Everyday is just so great right now. I can’t wait to write about next week. Half our zone with be out for 3 days due to meeting for the new missionaries but we are still going to go strong.
Until next week.
Love,
Elder Cahoon
Elder Cahoon
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