Being a District Leader

This week was awesome! There were many interesting things that happened this week. First, I gave my first district meeting and it was great and I was extremely worried about it, but I felt great when I was done! Next, we found out that President Nunez was going to do one last set of interviews with every missionary the day before and had to worry about going there but it was cool. President gave me some advice about what I can do to help the missionaries in my district. I am so stoked to have this opportunity to serve. Elder Torres and I are getting along great and teaching a lot of people. We are going to Quilmes for multizone conference next week. 

Monday and Tuesday I spent a lot of time preparing for my first District Meeting. We, almost like tradition, talked about goals and how we can use our time more effectively. Our district has a few challenges and so I set a super small daily goal and we were able to almost reach our weekly goal. Goals are a great way to measure progress and see what we can do to improve. We worked hard all week and were able to find some really cool people! One is Jonathan, he listened to the missionaries about 5 months ago but lost contact, we were able to visit him and he accepted to get baptized on the 30th!

I don’t have a lot of time today but I hope everything is great in Utah! This week I felt how many people feel when they are placed into a position of leadership. Through Gods help I was able to feel comfort, as was my awesome companion. I know the church is true and that we can do all thing with Gods help. I know that the Book of Mormon is true, I finished it for the first-time cover to cover in Spanish this week and can’t wait to do it again! We can learn a lot in it and all the questions that we have can be answered if we read It! I know that Russel M Nelson is a prophet of God. I know that Jesus is the Christ and that he is the head of his church. There are a lot of people who believe in the ways of the world, who think that times are changing and that God either doesn’t exist or that he is changing, but I know that he is the same Yesterday, Today, and Forever.

Love Elder Cahoon