1 Tree 2 Missionaries 3 Miracles

The Legend of Lemonye

 Hello family and friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mom I'm so grateful that you and the family were able to go to the game- that is so sweet!!!!!!!! Tyler and Hannah seem great together.  Just from the emails I get I'm so happy for them.  I'm glad they are enjoying each other's and married life.  After you are sealed, you have to have hope for the best and press forward in faith that your marriage will work out as you both put Christ first.  AUSTIN!!!!!!!!!!! Dude, can't wait to go on a trip with you!  Heck yea!!!!!!!!!!!! That would be soooo sweet!!!!!!!  We have 2 years to catch up on!!!!!!! I love you all sooooooo much!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow what an amazing week it has been- sooooo much fun!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to tell you all about it!!!!! So this week started off great.  Last Monday we were driving back from the chapel at Camp Hill where we have our P-day activities when we saw these 2 ladies trying to haul some stuff from one end of the sidewalk to the other.  Now remember we were in a car and we were like, "We need to go help them."  So we jump out of the car and we help the ladies move their stuff.  After we helped them they were telling us what they were talking about. Guess what they told us??  They had just been talking about how nice it would be if 2 Mormon boys would help them!?!? Can you believe that!?!?!?!?  Then 2 Mormon missionary boys jumped out of a car and helped them!  That blew my mind!  Heavenly Father really does place us in people's paths and knows each and every 1 of his children.  That was such an amazing moment!  On Tuesday, we went out and tried a few potentials around the
area.  We were able to talk to this guy named Bob (he was selling his car out in his front yard).  We talked to him about different cars that he has owned (he has owned lots of

muscles cars).  We began to talk to him about family.  He believes that there are people living on the other side that they aren't dead and he believes that there is an after-life. We talked about the after-life and told him he could learn more by meeting with us.  He was interested so we got his information and left him with ours so that was exciting!!!! We saw a few other people then we headed over to S's house (another investigator).  We had previously left a B.O.M. with him.  He had given it to his dad so we gave him another one.  We're excited to see what his dad thinks of it!!!! We even got to teach him a little bit.   He wants to be act more like the Savior in his everyday life.  We challenged him to read in the B.O.M. and to take Moroni's promise- that is read the B.O.M. and then pray with a sincere heart to know if it is true!

Almost Pennsylvania Chainsaw Massacre

We also were able to help one of our investigators all day.  We helped him cut down his really tall pine tree.  For those who are reading this letter- DO NOT DO WHAT I DID!!!!!!  We obtained an extension ladder from a ward member and he was willing to come out with us to cut down about a 30-35 ft. pine tree to about 7 ft.  Because it was tall and skinny, was difficult to get the ladder steady as we set it up against the tree trunk.  We also only had 2 hatchets and no chainsaw so that made it even more difficult!!!! We begin cutting the limbs down with a hatchet and we keep getting higher and higher.  We started this project around 10:45am and by the time we were at the top of the ladder, it  was around 3:00pm.  It was a ton of work just to get to that point.  We kept cutting with the hatchet but we weren't getting very far  because the branches up higher were thicker. Then the guy's neighbor gets home from work and he offers his chainsaw.  No one there except me has ever operated a chainsaw not were they going to climb a 15 ft. wobbly ladder with one so as you can imagine stepped up to the plate! That was pretty scary- not going to lie it was pretty frightening!!!!'😬😬   I start climbing up this ladder with the chainsaw (I'm pretty high up a little less than eye level with the 2 story homes).  I was pretty shaky but I started cutting with the chainsaw and it wasn't too bad.  I was cutting it right where I needed to!!!! So that's good!!!!!!!! Then all of a sudden the chainsaw kicks back out of the tree!!!😱  I manage to fling it around the top of my head while I'm still holding the trigger .  The chainsaw is on full blast; spinning like crazy!!! I swing it down right by my leg and it's on its top speed!!!!😬😁 OMGOSH!!!!!! That was too close and too scary!!!!!!!!!!!! (miracle #1) Yet we were so close to finishing I couldn't stop.  I began to cut the right side of the tree with the chainsaw so it wouldn't fall back on top of me or the house.  That was difficult because it was a right hand Chainsaw and I needed to switch hands and use my left! So that's what I do.  I start cutting the tree and it's almost cut down when another scary thing happens.  I cut too far into the tree and the tree lays down on the chainsaw! Uh oh!!!  So now that chainsaw is stuck in the tree and the tree is ready to come down QUICK!!!!! So I took immediate action and with my right arm I pushed on the tree with all my might in hopes it will fall the opposite direction of me and the house yikes!!!!!!! A miracle occurs!  The whole top part of the tree begins to fall in the opposite

Timber!

direction! (miracle #2).  The chainsaw was still stuck in the tree however, so as the tree was falling, I grab the chainsaw in mid air!!!!  (miracle #3).  It was terrifyingly spectacular!!!!!!!!   No one got hurt and nothing was damaged!!!!!!!! So I'm okay mom.  I know that was super dumb and I'm sorry to scare you.  I mean I was scared!!!!!! I learned my lesson.  God loves me and he will protect me but he won't protect stupidity! So I will not risk my life like that again!!!!! Promise!!!!  After that I get off that ladder and we cut that part that had fallen into 2 sections.  At the end of the day there were total of 5 or 6 people that witnessed my amazing victory.  I will not be doing that again that's for sure but I can say that I did it!!!!! So now I'm a legend in Lemoyne!!!!! Yea I'm a pretty big deal if you didn't already know by now hahaha!!!!!!!!! 

Zone Conference- Sister Nelson and la famille

We also had Zone Training this week.  My Zone, Altoona, is the biggest zone and there were 2 other zones that joined us.  That is a HUGE Zone Conference!!!! So many missionaries- it's great!!!!! I got to see my last companion, Elder Cuthbert!!!!!  I sat next to Elder Pirzadeh during the meeting and it was great!!!!! I love Sister Johnson's trainings because they are always so heart-felt and it is easy to apply the teachings into my life.  I even emailed her story to myself because it meant a lot to me!!!!! President's of course was great.  He just wants us to do the best we can.  He isn't looking for perfection but he wants us to build upon what we already know! I think his goal is to help build us up and if we are struggling.  We got to talk to a lot of missionaries afterwards and that's always one of the best parts.  He joke around and have a break- it is refreshing.  The car ride there and back was loads of fun- just talking the whole time as we go along.  I'm really becoming like you mom, aren't I?  I remember of road trips you were always talking with dad,- either talking or sleeping hahaha!!!!! I feel bad for you though mom.  I always remember us kids standing around while you were talking, pulling on you, saying, "Let's go mom."  Now I love to talk with people like that!  That night after Zone Conference, we ate dinner at Bishop's and that is always so much fun!!!!   We had to hurry out after dinner as we had an appointment with N.  We've been trying to see him ever since I've been here and we've never gotten to see him but we finally did!!  We talked for about 15 min. 

One last miracle this week-  The next day we were walking to Brother D's and we see this African American family sitting on their porch.  We say hello and they tell us they don't speak very good English and I had a thought... **(So a few weeks ago we saw this African American riding his bike on the road and I was with Elder Cuthbert.  We said hello and he stopped and talked to us.  He didn't speak very good English but he spoke French! His name was Moses.  I was trying to use my French that I didn't know and it wasn't going very well; however, we did leave him with a B.O.M. He was very nice and we told him where the church was).  **So back to the story-- I ask the dad, "Do you have a son named Moses?"  He says " Moses?  I go get Moses."  So I was like no way this is not happening!!! Well he walks out with a kid who's 8 years old and I was like this isn't Moses.  Moses was 19 not 8.  I was a little bummed when all of a sudden Moses himself walked outside!!!!!!!!!!! It was the same Moses we talked to briefly on the street a few weeks ago! How amazing is that???!!!!!!!  So we talked and he even grabbed the B.O.M. we gave him.  So it was such an incredible experience!!!!!!!

Ok. So one more great thing that happened this week- we got to have a sit down lesson with N and his wife T.  N is the one where we have been doing a ton of service for.  We've never been able to teach his wife, T.  So it's true- service softens hearts!!!!!!!! It was so wonderful to be able to talk to both of them and it was a great lesson!!!! 

So this week was just full of miracles!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love you all.  Have a great week!  Bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

Elder Cahoon the Baboon