We have 3 Baptisms planned in April!

There are some awesome things going on here in Fort Wayne!!! We have 3 baptisms planned for this month! We have been receiving a lot of grace. It is incredibly evident that Heavenly Father is involved in our work. Having been thrown into all of this rather suddenly, Elder Tanner and I have needed to rely on the Lord more than ever. It is amazing the miracles that happen when we do so! The people who are on date are very elect! We are so excited for them to be baptized. Before we even started the lesson with one of our investigators, he said that when he would start receiving income that he is already planning on paying tithing... We haven't even taught him tithing yet! This man is so ready for the gospel!!! We are incredibly grateful for the blessing that Heavenly Father has given to us and we are excited to be receiving more. 

Thank you. I love you!

Elder Hayden Cannon

Happy Conference and late Easter!!!

Hello!!!

Things are going really rather well here in Fort Wayne. There is great work to be done here. We had a baptism on March 26th and we are so happy that he was baptized because he was so ready! He is going to be a fantastic life long member. We also have 2 more people on date to be baptized in April. We are so excited! Ever since I have come here we have been seeing a lot of miracles. I think the reason we are seeing these miracles is because Heavenly Father sees how stressed I have been with all of these new responsibilities and is helping all that I will allow him to. One of my zone leaders said that I am a modern Daniel in the Lions den with how I was thrown into all of this. I am so glad that Heavenly Father's hand is in this work because with out it this work wouldn't be at all possible. 

On Easter Sunday, we had something really rather funny happen to us. We were just walking around because we didn't have any appointments and we weren't sure who to contact. So we decided to just knock on a couple houses and see what comes of it. We try not to knock on random houses because it isn't as effective as knocking on doors of someone we are looking for and then knock on their neighbors if they aren't home, but we weren't sure what else to do. There was one house that we knocked on that we decided that I would take the lead. I knocked on the door and asked if John Porter lives there (that is the name of our mission president). The man who lives there said that he had never even heard of that name. We tried to start up a conversation with him but he shot it down with, "my wife has an infectious disease, so I don't really want to be around people." He closed the door and walked away not really sure how to react to that. We weren't sure if that was legitimate or not. If wasn't though, we deserve it because we came to the door with a bogus approach which I would say deserves a bogus excuse of why not to talk to us. If that wasn't the truth, he also deserves creativity points because I never would have thought of that. 

Conference was amazing, as usual! There were so many great things that I really enjoyed. I always forget my notes to emailing so I am not able to share specific thoughts of mine, just know that lots of revelation was received. The people who spoke to us are definitely called of God and were guided on what to say so that something would stand out to every person who listened. 

I am so grateful to have this experience as a missionary. I am learning so much here that I never could learn elsewhere. This is where I need to be, helping these people come to Jesus Christ. There is a quote from Joseph Smith that I found that I really like, "I love your soul and the souls of all men, and do all I can to bring them salvation." This is my goal, to do all that I can to bring the souls of all men to salvation because of my love for them.

I love you all!!! Thank you for all of your help, thoughts, and prayers. They definitely have an effect all the way out here in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Elder Hayden Cannon