87. Jeri Cahoon | The Opportunities, Obstacles, and Blessings of Service

Latter-day Saint Women Podcast

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

5 • 670 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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“I knew in my mind, in my heart, in my whole soul that the Book of Mormon was true. And that was a sweet and precious moment when the prayers of a longing child were answered,” shares Young Women General Advisory Council Jeri Cahoon of the time when she came to know the Lord for herself, even though it was a little later in life than she anticipated. Over the past several years, Jeri has served with her husband as mission leaders in the Mexico Saltillo Mission, served in the presidency of the Salt Lake Inner City Mission, and through her profession has been a designer for the Temple Department. In this episode, she shares her lessons learned from a lifetime of experiences, and listeners will be inspired by her insights from infertility and adoption to learning Spanish and stretching her capacities through service.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Latter-day Saint Women podcast, where we share the legacy of women of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
0:11.4	You'll get to know the faithful women who shaped our past and hear from inspiring women of faith today.
0:16.3	I'm Carly Geiman.
0:17.6	And I'm Shailen back.
0:18.8	We're your co-hosts.
0:19.8	Today we're excited to welcome Jerry
0:21.2	Cahoon to the podcast. Jerry, welcome. Thank you for inviting me. Of course, we're so glad you could
0:26.5	make it today. Just to give a brief introduction of our guests before we jump into our questions,
0:31.4	Sister Jerry Cahoon was called as a member of the Young Women General Advisory Council in May
0:36.1	of 2020. So that's a very interesting time to be
0:38.8	called, right? As the pandemic was really hitting. She was born and raised in Southern California,
0:44.5	and she and her husband, Kevin, are the parents of three children and have eight amazing
0:48.5	grandchildren. She received her degree in interior design and is CEO and principal designer in her own firm.
0:55.1	And this is so cool.
0:56.1	She's gotten to be a designer for the temple department for several temples, which we'll get to as well.
1:01.3	Sister Cahoon loves missionary work.
1:02.9	She served with her husband as president and companion of the Mexico-Saltillo mission, and she
1:08.1	served in the presidency of the Salt Lake Inner City Mission, where they worked as senior missionaries in Spanish and Portuguese wards and branches. So I'm just so excited. You have so much to offer as far as experience and insights, and we're really excited that you were willing to be here today. Thank you.
1:22.8	Well, I'm very good job pronouncing Saltillo. Most people don't. So you did a good job. Thank you. So Shailin
1:30.5	highlighted, I think, something right off the bat that just kind of jumps out to us in your
1:35.3	experience in design and working with the temple department. And in particular, you did interior design
1:41.0	work for the Gilbert Arizona Temple, which is such a neat thing to be part of,
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