THANK YOU!!!! so much for the package! It was wonderful!
Mom, you know me well! It made my week! This week was another good one! I think
the weeks are actually beginning to go by faster and faster! Its great! Hard to
believe we've hit the month mark here. Spanish is now the default when I talk
and as long as we're in the present, preterit, or basic future tenses I'm
pretty comfortable! This past Tuesday I had the chance to sing in the choir
with Elder Tarr! It was great! We sang
this is the Christ and it was such a powerful song! I remember Grandma Ralph
telling me that I had to sing in the choir and I'm definitely glad I did!
This week Elder Sean Clark (from Zainesville) came in the
MTC and it was good to see him! I still say hi to Elder Steele and Elder Smith
at least 1x a day! Its great! For service this week it was cleaning the sinks
and mirrors of the bathrooms in our buildings. To give you an idea of the
buildings...our residence hall has 4 floors and holds probably about
50ishElders on a floor. Thank you so much Mom, dad AND SPENCER!!!! for the
letters! I also got letters from Ashley Sapp, Steven Boyd, Dani Elefritz, and
Kevin Stephenoff! It was awesome! Hope Claire and Mom had a successful week at
girls camp and/or EFY!
The fires seemed to have died down here in the valley but
again, we're not really sure of much. For gym time this week I spent more time
in the gym with weights and the bikes after I sprained my thigh last week
during soccer. The fun part about that was getting to leave the MTC to walk
down the street to the student health center where they took the precautionary
x-rays. It’s getting better though! On Sunday our devotional was Jenny Oaks
Baker and she gave a fireside where she would share some thoughts and then play
some really awesome solos on her violin (she’s a former first chair violinist
for the national symphony, went to Julliard, and is Elder Oaks daughter). It
made me miss having "unlimited" time to practice instruments and I definitely
will spend some time with my bass and the piano when I get home! The music here
is so great! Come thou fount is what I listen to while we do our Spanish
computer studying! At some point I'll probably make a list for you guys and ask
you to burn a CD from LDS.org since you can download them free there.
I think weight wise I'm at 160 still so I'm still convinced
that I won't have much of a weight change throughout my mission! ha-ha. The 2nd
advanced Spanish district (they arrived in the beginning of July) is about to
leave next week! It seems like they just got here! Time goes by so fast! But
its great! Tonight we get to teach at the TRC and I can't wait! It’s so nice
teaching lessons to real people with real problems and they’re always so
friendly and their Spanish is perfect! A few scriptures to share with you
guys....
Alma 7: 11-12Mosiah 4:9James 2:17-19aaaaandJSH verses 1-28 ( specifically the ones about Paul after the
first vision!!!)
I love you all! Hope things are well in Ohio!!! Just over a
month or so until Buckeye football right?!?!?! Can't wait to hear about it and
the Olympics as well!
Con amor,
Elder Cook
(western hemisphere!)
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