Hello!
So that’s how we introduce ourselves whenever we are
speaking in Spanish...Cocinero = cook....cannica = marble. People love it!
This week was a pretty good week! Elder Marble did get bit again by a dog but
it wasn’t bad. He's just to nice to give them a good kick. This week we did
a lot to try and work more with members. We scheduled times where we could have
lessons with them and then make another appointment and invite them to bring a
friend! Its worked pretty well so far! We're also dedicating two mornings a
week to washing the members cars! Its way fun! it brought back memories of
student council car washes!
The end of the transfer is next week! hard to
believe time has flown! The speed of a transfer is really interesting....the
first 2 weeks are slow and then each week gets progressively (exponentially)
faster! as far as how much we bike a day, I have no idea how much it is mileage
wise..the furthest ride from our appt. is about 15sh minutes (with the wind) so
everything really isn’t bad at all. Friday night we had appointments falling
through like crazy and so we decided to stop in by a less active teenager named
JJ. He's 13 and we found him outside with a bunch of the neighborhood kids. So
we ended up just sharing the story of the army of Helaman with them! It was so
much fun! Just imagine two missionaries trying to explain that story to a group
of 8 or 9 little kids using a mixture of Spanish and English (we call it
Tex-Mex)..it was great...they loved it...it was kind of a rough part of town to
so the message was about why we shouldn’t fight! Riding home I couldn’t stop
thinking about the Savior's words "suffer the children to come to
me". Even though that hour didn’t help us out much with new investigators
or baptismal dates, I knew that’s where we were supposed to be and what we were
supposed to be doing!
One of the families in our English ward was taught and
baptized by Elder Hardin! They loved him so much and I can tell he's been a
great missionary! I can't wait to see him! November we have a Mission
conference and a general authority will be coming for a mission tour! We're
excited! Oh, and could someone talk to Neil and find out where he served? It'd
be great to hear where all he has served! Also if Dad could get Grant Mosley's
address and Daniel Robinson's I'd love to write them! Elder Steele and I write
each other just about every week and then I got mail from Kelsey, Anna, Kennedi
(from BYU) and then Marissa (from EFY!). I did hear the buckeyes are undefeated
from Bro. Grindstaff (the bro. Webster carbon copy!). Woohoo! We helped a
family move this morning and we'll shop and
write letters later! The last few weeks have been so much fun with Elder
Marble, Elder Sanders and Elder Curletti. They're treu (yup..spelled
treu...)friends and great Elders! I've learned a lot from each of them! Elder
sanders is really funny, Elder Curletti's way smart, and Elder Marbles way old!
(in mission years!)
Thanks again for the package mom! we listen to the Spanish
CD's every day before breakfast! I'm grateful for daily tender mercies! The spirit
speaks in different ways to us individually and finding out how to use this
line of divine communication has blessed my life so much! The Book of Mormon is
true! I love it with all my heart and I’m so grateful to be able to share it on
a daily basis!
Thank you all for your love and support! You’re the best!
Con amor,
Elder Cook
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