Friday, February 22, 2013

hola y adios!

Hola mi familia!

Well! Not much time this week. I'll tell you about Juan! We found him just walking down the street outside his house and we gave him a pass along card because he didn’t have much time to talk. We've now taught him 3 times this week and he has read 120 pages in the Book of Mormon! We're so grateful to have met him and it’s been an exciting journey already! still trying to help him quit smoking. Please pray for him!
Studied a lot about families this week because a lot of times we end up teaching individuals instead of families and there’s such a different and special spirit when there’s a mom, a dad, sons and daughters together helping each other along the way.  This week we had the chance to work in a trio with Elder Wray (who lives with us) and it was a lot of fun! 3 definitely feels like a crowd in missionary work. We eventually stopped introducing ourselves name by name because it just ended up taking too long! It was fun! We also explored some of the way far out areas and found a couple neighborhoods out in the middle of nowhere that have a lot of potential.

One of my new good friends here is Hno. Boccanegra! He always says he's "mas que contento" (better than happy) when we see him and since the ward activity where I made cookies he always asks me if I brought more "galletas." He's a great ward mission leader and is willing to do anything to help us. He's really helped us with the vision of changing the branch into a ward...(we only have a few more priesthood holders to go!...the branch attendance is in the range of the 120's) and it’s an exciting time to be serving here! Enjoyed stake conference! Feels more like September than February!
Great Scripture we used this week: D &C 130:20-21...every commandment = way to obtain a blessing!

Have a great week!

Con amor,
Elder Cook!

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