Wow! This was a great week! One of the happiest times to be
a missionary by far! It was a lot of fun to be able to Skype everyone and I'm
still trying to get my mind around how the Xbox worked! Haha super cool! We had
a great night with the Cantu's and ate lots of good food throughout the week (go
Google menudo real quick and you’ll see the best of the best.......yuk!)! I
don't think I mentioned it but we did spend a few hours going around visiting
families we’re teaching and less actives! It was great! I’ve had a lot of fun
sharing the buckeye crunch with everyone and all the other Christmas gifts have
been great! Thank you so much! Thursday and Saturday we had exchanges and I got
to spend both of them on bike...and it rained both days =]! It was so much and
we saw lots of miracles! You'd think no one would be outside in rainy 50 degree
weather...but you'd be surprised! Both days we talked to a lot of great people
and we're now teaching several families from those efforts!
One of the people we’re teaching now is a man named Rene!
he's the only one in his family investigating but he has such good desires and
loves to read the book of Mormon! he talked about how much he wants to have the
peace in his life that he sees in the missionaries and that he has seen in his
friend who is a member of the church! His desires to have what the gospel of Jesus
Christ offers has helped to strengthen my testimony of the peace that comes as
we follow the Savior! To connect it to another couple events this
weekend....Friday...we had a wild goose chase and successfully managed to visit
all 3 of McAllen’s main operating hospitals. A member’s mother had gotten sick
and the family had requested that we come by to give her a blessing. the
directions we got were "the hospital by the street McColl'. turns out....2
of McAllen’s hospitals are directly off of McColl one on the north end the
other on the south...and a3rd one is close by on the North end. to make a long
story short...we were supposed to be in #3...but went to #'s 1 and 2 before
figuring out that #'s 1 & 2 weren't hospital #3. After an hour of searching
we made it! And were able to give the blessing and shared John 14:26-27 with
the member who was distraught because her mother’s condition was so serious! I
love those verses so much!
26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the
Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all
things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as
the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let
it be afraid.Later we found out we had a recently baptized member of the church two floors above and we were able to go visit her and give a blessing as well! It’s fun to see how the Lord guides us to be exactly where he wants us!
I know that the Holy Ghost brings the peace this world
cannot offer and that the Savior always sends Him to us in our times of need,
trial and tribulation! There is no peace sweeter than the small warm reminders
in our heart from the Holy Ghost that God loves us!
I love you all! Have a great week and set some good
resolutions!
Con amor,
Elder Cook
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