Hope spring break has been fun and safe so far for everyone!
I had a great week! With lots of learning and I think something
"crazy" happened just about every single day! One of the best lessons
I’ve learned this week was just how clearly and directly Heavenly Father will
speak to us if we take time to listen for the promptings of the Holy Ghost!
Here are some of the highlights/good moments from this week:
-Tuesday we helped by moving furniture in and out of some of
the apartments and it was a good opportunity to get to know some of the other
missionaries better! After a district meeting we went to Wendy’s (I can never
resist the opportunity to tell them that it started in Columbus!).
-Elder Ayers is preparing to go home on Wednesday and we've
had fun helping him as he plans and prepares for all of his great adventures
yet to come.
-Sunday was a marathon day! Saturday night we'd forgotten to
fill up the truck and as we turned the key Sunday morning the gas light went on.
We went about 27 miles that day without getting stranded! That was a tender
mercy!
-Church was a marathon day! I attended the Spanish ward and
played piano for 3 hymns and a special musical #, gave a talk and then we had a
really good meeting with our new Bishop right afterwards. His name is Obispo
Trevino and I actually taught his daughter (who’s not a member because she
needs to get married) back when I was in Las Milpas. We spent the evening
saying goodbye to some of the members and this morning we got to go eat
breakfast with Joe and Lupita!
- We got transfers! I m excited! I’ll have 6 more weeks in
Alamo Norte (hopefully 12!!!) and our area will actually be growing a lot bigger
(we’re taking about half of the area above us). It’ll be a lot of work organizing
everything and getting to know all the new families but I’m excited!
- For one of my studies this week I read a talk by President
Uchtdorf! In preparation for conference
I thought I’d just share the video clip and invite ya’ll to watch it this week!
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2012/10/of-regrets-and-resolutions?lang=eng&query=regrets+and+resolutions
Thanks for all your love, support and prayers! I’m so
grateful for this time I have to represent the Savior and it means so much to
have wonderful and loving family and friends cheering me on. It makes me
reflect on the angels in heaven that cheer us on in our mortal existence. While
it’s rare that we hear from them and will most likely never see them in this
life, their influence is felt the whole time! I know that we were prepared so
well by loved ones before we came to this Earth in order to keep the special
promises we made with our Heavenly Father. Equally, I know that there will be a
great celestial fanfare for each of us if we do our best to live faithfully to
the commandments and covenants of our Savior Jesus Christ.
Con mucho amor y animo
Elder Cook
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