Gracias por el abrigo! I got some awesome letters including pictures of Mae, Emmie, Benton (Along with some awesome pictures they drew! made my day) and then pictures of Troy in his mobster outfit (classy), and then today I got a letter from Alicia including pictures of Pepper, Dakota, and the fam, along with some awesome pictures that Dakota drew (with Curious George).

Entonces, gracias for all of the amor! So this week, Tuesday, for the THIRD Tuesday in a row we heard from an apostle, this time M. Russell Ballard, it was way awesome! All of the apostles so far have spoken of the importance of having a smile to show that this gospel is a gospel of happiness. Then on Wednesday we received 20 new elders in our zone and me and Elder Simmons got to orient them and such. It’s my favorite part of being a zone leader because they are usually so shell-shocked and the first few days are overwhelming but all these elders are way sharp. There's an Elder Fisher from Goodyear.    I was talking to him and found out that he went to high school in Springville with Brea and said he knew the Hardesty's and such.  Small world!

Then on Thursday I received my travel plans!! I leave Nov. 16th at 5 am, my flight leaves at 8:25 then I arrive at Houston around 12:30. Only one week left in the MTC so we're trying to soak up all we can here before we go in the field. I am so stoked to be in the field!

Then yesterday we got to hear from Sheri Dew for the fireside. She had 3 main points that she said would help us in our lives to become more powerful disciples.  1-Know who we are and where we come from (Children of God, we have been saved for these last days because in premortality we developed the talent of spirituality, quote from George Q. Cannon I believe),  2-Know the atonement intimately and become familiar with the enabling power of it. Then 3-Learn to be receptive to personal revelation. It was an awesome talk!

And Sean is going to Tallahassee Florida! That is epic! He and Chase will be in the MTC at the same time, also epic. Anyways, I love y'all and pray for y'all often. The Gospel is awesome and true. Learn it, Live it, Love it.

Con gran amor, Elder Cooley