This past week was awesome! And this past month and a half also. Thank you for the cookies (my zone gobbled them up in minutes and they were very delicious!) and the talk. Yeah if you could just mail the ones from home that would be great! And if you could get Brian to mail me my baja sweater jacket abrigo deal that'd be cool since its getting colder and I don’t have a pday jacket.

So I forgot to tell you that 2 Tuesdays ago we had the opportunity to hear from Russell M. Nelson for devotional, it was asombroso. I was about 20 feet away from him and he said some great stuff.  He said if you don’t know the answer to a question just say "We follow Jesus Christ", so that was obviously some good advice. Then this past Tuesday we went to devotional not expecting a general authority because they don’t come much but turned out that Richard G. Scott talked on being led by the spirit! It was epic.  He invoked several blessings upon the missionaries using his apostleship, and the spirit was so strong! He invoked a protective shield upon the sister missionaries as they follow the spirit and he invoked a blessing of el don de lenguas upon all missionaries learning a language! 

I can't wait to get out into the field and teach real people and work with members! It is awesome to hear the potential of the Kingdom of God on the earth and it is left up to us and our faith in order to spread the gospel. This week I realized that in the past I had no idea how much faith played a factor in everything! Faith is the first principle of the gospel and as we exercise faith it gives us power to overcome the world.

Yo amo este evangelio! Se que La Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Ultimos Dias es el reino de Senor que de nuevo se ha establecido sobre la tierra. Se que el principio de fe es muy poderoso. Se que a traves el evangelio los hijos de hombres pueden ser salvados.

I love you all and I pray each night for family and friends and even for Texas. This gospel answers every concern in every heart and brings happiness to those who live it. I can't wait to get more pictures from the family and to hear from everyone how they're doing!

Love Elder Mark Cooley

P.S. Hymn 72 is awesome