No worries about the letters, we might start emailing on Mondays now. Thanks for the Cheese! I remember asking for it last year for Christmas but totally had forgotten.  Before we opened it I was talking it up to my companion and he thought I was a weirdo talking about cheese and such, but when he tasted it he loved it. I haven't gotten any Christmas packages yet, if you sent them to the mission home then they'll probably hand them out at zone conference on Thursday. One thing I’ve missed from Mesa is going to see the temple lights, but it’s good to hear that y'all are having some fun times!

Yeah, President and Sister Saylin are the best! He is a convert and he has such an amazing testimony and I’m surprised he hasn't been translated yet.

The Carranzas have been coming back to church and on Dec. 18th me and Elder Jensen had the opportunity to baptize and confirm Joseph (14), Ricky (10), and Caleb (8). Joseph and Donavan (13) also received the priesthood and it will be awesome to see them fulfilling their callings! Also this past week we taught a few guys from Guatemala and Honduras who have only lived here for about 6 months and when we taught the  first lesson and testified I could see in their eyes that the spirit was testifying to them of the truthfulness of what we were teaching.

I had the opportunity to go on exchanges with the Zone Leaders; I went with Elder Oliver up to their area in League City and taught English. It was fun to get to know amazing people who were working towards baptism and who were recent converts. Anyways, I love this missionary work and it’s awesome to hear all the work going on back home! I can’t wait to get home and help out missionaries there; I'm beginning to learn how important members are. Anyways, talk to ya on Saturday and such.

Love y'all, Elder Cooley