Galveston, Haunted Ghetto Paradise Island

How's everyone doing?  Sounds like an awesome stake conference, wish I could have heard all the talks and such.  Anywho, this past week has been quite intense.  We had a mission conference on Thursday and have 2 more this Thursday and the next.  We learned about Revelation through prayer, the Book of Mormon, and church and how to teach them more powerfully to our investigators.

Also this past Saturday and Sunday we saved a very active member from personal apostasy. Saturday morning he was on his way to the temple for the first time and got offended so he had them drop him off, then told us he was never coming back to church and after much intense discussion we were able to get him to come to church and as of now he is back to his normal self.  It was pretty scary to see someone so strong almost fall away.

Other than that, we are praying to have 3 baptisms this week.  It seems to me that every baptism has something that always gets in the way to try to postpone it and this week we get to work through some of those.  Also since this week and the next are Mardi Gras, we almost got kicked off the island, but due to the momentum of the Galveston District and the trust that President has in all the missionaries here, he is letting us stay this week, although with some added restrictions in order to not slow down the work.  Other than that our investigators are doing good and progressing.

Also our Branch President told the branch council that the Lehi branch (smallest unit in the stake) is leading the stake in many areas and the area is seeing many blessings from the Lord.  I feel so very blessed to be on a mission and see so many miracles day to day.  I hope the Lord continues to bless all of you with many miracles in your lives!

Con gran amor, Elder Cooley