Hello all!

So we received transfer calls this morning, and amazingly me and Elder Jensen are staying together!  We were 95% sure that one of us was leaving.  Apparently in Elder Jensen’s interview with President he said he had done all he could with me.

Anyways, this past week has been way cold, to the point where we were expecting snow.  From about Tuesday-Friday it was pretty cold and then on Thursday we received word from president that there was to be no mission vehicles driven or even bikes ridden, so we bundled up nice and walked to most of our appointments.  We were able to find some rides with members.  But all turned out well and we were able to teach a lot of lessons this week since a lot of people were home trying to avoid the cold.

Hna. Orellana has taught us how to make Gorditas, Tres Leches, flautas, frijoles rancheros, enchiladas, y arroz.  Then we went home and made some on our own, especially Tres Leches, soo good.  I encourage you to make one.  Also she fed us something called Capirotada, it was alright.  We have bought a bag of Maseca and make our own corn tortillas, good stuff.

We were able to help Hno. Aguirre give a blessing to his son who was in the hospital and we got to know them some more.  They are in our area, but clear up in Texas City. We were also able to teach Jesus again, the first lesson and he committed to baptism.  Then he came to church this week, which was stake conference. 

Well, moreso regional conference and Pres. Monson, Elder Ballard, and Sis. Dibb spoke. They focused a lot on the gospel and then The Rescue of less active members.  Al rescate!  It was good to see also that the Ensign of this month has a lot to do with that and I've noticed that's a big focus of Pres. Monson too.

Anyways, Love y'all and happy birthday to Emmie (late), Greg (later), and Adam (early)!  Hope all goes well this next week and I'll continue to keep everyone in my prayers!

con gran amor,

Elder Cooley