Como estamos?

This past week has been great.  That's funny what you said about Benton not saying he hates things but rather  "I don't like that thing, or it's not my favorite thing".  I've seen the same among a lot of Hispanics.  They never say "Odio tal cosa" sino "casi no me gusta tal cosa", it's something small I've noticed but it definitely helps.

Anyways, this past Tuesday we did a Church tour with the youth for mutual and had committed them to bring any non member friends they had.  It was very spiritual as the youth shared some of their personal experiences and testimonies of the gospel.  There was one non member who came and we were able to talk to him after.  He told us that he had a dream the night before that basically cleared up all doubt that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.  We testified that God had prepared him and we encouraged him to read the Book of Mormon, committed him to baptism, and he did the closing prayer full of real intent.  He lives in the other elders’ area so we've given him over to them to teach.

This past weekend was pretty crazy, one of our investigators said his mom didn't want us coming by any more so we were pretty bummed but we felt that we should talk with her so we went by after church on Sunday and had a good talk with the mom and she said we could still teach him, it was pretty intense. Joaquin was able to share his testimony at an investigator fireside, and he also came out with us this past Friday.  He's sharing the gospel like none other and already preparing for his mission.  Yesterday, we were able to find some great new investigators.  This week is going to be great, I love the gospel.  I've been studying lately about hope and how the Lord commands us to doubt not and fear not, but look forward with a perfect brightness of hope.  This past Sunday could have been pretty discouraging, especially with some stuff that happened with investigators, not to add it was pouring rain.  But as the rain cleared up the sunset shone brightly, asi es con el conocimiento del evangelio. Hay que tener fe y echarle ganas. Anyways, I hope y'all have a great week, keep on keeping on,

Love, Elder Cooley