Buenas,

How's it going?  As for the bike/car thing, our area got cut in half so we didn't need the car anymore and I was thankful for that.  I prefer bike areas over car areas.  As for Ashlee getting called to Scotland/Ireland, that is fantastic!  Hopefully she likes haggis.

So as for this past week, it was absolutely amazing!  President called for "a return to greatness", in terms of more diligent striving to meet our goals and focus on our purpose.  As such, we set out to talk to everyone and not waste a minute.  I was reminded of my time back in Galveston with Elder Jensen and how hard we strove to reach our goals, how much success we had, and the Spirit that filled my life and raised my faith as we did so.  We saw many blessings.  

As we were biking home one night to get picked up by a member, we stopped and offered help to a couple carrying things; they were both deaf and accepted our help. After helping them, we were able to get their information and will get it to the ASL elders.  

Countless other blessings; we needed 3 investigator lessons on Sunday and we had 3 lessons scheduled but 2 fell through.  We talked to someone on the street and he asked if we could teach him right then, so we went to a nearby park and taught him.  Upon ending that lesson, another man walked by and we talked to him; he told us how he had talked to missionaries before but they never came by.  So we walked with him to his apartment and taught him.  He was a humble man from Guatemala and he showed us pictures of his family who are still in Guatemala, and then I pulled out my wallet family picture and showed him my family.  This past weekend has been unforgettable.  There is nothing more satisfying than work!

About a month back, Lilian dropped us, saying that she needed more time.  Then this past weekend, her and her boyfriend got in a car accident.  He passed away but she is in the hospital and hopefully gets well soon.  It was a witness of how sometimes the time we ask for doesn't exist, that's why it's so important to not procrastinate the day of our repentance.  That relationship was one of the things keeping her from baptism so hopefully this can work for her good.  Pues, La Iglesia es verdadera y El Libro es azul.

Que Dios los bendiga y que tengan siempre trabajo y salud!

Con un abrazo,

Elder Cooley