Como estamos?

So this past week was pretty much amazing.  I got all those pictures of the family and they blew my mind!  The kids are getting so big!  I'm excited to Skype and be able to see the family again.  

Last Monday for P-day, the elders in the district ate lunch with Joseph Matuk and he fed us some amazing chicken and of course, bobaganoosh.  Then later on in the week we went by and he wanted to feed us but all he had was sardines and 6 month old eggplant that had been fermenting in a jar with nuts and olive oil.  It was the first time I've tried either... Apparently the eggplant deal is what they do in the Middle East whenever they run out of food, like their year supply.  

We were able to teach a Muslim man who was very interested in the idea of a modern prophet and another book of scripture and he'll begin being taught by the English missionaries.  Also, as we were out contacting on the street I approached a man sitting down looking at his cell phone.  Without looking up he began to talk to us as if he knew us and he asked for our telephone number.  He said he was waiting for a call from his wife in Guatemala and then he stood up and presented himself to us.  His name is Gonzalo and he just got here a couple weeks ago.  His wife and all her family are members and he has been attending church with them as of late.  As we were talking with him his wife called and he almost immediately passed the phone to me.  She asked my name and thanked me for finding and talking to her husband and told us to get him baptized.  She started crying and saying that God is a God of miracles and I felt to promise that her family would be sealed in the temple someday.   I got a little teary-eyed as I thought of how the Lord knows His sheep and will do all he can to bring the lost ones to the fold.  I love this gospel and can't wait to talk to y'all in a couple weeks!

Love, Elder Cooley