Hello!

How's it going?  It was crazy to see all those little kids and how they've grown!

Well, it is the start of a new transfer and Elder Tonn and I are staying together!  So this past week was amazing.  We got to teach a man named Jorge; he is from Cuba and has been searching for the truth for about 6 years.  At that time he lived in Cuba and saw about 7 different churches, all claiming to have the truth but one night he raised his Bible to heaven pleading to God that He would show him the truth.  Well, just recently he touched down here in the US and is a doctor at a clinic that a member works at.  He preaches in front of a congregation of another church and he told us about how his leaders gave him the topic for his sermon in 2 months - the topic being to preach against the Mormon Church.  He thought in his mind and later asked his leaders, "How can I preach against something of which I know nothing about?"  Their answer was simply, just do what we tell you, but he wanted to know more fully.  Well, that's where the member comes into play.  He found out that this member with whom he worked was Mormon and they began talking.  Well, he's been reading the Book of Mormon and believes it to be the Word of God.  He feels very strongly about personal revelation and is a very sensitive to spiritual things.  And we will be teaching him again tonight so we're pretty stoked.

Also this past week I had the opportunity to exchange with Elder Soutas (an old companion in Galveston) so that was fun to work with him again.  An investigator of ours, Denis, was able to come to Sofia Ramos' baptism and also to the Mother's Day party we had.  He loved both of course.  There are just so many things going on but time is short.

I love you all!

Love, Elder Cooley