Week 47

No Group email this week...but I will add a picture  I stole from another missionary's blog and add a little from the family email. The last paragraph is the best because before his mission, Trace would do any housework willingly except dishes. He is slightly a germaphobe and he would literally tear up while doing dishes because he was so grossed out by other people's food. Here is his email:

That's really sad about Debby.... Hope she at least feels at peace these last few days.... let her know I love her! That`s crazy that Canada is doing so bad! Usually we just here about the fires in Washington, California, and Colorado. 

Sounds rough to have pigs this year.... You will have to send me pictures because this will be the first time in about 7 years that I haven`t been at the Grant County fair! Haha! You should charge people to come to our camper because with the air hockey table it is like a fair game now! ;) Brenton should bring his projector and show movies on the side of the trailers too! 

I hope dad and Brenton get the car running! I miss racing sometimes.... all the other missionaries think I am super redneck and crazy when I talk about racing hahah! 

My comp is great! We are doing well together. 

Yeah I couldn`t really think really straight when I saw Mariah because I was kinda dumb struck that we ran into each other in a city of 1.5 million people! Haha! 

That`s awesome that I have a new cousin! There will be so many new family members when I get home haha! 

This week was great! We worked hard and the days are flying by! I can`t believe that I am going to hit 11 months here in a couple days! I really love it here! The week was pretty normal but we had a lot of success and things are really looking up here! 

Today I had to cut my hair because it was getting too long and we ended up finding a barber shop that is run by two gay guys from the Netherlands. They speak worse Spanish than I do! But they cut my hair pretty well and we were able to talk a little about the church, so we will send the other missionaries to them! 

We are really seeing a lot of miracles happening here and I can`t explain the miracles because they are super small and almost seem normal, but then I think about my day at night and I realize just how much the Lord is doing in my life! 

Last night some other missionaries came over and slept at our house and we cooked and ate something. This morning when they left we had a ton of dishes to wash and I washed. every. single. one. By hand! Because we don`t have a dishwasher! I realized then just how far I have come in the last 10.5 months hahah! Love yall! Hope all is well at home! 

Love,

Elder Cole

Photo credit to Elder Vanderlinden :) 

They were to find a piece of gum out a pile of flour and see who could blow the first bubble.