Week 76

This week was a rough one. We had a lot to do and just didn´t have enough time to do it. One of the glimmers of light we saw this week was when we were able to go to  the baptism of Carla! The missionaries have been teaching her for over three years! It was incredible to be one of the missionaries here to teach her right now. Just to watch her progress from the day that I showed up in Rocha and started teaching her, until now is a huge testimony that the Gospel of Jesus Christ changes lives! She is So happy and was so excited for her baptism! I could feel the confirmation that her baptism was a special one and although it took countless missionaries and over three years, she was finally a member of the Church of Jesus Christ and has taken that first step to live with our Father in Heaven again! 

This week I also learned some helpful life skills! Here in Rocha there are not very many members of the church, and so I have had to really develop my cooking skills quickly haha! It has gone well so far! It definitely isn´t like my mom´s cooking, but it hasn´t killed me yet haha! We have also been fighting some kind of bug in the house. We just feel things biting us all the time and everyday we find new bug bites... At first we thought it was bed bugs. So I washed all my bedding and sprayed poison all over.... Now we think its fleas. So we have been spaying poison on everything we own. We actually don´t know what is going on, but something has been eating us alive this week. 

Hope all is well at home! Love y'all! 

Elder Cole

Parts from the family email:

This week was good ma! ....Actually it was a terrible week hahaha! We got rejected an unusual amount of times this week. Usually we get rejected quite a bit, but this week EVERYONE rejected us.  Even some of our better investigators just started avoiding us and stopped answering their phones.  Its fine, I learned some things and it just showed me some of my weaknesses. Overall I am doing well, I feel good, just didn´t quite have the success we expected.

I really understand now when you and dad would get upset with the messy house or a lot of dirty dishes! I have been having the same thoughts go through my mind that I used to hear from you guys! Only these aren´t my kids, just three other 20 year old men that have to wait for me to clean up for them! Hahaha! Love ya Ma!