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| New missionaries arriving at the Bacalod Airport |
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| Dinner at a local restaurant |
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| Lunch in the Mission Home |
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| Jollibee's spaghetti, palabok and Champ hamburger |
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| Cole and his new companion/trainer, Elder Estevez |
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| Cole with President and Sister Lopez |
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
He Made It
Cole made it to the Philippines! It was great getting to talk to him on the phone when he was waiting at the airport, but the time went by way too quickly. His mission president is awesome. He had Cole email us as soon as he got there so we would know he arrived safely. He also told him to have us "friend" him on facebook. When I got onto facebook I was excited to see that he had posted photos of Cole at the airport, at dinner, and even with his new companion. Technology is great!
Monday, August 13, 2012
Thinking Like a Missionary
Here is part of Cole's letter this week:
"I am loving being a missionary. It's so great. I miss you guys so much, but I don't know if I would rather be anywhere else. I know a mission is exactly where I am supposed to be and I cannot wait for it to start really counting. The language is coming well. I feel comfortable teaching lessons in it, but if I am doing anything other than that I am completely lost! I seriously cannot wait to get to the Philippines. I already have my favorite lesson to teach. It is by far the plan of salvation. I know the investigators I practice on now are fake; but still, it is the coolest thing to feel the spirit when I tell them they can live with their families forever. I can't wait to tell people in the Philippines that very same thing and watch how they react to that knowledge."
"I am loving being a missionary. It's so great. I miss you guys so much, but I don't know if I would rather be anywhere else. I know a mission is exactly where I am supposed to be and I cannot wait for it to start really counting. The language is coming well. I feel comfortable teaching lessons in it, but if I am doing anything other than that I am completely lost! I seriously cannot wait to get to the Philippines. I already have my favorite lesson to teach. It is by far the plan of salvation. I know the investigators I practice on now are fake; but still, it is the coolest thing to feel the spirit when I tell them they can live with their families forever. I can't wait to tell people in the Philippines that very same thing and watch how they react to that knowledge."
Monday, August 6, 2012
A Letter Home
Just thought I'd share part of Cole's letter this week. It is awesome to see the growth in him.
"We had to lay down the law to some of the districts this week. I was going in there thinking I would give dad a run for his money on the greatest freakouts ever (Snow Canyon talk). Elder Doane noticed this and decided we needed to pray before going in there. It was a good idea because I was furious, but after the prayer I was calm and knew what had to be said. I pulled some scriptures out of nowhere. Ones that I have only read maybe once or twice and I was quoting them word for word. It was crazy! It seriously turned out totally different than I thought it would. It actually ended up being very spiritual and very awesome."
"I got a letter from Coach Hosner this week, It was really cool. He gave me a great quote. One that I have shared a bunch of times already. He said (and I felt like we were in the locker room before a game), 'Forget about yourself. Forget about everything you are leaving behind and all of the things you THINK you miss. Forget about all of that, because what you miss you don't even know yet. The first time you see a grown man cry because he feels the spirit, or when you baptize a man and change the lives of his entire family for eternity, or when you use your priesthood to bless the sick and work miracles. Those are the things you will miss, and you don't even know it yet.' I'm telling you what . . . I don't know of a lot more things that have gotten me more pumped up to do missionary work. I love that man to death!"
"We had to lay down the law to some of the districts this week. I was going in there thinking I would give dad a run for his money on the greatest freakouts ever (Snow Canyon talk). Elder Doane noticed this and decided we needed to pray before going in there. It was a good idea because I was furious, but after the prayer I was calm and knew what had to be said. I pulled some scriptures out of nowhere. Ones that I have only read maybe once or twice and I was quoting them word for word. It was crazy! It seriously turned out totally different than I thought it would. It actually ended up being very spiritual and very awesome."
"I got a letter from Coach Hosner this week, It was really cool. He gave me a great quote. One that I have shared a bunch of times already. He said (and I felt like we were in the locker room before a game), 'Forget about yourself. Forget about everything you are leaving behind and all of the things you THINK you miss. Forget about all of that, because what you miss you don't even know yet. The first time you see a grown man cry because he feels the spirit, or when you baptize a man and change the lives of his entire family for eternity, or when you use your priesthood to bless the sick and work miracles. Those are the things you will miss, and you don't even know it yet.' I'm telling you what . . . I don't know of a lot more things that have gotten me more pumped up to do missionary work. I love that man to death!"
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