Cole's Mission: Four Months Down

We had another good week here in Handumanan. I went on two companionship exchanges this week. First, I went to Paglaum to work with Elder Daplin. For the second one, I went to Aligis to work with Elder Javvillo. It was a great experience. I truly look up to Elder Javillo and we had really good chemistry while we were teaching.

A less than awesome part of our week was when we were told one investigator didn't want to continue the lessons. I took it pretty hard, as I really felt close to this man, and I thought one day he would be a great leader in our church. That happened on Saturday and it kind of killed the weekend for me. However, I guess I just need to keep on going. These times will happen. It is so funny how fast things change in the mission field--especially with the language. I am not amazing by any means, but the improvement this week was remarkable. I made progress in my understanding, for what felt like the first time my whole mission. Hopefully I will continue to make progress! I know I have a lot of room to grow as a missionary, but I am gaining confidence every day.

We will be moving into our new apartment this Saturday. We are very excited and the apartment is amazing with the renovations!

There were a bunch of kids playing soccer at our zone activity. I started playing with them and afterwards I called them all in and we took a picture. I just happened to have a bunch of "Plan of Salvation" pamphlets (a spiritual prompting before we left the apartment) and I gave each of them one. I taught a quick lesson about it, right there in the middle of the soccer field. It was fun! We had a prayer and all. The best part was that I did it all by myself.

Please continue to read your scriptures and pray hard. That stuff really is important! I promise you blessings will come if you do this.