Cole's Mission: Biopsy

I had the biopsy on the rash on Tuesday. It was okay, but she downplayed the size of hole she was making in my back! She said it wouldn't even be noticeable. Anyways, I was freaking out because of my fear of needles, but she said, "Oh Elder this won't hurt--just like a bite, from an ant, a big ant, a big red ant," and then she jabs the thing in my skin! Anyways, she was a little quick on the trigger with the scalpel so I felt the first part of her cutting through my skin because the numbing hadn't fully started working yet. But I made it!

Wednesday we went to 7-11 on the way to the office and I got a Slurpee, It was awesome! We spent the day in the mission office helping the elders prepare for transfer week. I got a pdf for a book called "The Kolob Theorem" and had it printed off. This book is insane. It is a mormon's view of the universe. The guy who writes it is a member and explains the universe and connects it to the gospel and makes everything about the universe make sense. It's theory of course, but Dad would love it. His thesis is that the milky way galaxy is our Heavenly Father's creation and that other galaxies have other Heavenly Father/creators.

Thursday was spent in the mission office again. I was putting together housing contracts. I was thinking I could be doing a lot more of that type of work if I go out in business law. It wasn't too bad, but we will have to wait and see.

We spent another day in the mission office on Friday. It was okay though, because I actually felt like I accomplished something. My OCD was actually a good thing because I spent the day organizing the office. The elders were laughing at me because I went though and lphabetized all the files in the file cabinets.

Saturday was when I read the entire "Kolob Theorem". I also found the best talk I have ever read. It is a BYU Devotional talk called, "His Grace is Sufficient," by Brad Wilcox. It helps you to understand the atonement so much. Seriously, I always thought of the punishment aspect of the atonement and felt like we were always trying to "earn points" with Jesus for the final judgment. It is not like that at all. It's all about changing us so we will be comfortable in God's presence.

We were able to teach some good lessons. One in particular was very spiritual. We taught a man about temples and the spirit was very strong. His wife has passed away and he has said he feels very lonely at times. Elder Iloa caught it and told me we needed to teach about temples. After hearing that he could be sealed to his wife for eternity, he seemed to just light up. It was very cool to see. However, he didn't come to church yesterday, so we need to focus on that issue now.

We also had Christian Baluyot's baptism and it was way cool. I gave him one of the CTR rings that Melissa sent me and he started crying and gave me a big hug and said thank you. It was awesome!

Sunday was a little rough. we only had three investigators at church, but I know it will get better. That is three investigators with limited work. Just wait until I am back at it!

I am going to end this with some Elder Iloa quotes. I have never laughed so much in my life. You need to remember that his English isn't that great!

"I cannot have vees fings (these things). He meant to say I do not have these things.

"What are vees fings that make my nose so bad?" It was the spicy sauce in my adobo.

"Elder, can I sauce my food? He wanted some of my sauce.