A lot going on

 

First my mom sent Elder Cox a message last Tuesday just to see if he was getting transferred and would answer and this is what she got....

 

 

 

Hey Momma 

I didn't get transferred, but my new comp is just out of training and really on fire. He is doing awesome, and I became a DISTRICT LEADER!!!! Talk about a lot of stress, my comps name is Elder Manos. (you pronounce it like Monos) He is from Seattle Washington, and a new sister just came into the mission from cedar, that brings the count to 5 cedar city people we're taking over!! I am district leader over the kid that I graduated with that I didn't like in high school, but he is a lot different then he used to be. Well I love you all, and will talk to you on Monday! 

 

on Monday we got to hear a little bit more

 

Hey Mom

I'm so glad that you guys are getting some time to go camping. All I had to do was leave and you go an a camping spree ha ha just kidding. My first week has been ok just a lot of responsibility, and now I'm not just in charge of myself I'm in charge of 5 other people too! I got to make sure they are doing everything they are suppose to, if the not I got to go on what is called an exchange and I'm there comp for a day. I got to figure out how to excite them, and help them be better. ha ha pretty stressful but other than that I'm doing awesome, and doing well. I don't know if you are keeping track of the weather over here, but it has been crazy. I guess usually about this time of year they have 10 inches of rain, well in the past week alone we have gotten 20, I'm so sick of rain but we are doing really well. Um my new comp is 22 and he is from Seattle Washington, and he has only been out 3 months. He is super fresh, and thinks he knows it all, but we are doing ok we get along pretty well. :) Well my cowboy boot that I brought with me are the ones that I have had from freshman year, and I think its time to retire them. The soul is coming off, and I can see the nails. ha ha  We had a pretty cool experience this week when we were getting dropped off after a dinner appointment. So we had them drop us off close to our next appointment, and we got out and walked across a parking lot and a girl starts chasing us down. She gets up to us and asks us for a book of Mormon, and so we gave her one and asked her why she was interested, and she said that the missionary's used to come and teach her room mates when she was in collage. Her name is Maechelle, and so we went over and had an awesome lesson with her. She already has a amazing testimony of the book of mormon, and she believes that it is way more write than the bible ever was, so we are hoping good things for her. Then we were just walking the other day, and we get a call from the Indianapolis missionary's. They have a man that just moved down here that was suppose to be getting baptized, so they gave him to us. We haven't gone to meet him yet but we are going to go this week when we get the car, so we are hoping to have two more baptisms this transfer. We are super excited, and we are taking everyone to the open house for the Indianapolis temple too, so they are all getting that cool experience. Well I love your guts mom!!

 

Dad,

 Yesterday I got to go to the open house for the Indiana temple, and I'm going to get to go a whole bunch more these next couple weeks. It was so beautiful and amazing I will send some pictures next I am glad that everyone is doing well. I have had a pretty good week my comp is alright, he is 22 though so he thinks he has the right to tell everyone what to do.  I know that I need to be with him for some reason, I just want to thank you dad for always encouraging me to do my best, and to come out here. I know that my life will be forever changed from my experiences here, and I am so glad that I finally have realized how much you and mom really did for me!

Thanks so much, I love you dad. 

 

 

 

 The Elders at the  NEW Indianapolis Temple !