Are you seriously 100% ok? You are not allowed to get cancer. You need to let me know what is going on. I'm going to worry even more if you leave me in the dark.
Well, I hope everything else is going great. Sounds like it has been a little bit crazy. Things are great here in Brentwood/Oakley. I'm being spoiled with an AMAZING companion! Elder Ouellette is the man! We aren't the best of friends, but he wants to work hard, and that is all I care about. He's fun too, but I love the fact that he knows why he is here. He has absolutely no support from home either. His Mom tells him that he is wasting his time out here, and he doesn't even know who his dad is. He's a great missionary and a wonderful example to me. Hes only been out 2 more months than me, but he knows his stuff.
I'm glad that Sister Garrison emailed you! She is great. I'm still getting used to living in their house, because it is supper nice. Dang, I'm just getting spoiled this transfer.
Well, my most memorable experience this past week was the lesson that we had with an old couple named Cecilia and Lou. They live in a very small town named Bethel Island (it really is an island too, its pretty cool! It is about 15 minutes outside of Oakley) Bethel island is kind of white trash, but there are some really nice houses and everyone owns a nice boat. Anyway, Cecilia and Lou are members but they have been inactive for over 30 years! They live on a house boat (its so cool!), and it is seriously the smallest house I have ever seen (actually its more like a shack). It is probably as big as our front room, but it has everything - a tiny kitchen, a bedroom, a living room and a bathroom! They live very humbly. Cecilia is the sweetest old lady, and defines her little house boat as "Heaven on Earth!" She has so little, but is so very grateful. Well we had a great lesson about the atonement. Even though they are both members, they acted like it was all new to them. We read from the Book of Mormon, and it really excited them! They wanted to read more, but couldn't find there Book of Mormon, so we gave them both a new one. The spirit was really strong, and I hope we will be able to get them back to church. It really made me realize that our purpose as missionaries is to bring souls unto Christ - members, non members, and less actives. Of course we are to baptize, but I feel that re-activations are just as important. As long as we are bringing people closer to Christ we are doing our job.
I love you all! I hope that you have a great week!
-Elder Tom Cook
PS- Mom, could you please find out Steve Hansen's (my college roommate) mailing address for me? You might need to call Caitlin or something, but I have some stuff to send him. I don't know if he is still at BYU-I or not. Thanks that would be great! I love you!
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