July 21, 2014

So I really can't think of a worse way to start the week off. On Tuesday I found out that the lady I helped baptize when I was in Kalamunda ward has a brain tumor. So yeah this didn't start out fun. But I was able to see her a couple of days later and talk to her about it and she has accepted it and was making jokes about it. But the week got better. We had mini missionaries from North Coast Stake starting Friday arvo and went to Sunday evening. It was a really good experience. I also enjoyed it because I was able to see heaps of people from my past areas. Also the mini missionary we got was amazing. He was an investigator when I first came into Heathridge. He wasn't in our area but in the other missionaries, but I was still able to get to know him. At that point he wanted to be baptized but his parents wouldn't let him and he was only 16. But it really impressed me how he would always come to church. Then he moved to Butler the week before I moved up there and he continued to impress me being in his ward at how much he loved the Gospel even though he was limited because of his parents. Then when I was in Karratha I heard that he was baptized and that really made me excited. I had seen him once at a fireside after that and it was good to catch up with him. But it was really exciting to see him serve a mini mission and be preparing for his mission in the next couple of months. It was really exciting to see how much he has grown in his knowledge of the Gospel over the last two years. He has always been a person that inspired me so I was so blessed to be able to spend the last couple of days with him. So this week was hard, but the ending was pretty amazing. 

Love,

Elder Cook