Week 21 -- Cuidad Sandino

It's cool to think that you recognized something that an experienced nurse didn't (talking about an experience Mom had at work). And yeah, it might be frustrating that you didn't stand up for it this time, but next time you will. Kind of just how life works. It's been the same on my mission. There's stuff that I regretted not doing or saying, but it's an experience to learn from. We have stuff like that in our lives to help us progress. And it's really nice to hear that everything is going well with the family. I miss you guys, and these emails help me reconnect a little bit. 

As for me, the week has been pretty boring. Just normal days of studying, contacting, and teaching. But we were able to baptize Henry and Brandon last weekend! We had a bit of a problem with that, because their parents had a fight and ran off to Tippytappa (North of Managua) with Alison. But we ended up being able to baptize those two Sunday, right before church, and we'll probably baptize Alison this week. Other than that, we don't really have a lot of investigators right now. But we're searching, and hopefully there will be someone to talk about next week. 

As for my favorite memory with Elder Elison.... I'm not sure if I've already talked about this, but there was one night when we were talking, and somehow the conversation turned to the names of Christ. Long story short, we ended staying up until 2AM writing down the names of Christ on a white board. We got 141, and that was only the ones from the Bible. I'll include a picture of that one. But yeah, that's probably one of my favorite memories with him. 

Well, sorry that this email is a bit short, like I said, it's been a boring week. But I love all of you, and I'll write again next week!

Love, 

Cooper