February 22, 2016

January 4, 2016

so this past week was crazy we tried to move on wednesday but couldnt get the new house cause the banks werent working because of new years how dumb right... we lost our old house and moved in with the aps so we had 14 people in one house wow it was rough. Way too many people in one house haha but things got better we just got our new house today and its awesome getting back to just 6 people :) wow so much free space haha but yea it was a rather hectic week thats for sure. things are good. we had a baptism last saturday and it went great love you guys lots

Elder Cooley

Daily walk down the road during the rainy season

November 26,2015

so this was thanksgiving way depressing tanks for the pics of you guys but yea that pic that amber brought over is cool way sad though haha but yea best of luck with the new job pops im way excited for you let me know how it all goes next week as for me the work in tanna is going well me and my new comp Elder Francom are way tight hes alot like my friends from home so we get along way good life is going good 8 months left so i need to work my a off right now and thats my plan so  hope you are doing great miss yall party on wayne and party on garth 

November 16, 2015--Fun had in Tamatave

anyone who imagines that bliss is normal is going to waste a lot of time running around shouting that he's been robbed. the fact is that most putts dont drop most beef is tough most children grow up to be just people most successful marriages rewuire a high degree of mutual toleration most jobs are more often dull that otherwise life is like a old time rail journey...delays side tracks smoke dust cinders and jolts interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed the trick is to thank the lord for letting you have the ride.

Gordon B. Hinckley

just found this the other day and well its be on my mind and its a great way to look at it all hope you have a great day mom i miss you guys and pray for you everyday see you soon kk love you :)

November 22. 2015

so news im going back to tanna to mom a newer missionary should be great his name is elder Frankom possible name spelled wrong so ya my bad. I’m leaving tamatave i had 3 months out tanna and now im going back but doesnt matter the work is the same everywhere so i dont care really but yea so thats all that new with me all the pics are just of me saying good bye to some people this week haha its all good way sad though i thought i was going to be here a lot longer but i guess not  sounds like thanks giving will be grand though be sure to send pics ok :)  its going fast so ill see you on christmas dont have to much fun with out me but have lots k 

love Elder Cooley

family below is Charles and his wife and kids were working on getting them Married to be baptised im way mad im leaving and will miss there baptism ive been with him though his ups and down of trying to stop drinking but we reached our goal and he hasnt had a drink since october so just goes to show with faith and WORKSanthing thing is possible

October 26, 2015

so this week was a lot better im out of my funk so things are getting a lot better.But a gross thing happened this week so best be prepared.  So i had this black dot on my foot and i was like ouch i have a grain of sand in my foot no big deal ill rip it out. So i grab my tools: forceps, nail clippers, and lots of alcohol. To start off i make a small incision on the top of the dot and to my suprise a burst of greenish black puss spews out about the size of thumb tack a lot more the i expected. and its very thick hard to pull apart and as i remove it from my foot i see more awaiting my forceps so i start to dig and excuvate the cavern and as i pull out what i think to be a small bebe i pull out a marble of rotten flesh and yea it was quite the opperation but a success i cleaned it out and its healed very well so yea thats new with me so yea this past week has been better ive made new goals of what i want out of my mission and of my life to come and well i need to put in some work so its going to be great to get on the ride and feed the fire :) miss you till next week love you

Elder Cooley

September 21, 2015

Elder Cooley has been a man of few words the past few weeks but we did just get a whole bunch of pictures (which we all were happy about!)
In the past few weeks Elder Cooley has been transferred to a new area clear out on the east coast of Madagascar called Tamatave. He says that this place is like paradise...."It smells like Hawaii, it feels like Hawaii, the work is good". Elder Cooley's new companion is Elder Meluleka from South Africa.  He also said that the bus ride from tana to tamatave was about 9 hours!  We love to hear from him and love each one of the pictures that he sends us!