June 1, 2015

Hello family,
well for this past week im feeling so much better not sick anymore at all and i feel like a champ! Saturday we had a baptism and 4 people were baptized all 4 family members!!! Now were starting the plan to get there family sealed in the temple so yea loving the work its hard some days and just the best in the world others. Its great both ways its hard to explain a mission really but its just a lot of talking to people and just trying to make friends. I'm a little nervous right now because some crazy gov problems are happening... like people are empeaching (sorry for all my spelling probs english is hard for me right now) the president right now and it could end up in riots and pulling out all missionaries and sending us all to either africa or back to the states so I'm a little nervous about leaving right now but its all the will of God. Thats kinda a big thing going right now but other then that life is good here. The works going good out here just going by fast in 2 more transfers ill be at my year mark! Wow time flies the days are weeks and the weeks are days! love and miss you tons.

ELder COOLEY

May 26, 2015

May 26, 2014

hello family,

Sorry i’m a day late but the past few days I’ve been on death row.. Seriously since saturday I’ve been throwing my guts out and riding the double dragon... (if you don't know what that means then your lucky cuz it killed me) and then when I was actually sleeping I would wake up with horrible cramps in my whole lower body to the point I couldnt move… super sick. So yeah I’m still sick but we are going to try and work today and see how it goes! My favorite part of my mission right now is meeting people and just talking with them and becoming friends and teaching them and seeing the change in their lives. I love seeing the smiles on their faces when I show up to the door. I think for me all a mission really is about is to make people happy. Happiness is the goal. 

Crazy story we were walking home the other night and this dood crashed his moto in to some dood and they started a brawl and malagasy have seen way to many bruce lee movies and dragon ball z… so they all fight with like flying karata kicks super dope then this dood with a bar started beating this dood to the floor and then he got smashed by a moto helmet and by the end like 7 people were just like KO ‘ed. I prayed for them. Keep having fun, love and miss you bye bye next week :)

love,

elder cooley

April 27, 2015

Hello family,

So this past transfer is over! That was so fast it feels like earlier today it started. Working hard is great and all but this past transfer has been the hardest for me. Not because of working hard but because when you teach so much and nothing really is happening you feel like “fako” trash. When you feel like that and doubt a little it changes how well you feel the spirit majorly. Thats been really buggin me. I know that the Lord will give us all we can take and teach us little by little by the spirit until we are fully ready to accept him being perfect. Figuring out when to give and when to take messes with me because I want the people I teach to have this happiness and it sucks because they just need more time. Its hard to have to wait but one day these people will know in there hearts and will want to change. Man I wish it would happen sooner. I get a new comp tomorrow his name is elder Johnson or something like that. It will be good I’ve heard lots of good things about this feller. We’re going to keep working hard and try to bring the spirit and teach the best we can. Love you guys so much. We are so blessed to have the lives we do with each other. 

Love, 

Elder Cooley

March, 23, 2015

Hi Family, 

So this past week has been awesome seriously my new comp is named Elder Lee he is the greatest dood, he is so amazing at malagasy and is teaching me so much wow. My new area is Ivandy right next to my old area but i love it. In ivandry we have a full program we have about 30ish lessons a week and we have about 40 investagators wow. The work here is going so good so our goal is to be leading the mission which we are getting very close to our goal we just need to keep working hard and follow the spirit and all will be well.  All is going great im a little homesick but thats just how it is so im not to worried about that. Weird thing, i woke up this moring and my eye is swullen sorry for english probs in spelling but yea i think i was bit by somthing in the night haha i looks really gross so i hope it goes away soon yea never know. So Im going to make every day my best day.

Love, Elder Cooley

February 16, 2015

Hi family,

So this past week sounds fun for you guys, funny to hear you went to the dance cant imagine that hahaha. So this week was pretty good a few things happend that were kinda cool. On thursday night when we were coming home on the bus, and this dood im sitting next to thinks i dont speak malagasy, so he thinks “oh im going to make this only white guy on the bus feel dumb so im going to start to talk to him” so he did but he was very suprised that i was able to speak with him not only a little in french but in malagasy, but long story short after i started speaking to him in malagasy he started to say stuff like “wow im sorry i didnt know you were malagasy im going to make sure everyone calls you gasy” haha so that made me laugh. Then we gave him a invatation to come to church. He said he wants us to come teach him, so who knows will see if he calls. Second cool thing was on friday at lunch, me and te’e are eating at the hotely and just speaking half malagasy and english and this super big dood comes up and starts talking to me in english. He was like are you an American in perfect accent, like seriously it kinda freaked me out because i dont really hear black people here with such amazing english. He was supper sick he’s like “im from africa and i havent been able to speak english in a while can talk to you guys and get your contact to practice english” and were like “yea dood thats dope how great your accent is" and we gave hime the whole speal of the mission and stuff. Good things going on there. Last cool thing is elder hamelton came to our church with president random but it was good so yea thats all here life is good.

Elder Cooley

February 2, 2015

Hello family,
so I am super happy but also super bummed haha. Its no big deal really so bad news first I'm staying in my second area of Analmahitsy so really not all that bad. I'm just wanting a new place to explore and meet new people ya know. But  Fr Rafalimanana Degonzague Prosper did get baptized! And I was able to do it!! My first one, and we should be having another baptism in a few weeks so steez! The first picture is of me and fr faly right before the baptism and the second is the best thing i have eaten here. Its a burger from a vaza place it cost about 20,000 ARI so about 8 bucks hahahhaha. But really for a few short minutes I felt like I was eating at home again. Mayn I really miss chinese food haha like some wok or pf changs hahah. As for the superbowl thats super lame I don't like the sea hawks but I don't like New England more. O well I just keep telling my self the Olympics will be freaking rad right haha. The fire place looks so good wow I hope its still cool in a few years. And as for the mama bears eyes its good to hear all is going well and no problems happened. You guys are all in my prayers every morning and night :) This past month of January was a long one for me for sure. I think it was becasue it was the 6 month mark on the mission. Time sure does fly only 18 more fast sundays and only 13 more transfers ill be home and everything will be great. But whatever I'm just going with it for now love you guys :)
elder cooley

January 26, 2015

Hello Family

haha so ripping the house apart seems fun. haha wish i could help. oh well sorry, but yea life is good all is going well just going with the flow of things. So good news!!! but its not for sure yet...so this saturday we have a baptism and I get to do it if and only if he is done smoking. so if he doesnt relapse then I will have my first baptism!!!! right before i should leave my first area. super pumped. Best wishes for Fr Faly haha. Things are going great I'm happy and doing well. I was thinking i walk a freaking ton everyday and i was wondering if you guys could send me either like  some sort of pedometer. That's be cool. Things are swell and I'm feeling good. 

love you have a awesome day

elder cooley