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!

July 27, 2015

so mom HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   yes thats all for you so rad... little story so you met that one sister last week well i know her younger sister cool right shes the one in front ish. So she came up and was like Elder Cooley guess what your parents met my sister and i was like no way what and she shows me the picture of you guys so yea rad haha small world. things are going good. 

this past week has been kind of crazy getting a new mission president and not having a enough missionarys in our mission right now. So instead of a normal companion i had a mini missionary so a ward missionary for my companion. It was so rad no english just malagasy all day for 2 weeks! I wish it was longer, but we got 8 new missionaries this past transfer so it all worked out good. Funny story so my mini and i were walking home and ran in to some old gang members of his and wow this was skectch but they were way nice and said if i ever need help they will protect me so yea rising in the ranks of the gang super rad but man the work is so crazy how it changes peoples lifes for the better its hard to explain but i cant tell you how important the work really is. I can really testify how this work saves lives and helps us all more then we know the mission is a crazy adventure that will never be toped. Also i got a new comp last week named elder schroedter rad dood from Texas he's a bro so I'm loving life right now. Its way good and super nice having a good pal to hang with all the time, it makes the work better. I miss y'all lots keep the pics and smiles coming. Not to much longer only 9 transfers left so times 9 by 6 and you get 54 and thats all the weeks i got left rad right so close only a short time to go soon ill be sleeping in grass and walking on carpet so pumped haha love you
elder cooley

Elder Cooley and Sister Radamason's little sister

Mom and Dad meeting Sister Radamason at Temple Square in SLC

playing basketball today!

July 20, 2015

wow yellow stone looks grand haha sounds like a great trip haha so yea the birthday was good i loved the package so yea moms birthday is coming up sorry i will miss it ill write ya a letter and give it to ya in a year sound good k great. This past week i got a new comp for the last little bit cause an elder went home so i got a mini just a ward missionary for the last week it was rad his name was faniry and it was sick because he doesnt really know english so it was just malagasy and i really love to speak in malagasy werid right but its way fun idk why but yea its the best having a native comp teaching is way better and its way fun to have someone just kinda normalish but yea so this past week was great! so transfer news ..............elder johnson is now zoneleader which means i stay in ivandry for a 4th transfer, My whole mission has been in a 5 mile radius. That  kinda sucks but yea o well the work is the same everywhere. The work here is going great. The time I've put into this area is really paying off and by then end of this transfer 15 people should be new members so yea im happy to finish what i started here. I'm just keeping on. So quick malagasy "fomba fiteny mandroso kitay tsy mirehitra ka afak'adidy am-patana teny tiako ity fomba fiteny ity" but yea its "if you do all you can with what is in your control, you wont be blamed for what is out of your control" super rad goes great with the mission but yea hope you all are great love you thanks for all the gifts :)
love elder cooley