Fastest Week Ever!

Nov 30, 2015

Dear Family,

The 2nd half of this week was super busy. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday were crazy.

Thursday was thanksgiving. We started off playing ultimate frisbee with the branch in the morning. We did that for an hour. Then we played sand volley ball for another hour. Then we went to the Jensons and spent the rest of the day there.
At the Jensons we played ping pong wile we waited for the food to be done. Then we ate. The food itself was extremely delicious. Sis. Jenson is a great cook. After dinner we explored their yard. They have lots of little creeks all over the place. Then we lit fireworks. They were big and loud. Then we had a bonfire. It was probably 15 feet high.

Friday was interviews with president. He showed me a good way to introduce the BoM to people. Then Elder Caldwell and I went on exchange to Glasgow. When we got there we met with a member who was stuck in the hospital. We showed him a Mormon message and helped him feel better.

Saturday was abnormal. We would have ended the exchange after lunch but due to crazy conditions, of which I'll describe in a bit, I had to stay all of Saturday in Glasgow. We started off teaching one of their investigators, Mr Gr. I've taught him before. This time he told us to sneak into the Star Wars preview because no one would know. We told him God would know and he said He wouldn't care because He'd watch it with us. Later we met with Miss Mi. She's been investigating for a while. She believes the church is true but doesn't want to upset her mother. She said she'd talk to her about it though. We had to bike the last 4 hours of the day because the Glasgow sisters needed the car. It was raining, dark, and cold. That's how I got a cold. We met with a few people and had dinner with a member. When I got back to Glasgow's apartment I was extremely exhausted.

Sunday was weird because I went to Glasgow's church. It felt like that awkward first church day when you're transferred to a new area. After church we drove to Campbellsville because Caldwell had to do an emergency baptismal interview. This is why the exchange went on for much longer than normal. There's a girl named Miss Ma. She's been going to church for a long time but hadn't been baptized because her family is highly against it.
Miss Ma even teaches primary. She decided she didn't care what her family thinks and decided to get baptized anyway. So in an effort to save miles, we extended the exchange so we'd only have to drive up there once. Instead of once for the exchange and another time for the interview. She's is set to be baptized later this week.

So that was this week.
Love all of you!

-Elder Benjamin Kohkonen Cox

It's weird to think that was a little over 8 months ago. I hit 8 months tomorrow. I have news. Because of the MTC extension I will be serving for an extra week. I won't come home on March 29th now. It'll be April 5th, 2017. I'm actually a little happy about that.