I´ve sat here long enough trying to think of something put in the subject space. November 8, 2010

Hey family!  

How´s it going?  Hope all well. :)  

We are teaching this family named the familia Santillan.  They are super great.  The only thing that we are trying to help them to do is to come to church.  Just need a little pus is all.  They came one time with the mom of Fernando, but that was like, two months ago, so we´ve been trying to help them come again.  

We passed by to see how they were doing on Saturday, but the husband wasn´t there.  So we started to talk to Alexandra.  She told us that she didn´t like to go to church because she felt like there were lots of hypocrits (when is true, but welcome to humanity).  So we told her that everyone has weaknesses, but we can´t just look at the church for the people, etc...

Then she started telling us that she and her husband have been reading the Book of Mormon together.  She told us that they´ve been having a lot of problems in their marriage, but since they´ve started reading the Book of Mormon and praying together, they´ve had so much more peace in the home.  It was so beautiful, that little moment.  I love to hear people decribe the difference that the gospel has made in their lives, even if it´s just a little thing, like a little more patience and peace.

What are all of your plans for Thanksgiving?  I still don´t know exactly what people do here for Christmas, besides eat turkey.  Whenever I ask, they just tell me, ¨The normal stuff that everyone does.¨ :)

I´m still in Otavalo, to answer your question Mom.  :)

Thanks for everything!

Love. Love. Love.

Hermana Cooper