Monday, November 17, 2008

Cookie the Alligator

From Joram's 11/17 email:

"Well first of all about the alligator, he isn't really considered a pet because he can eat us, and second yes i did catch an alligator and stick it in the bath tub for about a week. We found him in a ditch riding bikes and i called the english elders and said we needed a car. I then threw a blanket over him and like my hero steve irwin, i grabbed him and put him in the trunk. I wont even tell you how i got him out of there, because you will kill me. Anyway his name was Cookie and he was about 4 feet long."



"This week was pretty discouraging for some reason. I was feeling depressed all week. I guess it started on tuesday when we were riding bikes and i had 2 cigarrettes flicked at me, 2 middle fingers and one guy swerved into me crossing the bridge. I was just feeling bad all week and then on Friday we were riding bikes again and we had about a ten mile ride ahead of us and the wind was blowing against us like mad and i was just getting angrier and angrier at everything and everyone, i was like Heavenly Father i am trying to do good and obey all the rules and do missionary work and you are making this hard on me. So i kept going just being stubborn and trying to push the wind back, i ended up about a mile ahead of my companion by the time we got back and i was so angry. After we went inside our house i just laid down and was fuming and all of a sudden just this tranquility entered and everything just made sense i can't even explain it but nothing mattered anymore and i just felt this calm sense over me. I have no idea but I was just happy and everything was fine. Then on Sunday i had the opportunity to give Noe the Holy Ghost and i just felt so calm and peaceful. After that he told me he felt that a power or force decending on him when i said recieve the Holy Ghost so that was an amazing experience."

"I learned this week that when you have time on your hands discouragement sets in and the attacks like crazy."

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