Elder Cook

Elder Coletti's Letter 5/22/17:

This was honestly was one of the greatest weeks of my life.  I was just filled with the Spirit all week.  God is too good.  He is way to good to all of us.  This week Elder Cook came and shared his testimony with our entire mission.  It was one of the most powerful testimonies I have ever heard.  It was so powerful.  There was so much power in everything he said.  The part that I was most moved by was when he said, "I have heard His voice, I have seen His face."  Then he stopped talking for a sec.  The Spirit just grabbed my heart.  I knew what he was saying was true.  I knew that he was an Apostle.  I knew that Jesus Christ was real.  I was filled with so much love and I knew, without a doubt that I was in the right place.  I have never felt the Spirit like that before.  I am just so grateful.  I am so grateful for our Savior.  It's just not fair.  It's not fair how much he loves us.  How much he helps us every single day.  We have so many weaknesses.  We have so many faults.  Christ doesn't care.  How I wish I could just have a fraction of the love Christ has for every single one of us.  A fraction of the mercy he has for us.

Thank you all for hanging on with me;)

Elder Coletti

Transfers

Elder Coletti's Letter 5/7/17:

Transfers!  I have a new companion and his name is Elder Dong!  He is originally from the Southern part of Taiwan in Tainan.  He has been on his mission basically the same amount of time as me.  He will go home 1 transfer after I finish up.  He played college basketball and is super fun to be around.  I love serving with Elder Dong.  I have been having so much fun!  Mothers day is coming up really quick which will be fun;)  Nothing super notable happened this week.  Lots of changes, lots of trainings, lots of fun;)  Thank you!  Have a wonderful week!

Elder Coletti

Pacita was baptized!

Elder Coletti's Letter 4/30//17:

This week was so much fun!  Shout out to my little brother on getting his mission call to Cambodia! Is that in Africa?;)  haha

We had a sweet Phillipina lady named Pacita Hung get baptized this week!  She was found 3 transfers ago.  Her brother was contacted on the street by missionaries, and he was willing to listen to them and bring them to his house.  The missionaries went over to his house and rang the doorbell.  Eventually Pacita answered the door and wasn't too interested in the message.  The missionaries got in contact with the other Phillipinos in the English ward, and had them make a nice Phillipino meal, and then they brought it to her house!  After that, Pacita was very moved by that act of kindness and she was willing to listen to the message.  It was pretty cool.  It started out with Pacita's brother, but as the lessons went on, Pacita progressed a lot faster than her brother.  Pacita is one of the nicest ladies in the world.  She is so much fun to be around.  She takes care of her mom, who only speaks Taiwanese (they have been in Taiwan for a while;)).  Pacita speaks English, Taiwanese, Tagolog, and Chinese.  Conversion is so real.  She started off having no interest.  Absolutely none.  But through a simple act of kindness her heart was opened, and she eventually was converted.  Serve others.  Open their hearts.  Open their life to the gospel.  Love you!

Elder Coletti

Have a Vision

Elder Coletti's Letter 4/23/17:

Hello!  So sorry about last week.   I'm still alive and kicking, just busy being a missionary! I'm loving life right now with Elder Hammond.  We are seeing so many miracles, and having so much fun together while we are at it!  Ahhhh, I love my mission!  Alright enough of the small talk.:)  

 Something I learned this week was about raising your vision.  It is so important to have a vision and to have a point which you want to reach or see from.  It's from our vision, that we can improve.  That we can learn more.  However, there are lots of times that we become complacent.  We become happy with the perspective we are currently at. What makes special people special is that they have so many different perspective, higher visions where they can see so much more, and get so much more done.  Raise your vision and expect more from yourself in life.  As we expect more from ourselves and have a higher vision, we invite God to make an impact in our lives and help us reach our vision.  When we have a lower, not as fulfilling vision, it is harder to feel the influence of God in our lives because, quite honestly, he doesn't need to help us in order to achieve our sub-par goals/vision.  Raise the vision and raise the potential of God's influence in your life.  Love you!

Elder Coletti

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New Suit!

Elder Coletti's P-Day was delayed this week due to their temple trip.  He did not send a group email because he is just too busy!:)  He did send pictures though.  

He was able to purchase a new smaller suit that actually fits his skinny body now!:) 

Look up!:)

Elder Coletti's Letter 4/9/17:

Where does the time go?!  It literally feels like I was emailing for last week.  This week was really good.  I loved Conference.  I thought it was so good.  One of my favorite parts was when President Eyring talked about helping others see the potential in themselves.  I absolutely love that teaching!  There are so many people in the world that don't see or don't realize what they can become.  Why don't they?  Well, a lot of the time they don't have a lot of confidence in themselves.  Other times, they only have a short term perspective.  One of the beautiful things of about Jesus Christ is he sees so much in all of us.  He sees what we can and will become. I think that's something that all of us can do.  That's what all of us can do to make this world a better place and to help us all reach our full potential.  Help us all become who God wants us to become and who God created us to become.  We just need to be happy:)  Don't let Satan pull you down and make you think your less than what you are.  Don't look around, Look up!;)  Look up to what you can become.  Look up to what Christ can make of you.

Elder Coletti

First Week in Taipei

Elder Coletti's Letter 4/2/17: 

I just finished my first full week in Taipei and it has been amazing!  So much fun!  We have been having a lot of trainings from President.  It's always fun to see how he interacts and trains other missionaries.  He is incredible.  He is such an amazing example of how to love, but he also pushes the missionaries to become better.

I'm still trying to get into the swing of things here.  I've been meeting more and more or the members.  I've almost met all of our main investigators and we are trying to find more.  It's always fun to change;)  It's definitely hard.  Change is always hard.  However, you get so much from it.  That is probably why I like it so much.

I love my companion Elder Hammond.  He is an incredible missionary.  He works so stinking hard and it is amazing to watch how he does it.  We are very different missionaries.  We have very different skill sets, but we compliment each other so well.  We are already seeing so many miracles, and we are hoping for more in the future.

It has been a very busy, week, but a very good week;)

Elder Coletti