O-burg... yeah... strange place.

(e-mail from February 22nd)

Hey everyone I hope you are all doing well. I hope the weather is warming up for all of you. its still pretty cold here but that's to be expected. this past week was good over all. we are still struggling to find new people to teach. we had a few potentials set up to meet with them but the all fell through, that was depressing. but we did have exchange this week! I went to Ogdensburg AKA O-burg, i worked with my old companion Sister *****! it was a lot of fun!! But Ogdensburg is a strange place... we worked in a little town called Hermon. where everyone knows everyone it was kinda crazy. it was fun to work with Sister *****, I am guessing this is our last time to work with each other because she only has a few transfers left until she goes home. this week I will get transfer calls so I will find out if i am staying in watertown for another 6 week or if I am getting transferred. I think I might be transferred this transfer. I wont know for sure till this Saturday. I will email you all next tues and tell you. we are also looking forward to a baptism this next Saturday! Janet is getting baptized! we are so excited for her. oh and one of our other investigators got baptized this past weekend in Kentucky, he is in the military and is on R&R so he decided to be baptized back home. he and his wife will be coming back on the 1st of March and then he get deployed in the middle of March. anyway, Sorry this is so short but I have got to go! I will let you all know if I am staying or going next week!! -- Sister Cox

Happy V-Day!

(e-mail from Feb. 14th)

So nothing to exciting happened this week, other than the baptism went well and we had 2 confirmed this past Sunday. We had to push back the baptism that was going to happen on Saturday because she came down with the flu so we are going to have her baptism on the 26th of Feb! It has been snowy and cold here but today it has started to warm up and some of the snow is melting but it is really windy here today. we had a hard week, we have been having a hard time finding new people to teach but I know that the Lord will bless us and guide us to those that he has prepared for us to teach. anyway I hope that you are all doing well and that you have a great week! -- Love Sister Cox

Flat Tire, Zone Conference, and Lots of Snow

Hello Everyone! How's it going? Are you all staying warm? I hear that it is pretty cold there. It has been cold here, but more snowy than cold. We had zone conference this week! It was really good but we sure had a hard time getting to zone conference. On Sunday we realized that we had a flat tire so on Tuesday we took it in and the people there told us that the hole was in the side wall and it could not be repaired and then they preceded to try and sell us a $208 tire. Our mission car coordinator said no way, and that they were just trying to rip us off, and to take it to another place. So we called around and found a place that had a tire for a good price but the only problem was that they could not take us until Wednesday but week needed to be in Utica by 9:00 Am on Wednesday. So we called the missionary Couple and they agreed to take us but then we found out that a huge storm was supposed to hit all that night into the morning and all that day! so we finally came to the conclusion that we were going to drive down Tuesday night. we didn't get there till about a quarter to 11 pm. so we got to Zone conference and that was really good! and when we got back we still had our car to fix, well the senior couple said that they knew a place that was good and that he would come get our tire and get it fix for us or buy a new one and then put it on for us. so as it turns out the tire was fixable and the other place was just trying to rip two girls off. what a sad, sad world we live in. anyway we had a baptism on Saturday and it was great! it went really well. then we got another huge snow storm and church was canceled yesterday, it was such a bummer :( We were looking forward to the confirmation and seeing our investigators at Church. anyway all in all this week was good! crazy but good. I hope you all have a great week. --Sister Cox

SOOO Cold!

(e-mail from 1/31/11)

Hello! How is everyone doing? I hope you are warmer that we are here! its has been freezing! like in the negatives! soooooo cold. things have been going well this week. we have been busy trying to get all the up coming baptism organized and getting our investigators ready for the interview and making sure the have been taught everything they need to have been taught. We have a baptism this weekend on Sat and then another on that following Weds and another on that next Sat. So a lot to do and not long to do it but we are super excited! I cant wait! they are all amazing! I feel every blessed to be able to have taught them and see them enter the waters of baptism. I hope you all are doing great and have a great week! --Sister Cox