Emails from the past few weeks...

So this week has been good! I heard Blake was transferred again? So the craziest (actually, it was highly ironic) thing happened. Our referral that was given to us is from St. Petersburg, Russia and he is our new investigator! Is that not the craziest thing? His name is Ray and he's married. His wife's name is Nadia, and they have a daughter who is 6 and her name is Sasha. I thought that was interesting. Great people. Oh, yes, we had a .357 pointed at us (a Ruger GP 100 to be precise) yesterday. It was an accidental occurrence, so no harm was meant, but it was kinda scary for a second! The guy realized what he was doing, and he kinda had a sheepish look on his face, put the gun back in it's holster and he apologized. Anyhoo, we have found many people in this past week. It has been good! We have found many people in this past week! It has been really good. I really need to brush up on my French! We have been teaching so many Haitians. A lot of Haitians live in Norwalk. I read Alma 29 last week and it was exactly what I needed to hear.

Happy Birthday, Dad! It is so weird to think that I have less days left than I have already been through on the mission. Time just won't slow down. I was going to send some pictures today, but I forgot my camera...

President Smith has had us reading the Book of Mormon. I am way ahead of schedule. We are only supposed to be in 2 Nephi and I am in Alma 9. It was interesting to see that back then, people didn't listen to the Lord. Same thing is happening today. Hope all is well. I encourage you to read Romans 8:16-18.

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Hey! Blake and Cody are together right now... sort of. My new companion will be Elder Blake Rossell from Arizona. I have heard many good things about Elder Rossell. We have an appointment tomorrow night with a man named Ray! I don't know too much about him, he was referred to us by a member of the stake presidency. oh, by the way, my stake president here is Dave Checketts. Elder Willis is going to Wapinger Falls (that's Wah-pin-jer Falls).

We didn't have a fiasco like we did tracting last week. There just isn't crazy stuff that happens up here than like in the city. We have splits with the priests tonight, the first one that I've done. I wish it was a different day because we don't have a single appointment :(.

Kallie making a duck call is very impressive! Tell her that Uncle Cody is proud of her and that she is missed. I saw the picture of Booth and MAN does he look different! Hard to believe that he goes home in October! The time has flown at Mach 5, I swear to you!

How's Millie and Forest? I read Blake's e-mail and I too am going through dog withdrawls! Tell Kallie, Lee, Forest, Millie, and Gracie hi for me.

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Hi! We had a freezing rain this morning and now everything is frozen solid. There was a sheet of ice that was about 3 inches thick over the snow even! Crazy!
That is just so weird to think that Brock Rose is getting married to Maddie Wilcox? That surprised the heck out of me!

We need to find a quality investigator before this cycle ends or it will be like New Rochelle after Anna and Giovanni were baptized, completely devoid of investigators. I know that the Lord has prepared someone for us to teach because I feel it in every fiber of my being! I need everyone to pray that we find this person.

So the craziest thing happened yesterday. First we were doing our weekly service in Norwalk yesterday. Someone came in and told us that a bus hit the other missionaries' car! It only damaged the mirror, so damage was minimal. Then, we were unknowingly tracting in Darien and apparently the street we were on was halfway in New Canaan which we did not know, and it's illegal to go door to door in New Canaan. Someone called the police and we almost got a solicitation ticket. Luckily the officer saw us on the Darien side of the street and we only got a warning. That was a pretty strange day. Things are still pretty slow here. Pray for us! We are trying hard.

Yes I heard that the Packers won the Super Bowl. Made me happy!

That's cool that Elder Nelson sent a chocolate to Lee! Hope she's doing alright? Tell K.B. and the dogs hi for me.
Bye for now-
Cody