WOW! You wont believe what happened for transfers! I am going to the city! SAN FRANCISCO! It has been my dream to serve in the city. I have been asked by President to serve as a zone leader of the San Francisco West Zone. I am so excited! My companion will be Elder Anderson from Canada, he is a great missionary. Wow, I'm excited, and also very nervous. I anticipated one day serving as a zone leader and I have been dreaming about going to the city, but I never thought they would both come at once! I am humbled for the opportunity. It will definitely make me grow as I serve the people on the other side of the Bay, and also the missionaries in my zone. I know the Lord will help me fulfill the work that he has prepared for me, just as he has done for me in the past. I have heard CRAZY things about San Francisco! There are a bunch of crazies, so it should be fun.
So the way transfers work, is that we get the transfer call on Saturday night, of where we are going, and who our companion will be. Then we have Sun, and Mon, to prepare to leave (pack up, and say goodbye to those we taught), then on Tuesday morning we go to our new areas. I have been in this stake for the longest time - it is going to be weird leaving, but I know that President Wade is inspired, and that there is work I need to do in San Francisco.
So the other good news is that I past my driving test! I have a California learners permit right now, and I need to contact the Utah DMV to get a document that proves I have a active Utah drivers license (so that I don't have to take the behind the wheel test here). So I have that all taken care of. I will mail my birth certificate home when this is all over.
So I had my last appointment with Dr. Wright this morning. He has helped me sooooo much with my back (which is doing great!) I have been going to him every Monday morning for 7 months! He has done so much for me.
One cool experience that we had this week was late one night, only a few minutes before we had to be in our apartment, we decided to stop by this old man in our ward from Germany named Bro. Prawitt. He and his family were refuges from World War 2. We shared a scripture with him, and it was one of those times where we were led to the right place at the right time, and we said the right things. He asked us how we can know when we are forgiven for our sins. We had the opportunity to have a great discussion about the atonement and about repentance and forgiveness. He has been carrying a sin around for years, and we encouraged him to counsel with the Bishop. After we said a closing prayer her said "I am so grateful that you two came over tonight!" It was a neat experience.
Another cool thing this week was that I got to ride BART for the first time! Someone that Elder Watkins taught in Fremont got baptized, so we got to go down for the baptism. So, we live in Pittsburg, which is the most northern part of the mission, and we had to go to Fremont, which is the most southern part of the mission. So it took awhile to get there! We rode BART and it took about an hour and twenty minutes. But BART is so fun! A lot of it is underground (like a subway), and then it also goes above the ground. I got to see a lot of the Bay Area that I have never seen before. The Bay Area is so diverse! As people got on and off the train I saw more nationalities in one hour than I ever did back home!
So, about my debit card, if you could change the pin to **** that would be great. And about the shoes, they are ten and a half prophets.
Thank you for everything! I love you!
-Elder Cook
PS The picture in "The Hood" is Bay Point (aka: Gun Point). I just had to take a ghetto picture to remind me of this area!
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