Hello America

Well, its Febuary or Vasaris which means "SUMMER" in Lithuanian.
They like to just ignore the cold i guess.


Now i am not sure what month they say "comes in like a lion" but i vote that it gets changed to February because this month just rocked my world. Last week right after i wrote all of you and told you "all is well" i got food poisoning and had a fun rest of the week. I had some bad lithuanian meat as far as i can figure. In any case it was quite an expieriance. However, i dont know if its over because like i have said in previous emails i have been really tired lately and have been getting frequent headaches. Also in the mornings if i work out a lot then i get sick to my stomach. All this started about the same time around 4 months ago. If you remember 4 months ago i weighed 160 pounds and i was just getting bigger. Now i just realized that i have lost 20 pounds over the last few transfers.
Thats not good. I talked to sister Dance about all of this and she is looking into it with the area doctor. So right now I think the best GUESS can be summed up by our dear friend Lloyd Christmas , "I got worms!" haha lets hope not.
So, other than that all is well!
We get transfer calls tommorrow. I have no idea what is going to happen. I have a feeling i could be leaving but who knows. I am preparing myself for both outcomes.


Well. Cool story for the week. This one is a little bit more on the history side of Lithuania. As you all know Lithuania was under the occupation of communist Russia for a long time. In 1989 (year i was born) the people of the Baltic held hands and made a human chain stretching from the capital of Vilnius through the capital city of Latvia to the capital of Estonia. This formed Baltijos kelias or "the baltic way" in opposition of the occupation. After much political working with leaders, Lithuania was granted her independance. The country then had the fight of bringing thier country and people out of communism. THe first thing they did was take down the nummerous propaganda statues of communist leaders and send them to be destroyed. One rich Lithuanian actually bought most of the statues and had them placed in a park where it was turned into a memorial. This park Is called "Gruto Parkas" and is in southern Lithuania. Elder Anderson and I had a rare opportunity to go down to this park last week and see these statues. It was a solomn serious spirit there- similar to the one i felt at the Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Germany. It really gave a new meaning to Elder ANderson and I about what we are actually doing here. We are bringing light to these people. It was quite an expieriance.
Well fam. I have got to get going. I guess we will see where this week takes me. Don't stop the prayers. They are so neccessary and appreciated.
I love you all so much.
Remember who you are.



Vyresnysis Kukas= Elder Cooke