Hellooooo, 8 Months today! So crazy...
Monday. Today after Pday, we went to go visit a less active and it turns out that some of her family members aren't members and she told us that she wants us to talk to them another day. After, we walked up to Vivianna's house and just went to talk to her, and it was such a good lesson. She is so awesome! She is progressing so much.
Tuesday. Today we started the day off at the District Meeting and it was pretty good. I'm starting to get a little more used to having to give them. After, we had to stop by one of our investigator's house and drop her because she was just not progressing, so we had to tell her that we won't come back until she starts progressing. It was sad. It's always the worst having to drop investigators. After, we received a reference from some members that live so far away. So, we went to the house of them and their reference that they gave us lives even farther up. Way farther up! We took this random dirt road to get to her house in the middle of no where. But we taught her and her sister and she is awesome. They accepted the baptismal invitation. It was so cool! The members are some of my favorite people ever.
Wednesday. Today, we started the day off having interviews with President Murphey. They are always such a good experience to be able to talk to him. He's such an amazing man, I'm so lucky that I'm able to have him as my president. He has taught me so much. After the interview, many of our appointments fell through and we ended up contacting for a good amount of time with have very little success. But to finish the day, we were able to invite some members to visit with Vivianna and Elvis and we were able to talk about Lehi's dream with them. They loved it and it was such a good lesson. It helped them understand our purpose a little bit better.
Thursday. Today we had to go look for a different apartment. President told us that he's going to bring two more missionaries here in Cayamabe. So he told us to put some time into finding a new apartment for them. We spent a lot of the day contacting but had some pretty good success. We were able to find some futures. We finished the day teaching Blanca and Edgar. We were teaching them and it was going so well. The Spirit was so strong and then we heard a knock on the door. The mom of Edgar walked in and started yelling and asking us why we were here and that we can't be there. She, also, included "they don't know anything" hahaha. It was so awful! It took away the Spirit so fast. After she left, we talked to them about how there is always an opposition. Edgar was tearing up because he was so confused and embarrassed. They are so awesome. I'm hoping that they can find a way to keep listening to us and be baptized.
Friday. Today we had a division with the Zone Leaders Elder Castagno (Rexburg, Idaho) and Elder Haslam (Montana). They are honestly the best! They are so fun to be with. We walked in the house and they were playing a mini piano and dancing hahha. But during the division, I went with Elder Haslam and we just went trying to find their investigators and nobody was there. Soooo, we ended up just contacting. But in the middle of the day, we got a call from the Relief Society to come and help them with a skit that they were doing. So Elder Haslam and I went to be Joseph Smith and John Taylor haha. It was so funny. Everybody was so stressed that it had to be perfect. After, we had a training to help the members invite their friends to come to church.
Saturday. We stayed in Otavalo for a little bit longer to help with some service. So we picked up garbage in the giant field. It was so gross. We came back and went back to go teach Luz (the one that lives really far away). It was such a good lesson. We were able to talk about the Plan of Salvation with her. We were also able to put a baptismal date on her. We came back in the night time to teach Vivianna. We finished all of the lessons with her, so we asked her if she felt like she was ready for her baptism on the 7th and she told us that she needs more time. It was so frustrating because I know that she is ready to be baptized. So we talked to her and she decided only a couple more months.
Sunday. Today we got up and went to church and Vivianna and Elvis came to church and they both left early. I got pretty frustrated because nobody said a single word to them the entire time they were there. It was so frustrating. After, we went to go visit this one girl and she probably has the worst life I've ever seen. She is 22 years old and has 3 kids, one of them being really sick. She also lives with her boyfriend that is 38... She was telling us about some of the problems that she has in her life, and it is so awful. I felt so bad for her. We ended the lesson with her nephew saying the prayer, and his prayer was 8 minutes long haha. In his prayer, he asked God if he can help his grandma find the person that killed her bird so that he can have justice from God haha. He, also, said that he knows the Book of Mormon is true and he has yet to read a page from the Book haha. But I'm hoping that the gospel can bless her life. After, we were walking to our next appointment and we were on this dark dirt road. While we were walking, we heard a bunch of footsteps behind us and because it was dark it was hard to see what it was. It got closer and it was about 15 wild horses that were chasing us. We then heard one of the guys that was riding one of the horses yelling, "Be careful!" So Elder Ton and I just started running and made it out alive haha, but it was so scary.
Book of Mormon. At the end of this week, we are going to be celebrating the Atonement of Jesus Christ. It says in Alma 7:11: "And he shall go forth suffering pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind; and this that the word might be fulfilled which saith he will take upon him the pains and the sicknesses of his people." Always remember whenever you feel like you're the "only one," Christ came here so that you are not. During this week, read and learn about the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Love, Elder Copeland
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