BAT!
Wow! It is hot here... Haha! You have no idea! It's equivalent to Nicaragua hot. It´s very humid here, and when there is sun, you don´t have a chance. Complete different world here in the coast, but so awesome. I´m so excited to be here! The food here is so much better. But one thing they do here is they give you a boiling hot soup every single lunch, and while you´re eating it, you´re just dripping in sweat haha.
Tuesday. Today I was able to write you guys a little bit because I was not able to during Pday. But after that, we were able to have some success. We went and talked to some investigators, and they are so cool. I´m still getting used to the accent here in the coast. It´s really different. The people here are so accepting and awesome. But one lesson that we had was with a family that half are members and others not. They asked us to share a message at their house about the Spirit World because their brother died about four years ago on this day. So we were able to share a message with them. It was really cool.
Wednesday. Today we started the day off with a bat entering our house and trying to eat me. I had to get a blanket and capture him.. Haha It was so funny!
My comp was freaking out. His name is Elder Fernandez, he's from Mexico. He is so awesome. He´s a convert, he was baptized about two years ago, and now he´s here on the mission. We were able to get rid of the bat. After, we got out of the house and were able to find some new investigators. After awhile looking for some other investigators, we were able to talk to this family that has a baptismal date and they were so amazing. The husband works in the Military, so it´s kind of hard to find them, but we talked to them for a little bit, and I´m so excited to get to know them a little better.
Thursday. Today we spent most of the day at a park to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the church in Esmeraldas, and it was pretty cool. We weren´t really celebrating, we just went contacting and looking for more people. It´s really the only way we can celebrate as missionaries... looking for more people haha. But after, we spent a lot of time looking for some investigators that were not there haha. But we were able to end up finding some lessons later in the day. We found this young couple that is so awesome. We were able to talk to them about the importance of the Book of Mormon. They were such amazing people. After, we were able to talk to this one guy that my companion has been teaching for a little. He´s amazing! He finished the Book of Mormon in a week and a half... Haha. He loves it and knows that it is true, but he doesn´t want to be baptized right now... but honestly, he´s such a good guy.
Friday. Today we had a lesson early in the morning with a young couple that was pretty cool. The guy's grandma walked out and told us that we need to keep helping his kid because he doesn´t do anything with his life haha. After this, we basically spent the rest of the day looking for people with a little success.
Saturday. Today was a great day. We had a lesson with a member's boyfriend, and he is so awesome. He wants to get baptized and is pretty much ready. He just has a situation where we have to wait a little bit longer for him to be baptized. But after, we contacted and were able to find some awesome people. To finish the day, we had another family night with some investigators, that was awesome.
Sunday. My first Sunday here in the coast and it was very different. Here in the coast, they need a lot of leadership help. But the people honestly are so amazing, and it made me so excited to keep helping them here. After, we had a great lesson with this one girl about Alma 32. She told us that she really wants to get baptized, but she said that she doesn´t have the money to be married right now... It´s a big problem here. Nobody is married. It´s frustrating as a missionary, but I´m really excited to start helping her change her life.
But life is all good here in the coast. Not too crazy of a week. I hope that you all had a great Spring Break. I know that here in Esmeraldas is way better then wherever you are in the world.
Today we went to the beach and played some kickball.
Usually I do a thought from the Book of Mormon, but I´ve been reading in the Bible as well. I found a verse that I like a lot. It´s in the book of Romans 8Ñ28 "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." Everything will work for together for the good, to them that love God. I love that line so much. It´s my new motivation. I´ve got it hanging on the wall to always remember. God loves us and it´s such a blessing in our lives. Everything will work out for the good! Don´t forget! Love, Elder Copeland
Yes, and a lizard, too!
Some cool fruit here!
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