Another week here in Ecuador...
Tuesday. Today was a little bit crazy. We had a lot of lessons set up and they basically fell through. So I've been trying to help my comp talk more with the people because he is really scared. So we just started talking to every single person on the street. We ended up finding eight people! It was pretty cool. The last two weeks we've been getting rejected a lot, but today we didn't get rejected at all. Also, we had a lesson with Xiomara, and a member came with us. I've been having my comp take over the situation in the lessons more, and he started off and he went sooo out of order I was so confused... The member asked us after what happened, and I didn´t have an answer because it was so confusing haha. But that was basically it for today. We found a lot of people, which was really awesome.
Wednesday. Today we started off going to Alejandra and Karelis and taught some of the commandments. They had no problem at all. We later went and taught Paola about a lot of the churches and the difference between every single one of them. It was actually a pretty cool lesson. I've never had a lesson like that. Later, we went to visit Marilu and she just wants to have a better life, so we taught her some more about the Book of Mormon and other truths, but it´s really hard to help her when she can't read. Also, it's really hard when her husband and kid just started smoking right in front of us. It's so sad. After, we stopped by and taught Jessica and it was great. She feels good about her baptism and other things like that. She´s progressing really well. We taught her about some of the commandments, and she didn't have any problems.
Thursday. Today we started trying something new. We tried contacting our neighbors. Usually, when we contact, we contact really far away. So we started contacting and were able to find some great people. It's funny. Sometimes we think that the best investigators will be the ones that live the farthest away or the last house on the street. But sometimes it´s the ones that are closest to you. After, we went to go and teach Xiomara again and it was really rough. We taught the Word of Wisdom and she has a huge problem with coffee. She says that she wants to stop but doesn't believe that she can. Ugh! It´s so frustrating because she's ready for baptism but we will probably have to change her date now...
Friday. Today we went and had an interchange with the Zone Leaders! We went to their sector and basically contacted the entire day. We only had one lesson the entire day haha. I went out with Elder Hoyos who's from Bolivia. It was pretty fun to be able to see more parts of Ecuador. But honestly nothing special happened today haha.
Saturday. Today we went and taught Karelis and Alejandra and it sucked hahah. They are so prepared for their baptism and we told them that about 100 times. So we told them that they were going to have their interview this next coming week. They told us that they didn't want to get baptized and they are not ready... It was so frustrating because they are more than ready. So for now, they are not getting baptized... After, we went contacting and found some cool people. Also, we talked to Paola about tithing. She had a doubt at the beginning of the lesson, but at the end of the lesson, she loved it. It was actually pretty cool to see the Spirit testify to her during the lesson.
Sunday. Today we were able to have a good amount of investigators come to church. We were hoping for a miracle with Alejandra, but no she didn't come haha. But we were able to have a couple others come, which was good. After, we found one of our investigators for the first time in six weeks haha. It was so good to see him. After, we talked to Bismark for a very long time. We talked to him about his doubts he has with the church. We went and cleared all of the doubts that he had. It was pretty fun. He's such a cool guy. After, we went contacting in the street and found a couple that is actually married for like the first time here in the coast. Later, we passed by some investigators and shared the story of Nephi and the broken bow. It's got to be one of my favorite stories ever. He´s the best example ever of a disciple of Christ. I love how in this story everyone is complaining about how hard it was for them, but Nephi just goes and makes his own bow and gets food for his family. Then his family was all happy and thanked the Lord.
I feel like we do the same honestly. We just wait and complain for the miracle instead of going out and getting it ourselves. We were walking home after and this Jew from California called for us and we went and talked to him for a really long time. It was pretty interesting. We was talking about his religion and it was different because it was like the first time that I've heard someone talk in English for awhile.
Yeah, that is basically it. Nothing special happened this week. A couple heart breakers, but you get used to those really fast. Love, Elder Copeland
Said bye to my first shoes
Beach
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