The Life!
First, I have to start this week off with two big shout outs to my little sis, Lauren, who just turned 18 on the 14th!! Feliz Cumpliaños!
Also, Happy Fathers Day! Thanks, Dad, for being the best dad on the planet. Honestly don´t know where I would be without you.
Tuesday. Today we started the day off going to the District Meeting. After we came back and had some good lessons with our investigators. We were able to talk to Xiomara about her baptism and how she feels about it. She told us that she's doubting a lot of things, so we told her to read the Book of Mormon and pray about it. After, we went and taught Jessica a bunch of things so that she can get ready for her baptism. It was a pretty good lesson, but it was a lot of information. But she did well and learned a lot. We then went to the house of Family de la Cruz. We watched a video and it was like the first time that we could feel the Spirit in their house. It was so strong. I really hope that it will make a bigger impact on them.
Wednesday. Today we had interchanges and I went over to the sector of Elder Mayberry )Arizona.= It was such a good time to be with him. He´s so fun. We were able to visit a lot of their investigators, and they are really awesome. We were contacting and we knocked on this door and within 2 seconds, the man told us to come in. We talked to him about the Book of Mormon and he was interested in it, but then
he asked us if we were one of the churches that only say that our church is true. And we got kind of nervous because sometimes people get really bugged when we say that, so we had to explain it really slowly and in a way that he could understand. After, he told us to come back and that he wants to learn more. It was actually such a cool lesson. In the sector of Aire Libre, the Bishop sells hamburgers and one of them is called the Tsunami. It is giant! All of the missionaries have the challenge to see if they can eat the whole thing. Yes, I was able to finish it.
Thursday. Today we had a lot of lessons fall through. We ended up contacting for a very long time. This one guy let us in and just started drinking in front of us and his daughters. It was so sad. After a little bit, we just basically left because it was just so dumb. We were, also, able to find this really cool guy and we shared the Book of Mormon with him. He was really interested. It was such a great lesson. We finished the day talking with Jessica again. We finished up all of the lessons, and we got her all set up for her baptismal interview.
Friday. Today was a pretty weird day. We had to go to Xiomara in the morning to see if she got her answer about what she should do. We got there and she told us that she does not want to get baptized... Heartbreaker... SO that sucked, she said that she just doesn't feel like she needs to be baptized again... So we basically just told her that she didn't understand baptism. But she told us that she only wants us to come over and visit her. So we left her and told her that we need to teach the people that want to change. After, we went and taught Paola, and it went so good with her. We taught her some more commandments and she still understands super well. After, we went to go and check on Jessica to see if she was ready for her interview and she just told us that she is not going to get baptized next week... It was like a shot to the heart when I heard that. She told us that she wasn't ready and that she needs more time to think about it. I feel like that's been one of the hardest parts about the mission for me is that we can't change the agency of other people. We can put in 100% of our effort and do everything that we can to help someone, but sometimes they just don´t want to change. But at least one good thing happened today. We went to the house of Rocio, Danna, and Ninoska and it was pretty cool. We had a family night and Danna ) who just got baptized about a month ago= gave the message. It was pretty to cool to see one of my converts share what they have learned.
Saturday. Today I was pretty frustrated with our investigators because a lot of them just don´t want to change. So we basically spent the entire time into finding new investigators. We were able to find a lot of cool investigators that I hope will end up have some potential in the future. After, we were talking with our ward mission leader and we got a call from the other sector that they needed to use our chapel so that they could have a baptism. Their chapel ran out of water and they needed to use our baptismal font, so we had to leave and help them get the font ready for their baptism. Also, another thing that happened in the middle of this. We were supposed to have a big activity in the church to find new investigators, and the bishop called me like 30 minutes before and told us that we aren't going to have the activity anymore... So that kind of sucked because we had been inviting our investigators there for the entire week and than it just went down the drain...
Sunday. Today started off awful... None of our investigators came to church. There are not a lot of things worse than that--especially when we worked so dang hard this week. But after, we went to go and visit Rocio and her family again and her brother was there, Giovanni. He was a little drunk. When he saw us, he just started crying telling us that he needs our help and that he wants to change so bad. So we taught him a little bit with the rest of his family, and we got him really excited so that he was able to change. We set up a plan for him so that he could avoid the temptation of beer. To make things short, we ended the lesson pouring the beer down the sink after hugging and cheering haha. It was actually a pretty cool lesson and I hope that he can just change... after, we had a couple good lessons with some investigators and some members.
Also, a pretty cool experience happened this past week. The other Sunday we were walking home to the house and this guy from across the street yelled for us and said, "MORMONS! HOW ARE YOU BROTHERS?!" in English. So we went over and talked to him and it turns out he was born in Nicaragua, then after a little he moved to California, after that Mexico, after that Costa Rico, and after that ECUADOR. He is Jewish and told us all about his beliefs, and we just sat there and listened to him. He told us that he was looking for a place to buy an apartment and we told him where he could. He called me two days later and told me he found an apartment in a different sector, so I passed his number over to Elder Morton that works over there. They went and taught him two times and the guy told us that he was really confused about all of his beliefs and that our message makes so much sense. He is now reading the Book of Mormon, going to church, and listening to the missionaries so that one day he can get baptized. Super cool experience. He is one of the kindest guys that I've ever met. Love, Elder Copeland
Photos
Some Homies
Me walking up a hill
The Zone at the Beach.
Elder Morton's last P'day. One of my best friends ever.
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