This week is already over wow... Haha!
It went by so fast, I can't even believe it... But this was quite an interesting week...
Let's start with the weird stuff. After church on Sunday, we got a call from Hna. Murphy, and she told us that she needed us to go to the hospital with her... There was an Elder that got super sick and had to get put in the emergency room. So we went with Hna. Murphy and got to meet Elder Fenton. It turns out that his companion stayed in his sector, so we had to be his companion for the day. So, we basically just sat in the hospital for 7 hours haha. At night time, we got another Elder to replace him so we got to go sleep, then head back to the hospital for another 7 hours... Long story short, after three days in the hospital, Elder Fenton had to go back home, so we had to, also, drop him off in the airport. It was super sad to see because he didn't get to see all of the miracles of the mission. He only had one month. But I hope he gets felling better, he's a super good guy!
As well, we got to go and teach Jhonny this week and wow every week he gets cooler and cooler. Such an amazing guy. He, also, had his baptismal interview and he passed which was super cool. He should be getting baptized this next coming Saturday!!:) We are super excited for him and are hoping that we can have a super good baptismal service this next coming week. His kids told us that they are coming from the coast to see their dad be baptized!
We were, also, able to visit Ximena again and she is doing awesome. She told us that she was able to read for a little bit and that she loved it. We went with a member and they are basically the same person, so it worked out perfectly. We taught her about the Restoration and she loved it so much. So, we invited her to read and ask God if it is true as well we invited her to be baptized, and she accepted!!:) She will be baptized on the 24th of November!
As well, this week we passed by Guilliana, and honestly it was kind of frustrating... She just doesn't know what to do. She is super confused about the Word of Wisdom and doesn't believe that it is bad to drink coffee. We told her like 100 times that she has to at least try and see that it is a commandment of God, and she just doesn't know...:/ Please pray for her so that she can live the Word of Wisdom and so that she can be baptized. She is one of the most amazing people that I know.
Today we were able to participate in a devotional for missionaries that President Russell M Nelson did. Sadly, it was in Peru, but were able to watch a live broadcast. It was so amazing... One thing that I loved is that he explained that perfection is not living here on earth without mistakes, but is when we change from mortals, to immortals through the Atonement of Christ. It was such an amazing chance to be able to listen to the prophet today/!!
This week I had a lot of time to read in the Book of Mormon because I spent a lot of time in the hospital haha...Mostly in 3rd Nephi and 4th Nephi... I think that I have already shared so much about 3rd Nephi, but it was a big blessing as well because I was able to learn a lot from it. Something that stood out to me was in the Book of 4th Nephi... This chapter to me is a chapter super interesting because it is about 400 years of writings in one chapter... It describes how the people were in this time in verse 16: "There could not be a happier people among all the people who had been created by the hand of God," which makes sense because they had just seen Christ with their own eyes and saw all of the miracles that he did. As well, it explains that they were all keeping the commandments of God, so it doesn't surprise me that much, because they were all doing what they should do. But something that I love in this chapter is that Christ left them his Church... Not only that, but it is the same church that we are in today. It describes in verse 14 that Christ made his church with disciples and that when they died, Christ called more disciples... Kind of like what we saw six months ago when Russell M Nelson was called to be our Prophet... As well, it says in verse 17 that there was no manner of -ites, or in other words (Mormons, Catholic, etc.) but that they were one, "Children of Christ." That is one of the things that Russell M Nelson was talking about this past week is that we aren't Mormons but we are children of God and that this is his Church... It explains how blessed they were for keeping the commandments of God as well as not having contention... But shortly after, the people began to do their own thing and started to deny the true Church of God. It says in verse 27 that the people began to create their own churches that talked about Christ, but did not teach his Gospel... Slowly after that, the Church of Christ was basically destroyed... The reason why is because what it says later on in 38 and 39, because they did not teach their children to keep the commandments and do the things that make us happy. But they did the opposite.. They taught them to hate each other and God... To me it is very shocking and sad how fast the people could lose the happiness that they had... Satan is real and can destroy us so easily. We must REMEMBER to follow the words of the prophets, especially from the ones that we just heard a week ago. It is super important that we can apply the new teachings of the Prophet and that we can have a household where the Spirit can dwell and that we can teach our children the love God has for us... I hope that every one of us can always remember so that we can have the happiness that the Nephites did have so that our children as well can have the same happiness. Love you all so much.
Elder Copeland
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