Hello family,
Well, I don’t even know where to start here. I’m now here in a new Sector, Zone, city, and everything, honestly. To explain where I’m at a little better: I’m in the Imbaya Stake. Imbaya is in the middle of Otavalo. Otavalo, is a little town about 2 hours north of Quito. As well, Otavalo is known for it’s culture. The culture here is amazing. They are indigenous people that speak a different language called Quichawa (Kichawa). It has nothing to do with Spanish, and I don’t understand even a little part of it. As well, they are super small and all of the men have a giant pony tail. They are so amazing and are super strong in the church. Here in Otavalo they are working on bringing in the 4th stake, while in Quito there are millions of more people with only 7 stakes… The people here are super active in the Church and are a super big help to us with the missionary work. It’s so amazing and I’m super excited, but at the same time, some things have been hard up until this point.
My sector where I am serving is half part of the City of Otavalo and the other half farms, pretty much fields. It’s weird coming from Quito when there are so many people and giant apartment buildings. Here, there is just not that. We have had a hard time finding some people to teach because everyone already knows who the missionaries are, or they don’t speak Spanish, or they’re just really mean. But we were able to some miracles this week thanks to our Father in Heaven. As well, I don’t want to be mean, but man the food here is very different than every other part of the mission. It’s just not enjoyable, every single lunch is a mountain of rice, legit a mountain. As well as potatoes, a little piece of chicken and a salad or menestras (some type of beans) wow I can’t even explain how hard it is to eat haha. But I’m super excited to be here in the BEST ZONE EVER IMBAYA!!!
As well, we had some good experiences this week. We were able to teach the Rodriguez Family. They are a family that is progressing a ton but are not married so they can’t get baptized… This week we went and taught 1st Nephi 8 and about the example Lehi was in this vision. That he was the first one to arrive to the Tree of Life, or in other words he was the example for his family,. Later on, he helped them get to where he was. They loved it and decided that it would be good to set a goal and be married, but the 2019… Kind of frustrating, but we're hoping that we will be able to move it up a little bit more.
We went to go and teach Marco and Tatianna, as well they are not married and struggle big time financially. We taught them about the faith and how they need to trust that the Lord will bless them if they keep the commandments. It was great! An hour after, the called us crying and screaming saying that they got in a fight and that they are done with each other….:( We explained as fast as we could the importance of Forgiveness. As of right now, we don’t know how they are doing, but please pray for them.
As well, we were able to see a lot of miracles on Sunday. Some members brought some friends to church, which was a big blessing. They presented us to them and we are super excited to be able to teach them more in the future. As well, we were contacting on a giant hill in the middle of no where and we found two people with a lot of potential! We are super excited to teach these people and hopefully they will begin to progress fast.
This week we went down to Quito for Mission Counsel and it was super cool. We learned a lot. We focused a lot on the Savior and how we’re going to Light the World. As missionaries, we get to see all of the videos a little earlier and wow they are unreal this year. We are super excited for Christmas this year. President said something that I liked a lot because it has related a lot to me in my mission. He was talking about his son in his mission, how he was able to truly know his Savior. He said, “Por sus desafios, conocio su Salvador” or “For his challenges, he was able to know his Savior.” It’s so true. Here in the mission, I truly have gained a testimony of him and I love him. I love the happiness that he gives me. I truly do know him and know that he lives…
Ñuca mamata whoani
(Love You Mom in Kichwa) Eldler Copeland
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