Week 13 - October 23, 2017

Wahoo!  Another week here in Ecuador!  

Such a good week!  We worked out butts off and are starting to get some work done.

Tuesday.  We got some banana splits and they were so good.  The ice cream here is actually really good.  I buy it as much as possible haha.  

We also finally got to teach some old investigators for the first time in so long, and she wants to keep meeting with us, so I'm really excited for that.  We got some new investigators that are very Catholic and talk for so long, but they're so awesome and fun to teach.

Wednesday.  Today was a pretty good day.  We got to teach Marcia and try and prepare her for her baptism, but she has had no time cause she needs $1000 before December to pay for her husband's car crash.  She wasn't able to make it to her interview for her baptism, so we had to push back her baptism which was kind of sad.  We, also, have a really cool investigator, Alejandra.  We got to teach her the  Plan of Salvation, and she loved it.

Thursday.   We got to go to Quito and listen to some people in the Young Women's Presidency.  It was so good.  I, also, got to see almost everyone from the MTC again, so that was so fun.  After we were just contacting the rest of the day, and I got sick, but I feel better now. 

Friday.  Today we left the house early and just went to work. We found a bunch of new investigators that loved the message. They just don't know how to live the message, which is so frustrating.  They don't know how to come to church or anything like that.  But we're working so hard even when everyone cancels on us hahaha.

Saturday.  We had the best lesson so far!  It was so good. A member introduced us to her and she just told us that she hasn't felt happiness in years.  So I told her that we have to answer, and it's the Book of Mormon.  When you read it and do what it says, you will be happy--without doubt, I promise everyone that.  Just do what the prophet says and you will be happy.  And this applies to everyone.  It's weird how it works, but  it does.

Sunday.  Was kind of frustrating because we only had one of our investigators come and we worked so hard with all of them to come.  They just end up not coming.  After, we taught some really good lessons. 

Everything is good here.  Read the Book of Mormon.  Just read it hahaah.  It's not hard.  Money doesn't make you happy.  The gospel does.  Spanish is starting to come slowly. I miss you all so much. 

Love, Elder Copeland

(Some giant bee!)

(Some door that doesn't have a house!)

(I don't know what to say this is.)