HELLO, Fam!
Hope you all had a great week this week. This week was super awesome. Last week I wrote early because we went to the Liga de Quito game, which was so fun! The stadium is pretty big, to be honest, and it was a pretty good game. The only problem was is that it ended in a tie. But super fun time!
Hope you all had a great week this week. This week was super awesome. Last week I wrote early because we went to the Liga de Quito game, which was so fun! The stadium is pretty big, to be honest, and it was a pretty good game. The only problem was is that it ended in a tie. But super fun time!
The rest of this week, as well, was great. We had some really special moments. This Sunday, we were able to receive a reference that was so cool. She brought her kids and told us that she is ready to be baptized. The only problem is, is that she just lives super far away and she is always busy, so we are hoping for a little miracle so that we can find her and teach her more!! Also, Sofia my convert, gave a talk three weeks after her baptism. I have never seen anything like it. It was amazing! So amazing to see how the gospel has blessed her life--and that she isn't scared to share it!
As well, we were able to find a way to contact new people in the street. We go on the busiest road here in our sector and literally just go and talk to every single person. We made a bunch of invitations for them to come to church, and a lot of people were super interested. Elder Myers and I were able to contact close to 100 people in about an hour and a half. Super cool experience. Later on, we went and contacted a reference that we received from some other missionaries and it was excellent. He was beyond interested in the Book of Mormon. He had so many questions for us, and he was super eager to know when we were going to come back. So, we have a lesson with him this next coming week, and we are super excited.
Before the mission, I always hoped and thought that every time that I taught about the Plan of Salvation, people would love it and be crying because they were so happy to know about the plan that God has for us. It turns out that it is not like that very often, and I have been waiting for a moment like that for a long time! This week it finally happened. About a month a go, we got a reference from Canada, and we tried to contact her for a while now and this week we had our 2nd lesson with her. She invited her sister over, who lives in Canada, she just happened to be visiting. About four months ago, their mother passed away and they are devastated about it. It has been super hard in them. That's how they got in contact with the church in Canada. They had the funeral and their cousin, who is a member, introduced them to her bishop over there. We decided to teach them about the Plan of Salvation, to hopefully give them some hope. We were just talking to them about where we come from and from there they were hooked. They were super interested. We explained how God sent us here to be tested to see how much faith we have in him. To be honest, we taught them a lot more. This is just a summary. You can't put moments like this into words. So when we got to the part where we told them that they can be with their mom again, they just began to tear up and they couldn't believe it... We asked them if they think that maybe this happened to them so that they could go to the temple and later be able to be with their mother again. They just realized in that moment that they had to change, and they knew in that moment that they could be with their mom again. They were so excited and so emotional. I don't know if I have ever felt the Spirit so strong in my life than how I did during this lesson. It was a testimony builder for me that God does have a plan for us and that his plan is perfect. How amazing is he that he would give us his Son so that his plan could be completed and we will be able to be with our loved ones again. I wish everyone would have been able to feel the Spirit and love that we felt during that lesson. They all had this much joy to know it. It's sad that sometimes something hard has to happen for us to realize, but God loves us and wants us to be with him again.
Also, I am writing a little early again because we are going to have the baptism of Deyamaris in about an hour or two, so next week I will send you guys photos of the baptism! Also, I'll be writing at a normal time! Love you all so much.
I just wanted to finish with a quote from Elder Holland in a talk that I read. It says: "I have just said that the world you now enter holds challenges and difficulties. In the days and years ahead, you may suffer some discouragement and disappointment. On occasion you may feel genuine despair, either for yourself or for your children or for the plight and conditions of others. You may even make a personal mistake or two, serious mistakes, perhaps, though I hope not- and you may worry that any chance to be happy and secure in life has eluded you forever. WHEN such times come, I ask you to REMEMBER this: This is the Church of the HAPPY ENDINGS. Troubles need never be permanent nor fatal. Darkness always yields to light. The sun always rises. Faith, hope, and charity will always triumph in the end." So amazing. Learn about the gospel and live the Gospel of Christ and you will be happy!!
A pic of a dog that looks like Koda. Also, to go along with the Plan of Salvation, I know I'll be with Koda again:')
Elder Copeland
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