Week 76 - January 7, 2019

Hello, Fam,

Well, another week here.  We were able to see some miracles here in the mission.  Also, we were able to see President and Hermana Murphy in Mission Council.  I love being able to see them.  They always get me excited to go back to my sector and work even harder.  We were able to learn a lot about setting goals and unity--two super important lessons that will bless me here in the mission also after the mission.  But, honestly, not the craziest week, but everything is good here.

New Year's 2019

This week we had a miracle.  One of our investigators with a date disappeared out of no where, and we were super sad about it.  But this week we found him, and it turns out that he has been reading the Book of Mormon a ton.  In one week he read until 1 Nephi 11... He told us how he felt about his reading and he says that he knows that the Book of Mormon is true!!  So amazing!  If you just read it you will know.  After, we taught him some of the commandments, hoping that he would not have a problem with any of them, and it turns out that one of his friends had already taught him all of the commandments, so he already knew everything and he was already living the commandments for a couple weeks!  I don't know how he is so prepared, but he is excited for his baptism in a couple weeks!!!

We are teaching this little kid that wants to get baptized, as well.  His name is Indy.  He is honestly just a cool little guy. His mom passed away two months ago, and he is still sad about it, but it has been a lot harder for his dad.  This week, we taught Lesson Two with them, and it was soo amazing to see the joy they had when we reminded them that their mom is waiting for them and that she loves them so much. Honestly, it was a good testimony builder for me to know that the Plan of Salvation is truly a plan of happiness.

As well, we had a family home evening with a young couple that we are teaching, Ruben and Veronica!  It was honestly super good.  We were able to go with some members that are awesome and help a lot in the mission work.  We were able to share about obedience and how it can bless us.  The family night helped us a lot with Ruben and Veronica.  Later on, they were able to go to church.  We are hoping that it will be a blessing to help them get married in the future and later baptized.

This week I was reading the Old Testament in Deuteronomy, and it says in Chapter 11:26-28, "Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; a blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day: and a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God..."  I think that it is interesting that Moses says here that we can either look at the commandments as a blessing or a curse.  It just depends what we do with them.  I'm so thankful for the commandments that the Lord has given so that we can be blessed.

Love you all so much.  Thanks for all of your prayers. 

Love, Elder Copeland

Fotos

 The Waiki life (Indigenous shoes)

A pic with our group