Hello, Fam,
Well, I guess I'm 20... Super weird to think that another birthday has already passed by... Even weirder to think that I'm not a teenager anymore... But everything is going good here. It was a good week here to be a missionary.
One of the miracles that we had this week was on Monday. We were looking for old investigators that the old missionaries had taught before, and we were praying to see which of these people needed to hear our message again. The name Margarita Rojas stuck out to us a lot, so we went to her house on Monday to go and teach her. We passed by and visited her and her three kids. Her husband was not there, but it turns out that she's a member of the church, but her kids and her husband are not. The kids are beyond interested and want to be baptized, but the problem is, is that her husband is super Catholic and won't let his kids be baptized. But she told us a story that her husband about a week before we got to her house, the husband got super drunk and did some things that he should not have done and that he felt super bad and that he needed God again in his life. So Magarita told us to come back another day to visit her husband. We went back on Thursday, and he told us that he is ready to change and he wants his kids to have the Gospel!! It was such a miracle how we found them! I know that God has a plan for them and that he sent us there for a reason!
As well, our investigator, Indy, was able to have his baptismal interview and will have his baptism this next coming week. The best news is that it is very likely he will do the baptism of his son. It would be a boost of help for him and his family. We are super excited for them and for the blessings that they need as a family, especially after all of the afflictions that they have had in the past couple months.
This week we, also, received a reference that lives soooo far away, so we called him and he told us that he wanted us to go and visit him. He told us that he would like us to pass by and visit his family. But wow, he lived so far away... It was an hour away in bus and honestly is was 100% farm land--just basically corn fields and pigs haha. But we got to the house and we able to teach them about the Book of Mormon in a very simple way because of their lack of Spanish (they speak Kichwa.) But it was amazing to see how a family with nothing can be so happy. I think that is one of the biggest lessons that I've learned in the mission. I love these people and their faith.
This week we, as well, visited one of our investigators, Jakeline. We knew that the biggest problem that she has had is that no one else in her family are members so she felt like she needed a lot more help. So we did a family night with her and a member that was in the same situation about five years ago. It was perfect! We were able to get the support that she needed, and she came to church as well. She, also, accepted a new baptismal date. The Lord has blessed us a lot this week, and we have been able to see the blessings that we have needed!
Love you all, have a great week! Love, Elder Copeland
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