Hello,
Well, to start off--Edwin got baptized this week!! It's about time that he gets baptized. He has been with missionaries for so long and has had so many challenges and small things that didn't let him get baptized. But he did it, and he gave his testimony after being baptized and it was such an amazing testimony. Such an amazing experience to be able to see his progress and even better to able to see how happy he was when he got baptized!
As well, this week we had divisions with the Assistants in Quito. It's always a good time to go back to Quito and to be with Elder Vega and Elder Harris. Super weird looking back to when we all traveled here to Ecuador and now we are all here with less than 6 months... We have all changed so much. But I went with Elder Vega for the day, and we actually had a great day! We were able to visit an investigator that I found about a month ago that is super close to he baptism as well. She has just been struggling to get her answer, so we were able to help her out with that. But overall, a good day in Quito!
On Friday, we also had divisions with the Elders of Carabuela, Elder Stallings and Elder Ramierez. I got to go with Elder Ramirez for the day. He is a new missionary. He's got about four months in the mission haha, but is great. He is from Colombia. We were able to have a great day, being able to find some new investigators and helping some others get closer to their baptism. As well, we did some service in Otavalo just by cleaning the windows of all the little stores here. It helped us out a lot!
This Sunday, we went by and visited Ruben and Veronica and to be honest, they have to be two of the best people that I have ever met... The good news is that they told us that they have been praying about it and have decided that they want to get married!! Not only that, but they said that after they get married, they want to get baptized as well!! Such a blessing! Hopefully they can continue to progress and make it to their baptism in the future!!
We finally were able to visit Jakeline! We were able to teach her, and she says her dad got super mad at Jakeline. Now Jakeline's date is going to have to be put back a couple of weeks, sadly...Hopefully her dad can soften his heart so that Jakeline can receive the blessing of baptism.
A thought that I have had during the week is in the Bible in 1 Samuel 15:24: "And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice." It got me thinking about the power of fear. Like we heard in this past General Conference, fear is something that makes us weaker. Saul feared or was scared about what the people would think about him, and for that he did something that he shouldn't have done... We know what we must do, we must keep the commandments. Do what the Lord needs us to do, we must "fear not" like it says in the scriptures and trust in our Savior, Jesus Christ. I promise that this will be one of the biggest blessings that we can have in our own lives if we decide to learn today! Love you all. Elder Copeland
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