Well, there goes
another transfer!
WOW! Every day is faster and faster. I'm sure it's the same for
you guys, also. I want to say one thing! On Tuesday, I went and worked in the
area of the District leader, and we were just walking and saw a sign of a
country club, so I said, "Let's walk over there and contact," so we walked over
there and I saw a golf course for the first time in 7 months. I literally
almost shed a tear...
But this week was
pretty good. We had another baptism on Saturday! We were extremely blessed to
have as many baptisms as we had last transfer (5). I have learned a lot about
Alma 26:12 on my mission, "Yea I know that I am nothing, as to my strength
I am weak, therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God,
for in his strength I can do all things, yea, behold many mighty miracles we
have wrought in this land, for which we will praise his name forever." I
love that scripture and its so true!
But to baptize the
lady this past week was an adventure... We went to their house at 8:30 in the
morning to pick them all up to take them to the chapel in Managua, but we
walked in there and she had a ankle brace on and said she didn't want to do it
cause her ankle hurt, but I wouldn't let her say no. I told her we would bring a
taxi directly in front of her house and take her right in front of the chapel so
she didn't even really have to walk. She kept saying, "No," and wouldn't let us give her a
blessing. Well, about 40 minutes more of arguing with her, she finally said, "Ok."
So she was baptized, but then on Sunday she told us that she would go to the
church herself, so I trusted her and we had to go bring other people to church.
So we got to church. What do you know, she wasn't there... So we had to go all
the way back to her house, and she said she didn't want to do it cause she had
to cook for her mom. I said, "No, come on." We went and got another moto taxi right
in front of her house so she would come, and she was confirmed. Honestly,
sometimes it's so annoying, but that's just a short version. I can't even describe
in words the story of it all.
All of Friday-Sunday
we were without water... That was miserable. Being in the Nicaragua heat all
day and coming in at night all sweaty and not being able to shower for a couple
days was terrible! Last night, I got so desperate that I went and asked a person
for a bucket of water to shower hahaah...
But last night we were just sitting
in the 'shack' around 11 at night and I asked Elder Page if maybe the valve
was turned off. He said he didn't touch it, but he went outside to look, and sure
enough someone went into our water thing and turned it all off... It was bogus!
I guess that's another thing I took for granted, water. Try Nica heat, being a
missionary, and sweating nonstop and to top it all off, no water for 3 days...
Bush league!! But it's all part of the experience:)
Other than that,
nothing really happened this week, but we have transfers on Wednesday and I
think I am leaving, but I don't find out for sure til tomorrow. So you guys have
to wait another week... But I love you guys. Thanks for all the support and
love.
Challenges will come
to you, but as you trust in God they will strengthen your faith.
Elder Copeland
Elder Copeland showed the pictures of the kids they took to church last week. He said, "These are only some of the kids at the house. Yesterday we watched the movie, 'The Testaments' with them. They're awesome."
"We bought this baseball for all the kids in one of the families that we
are teaching if they went to church. So I decided to put this on the
ball for them."
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