What's up, fam?
There goes March... Only got a few more days being 19 years old... WEIRD! Here in Nicaragua, April is the most brutal month, and I am literally dying of
heat right now. It's impossible to get adapted to this heat. I also made it
through another change... changes are on Wednesday, I find out tomorrow if I am
leaving or staying. I'm really anxious to know, I hope I go. I am ready for a new
start.
Well, this
week was good. We found 2 families this week, seem to be pretty positive, but
we need to marry them. Absolutely no one is married here and no one wants to, so
it's tough to find families here and same with men cause all they do here is
drink, smoke, go find girls, and you know the list goes on.
One of the
families the lady's name is Rosa. She came to church 2 weeks ago just to
see what Mormons are really like. She loved it. That day we visited her and she
accepted a baptismal date along with her man and kid. She is reading the Book
of Mormon and knows that it is true and that Joseph Smith was the Prophet of
the Restoration. She's awesome and is progressing everyday. The only problem is
the man, he just doesn't care.
Sometimes I
think my work is pointless and isn't effective at all cause we get rejected so
much. I have definitely noticed in my mission what many are called, but few are
chosen really means. And plus everyone will have 'their time' to accept it or
no. So far in my mission, I have 9 baptisms and not a single one of them was
easy, not one bit. I have worked my tail off for every single one of them! It's sad
to see so many people rejecting the Book of Mormon, just read it like honestly. I love 2 Nephi 29.
6: Thou
fool, that shall say: A Bible, we have got a Bible, and we need no more Bible. Have ye obtained a Bible save it were by the Jews?
7: Know ye
not that there are more nations than one? Know ye not that I, the Lord your
God, have created all men, and that I remember those who are upon the isles of
the sea; and that I rule in the heavens above and in the earth beneath; and I
bring forth my word unto the children of men, yea, even upon all the nations of
the earth?
8:
Wherefore murmur ye, because that ye shall receive more of my word? Know ye not
that the testimony of two nations is a witness unto you that I am God, that I
remember one nation like unto another? Wherefore, I speak the same words unto
one nation like unto another. And when the two nations shall run together the
testimony of the two nations shall run together also.
9: And I do
this that I many prove unto many that I am the same yesterday, today, and
forever; and that I speak forth my words according to mine own pleasure. And
because that I have spoken one word ye need not suppose that I cannot speak
another; for my work is not yet finished; neither shall it be until the end of
man, neither from that time henceforth and forever.
And also a
few verses from 2 Nephi 28.
29: Wo be
unto him that shall say; We have received the word of God, and we need no more
of the word of God, for we have enough!
30: For
behold, thus saith the Lord God: I will give unto the children of men line upon
line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little; and blessed are
those who hearken unto my precepts, and lend an ear unto my counsel, for they
shall learn wisdom; for unto him that receiveth I will give more; and from them
that shall say, We have enough, from them shall be taken away even that which
they have.
31: Cursed
is he that putteth his trust in man, or maketh flesh his arm, or shall hearken
unto the precepts of men, save their precepts shall be given by the power of
the Holy Ghost.
How blessed
are we? Like honestly its incredible. We have the truth, we have it, now
we need to share it with everyone. The right path is never the easiest
path; Jesus Christ, Joseph Smith, and many people from the Book of Mormon. The
church is true and I love it and I live it!
Oh yea, last
night I had another huge tarantula chillin right by my bed
(Elder Copeland said, this big guy was "Just chillin right by my bed. The sad thing is that I'm in his territory, he's not in mine." But in the end, he still did away with the spider.)
Also, this picture is from a lady in the branch. This dog is a BOY and his name is
Angie haahah! love you mom<3
For family
home evening tonight, I have something for you guys to do. Watch "The Testaments," the movie about the people of the Book of Mormon. (This video is now available on DVD.)
Mucho amor,
el ünico
Elder
Copeland
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