Wow. Unbelievable busy week.
I won't be able to cover all of it, as much as I want to tell you guys everything.
Monday, took our suitcases with us to Momos, and then we stayed in San Francisco El Alto with Zone Leaders because there weren't cars back to either of our areas.
Tuesday, we went to Momos because my comp needed the second dose of Covid. We ended up waiting five hours for him to get it. He never got it. So President said that we needed to go Xequemeya the next day to get it. So we went back to Canquixaja that night, with our suitcases, because we were going to go to Panca after the vaccine, but it never happened.
Wednesday, wow. There weren't any Fletes from Canquixajá to Xequemeya, so we walked . . with our suitcases, my 45 pound suitcase, from Canquixajá to Xequemeya. Literally, from one mountain to another, on a dirt/ loose rock road, with a 45 pound suitcase. I had to haul it up the Xequemeya mountain. I was dripping sweat. Something I'll never forget. That will be my go to story when I'm a grandpa, that I had to carry a suitcase from one mountain to another while the kids in the future have everything easy. But afterwards, we paid a guy to take us to Panca, because we were sick of hauling our suitcases around for four days straight.
Thursday, woke up to a call from Zone Leaders saying that we had to go back to San Francisco because we would go with them the next day to the Temple. That whole day we had splits and worked all day long. Taught three lessons and found kids that haven't been baptized yet.
Friday, we went to the Temple in Xela. It was amazing. The Spirit was so strong the whole time. Got some cool pictures, too.
After we came back to Panca, had a great lesson with a Hermana that we are hoping to get a baptism date from soon. Her husband is a member but active about 50 percent of the time. So we are trying to strengthen them while also baptizing the wife.
Saturday, we had the missionary devotional with Elder Gong. He talked about temples right after we had just gone through the day before. It was cool to hear him say the name of our mission and our zones. Since I've amped up reading the scriptures since becoming a missionary, my testimony for prophets and apostles has grown so much. I think it is so cool that we have prophets and apostles to lead and guide us during these times, just the same as the prophets in the scriptures during those times. It would be so scary to not have these leaders today to help us stay along the path and give us direction through the revelation they receive. I'm so thankful for that knowledge that I have and the comfort that it brings me.
Also, found a scorpion as we were putting our trash in the garbage. It almost got me.
Sunday, gave my testimony again in church. I think that's number 4 now because there aren't many people who want and are able to talk during sacrament meeting. My Spanish is great now. Not able to understand everything and every word, but giving talks and lessons I can do almost no problem now. I'm very thankful how much I've improved over the past two months. Yesterday we also had a lesson with a 7-year-old girl who is the daughter of the president of the branch. The President wants us to teach her because she is going to be baptized in a couple weeks. But her older siblings have told me that she likes me, so whenever I see her or wave at her she gets super, super nervous. So during the lesson, she was so nervous and didn't want to say much haha. But it went well, we gave her, her first Book of Mormon. It was cool.
Everything is going great and enjoying how hard these days are. I know they are shaping me and making me a better missionary. Hopefully, soon we will have a baptism here in this area that has not had one in two years. We are close!
Elder Copeland
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