Time is pretty weird on a mission. One week, it will feel like it drags on and on, but then the next week, it's over and I can barely remember it!? Anyways, this was one of the best weeks of my mission so far! We were able to see so many miracles, and I'll just get right into it now!
Tuesday: We had our weekly district meeting. President Donaldson
actually came up to our district meeting and gave an instruction to us. It was so good! He taught us more about how district meetings should now
be Schools of Excellence, and how we can learn more from the scriptures
from digging deeper into them. I really enjoyed his teachings, and I
love that guy with all my heart. I feel like I barely know him, but at
the same time I feel like I know so much about him. He is an incredible
man and I look up to him and his example! After District meeting, we
went on exchanges. I went with Elder Bradshaw for the day. We taught a
lesson to a guy named Abraham who is getting his Phd in Divinity over at
the University of Aberdeen. I don't remember if I talked about him
already, but, we had like a 2 hour lesson with him discussing works Vs. faith, and other deep things that started to hurt my head haha. These
Divinity students try to use big words to make us trip up on ourselves,
but somehow, two 19-year-old guys can hold their ground and defend their
faith with no knowledge than what we have learned on our missions so
far haha. The church is true! We decided to drop Abraham. There was no
progress being made. We then taught one of our investigators named
Alice. She is from Great Britain, studying here at the university. We had a really solid
lesson with her and she agreed to come to YSA with us the next day.
Other than that, we just Gq'd for the rest of the night. It was fun, and
Elder Bradshaw and I get along really well. We just talk about sports
all day.
Wednesday: A super busy day (basically every day)! We started out
the day with a lesson with a guy named Michael, it was alright. Then another lesson with David, then another lesson with Summer and her
Divinity friend, which took forever, of course. Then we had another
lesson with Alice and walked with her to the Stake Centre for YSA. She
enjoyed it a lot! Then we went back to our flat and had dinner and
called it a day. That is a really brief summary of my day, but to be
honest, you guys can hear every single little detail when I get home,
and I don't have a ton of time to email here haha.
Thursday: Another really busy day! Lesson after lesson, we just
stand in front of the Uni Library and get on-the-spot lessons with
people who have a little bit of time in between their lectures. One of
those lessons went really well with a girl named Delaine from the
States. She agreed to come to church with us on Sunday, too, and learn
more!
Friday: More lessons with lots of new investigators, all the way until dinner.
For dinner, we went over to the Dressels house again to see if Pearl had
made her decision to get baptized yet or not. Apparently she wanted to
wait until the Dressels (her daughter and her son-in-law) got home from
Dubai, which would be in a few months, to make her decision to get baptized though. Long story short, after dinner, we taught her, and the Spirit was so strong, she decided right then and there to be baptized on the 6 of November. That is TWO weeks away. We will be meeting with her a lot this week to
get her prepared. I am so happy for her, and am so excited. Highlight of
my mission right there, and her story is pretty cool. You will all get
to hear it eventually :) After that, we just went and taught some more,
then called it a night!
Saturday: Another day full of lessons. This week we had 19 lessons,
that is unreal!! I don't really have time to get into details, but it
was really good. The days go by really fast when you're teaching all the
time.
Sunday: Ah man today was crazy. We went over to ward coordination,
then had church. At church we had FOUR investigators there! It was
flippen crazy!! Pearl, Alice, Delaine, and Kate all came and it was so
good! It was the primary program and they had the missionaries come and
sing, "I Hope They Call Me on a Mission." Man, that was embarrassing. But
church went really well. We are meeting with all four of them this week
and seeing how it went for them.
My week was pretty crazy, but so good! We were able to see miracles
every single day and I can't thank our Father in Heaven enough for
everything he gives us. As we continue to work hard, we will be blessed
for it, and it WILL pay off! Please pray for our friends who are working
their way towards baptism. I love you all so much and hope you had a
great week. Remember to turn to our father for help, and he will be
there, he always is. I wish I would have realized that at times before my
mission, but that is why I am here! I have come so much closer to
him,and to the scriptures. I love them!! I also have been able to study
my Bible pretty deeply, since we get into 'debates' from the students a
lot haha. It's good banter, and it only shows me how much more true our
church is. I love you guys! Thanks for all you do! Talk to you next week
on Halloween!
Love,
Elder Copeland
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