I hope you are all doing well! This week went by so quickly, never enough time to get everything done throughout the week! I am loving my new area though. There is a lot for us to get done here, and I am excited for this week to work hard! But anyways, Ill go through my week best I can remember!
Wednesday: We had All Ireland! We got picked up by our Zone Leaders
and drove down to Dublin. We were able to hear from President
Donaldson, as well as hear from Elder Paul Johnson of the area Seventy! It
was an incredible day! We learned so much from these men, and the Spirit
was powerful! I was able to see a lot of my friends who were over here
as well. Some very sacred experiences that day I will never forget!
("Here are some pics of All Ireland/Dublin city! It was great to see some
of my friends again :)"
("The spire of Dublin was really cool!" It is, also, known as the Monument of Light, 390 feet high, located on O'Connell Street in Dublin.)
(O'Connell Street)
Thursday: We had a full day to explore our area! We have a small
town center here, so we just GQ'd a lot. Later in the evening, we tried
to do some chapping as well (knocking on doors)! I haven't really done much of that on my
mission, so it was a good experience. You never know what is behind a
persons door until they open it, pretty exciting stuff, usually some
good laughs as well. The people here are very nice, but a LOT and I mean
that, are very strong BORN AGAINS. That means from time to time, well,
lets just say a few Bible bashes occur haha. Luckily, I know my Bible
pretty well, and I like to call it more of defending the faith if
anything ;) Good times
Friday: Another full day of Finding! Not too many lessons yet as we
have literally no one left for us to teach here, so we just have to
build up the teaching pool and get familiar with the area some more!
(Elder Copeland stated, "Here are a few pics of Lisburn. I will take some more this week of the area and of our flat!")
Saturday: More finding, more exploring. I had a pretty heated
discussion with a Church Of Ireland Minister, hahahaha, ah man I didn't
mean too, but I roasted him. The Trinity is a total bogus concept that
people seem to accept and it blows my mind. We had a nice discussion
about the Godhead and how the Bible shows us that Jesus Christ is the
SON of God, not another form of God. I asked him if he knew what the
Nicene Creed was and he had no idea... that is where they created the
Trinity! Anyways, we found some great potentials, and I had some fun as
well.
Sunday: Today was Fast Sunday and our first time with the ward at
church! I went up and bore my testimony on my love for Christ, and how
excited I am to work with the ward here! The ward is incredible already!
We have like 40 children as well in this ward. It feels like I am back
home with all of the screaming and running around of the little children. It's great! This ward
is huge as well! A lot of great people came up and talked to us. I
can't wait to get to know them all a bit better and start working with
them!
("Here is a picture of our Super Bowl Sunday evening, watching a video about the apostles and prophets instead haha!")
So that was my week as best as I can remember. Obviously, a lot
more happened than that, but that is the best I can do with the time I
have. I have faith that Heavenly Father has me here for a reason, and I
know that as Elder Nelson and I work hard, we will be blessed and see
miracles! I was missing home a little bit this week, especially since
everything felt so new again and I wasn't comfortable with all my
surroundings, but that is okay! I will get to know the area and the
people better! I love you all and hope you have a brilliant week!
Remember everything we have been given and how blessed we are and thank
Heavenly Father for it! :)
Elder Copeland
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