HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!
Hope everyone enjoyed their holiday weekend. As for missionaries, the grind doesn't stop for fireworks! So, here are the highlights of my week!
I'm gonna start with my favorite thing! This Sunday, was the meeting where we all fast, and then anyone can get up and bear their testimony of Jesus Christ. So, I was translating, and all of a sudden, Musa, my favorite person I've ever taught, got up to share his testimony. He got up there and started to talk about his family who lives in Africa. He has been saying that he wants to be baptized with his family, so he can't get baptized yet. But, in his testimony, he said that he prays every single day so his family can come here, because he wants so badly to be baptized and to receive the priesthood, and go to the temple together. HIS TESTIMONY IS SO STRONG. I know that I am here for him and his family. They are amazing.
We found a new guy this week! He came into the country about three weeks ago, and we saw him one day and we finally got to visit him this week! We talked about the restoration of the gospel and about the Book of Mormon, and he was so excited to get a Book of Mormon for himself! We are excited to see what happens with him!
This week is the first week we had President Herrod as our mission president! Sister John and I went down to MLC, which is a conference for the mission leadership, and we got to meet President Herrod and his wife! They are from San Diego and talked about how they were able to work with tons of refugees from California! They are so so so excited to work with our branch and said he is ready to do whatever he can to help us succeed! He was super nervous at our conference, but he is going to get the hang of it and be an awesome president!
Mwaibola went to the hospital this week. We have no idea why, but apparently, it had to do with her heart. Anyways, the Elders were able to go and give her a priesthood blessing in the hospital, and it was really good for her. She missed her children a lot, but I was able to call and calm her down. When she came home, we went to visit her, and we were able to find out that she wants to be baptized! She said that she is going to wait for her husband and two other kids to get to America, and then they are going to do it all together. I'm glad that she is progressing, and I am just trusting in the Lord's time.
For the 4th of July, the Elders pranked us. Classic. They put little pop-its all around our house. The first one I noticed was while I was in the shower. Because the room got warm from the shower steam, one of the pop-its exploded. They originally put it under the toilet seat, but we never sat down for it to pop on us. But, I will say the popping sound startled me haha. Then later, we turned on our fan, and all of a sudden the popping sound happened again. They put tons of the pop-its on our ceiling fan, and they flew around the room hahaha. It was a fun way to celebrate the 4th hahaha. Until all of Twin Falls did fireworks until 12:30 am... but other than that, it was a fun day.
For my spiritual thought, I would like to share something I read in Doctrine and Covenants this week. The Lord was comforting Joseph Smith as he was sitting in Liberty Jail. He says,
"5 If thou art called to pass through tribulation; if thou art in perils among false brethren...
7 if the heavens gather blackness, and all the elements combine to hedge up the way; and above all, if the very jaws of hell shall gape open the mouth wide after thee, know thou, my son, that all these things shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good.
8 The Son of Man hath descended below them all. Art thou greater than he?"
I really love this scripture. There are many other things in between verses 5 and 7 that the Lord lists as possible trials, but he still says, no matter what, Christ has descended below them all. He also says that the trials we face will be for our good. We could be the most faithful and obedient people to live on Earth, but we would still experience trials. It's just the nature of our mortal lives. We need to experience trials so that we may grow and become the people God wants us to become. So, don't think that you are being punished because oftentimes, our hardships are for our good.
Well, that's about it for me this week!
I hope y'all are having a fantastic week, and if you need anything, hmu!
-Sister Copeland :)
Pics of the Week
1. The coolest thing Sister John's parents got for me!
2. I hit my 400th day as a missionary this week. Wack. I only have like 120 to go!
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