Hello y'all!
This week was awesome! Lots and lots of lessons every day, which is always good, an exchange, and a Zone Conference with Shane Littlefield thrown in there, too! What a crazy week!
So, I got a chance to be a Hermana for a day! We went on exchanges and I was with Sister Martinez, who is so funny and wild, and I love her haha. I was reading Spanish and realized that I read everything with a Swahili accent now. So, that's fun lol! But apparently, the Spanish made sense to her, so that's hype lol! Maybe I'll be a Spanish sister every so often:)
We had a Zone Conference with President Herrod and Shane Littlefield about obedience! There have been some problems in the mission recently that have caused a need to review the rules. So, Shane Littlefield, who is known for being super honest with missionaries, came! It was a really great Zone Conference! He reminded us of the power of sacrificing your time to the Lord. It gave us a renewed fire to be the best we can be! Some people weren't super excited about it, but I knew that those words were inspired!
There was a major rain storm this week, and the Idahoans have been praying for rain a lot this week! And finally, there was a lot of it. Like a lot. We had full-on floods outside of our house. So, the people we live with surfed and paddle boarded down this river in our backyard that was super super flooded. It was so fun haha! But, when the rain started, everyone came out of their houses, and they were all playing in the rain! We met a bunch of people as we laughed and talked about how much rain there was. People set off fireworks. Literally. Rain was definitely needed, and it became a community event!
So, y'all know Musa. We all love Musa. His wife's name is Velina, and she is still in a refugee camp in Africa. But, we have her contact information, and we have been teaching her over the phone. And, this week, she has been reading the Book of Mormon a lot, and told us, "Tutabatizwa pamoja na famlia yetu!" which means we will be baptized together with our family! It's amazing. They are now all on the same page, and I can't wait to see them all baptized as a family!!!! It seriously is amazing!
Shamilah is doing really well! This is the niece of Musa. Ever since we started teaching Musa and his family, they have been listening a lot more. She comes to church, too! She brings her cousins and everything! She is super sweet!
We went to visit Patricia this week, and when we got there, she said, "We've missed you so much!" They are so sweet! We love them. They've all been super sick this week, so we haven't been able to see them as much, but, they are still so great!
Someone we are teaching got Covid. She's pretty old and has been in and out of the hospital a lot recently. So, it is really hard for her. She is in the hospital continually on oxygen. So, if you can, please pray for her!
For my spiritual thoughts this week, I want to share a story with you that my mission president shared at our Zone Conference!
He talked about how coal becomes a diamond. It is found super deep in the earth and is very rough. But, through lots and lots of pressure, it becomes a raw, but still rough, diamond. Then, someone else has to work with it to make it the beautiful things we picture when we say diamonds.
This is kind of like us. We are rough and imperfect, but, through our trials and through everything else that we go through in life that makes life hard, we grow a little bit. We become better. But, we still can not be the beautiful diamond that God wants us to become without the touch of the Lord. He refines us, and through his Atonement, we reach our full potential. So, look at the trials and the repentance process as a way that God is making you into a diamond. Because he is.
Well, that's my week! I hope all of you are doing well, and I wish you a great week wherever you may be!
na upendo,
dada copeland
Pics of the Week
1. Sleepy Baby Baraka
2. Liam in a bucket
6. Shadrack is so cute.
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