Week 48 - August 14, 2024

 WEDNESDAY (8/7/24):  Pretty good P-day!  We woke up pretty early and went to the Green Bridge next to our apartment.  We threw an old guitar off the bridge and got some pictures!  We also drove through a vineyard which was pretty fun!  After getting some things done at the apartment, we drove up to Seaside and visited the Pier.  We saw some guys selling some Trump Flags and some Trump magnets.  I, of course, had to support this man; I bought a flag and some magnets!  I was also able to get some Virgen Maria socks and some Horachas for Zone Council Monday 🤣.   After walking around the pier and looking at the sea lions, we headed back to Greenfield!  

Once P-day ended, we taught our friend Camilo about the restoration of the Priesthood keys, the Atonement of Jesus Christ, and Repentance.  Camilo is way cool; he invited us into his house, and we got to meet his family as well!  They were all present during the lesson.  After, we taught Clemente and Irma about covenants and the Priesthood; Elder Paxman used a great analogy of rubber bands to show how our relationship with Heavenly Father strengthens as we make and keep further covenants.  We also taught them about the Kingdoms of Glory.  We invited them to pray about covenants together.  To end the night, we visited Susana to see how she was doing.

THURSDAY (8/8/24):  We started the morning by finding a place near our apartment; we walked with some lady named Aurora until we met Christian.  He was on his way to the gym, so we just introduced ourselves to him/our purpose as missionaries and got his information.  After, a little Oaxacan man named Magdaleno came up to us and asked us to come teach him at his house; we walked with him and taught about the Priesthood and the Restoration.  He was a little drunk, but he was genuinely interested!  He also asked us if he could get a picture with him which was pretty funny 🤣; after, we taught one of our friends named Francisca.  We taught her about miracles and read from Moroni 7:27-31.  She was a super nice lady, but she wasn't interested in committing as she's always busy.  After finishing studying and daily contacts, we went and visited Freddy.  We helped him fill out his job applications and talked/taught him a little more about prayer!  We left Moroni 7 to read and sent him, "Motions of a Hidden Fire" by Jeffrey R Holland to read.  After, we hung out with Adan and Cesar; Brian was sleeping haha.  We talked about how school was going, we looked through some old photos of us and we explained to them what/how our missions are like. We read a little from 3 Nephi 11, very surprised they listened haha, and then Cesar said a prayer.  After the prayer though, Cesar and Adan started swinging 🤣. 

We talked to a lady named Dolores (nice lady who wasn't too interested) about the Book of Mormon. Afterwards, we had a really good lesson with Andreas. He showed his chickens (he has around 40 of them), his bunnies, and his dogs.  He told us his dream was to one day own a farm.  He's currently going to school to become a vet which is pretty cool!  I love learning more about people's passions; you never know what a person is truly passionate about until you get to know them.  We taught him about the Atonement and death of Jesus Christ, he had not heard of it before, and the nature of God.  We also taught him how to pray and what repentance means.  

 

 

 

Afterwards, we taught one of our friends named Yolanda about the Atonement of Jesus Christ and how we can change and become better through the process of Repentance.  She was kinda interested: we just invited her to read from the Book of Mormon and testified of it.  We ended the night by re-teaching Susana about the Gospel of Jesus Christ; she actually remembered the whole thing without us having to tell her, which was pretty cool!

FRIDAY (8/9/24):  We started the day by doing service at Tony's house.  We helped them lay bark and set up barriers around the yard.  While doing so, Tony was telling us more about his conversion story and some of the experiences he has had as a convert to the church. He was telling us of experiences of members in the ward being pretty judgmental and uncaring towards members, missionaries, and friends in the ward.  From the time I've been down here, I totally agree with him!  I really want to help this ward and now the branch to become more unified and loving.  They haven't been open at all to the missionaries, our friends, recent converts, etc.  There are of course members who are absolutely amazing (Hermano Mateo, Tony, etc.)  For medical reasons, Tony uses medical marijuana for his joint problems; he told us how he was able to get First Presidency approval to be able to use marijuana.  He showed how a bong works which was super entertaining 🤣.

 

Afterwards, we helped move their pool table to their backyard; the thing was massive, so we had to break it up into slabs and move it piece by piece.  

After doing service at Tony's, we did our daily contact and then went to work!  After some unsuccessful contacts, we met a pretty cool girl named Jocelyn.  She didn't know much about God, Jesus Christ, etc.  So, we explained to her who God was and why Jesus Christ was important.  We left her Alma 18 to read. Afterwards, we did some more searching and found some pretty solid people.  To end the night, we had a long but effective lesson with Clemente and Irma; Hermano Mateo and his wife were able to come as well!  We talked about Joseph Smith and the first vision, the importance of the Priesthood, the importance of making Covenants, and the importance of receiving the Gift of the Holy Ghost.  The lesson was kinda all over the place, but it went well!  They told us they're definitely planning on getting baptized soon; they just had some concerns about the classes and the members.  They told us that they felt like the members weren't really welcoming toward them and that they didn't understand anything they were being taught in the classes!  We told them that we absolutely agreed with them about the members needing to be better (which they do) and we showed them how to use "Come Follow Me" before coming to class every Sunday!  Hopefully with the Branch now, the members will become more unified!  Clemente and Irma will get there!  They are so solid; I was also able to bring Caleb, their 2-year-old son, a color book with crayons which he loved!

SATURDAY (8/10/24):  We started the morning by teaching our friend Magdaleno about faith!  We read from Alma 32:21 and explained to him what faith was! We invited him to have faith throughout the week and continue to read and pray in the scriptures!  After saying a quick prayer with our friend Aurelia, we visited Eduardo and his mother (Vilma).  We read from 2 Nephi 31:20 and Mosiah 3:17 and talked about the importance of following Jesus Christ through our faith and action.  After doing our daily contact, we visited with Simon and Francisco.  While I massaged Francisco's shoulder, he and Simon watched the Alma 17 Book of Mormon video which talks about the nature of God.  Simon said the sweetest prayer to end the lesson; he speaks very little Spanish, so he read from a paper that a past missionary had written for him.

Afterwards, we met a man named Adan and talked to him about the Book of Mormon.  After, we visited with our friend Roy.  Roy has a little kid named Koda, who has severe ADHD, and he was going crazy the whole time; he really likes aquatic animals so for 45 minutes straight, he kept talking about sharks, whales, fish, etc. You could tell Roy was mentally and physically drained: he loves Koda, but he is a lot of work.  I'll definitely be praying for him and his family.  We ended the night by having dinner with Adri and Tony and talking about the Restoration with Susana once again.

SUNDAY (8/11/24):  We had a Stake Conference today down at Seaside.  We started the morning by helping Hermano Villa out of his bed and into his chair.  At the Stake Conference, a Seventy (I forgot his name) came and talked to the English and Spanish members of the Monterey Stake.  If I'm being honest, most of the time I was journaling during the sessions, so I wasn't really paying attention. 

 

After getting back from Seaside, which took up most of the day due to the distance, we came back and did some daily contact.  We also had to help put Hermano Villa back in his bed.  Afterwards, we tried visiting some people but didn't have much success.  After, we headed to Night Church and taught some of the Sisters' friends about the Atonement of Jesus Christ.  We ended the night by having dinner with Tony and Adri.

MONDAY (8/12/24):  We had Zone Council today up in Salinas; It was a bit of a drag if I'm being honest: The whole time, we talked about making sure we use proper titles, not listening to music, the need of being more consecrated, and making sure we follow the Standards.  Listen, I'm one for being obedient but making a 3-HOUR Zone Council about it was pretty miserable.  Afterwards, we had a good District Council and talked about the importance of Christlike Attributes.

 

 

 

After getting back to Greenfield, we had to go help some members in King City move a metal tent to another part of their yard.  It was pretty hard, but we managed to get it down.  The member was a really cool guy; he had workout equipment for me to use and he explained to us his passion for riding unicycles and motorcycles.  After, we taught our friend Jocelyn about prayer and the importance of prayer; we taught her how to pray and left her 2 Nephi 32 to read.  After, we visited with Freddy and talked to him about his job applications, and we re-taught him the restoration.  We testified of the Book of Mormon and left him Moroni 7 to read.  Afterwards, we went around inviting as many people to Noche de Hogar, the activity that would be taking place the next day and found some people as well!  We ended the night by saying hi to Susana and talking to our friend Manuel Garcie about paranormal activity haha.

TUESDAY (8/13/24):  We started the morning by finding six people; we knocked on an apartment complex near us and found some cool people, some cooler than others haha.  While searching, our friend Jocelyn called us and asked us to pray for her and her family!  After praying for her, we set up a time to go visit her this Thursday.  After eating, doing daily contact and finishing up our studies, we tried visiting our friend Magdaleno, but he was sleeping.  We found a cool kid named Jessie though and talked to him about the Book of Mormon.  After, we had Noche De Hogar and the Branch President taught us about the Holy Ghost.  We also played a game with the kids where we had to lie which was pretty funny.  Brian, Cesar and Adan were being crazy: they were trying to hit each other, and they were cursing like CRAZY!  Susana and Freddy, my recent converts, came through which was sick!  We ended the night by finding a referral we had been trying to contact named Hilpolito, which was a miracle, and also reactivating a lady and her family who we had previously talked to in the past (but had lost contact with).  She came up to us without us noticing in the evening and gave us her phone number and address! We are going to try and set something up with her this week!  We ended the night by heading up to Soledad to have a sleepover with Elder Isaacson and Elder Morris.   Elder Copeland

 

Week 47 - August 11, 2024

 WEDNESDAY (7/31/24):  After doing our laundry, cleaning up, working out (always), we headed up to Soledad to hang out with Kevin and Johnny at their house.  Johnny was playing Just Dance which was extremely entertaining haha.  Johnny wanted a cheeseburger afterwards, so we took him to Burger King.  After, we decided to go over to a ginormous train tunnel that sits adjacent to the fields.  Me and Elder Isaacson climbed on top of it and got some dope pictures.  Afterwards, we went shopping and talked to our families at the chapel.  Once P-Day ended, we talked with Bishop Cottman and helped Susana get her temple recommend.  We also had a missionary correlation meeting where we talked about our progressing friends and members we were currently working with.  Afterwards, we went and tried visiting one of our inactive members named Lysette at her house.  As soon as we knocked on her door, her mom chewed us out.  She was furious at us for coming to her house, even though we had confirmed it previously with Lysette, and was cussing us out.  She slammed the door so hard that the entire house shook!  I had never been yelled at or cussed like that at all during my mission; it was super entertaining haha.  I remained calm and tried explaining to her the situation, but she wasn't having it.  I'll definitely be praying for Lysette and her mom 🤣; hopefully one day we can meet with her!  After, we ended by teaching Susana about the importance of prayer once again.

THURSDAY (8/1/24):  We started the day by helping transport Hermano Villa to his chair.  The Villas were celebrating their 26th wedding anniversary today!  They were going to Carmel by the Sea to have dinner and visit the area.  After helping the Villas, we went up to Tony's to help him change his car oil, clean up his garage, and help unscrew his pool table.  The pool table is extremely heavy as it is made of concrete.  We got it ready to move, but we decided to try and move it another time when we could have some more help.  We also helped Tony get his temple recommend.  After, we went and taught some people we had found.  We taught our friend Yoland about the fall of Adam and Eve and the need of opposition in all things.  We tried visiting a couple people but didn't have much success afterwards.  We tried visiting Generado and Jessica, but we had caught them at a bad time.  From what we could tell, they were getting evicted; they told us that they were moving to Soleded.  We're gonna try and figure out their situation.  We ended the night by helping Hermano Villa again and teaching Clemente and Irma.  We had a fantastic lesson with them!  We taught them about the Plan of Salvation (up until the Kingdoms of Glory) and Hermano Mateo was able to give Irma a blessing.  She was still recovering from her recent eye surgery.  Hermano Mateo gave her a fantastic blessing; Irma was really moved by the spirit!

FRIDAY (8/2/24):   We had Zone Conference today in Salinas.  We talked about the importance of prayer and making it a priority in our lives.  We also were able to participate in trainings run by the Zone Leaders and STLs.  After Zone Conference, we headed back up to Greenfield.  Zone Conference always takes up most of the day, so we weren't able to get much done. 

After daily contacting, we met a cool man while trying to look for our friends, named Andreas.  We explained to him the Book of Mormon and the importance of prayer and left him 2 Nephi 32.  After finding, we had a lesson with one of the friends that Elder Paxman and Elder Bailey De Jesus had found on exchanges named Eloise.  We taught her about prayer and read from Alma 37:37; she has a daughter named Kimberly who is absolutely adorable; and that's saying something because I'm not a fan of little kids 🤣. We ended the night by talking with Susana and helping her out with some things she was going through.

SATURDAY (8/3/24):  We were supposed to go up to the temple, but we decided not to go since none of our recent converts or friends were able to go.  After finding in the morning, we visited with Silivia for a little while. We talked with her a while about all kinds of things 🤣. She had some parrots, and we named them after ourselves.  After daily contacting, we visited with an inactive member named Jesus.  He's only 12 and doesn't have much support from him family or friends; he's super cool though!  We just invited him to church: we'll see if he comes!  After, we visited with Freddy to see how he was doing.  He's still trying to apply for a job currently and asked us for help with his application; we're gonna plan a day to help him write and plan it out.  We also taught him about fasting and invited him to fast for Fast Sunday.  After, we visited with Fransico and Simon.  I massaged his neck and shoulder while Elder Paxman worked on his leg; we also watched Book of Mormon videos while doing this 🤣.  After, we visited with Roy and talked with him for a while.  Roy is an inactive member who is trying to get back to church; it's hard for him since his wife his Catholic.  We talked with him and then gave him a blessing since he currently had pneumonia.  After, our friend Camilo invited us into his house!  We taught about him the Restoration and the need of Priesthood keys!  We bore our testimonies on the Book of Mormon and left him 2 Nephi 32 to read!  After, we stopped by Elvira and Lupita's house and invited them to church!  We ended the night by talking it up with Susana and re-teaching her about the Sacrament, covenants, and the importance of renewing our covenants each week.

SUNDAY (8/4/24):  For church today, it was combined with the Spanish branch and the English ward.  During the Sacrament, the Stake President was present.  He announced that the Spanish group would be converted into a Branch!  I'm glad the group became a branch, but I don't know if the group is big enough yet.  I'm not the one in charge though, I just work here 🤣.  The Branch President is a super solid guy!  They'll do great; they just have a lot of work ahead of them! 

After, me and Elder Paxman had weekly planning.  After planning our week, we visited with Freddy.  We brought him some ties to wear and talked a little more about his job situation.  He's pretty frustrated about his whole situation since he hasn't been able to get a job yet; we encouraged him to continue trying and we told him to put his trust in God and God's timing; he understood and agreed with us.  After, we tried visiting Brian and Cesar, but they were at the park.  After, we tried visiting Elvira, but she and Lupita were heading to a party or something.  We just played soccer with their kids instead.  We ended the night by teaching one of the sisters' drunk friends about the Holy Ghost 🤣; after, we cooked up some pizzas with Tony and Adri.  We used the pizza oven that we helped Tony get!  They were delicious!  Tony's businesses is going to do fantastic!  He starts it up on August 28th!

 

 

MONDAY (8/5/24):  We had a fire District Council this morning!  We talked about sacrifice and watched the "Stonecutter"!  It's the story of John Rowe Moyle: the man who settled Alpine, Utah, (where I live) and how he traveled back and forth from SLC and Alpine for work, even after losing his leg!  It's a fantastic short film!  Sacrifice is giving up something for something greater in return!  After doing daily contact, we went finding!  We talked with Christian and his family and talked a little more with them about the Book of Mormon.  After, we found some really cool people in an apartment complex!  After we tried visiting Freddy, but he wasn't home; however, we had a really good lesson with our friend Andreas.  He invited us into his garage to teach him.  We taught him how to pray and left him with 2 Nephi 32 to read.  He knows very little about God and Jesus Christ, so he's really interested in learning more about what we're teaching him!  He's also really into animals!  He was currently taking/nurturing chickens in his backyard; he told us he'd show us his backyard the next time we passed by. After, we went over to Silvia's house and made pupusas with her!  After, we tried visiting some people but none of them were home.  We ended the night by visiting Susana and read a little bit from the Book of Mormon.

TUESDAY (8/6/24):  We had to go up to Salinas today to get our car fixed.  While waiting for our car to be fixed, we went to the Salinas Chapel to do daily contact.  They were also doing a blood drive while we there.  Apparently, one of the workers said that she smelled gasoline, so they evacuated the whole building.  Me and Elder Paxman knew that she was being crazy, so we stayed inside.  The fire department came and checked out the whole building and surprisingly enough, there was no gas leak.  After getting our car back (which took up a good chunk of the day, we went and found some people.  After, we had a long phone call with Gabriel.  Gabriel was upset how everyone ignored him last Sunday and how no one wanted to talk to him.  Apparently, he has a lot of problems with some of the members in the Branch and the Ward; Gabriel brought up a lot of good points (many which I agree with; the people are very unwelcoming towards new members, returning members, etc.) For some reason, the ward and the branch are not unified at all!  But at the same time, Gabriel experiences mental challenges from years of drug abuse; Gabriel told me I was the only missionary he liked since I had a big heart.  After Gabriel, we taught English Class and then we ended the night by visiting Susana again and re-teaching her the Restoration.  Elder Copeland

 

Weeks 45 and 46 - July 31, 2024



WEDNESDAY (7/24/24):  We cleaned up, worked out, shopped and hung out with Elder Isaacson and Elder Morris.  These Elders are the best!  We went up to Salinas and looked around Boot Barn.  They had some crazy boots:   Some were made out of rattlesnakes, ostriches, etc.  After, we went to Salinas Chapel and played some volleyball; I was able to get a haircut from Elder Morris as well!  He did a great job!  After P-day, we visited Susana and went over the baptismal interview questions.  She passed the questions pretty easily!  We had to explain to her the Priesthood again.  We ended the night by teaching Clemente the first half of The Plan of Salvation.

 

THURSDAY (7/25/24):  Today was boiling: it was pretty miserable.  We started the day by trying to contact in the morning for a while.  Our friends we were supposed to contact in the morning weren't home sadly.  We found a pretty cool guy named Hector though.  We taught him about the Book of Mormon.  While studying at the church, our friend Joshua (the drunk man who came to church last Sunday) came knocking on the door trying to come in:  he was drunk again.  He was trying to come and was asking us if we could give him a sermon.  He wanted to come in, but we obviously told him no 🤣: he wasn't too happy about that and flipped us off.  

After, we decided to weekly plan since it was 110° outside.  We also pushed our dinner hour so we could be out longer during the evening.  After, we helped Fransico out with his physical therapy.  I worked on his shoulder and back while Elder Paxman worked on his leg.  We let him watch the 3 Nephi 18 video that explained the sacrament and the importance of partaking of the sacrament!  Were gonna continue to be this guy's physical therapist and help him out! 

After, we went and talked to Susana for a bit and helped her continue to progress towards her baptism. We talked about a bunch of random stuff for a while. After, we tried visiting one of our friends that we had met the other day but he wasn't home. We met some man with dementia though and he told us his life story. After, we met with Luis again.  It had been a while since we had seen him.  We talked for a while and how he had been doing.  He told us that he is still continuing to work on himself and that he wasn't committed quite yet on making a covenant with God.  He told us that he loved talking with us and that we had made his day better.  He told us that he's going to continue to work on himself and his relationship with God and Jesus Christ.  Luis is an awesome guy!  He may not be ready right now, but I truly believe that one day he'll be ready!

FRIDAY (7/26/24):  We had interviews with President Larson up in Salinas.  We had to wait a while for our interviews since the Sisters took a while.  We had a training with President Larson afterwards.  We talked about the Priesthood and read from President Nelson's last General Conference talk.  After, I had my interview with President Larson.  It was a pretty chill interview.  I basically told him I never want leadership and that I was doing well!  He said my spiritual gift is that I'm able to get along well with everyone (Hopefully that doesn't mean I get put with a clanker [no one likes clankers]).  I also told him I want to stay with Elder Paxman one more transfer here in Greenfield!  Elder Paxman is awesome: hopefully he listens to my request.  After, we headed back to Greenfield to start the day.

Since interviews took so long, we weren't able to get much done.  After finding for a bit, we had Susana's baptismal interview.  She passed!  We ended the night by getting the chapel ready for her baptism the following day and having comp study with the STLs and Zone Leaders.

 

SATURDAY (7/27/24):  We started the morning by helping Hermana Villa with her plants.  We helped plant some flower bulbs and some plants in her front and back yard.  The ground was super hard, so it was a lot of hard work.  After going home and showing, we had the baptism of Susana!  A good amount of people showed up!  Elder Candia was able to come down and baptize her!  I was able to give her the Gift of the Holy Ghost as well!  Hermana Villa and Hermano Mateo gave great talks as well!  All in all, it was a super awesome baptism; super spiritual as well!  After filling out Susana's baptismal form, we headed up to Salinas for the baptism of Elder Paxman's friend Miguel!  Elder Paxman baptized him!  I was able to meet some of the members up in Salinas!  Miguel is super cool!  Overall, it was a super good day!

SUNDAY (7/28/24):  We had five recent converts come to church today (Fransico, Susana, Freddy, Eduardo, and Juan De La Cruz)!  It was super awesome to see them all there!  Working with recent converts is crucial! Working with members is as equally important, if not more important, than finding and teaching new people! Clemente and Irma weren't able to come but Cesar and Brian pulled up.  They actually behaved really well! During the Sacrament, Susana told us some things that had happened with her family yesterday.  Apparently, during her baptism her mom pulled up to the chapel. While at the chapel, she saw that Natalia and Freddy were together and apparently, they weren't supposed to be together.  In addition to that, Susana apparently hadn't told her mom that she was being baptized. Apparently, she wasn't too happy about that.  Her mom is a pretty hardcore Pentecostal and wasn't thrilled with Susana being baptized.  We helped her talk out her feelings; she was able to come to Sacrament but had to leave the second hour to go to church with her mom. She's already experiencing opposition sadly.  It's ok though, we're going to continue to work with her!  She has a testimony! 

After, we decided to go visit a bunch of inactive members.  We started the day by visiting an inactive member name Celso De Jesus.  We talked with him for a bit and saw how he was doing.  He told us that he's been busy with work and that he's preparing to go to school.  He told us he'd like to try and start coming back to church. 

After, we met with another inactive member named Cesar.  He's struggling with his belief in God and still isn't fully convinced that God exists!  He was doing a lot better than the week before though.  He told us that he leans towards having a belief in God because he had lost his grandma in the past.  We read from Alma 40:12 and testified of the Spirit World and the ability we have to live again through Jesus Christ and His Atonement!  We also bore our testimonies on the importance of gaining a testimony of the Book of Mormon.  After, we visited Generado and Jessica.  They are recent converts in our ward who just had a little girl; she was super cute!  We taught them about the temple and baptisms for the dead.  They've prepared names and are planning to go up to the temple this Saturday with the Stake.  After, we went and hung out with Siliva and Eduardo.  We ended the night by having night church where no one showed up, then we went to eat at Tony's house 

MONDAY (7/29/24):  After district council, we went finding around the chapel.  We found some cool people!  After eating, we went and did some physical therapy on Fransico.  We taught him about the Sacrament and watched the Book of Mormon videos with him.  After, we visited with Freddy and saw how he was doing.  He told us that he was still waiting for a response from his interview.  He cut his hair though and was looking a little more cleaned up!  He told us he was doing good with reading and praying every single day.  After saying what's up to Brian and Cesar, we went and visited with Susana.  She was doing better for sure!  She told us she felt really good about her baptism and that she felt "warm" when she received the Gift of the Holy Ghost.  We re explained to her covenants and the covenant relationship that she had entered into when being baptized.  We also explained to her the importance of renewing our covenants through the sacrament.  After, we taught Clemente and Irma about the Spirit World and the difference between  Spirit Paradise and the Spirit Prison.  We testified of the Book of Mormon and explained to them the importance of praying, reading the Book of Mormon, and attending church.

TUESDAY (7/30/24):  We began the day by finding for a while.  We said a prayer with one of the friends we had found a couple days before.  She was pretty sick, so she wasn't able to talk for very long.  After, we walked with a Ayrelle (another recent inactive convert that we are working with) to her boyfriend's house.  I'm pretty confident we'll be able to get her back.  We've been re-teaching her and we're really emphasizing the importance of reading the Book of Mormon.  

 

After, we had a lesson with a social media referral we had received named Danny.  We taught him about the Book of Mormon and the Atonement of Jesus Christ; hopefully we can continue to keep teaching him and get him to church!  After, we taught our friend Elvira again.  Her kids were being pretty crazy, so we just talked with her awhile about her life and the trials she was currently going through.  We shared with her a talk from Elder Uchtdorf and taught her about how Jesus Christ can help us through hard times.  After eating some food with Hermano Mateo and waiting for people to show up to English Class (no one showed up), we visited with a man we had found a couple days ago named Andres.  Super nice guy, but he really wasn't too interested; we'll see if he comes to church!  We ended the night by visiting with Susana and teaching her more about baptisms for the dead and helping her set up a time to receive her temple interview with Bishop.  Elder Copeland