Hi, everyone! I hope everyone is doing well! I've been absolutely terrible at journaling every single day. I don't know why, but I haven't been as diligent as I should as a missionary! Still working hard, but I'm going to be better! I'm still kicking it in Greenfield w' Elder Paxman which is awesome! We're still teaching Clemente and Irma continually and they're doing really well! We've gone over the lessons and they're doing really well! We're working towards getting them baptized on September 21st, which is exciting! They're literally the best! Please pray for them that they'll be able to progress!
We're also working with our recent converts as well! We visit with Susana, Freddy, Fransico and Simon (do physical therapy on him 🤣) Juan De La Cruz (had a good lesson with him where we talked about the temple and ate some tacos afterwards), Aryelle, Roy, Celso De Jesus, etc.! I'm really passionate about working with inactive and recent converts! I'll never lose faith in them, even if I get frustrated with them at times because I know how much joy and peace the gospel brings in our lives! I wish they could see it from our perspective! These people weren't baptized just to be baptized, they at one point knew it was true; seeing inactivity can often get me discouraged! But I've been blessed enough as a missionary to be able to try and bring them back! It's hard, but it's something I'm committed to doing!
We've also been teaching some of our friends! Eloise (she's awesome and loves learning from us; she invited us over one day to eat with her and her family to celebrate her sister giving birth soon), Jose (a cool man that invited us into his house one day! Super Christian man who knows a lot about the Bible and is interested in learning more about the Book of Mormon), Camilo (one of the nicest guys I've ever met who loves us and misses us when we don't come over), etc.! We have a bunch of super solid people we are teaching!
I wish I could I include them all in this email and what my days have been like, but that's what I get for not being as diligent as I should! Overall, I'm doing pretty good! Hating the mission at times but also absolutely loving the mission at times but hey, that's kinda just life in general! I've definitely put a lot of work into Greenfield and I'm going to continue to work hard until the transfer ends! I love the people and the members down here! They truly are amazing! I can't wait to continue to teach our friends, work with members, missionaries, etc.! I'll email you guys next week with a much better email haha! Elder Copeland
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