This week Sister Grant caught the stomach flu, so I spent a lot of time in the apartment doing who knows what !!! Our apartment was super clean and I had done a LOT of reading by the end lol.
It was HOT this week. There were a couple days at 108 degrees... it feels like we are biking through a GIANT hairdryer. It is going to be a long summer lol.
While being on splits with the STL's (to get me out of the apartment) I was able to see how much I have grown since being out here. I am sad to admit it, but honestly I didn't hardly know anything before my mission! Didn't understand the Book of Mormon or who ANYONE in it was, but my testimony of the gospel and the Book of Mormon has been strengthened immensely in only four months. I am so grateful for all the ways my mission has changed me!
One thing I learned from one of the lessons we had was that we don't just have faith period. We have faith in different things. For example, I have very strong faith that Heavenly Father is real and knows and loves me. But I also have faith that I will one day be a physical therapist. But if the second one doesn't work out- it doesn't (or at least shouldn't) change or affect my faith in the first one. A lot of the people we teach will say that they get mad at God and yes, sometimes it's hard not to lose faith in God when things don't work perfectly, but that shouldn't throw off our whole testimony!
We had another awesome lesson with Dulce (our Portuguese investigator) last night! We hadn't seen her in a couple weeks due to different circumstances, but she said she had missed us coming over. The lesson went completely different than normal. Normally she has her phone out and is a little defensive and full of harsh questions, but this time she was so ready for us to be there and to listen to us. Her whole countenance changed. She was very interested in what we were talking about and was happier and more in tune with the spirit. We taught her the Gospel of Jesus Christ and it went really well! She is now praying about baptism!
I don't think ANYONE has ever been more affected by a mission than I have. My life and my perspective and my desire has completely changed. I want to be better! A quote I heard awhile ago says something like "You can become who you want to be, by being who you want to become EVERY DAY." I want to become, and I want it now(; I am spiritually hungry and am so grateful for everything that I have learned in the short time I have been here. It hasn't been easy, I definitely have had to choose to be here many times. Not necessarily choose whether I am going to stay or go home, but choosing to stay mentally! Not going through the motions or checking out early- but running at the opportunities I have and loving every second of it.
Sorry this email is so long, but dispite it being a very slow week, it was a week full of thoughts HAHA. So thankful for all of you and all your emails and prayers, have a good week!
LOVE YOU!
SISTER COOPER ((:
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