Goodbye, Culpeper!
I'm sure none of you could have guessed that my time here in Culpeper is over:( after 6 months in an area you learn to love it and it becomes home. Culpeper is a new home to me and so are all the people here. I'm so grateful for all the experiences I've had here and everything I've learned! Saying goodbye to the ward and the people that have changed me so much definitely has not been the easiest, but I know it's not forever and I'll see them again! Plus, I feel so lucky to have had the chance to meet them and feel the pure love of Christ through them.
SISTER NANTO AND STAUFFER❤️❤️
But...I won't make y'all guess where I'm going!! I'll be going to HARRISONBURG with Sister Draut! She's so cute and just got out of training, and we are going to have the best time ever. I won't be too far from Culpeper--only an hour away, but I will be in a new zone!
This week consisted of a lot of members' meals, finding, service, lessons and LOTS OF TEARS!! All the good things of missionary work. We also got to go down to Spotlyvania again for an exchange with the STLs, and it was so much fun! I love them so much. And this week will be a lot more tears and goodbyes and getting to know my new area.
The Barnhurst fam❤️
I'm going to miss Sister Bove
Clark is the best!! Took us to a battlefield here in Culpeper
Felt like a summer night Smores with the Thelins
As much as I know, I am doing God's will and know he needs me in Harrisonburg. It's not easy knowing I'm leaving a place full of people I love so much. Culpeper is where I learned how to be a missionary, it's where I learned to adjust to missionary schedule, where I had so many amazing days and so many hard days, where I've met some of the most incredible people, where I've come to know myself more, where I've grown my testimony, and most importantly, where I truly came to know my Savior Jesus Christ! I came to know him through my studies, reading the Book of Mormon, through prayer, through the good and bad! Christ has been with me through all of it and he taught me to feel his love through others and the scriptures! I can't thank Heavenly Father enough for everything he's teaching me, and I know that my Savior will be with me through every moment of my life, and he will be with me in Harrisonburg helping me along the way just like he has done here!
Sorry, this is all over the place, I'm sure I'll have much more to update y'all on next week!! Here's a scripture that I love, go read!! ALMA 26:35-37
GOD IS SO GOOD!:)
#CTR
-Sister Hannah Copeland
VA representing the best last name EVER
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