Week 31 - December 12, 2022

 This week flew by!!!  Besides this weekend, since I'm sick, but other than that it was a great week:)

My favorite sisters so excited about the Richmond Temple 

 I love to see the temple 

You're probably wondering, I didn't know Sister Copeland knew Arabic?!  Don't worry...I don't!  We were knocking and ended up knocking on a families' door who is from Syria and one of the kids spoke little English and the mom was telling us to come in and share more.  So, we come into the house, and we all sat on the floor together and I got my phone out and started using Google translate and asked them about their beliefs and more about them and they did the same.  Anyway, long story short, we told them about the Book of Mormon and how there's a prophet and from what I know...they loved it and want us to come back!  We even found someone here that speaks Arabic who is coming with us so we can help them understand and know about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints! So cool!  This area is so diverse, and I love it!

We, also, had the amazing opportunity this week to hear from Elder and Sister Sikahema from the Seventy!  They came to our Zone Conference and shared with us how to teach to someone's needs.  It was such a spiritually, uplifting. and edifying day!  They talked a ton about how the Book of Mormon clarifies doctrine that's not clear in the Bible. Especially 2 Nephi 2!  Everything they said was so inspired because we used it the next day!! 

 Zone conference (half the mission)

Listen to this, okay so me and Sister Draut went tabling the other week.  (That means you go on campus and have a poster and have people come up and put something on the poster.)  On our poster, we had, "How will you remember Jesus Christ this holiday season?"  So, many students were coming up and putting things on and we were just talking to them. Then this kid named Seneca came up and ended up talking to us.  He told us he was Catholic and told us how cool he thought it was to see us out in the cold talking about Jesus and gave us his number.  So, we ended up inviting him to institute with us since we are studying the book of Isaiah, and he came!!  We get there and the teacher knew he is a Catholic and didn't know anything about our church.  So, we answered his questions and told him about our church, the Restoration, and the Book of Mormon.  It was so cool!!  Everyone in the class was answering his questions.  Well, after the class he ends up talking to us and the Elders and he said the one thing he's never understood is why we humans sin and where that started.  We all were like, "WELL, the Book of Mormon clarifies this, and gave him a Book of Mormon and invited him to read 2 Nephi 2! 

I'm so grateful for all the experiences I'm having.  I'm so grateful for the Bible and the Book of Mormon!  They have helped me understand so much.  Those of you who don't know what 2 Nephi 2 is, go and read it!  It's incredible and talks about why it was necessary for Adam and Eve to partake of the fruit. 

2 Nephi 2: 24-25

"But behold, all things have been done in the wisdom of him who knoweth all things. Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy." 

God is all knowing and knew that they needed to fall so we could have a savior!  I'm so grateful for our Savior, Jesus Christ, and know that he is always with me. 

I hope y'all are doing well!  I love and miss you!

#CTR

-SISTER HANNAH COPELAND 

Pics of the Week

We had to get our car fixed and played that game for so long! Sister Draut was so proud

We got to see Richmond finally!! (Sorry, it's so blurry)

 A cute museum in Richmond