The most bittersweet week of the last week of the Virginia Richmond temple open house! The pictures below explain the happiness I feel when I am near the House of the Lord!
I don't have much to update, y'all, on about the work in our area due to being at the temple!! But, I know that the Lord will help us find some people, but it CAN BE SO HARD AND SO DISCOURAGING. I PROMISE SO MANY TEARS ARE SHED WHEN YOU WATCH PEOPLE REJECT THE MESSAGE OF JESUS CHRIST! But God is changing me so much. The mission has been the best thing as He has shown me my weaknesses and helped me overcome some and become more like my Big brother!
At the temple there's a man named Terry who would also help out!! This man is so funny, every time I'd see him, he'd be like "Sister Copeland, listen to this" and tell me the most in depth gospel principle and yeah, I was blown away with his knowledge every time and would come home and study it immediately!! So, he goes, "Do you know what house means?" I was like I mean comfort place?! No idea and he was like, "What is the House of Israel?" And I was like the Gathering, and he was like, "Who is Israel?" and I was like well Jacob... I know this seems weird, but I thought it was so cool just wait! He then goes into telling me about Jacob and his 12 sons and says this, "House of Israel is a family so now apply that to what it says on the temple.
"Holiness to the Lord, The FAMILY of the Lord"
Hebrew 3:5-6
"And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end."
Isaiah 2:2-3
"And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem"
I'm sorry if that made no sense, but to sum it all up is that we are all a family, God wants us to all be together forever! This only happens in the temple. I got to see so many people feel the Spirit of the temple that they've never felt before. It was amazing. I love this work because I get to help others understand that Spirit and know for themselves the truthfulness that the Spirit can confirm! THIS CHURCH IS TRUE!! SPEND MORE TIME IN THE LORD'S HOME. HE WANTS US TO HELP OUR FAMILY MAKE IT BACK TO HIS PRESENCE.
Also, if anyone has any favorite talks, stories, scriptures, send them my way:)
My cute brother CONNOR is turning 28 this week!! I love and miss you BIG TIME!! SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR EXAMPLE EVERY DAY💗💗 GO GIVE HIM A BIRTHDAY HUG FOR ME!
#CTR
-SISTER HANNAH COPELAND
Lol at the picture of our weekly planning board!!
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