Elder Acor: 10/24/22

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It is almost Mango season here and I am so excited

Deep in the Sea

Cooper Acor <cooper.acor@missionary.org>

¡Hola mi familia y a mis amigos!


Another week down in this amazing missionary work. This week was full of personal growth and learning. We got to go out with an awesome member to do some lessons. I loved that. I am sorry I do not have many updates on our friends because that is the truth we really have not had anyone progress that much. I am taking my time here in San Isidro as a personal development time to let myself grow. My Spanish has improved a lot and I have been able to understand a lot of what is happening in a conversation. I am trying my best to give my thoughts in lessons and improve my parts in the lessons. It is really hard not to just want to slip into the background of the conversation and not say anything and let my comp do everything. I am pushing myself to advocate that I need to speak more and I am sharing my ideas more and it is good.


This week like all of our weeks we met with a lot of inactive members. It is always so interesting to hear their stories and how they got to this point in life. It is always really hard because a lot of bad things have happened in their lives and poverty has just taken over their lives. We talk and give them hope through Christ and I always try and give my most sincere testimony so that they can feel the spirit. One sister said that she felt that her and her family were at the bottom of a sea just at the deepest point. That it felt like there was no light, no hope, no chance for something better. We left their house and I truly just felt sad for them. I wanted to help them with everything. I wanted to just do anything they needed to get into a better place but I could not. I thought about my experiences in life where I have felt like that. Here on the mission when I have just felt down and alone. I realized that at my deepest darkest moments in the sea that I am still swimming. Kinda like Dory always says just keep swimming. I realized that even when I am frustrated with the language, people, physical pain and exhaustion I kept moving. I did not stop and let myself drown. I kept going even though it may hurt, be frustrating, make you sad, you may feel hopeless. If you keep moving you will find yourself in a better place. This week I have a goal to keep trying. I want success with our friends here so I am going to keep trying.


That is it for this week. Love you all! You all are so amazing and I know that you are doing great things in this world!


Love Elder Acor

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