Elder Acor: 2/6/23

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Endure to the End

Cooper Acor <cooper.acor@missionary.org>

Mark Acor;Whitney Gubler;Calianne Skinner;Addy Pace;Ashley Edwards;Patti Mutchie

¡Hola mi familia y a mis amigos!


This week started off slow but sped up really fast. Lots of miracles and work and lots of struggles. It was a very good week.


We started off this week very slow honestly. We had to do Facebook on Tuesday which is basically the whole day it seems like. The next day was Wednesday and it was very chill. We did our weekly planning and worked but nothing crazy happened.


Thursday was different and was fun and very difficult. I got the opportunity to do divisions with Elder Pujols which is always fun. Every area that I have had in the mission I have been with Elder Pujols so I have done a lot of divisions. This divisions was fun. I was able to extend my first baptismal invitation! She said she'll think about it so I'm hopeful. Then after that it just got difficult. It seemed that every single person that we talked to just wanted to fight and argue with us. It truly was spiritually exhausting. It felt like I was testifying with the spirit but these people just were not listening. So that's what was difficult. We got to end the day by having baptismal interviews with our baptisms this week Mitchel and William.


The next day was Friday and I ate something the day before that messed me up. I woke up in the morning and just threw up and had a huge stomach ache. It was really sad because that whole day I could not work. I was just sick in bed the whole day and the worst part was all I could think about was home and food from home. Then the next day was Saturday and I was feeling a bit better. My companion was also not feeling good and somehow we both got sick with a cold or something like that. We were crazy and decided to walk super far but it was worth it. We have an amiga and she is awesome. Her name is Gaby. She has a lot of questions about the Church and we had a conversation for three hours talking about the gospel. It was very good and she is very interested. We just have to find a way to get her to church because she is really far and has no way to go anywhere. We are working with our members with trucks and cars. Finished the day and we were dead tired of being sick.


Then finally the big day came. Sunday, Mitchel and William needed to come to church or they wouldn't have been able to be baptized. They came and were super excited! Then at six in the afternoon we had their baptism! It was so amazing. I had the opportunity to baptize William and it was so special. Personally it was one of the moments I have felt the Spirit strongest. It was so amazing. I could just feel the spirit around me. I am so happy for them and they are so ready and are going to do great in the Church! Next week we're going to have their confirmations!


So spiritual thought of the week is like I said in the subject: endure to the end. If the week would have ended on Friday I would have said that it was one of my most difficult weeks and that nothing happened, but I pushed through and let God work his miracles and while I may still be a bit sick I got to see the miracles have the strength to do the work I need to do! 


That's about it for this week! A little crazy with lots of miracles! Love you all, thanks for reading!


¡Adiós!

Love Elder Acor

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