What's up, everyone! A lot of change in the last little bit, so I've just been adjusting to the new stuff. We had transfers last week and I am now up in the serra in an area called Cinquentenário in Caxias. My new comp is Elder Gamperline from Utah who has a little less time than me. This new area is insanely hilly and very big. It's been a beat down to walk from place to place but there's no way around it. There isn't really a way to explain it to understand the slope in this area, but just know it's no joke lol. Also, our ward is about 95% Venezuelan so now might be the time to study Spanish. Second hour of church last week was almost all in Spanish, and let's just say that the two years I took in high school was nothing like the real deal lol.
Leaving my last area was tough, but it was time. I spent six months there and I met a lot of amazing people. The members and recent converts became like family and so saying goodbye to them for the last time was bittersweet. It's crazy to think how much time I spent there and how fast it went by. When I showed up it was freezing cold and when I left it was 110 every day.
I'm looking forward to this new area and opportunity. Change is always a good thing to help you stay locked in and not get comfortable. It's starting to feel somewhat real that one day this will all be over and it's kind of a weird feeling. I don't want to leave anything on the table, so I'm working as hard as possible to make every day count. Been thinking a lot about consistency lately. Something that can be easily confused as perfection. Expecting to be perfect all the time isn't reasonable but what we need is self discipline to give maximum effort. Opportunity comes and goes, and we aren't always in go mode trying to make the best out of what we got. We find ourselves constantly complaining and regressing. It's easy to make excuses but right to trust the daily process!
Elder Copeland
