11/18/2013. WE CAN ALL BE CONDUITS OF THE LIGHT OF CHRIST. HE IS THE LIGHT.

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From: David Coffman <david.coffman@myldsmail.net>
Date: Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: 11/17/2013. Greetings from your family. We love you!
To: Janel Coffman <janelscoffman@gmail.com>, Scott Coffman <scottcoffman84010@gmail.com>

hola familia.- pues hoy fue un poco raro. nos despertamos or we woke up at 5:45 and we played futbol with the ward. we have been playing a lot. i still don't like it but its fun to run around. i am definitely not getting better though. Sometimes we play football and it is super fun. i really love that sport...especially a lot more than football. but today we got flu shots. it was alright. we gave a district meeting earlier than we usually do and i had to talk a lot in it. it was really good to talk to the missionaries in the zone. we talked about the importance of inviting people since the beginning to follow Jesus and to be baptized. and how important first impressions are. well this is true for you guys  as well. we can all be conduits of the light of Christ. He is the light. you should watch the Mormon message video that Elder Bedanr did about light it is really good and it explains that but you should all know that people are always watching. it doesnt matter if they think something good about us. we have to make sure that they don't have anything they could say against the church or our faith or our claim to divine authority through our actions. like it says in 2 Corinthians 6 3. we cant do anything that would make someone think we are not Christians. we have to be an example to the believers. Matt 5 14-16 says that we cannot be hiding. we have to live in a way that everyone can see the light of Christ through our eyes. we have to have the image of God engraven in our countenance. we do that by living what the scriptures say. how we do that is by reading them first. i am so glad you are all reading the scriptures. keep doing it. i know it is something important. there are 19000 members here but only 4000 go to church and the main reason is because the 15000 less active dont read. i sometimes feel scared that i wont be able to stay as active as i am in the gospel and keep the commandments when i get home. but then i think of the example of the barra de hierro and i know that if i read then i will be able to do it.

well thats what i got to say about that. this week was really good. we taught a lot of lessons and we had a lot of people going to church i really like what mother said about family members motivating everyone else. i like it because we are teaching a lot of families instead of just one person and i can tell them that  my family supports one another so they can live the gospel and so they will be supported. well i love you guys a lot and keep studying.  I am doing great I dont feel sick anymore and thanks for caring so much about me. i bought new shoes today because my right foot had a hole in it. i think its because i walk weird. i have had companions ask me if i had broken my leg or something like that but i said no. but my right shoe always wears out faster than my left. the shoes still look great so i am just gonna send them to a place where they can put new soles on the shoes to fix em. but its crazy how tough my feet have gotten because they never hurt or get blisters anymore. the body is amazing haha well i love you guys a lot and take care. oh and i will have to see the talk from daddy. it seems really good. why was it funny? well i wont write anything specific to  y’all because i guess i am supposed to write a special letter for ali. adios


Janel's Note: 
-In the email below David is referring to his Mission Presidents wife, Sister Garcia.  
-I thought it would be fun to include the picture I emailed to David that he asks about.  It's a smoothie Scott and I like to drink daily made with 80% Veggies/ 20% fruit some chia and flax seeds among several other items but what really gives this smoothie it's green color is the Spirulina that I add.  David will enjoy hearing about the spirulina as it's actually been used by indigenous cultures for centuries, including the ancient Aztec civilizations.  The Aztecs prized Spirulina, which they harvested from Lake Texcoco in Mexico.

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From: David Coffman <david.coffman@myldsmail.net>
Date: Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: Healthy Eating-You are what you eat
To: Janel Coffman <janelscoffman@gmail.com>

OH yeah she called me and I was really surprised that you called.  yeah I am fine and  I lost a lot of weight everyone says from my sickness. it was pretty good.  I am going to try and keep it off. what is in that shake. it looks like moldy jello haha jk but I wanna know what is in it.  Sister Garcia is awesome and really loving.  She said I sounded like daddy....I wanna be just like my dad!! haha in my baby voice. well adios

11/11/2013. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE READ THE SCRIPTURES

Janel’s Note:  The proper spelling for the illness David talks about  is spelled: dengue hemorrhagic fever.  Hopefully he is over this, we are just thankful that he was diagnosed and was seen and treated by a Dr. 

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From: David Coffman <david.coffman@myldsmail.net>
Date: Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: Hola' Greetings from your family - We Love You!
To: Janel Coffman <janelscoffman@gmail.com>

hello family. well this week was probably one of the hardest weeks number wise that i have had in the mission. but its all good. we just need to work harder this week. we lost 2 days because i was sick so they had to put me on lock down so we couldnt leave.  i slept the 2 days and it was pretty nice but im ready to have a whole work day. i had dangae i still dont know how to spell it but its something you get from mosquitos. its funny because when the doc took my temp. i had a temperature of 102 but i didnt notice because we are always hot haha. it makes me wonder if there have been other times when i have been sick...but oh well all is good now. things are going smoothly here. our biggest challenge is finding real new investigators. like everyone will listen but not everyone is willing to change. but we prayed and fasted for new people so if we work hard we should be blessed with these people. well it seems like from what mother said, things are well with yall.  I know that this church is true and i know that this work that we are doing is the most important so always remember to share the Gospel with someone else.  everyone that has been warned should warn their neighbor.  well thats about all i have to say this week so adios

 mother, its true what you say about the grace of God but as it says in 2 nephi 26, we are only saved by grace after doing everything we can. i said what i said because we do need to be perfectly clean from our sins. 3 nephi 27 19-20 is very clear on that and also another one in 1 nephi 15. the final judgement is real and it will be a horrible day for many people, even members of the church because there are many that do not understand that they must repent of all their sins. God cannot look upon sin with the least amount of tolerance. so we must repent of all our sins. we must repent if we haven’t studied the scriptures like we know we should because it is a commandment. we must read the scriptures because we will be judged for the things that are said in the scriptures. if we dont read the scriptures, we will not recognize Jesus when he comes. so dont fall into the temptation of thinking that every other day is ok. thats what happened in the dream of lehi and those people died. read the Book of Mormon every day and repent of all your sins. nothing impure can enter in his kingdom. we are saved by grace only after doing everything we can. idk what everything is for you but i know that for me, i can do a whole lot more than i think that i am capable.  i love you a lot mother and that’s why i say these things. we can never repent too much or too sincerely. remember what benjamin said as he ended his speach in mosiah 4. there are so many ways that we can sin that they are not numbered so watch out for everything because there will be many that will say eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we die. and if we are found guilty, God will give us some stripes and all willl be well in zion. that is a lie of satan. we need to repent of all our sins. well I just find this part of the Gospel really important and I share the most important things with the people i love most. 

ola mc. what up. so did you go trick or treating? and whats up with your squirrles? well adios

pops, good luck on your talk. i wish i could here it. thats cool about the weather too. well adios

love elder coffman

11/4/2013. THE IRON ROD IS THE WORD OF GOD

Baptism.   10/31/2013.  Elder Coffman and Elder Jaussie.  Kanasin, MX 

"Halloween.    _____ is really cute  haha."  10/30/2013.  Elder David Coffman.  Kanasin, MX.  LDS Mission.

 

 10/27/2013.  Kanasin, MX.

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From: David Coffman <david.coffman@myldsmail.net>
Date: Mon, Nov 4, 203 at 1:42 PM
Subject:
To: Janel Coffman <janelscoffman@gmail.com>

theres a pic. if you want more just look on googlemaps for kanasin in yucatan

Kanasin in Yucatan.  10/29/2013.

 Janel's Note:
 I took David's suggestion and found several maps on the internet of Kanasin, Yucatan, MX which shows where he is serving.

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From: David Coffman <david.coffman@myldsmail.net>
Date: Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 1:19 PM
Subject: Re: Hola' Greetings from your family - We Love You!!
To: Janel Coffman <janelscoffman@gmail.com>

hola family. well this week had a ton of stuff happen. first we had a baptism on halloweeeeeeennnnn!!!! it was really spiritual(as in the holy ghost spiritual) I directed it and bore my testimony like 5 times as i went up to announce each part of the program. the person who got baptized was ________.   she was super ready and read part of the miracle of forgiveness. its amazing because she understood it for the most part very easily. so we helped the whole family out a ton. another highlight is that Elder Daniel Johnson of the 70 came to talk to us he did a zone conference and a special meeting with the ward council of all of merida and also he did a special meeting for us. he said there are 19,000 members here but only about 4 thousand are active. its prettty eye opening. we need to reactivate anyone we can. also he talked about 1 nephi 8 and the dream of lehi. lehi said the iron rod is the word of God. we know how it goes but it is so real. it is one of the most important visions in the world. you should watch the animated scriptures version of it. i love you guys very much and share this with every one please not only by email but share it even with your mouth. 

well also this week i got sick or still am haha. Its been pretty rough. i mostly just feel superduper tired. sometimes the temptations come to rest but i just keep working cause i know i gotta give all i got and be a witness of Christ even unto death

mother you dont need to worry about when i come home for what to do. they do it all.

From: David Coffman [mailto:david.coffman@myldsmail.net]
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 1:27 PM
To: Scott Coffman
Subject: Re: football and scholarship at WSU and misc.

thanks for the updates and doing that for the scholarship. make sure you get me signed up as soon as you can so the classes are available. i am really looking forward to spending time with you too when i get home i am a little nervous to start studding again though haha so what happened to your ´pc friend ? hope all is well. yeah you can just use my emails. i dont have anything special to say. and my leg is fine but ive been sick its weird because here i am cold too. but its cause my sickness like I’ll be really hot on my face but the rest of my body is cold. a joke we always say is its actually really cold here, you just dont feel it because its so hot. the funniest thing is that no one gets it just a joke. haha. also dont do the whole article just the scores cause i cant read the whole one because i dont have time but thanks anyways. love elder coffman