Man, this week went fast and well!
I don't even
know where to begin, we packed a lot into this week. I guess I'll start
with the more exciting news, which is our two new investigators: Chris
and Maria.
Chris was raised in Utah, but born in Mexico, so we teach him
even though the discussions can be in English. He has no foreknowledge of religion at
all, and so we are teaching him from the ground up, like who God is and
everything. It is very cool as he is very honest about not
understanding anything, but he's really trying to see if
the Church is right for him. Especially since he feels like now is the time in his
life he needs religion.
Maria is from Peru and she is in the US to learn English
at the ELC. She said she'd like to learn about the Church. She is very
young but very smart, and took everything in stride the first lesson. She even said that if she came to know these things were true, she'd
be baptized.
We're meeting with both of them again this week, quite
exciting! As for our other investigators, we finally got something set
up with Alejandro again, so we look forward to meeting with him again and starting
up discussions again this week. Things also have been going very well with Felipe, he's
our best investigator right now and we're going to extend the baptismal challenge to
him again this week.
With our recent converts like Carla, Toree,
Ximena, Sergio and Reuben, we are focusing on the temple and trying to set
up times we can go with all of them. As for our free time, we are
setting meetings with Ward Mission Leaders like crazy, and sucking out
all the work we can out of each of our 67 YSA wards. It's been great,
we've been able to meet so many wonderful, ready to work members, and
we're finding more and more leads for more work with each ward.
As for myself, things are really great. Elder Palomares is
proving to be not only a hard worker and great teacher, but a friend and
cool cat on so many levels. I already don't want to get transferred
from him by the end of it! We are happy and fed and warm, and I only
wish it would snow again while the winter lasts! Ah well though, the
important thing is the work, and I can testify of that! I know this
Gospel is true, and I'm so glad I have the chance to embrace it fully
for these two years! Thanks for your prayers, and know you're in mine
too!
-Elder Martin
Tyler's family sent me a package!
Joy made me a personalized blanket
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