Look for the Spirit and recognize how God speaks to you. Then act.

Hey everybody!  I hope all is well and that you all had a great week!  This week we spent some time doing the Book of Mormon Experiment at CSUN and we were able to have some really good experiences, like usual.  One particular guy I talked to, had just walked out of his mid term test and looked like death, not gonna lie.  After doing the experiment and discussing the page he read, he looked ALIVE!  I mentioned that to him and he said, "Of course!  Any day you get to read the word of God it turns your day around!"  It's true!  Let the Book speak for itself.

Wednesday we had MLC, but it was a bit different.  We (zone leaders and STL) got our smart phones and that was what most of MLC was about.  We get to 'test drive' them, if you will, before they get rolled out to the rest of the mission. 

smart phone training

We had a lesson that night as well with one of our investigators.  This specific investigator will always re-teach everything back to us, to ensure he understands it.  He uses parables, essentially.  "For the Lord God giveth light unto the understanding; for he speaketh unto men according to their language, unto their understanding."  2 Nephi 31:3.

We had district meeting on Thursday, but not much more happened.  Except we got Waffle Love.

Friday was a really good day, though.  We were able to make a trip down to the Temple with Andrea to do temple baptisms.  It was a great experience.  The font in the LA Temple is beautiful!  The Spirit was there, in great abundance. 

Afterwards, you already know it, we hit Waffle Love.

Look closely- you can see temples.

Saturday was a day full of teaching.  We met with a couple different investigators and have been able to use our smart phones to pull videos up and such.  Such a great missionary tool!  We also got to have lunch with the Haws!

Sunday Jimmy and Anne were able to come to church in the Woodland Hills ward, which was awesome.  It was their first time there.  They got a lot of warm welcomes.  We had two friends come in the YSA ward, as well.  It was a good turn out for church.

We got transfer calls!  I'm staying put in the YSA and Woodland Hills.  I'm going to be with Elder Oswald, who is a stud from what I hear, so it'll be great!  Unfortunately, Elder Johnson and I are getting split, but he's going to my old area, Wiley Canyon.  To prepare for transfers, we had to move a lot of beds around the zone this morning.

Moving beds.

Afterwards got some more Waffle Love.  Makes for a good day.

The church is true.  Let it work in your life.  Then look for the feelings of the Spirit and recognize how God speaks with you.  Then act on it.  I love you all!

Elder Martin

"Get on your knees and pray, then get on your feet and work."  

President Gordon B. Hinckley