Tuesday, March 6, 2018

The Best Route is Usually Difficult and Requires Work

"The Atonement of Jesus Christ is like french fries sitting on a table- it's there for you if you want it.  You just have to get up to get them (or accept Christ's sacrifice and apply it.)"  -One of our investigators

Hello everybody!  What a great week here in Sunny (windy, rainy, cold) Southern California!  Lots of good, funny, and spiritual experiences here in the 818.  On Monday, we went to visit one of our investigators, and this guy answers the door, and tells us our friends isn't there.  But he tells us to walk and talk with him as he goes to get his mail- well, he leaves the front door open and we walk to his mailbox with him talking and trying to teach, then he interrupts us and tells us to follow again.  We walk to the back of his house and he looks through his mail, and mumbles something about putting it back.  So again, we walk back to the mailbox and he puts it back in there.  Elder Johnson finds another roommate to ask about our friend, while I'm still talking to this guy at the mailbox.  He tells me how he just came from Downtown LA and such, then he ponders and says "You know, I'm gonna go back to LA, peace man!"  and he turns and starts walking into the street, across one of the busiest roads in the valley, not even looking for traffic.  It was strange, that's for sure.  Then we realize, the bro never even shut his front door.  We were laughing for too long.  So, if you want anything to do in SoCal, people watching is one of them.

On Tuesday and Wednesday we were able to put on the Book of Mormon Experiment again at CSUN.  Man is that fun!  It's so cool to be able to testify of the Book of Mormon that often!  Our friend, Andrea even cam with us and was the most diligent at tracking people down and having them do it!  It was super cool to see the fire that she has because of the blessings that the Gospel has brought into her life.  She even brought her friends up to us and had us work with them as well!








Thursday was district meeting and a little bit more of the Book of Mormon Experiment.  We found another really cool girl while doing it!  These young people are so prepared for the Gospel!  Friday we were able to spend some time knocking doors and looking for people to find.  We've found a really cool kid who is 16 who is really prepared!  We'll teach him in the family ward, but man is he smart!  I was also able to conduct a baptismal interview.  It's always really cool to see people and hear their testimonies.

This is where the week was made!  We prepared in the morning to make sure Andrea's baptism was all ready, and sure enough it was. It was a great baptism as well.  I have never seen anyone so excited to be baptized and to make this covenant with our Heavenly Father.  It was one of the most spiritual events I've been able to witness.  When we left the church, she threw her hands in the air, and put one leg back and stated loudly "I'm hitched with God!"  She was and is so happy to have the Gospel in her life!






Sunday was a great day as well.  In the Woodland Hills ward, we had the chance to bless the sacrament.  It's not a chance we get a lot, so when we do, it's great!  I love doing that.  And for the young men at home, don't take that for granted, it's a great opportunity to serve in the ward.  Take it serious, and see what the prayers mean to you.  In the YSA ward, I also had the chance to confirm Andrea, which was cool as well.  It was testimony meeting, and one of our investigators got up and told about the time that we taught him about the Atonement of Jesus Christ, and then shared the analogy with the fries.  He said how sometimes there is an easy route in life, but it's not the best route.  The best route is usually difficult, and would require him to put in some work,  He said "It's time for me to take the fry."  He sat back down and said that he was ready to be baptized!  How crazy, right?  The Lord prepares a way for everyone.  Search, ponder, pray, to see what it is that He has in store for you.

The Gospel is true, my friends.  I love you all!

Elder Martin










"Because of Him every one of us has hope of a glorious future.  Because of Him, we can have clean slates, second chances, new beginnings.  Because of Him, everything is possible, because of Him, we will never die."  Sheri Dew

No comments:

Post a Comment