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| Ice cream again. |
Hey everyone! I hope all of you have had a great week! Time is flying by, May is almost done...😊 We had a lot of meetings this week, but still had plenty of time to proselyte!
Tuesday we got a call that we needed to go and help the housing coordinators shut down one of the apartments in our zone. So we spent a couple of hours moving everything out of there, afterwards, we spent a good amount of time knocking, up until dinner time, and then we had a meeting with a member of the high council.
Wednesday was much the same. We got an oil change and did weekly planning and knocked doors. We had a really good knockout where we found a couple people and talked to a lot of nice folks. We had a couple of lessons in the evening, as well. One was a kid, that after going back, decided he doesn't want to meet anymore, and the other was another investigator we have that just wishes all his problems would just disappear. "If all my problems just got taken away, I'd get baptized right away!" If only that's how it worked, right? In a trial of faith, Elder Neil L. Anderson, of the twelve, advises us to "do the very things that helped build our core of faith; you exercise faith in Christ, you pray, you ponder the scriptures, you repent, you keep the commandments (especially going to church and partaking of the sacrament, I might add) and you serve others." We were able to share these things with our friend and share other personal experiences and testimony about them. I know those things are crucial. The Gospel of Jesus Christ doesn't just take our problems away, it allows us to face them with greater faith, peace, and hope.
Thursday was a day of meetings. We had district meeting, after which we knocked, had dinner, and then a meeting with President Henrie, the Stake President, and a high councilor to discuss the missionary efforts in this stake. Those are always such good meetings. Sitting there with 3 huge spiritual giants- what a blessing.
Friday we had interviews with President Henrie. It was our usual transfer interviews, but also my departing one. It was weird to talk with my Mission President about home- goals and plans I have set, and the things I want to accomplish, but it was a good discussion where he gave me some good counsel. With that being said, it was my last time going to lunch with him too. We went to Chili's and I got some bomb chipotle chicken and waffles! President liked them too!
We were able to have a good lesson with Priscilla and Samira as well, as they prepare for their baptisms! They're doing so well! While we were meeting with them, they put their small dog, Rosie, in the backyard. Towards the end of the lesson, Rosie started making goat sounds in the backyard because she wanted to come back inside. We started laughing because it was pretty funny and then Priscilla says "Everyone in this house is bilingual...including the dog!" I was dying laughing!
Saturday we had a lot of lessons scheduled, but all but one fell through. We did more knocking, around all of the fallen through lessons. The lesson was with Samira and Priscilla, and they also had their baptism interviews that day. As we were walking and talking throughout the day, I mentioned how it would be nice to have a small carry on bag for when I head off- literally minutes later we saw a 30 foot dumpster in front of someone's house, and it had a suitcase set in there. It was a miracle! We had knocked this door the day previously, so it was about to get weird. We knocked again, and the guy yelled to go away, I responded that I had a question. He came and talked from behind the door. I asked if it was trash in front of his house, and his obvious answer was 'yes'. Then he opened the door, I asked for the carry on sized suitcase, he looked me right in the eyes, told me 'no' and slammed the door. We just laughed. It was pretty hilarious! 🤣
Sunday was really good! Church was awesome- it was high council Sunday, so the speakers were good, and Samira and Priscilla came to church. Both got swarmed with members and so we just let the members take over, it was great! We were able to find some new investigators as well, so that was good. We had a good knockout to finish the week.
PS Quick Birthday shout outs to Andrew Jensen on Friday, my brother Zac on Saturday, and my other nuther big brother Josh, today!
I love you all! Have a great week and Memorial Day weekend!
Love Elder Martin
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| Hunting 'gators. (Investigators, that is.) |
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| S'mores |
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| This was our friend Patrick that we helped last week...I found him again. |
"The gift of faith is a priceless spiritual endowment. "This is life eternal," Jesus prayed, "that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ , whom thous has sent." Neil L. Andersen
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