Monday, August 15, 2016

WEEK 38!!! A GREAT NEW INVESTIGATOR, AMAZING FRIDA, AND A STRING OF MIRACLES!!!

Sunset in Arvin




Meagan Martineau

3:37 PM (1 hour ago)

HOLA!!!!!!!!!!!

To answer your questions quick: Some apartments have washing machines in them, some don't. None of the Hermanas areas do so we have to wash them in our apartment complex laundromat and in Bakersfield and Little Rock a member let us use their machines :) But I have no idea about the Elders other than our zone leaders in Bakersfield have their own washing machines :)
And that less-active member lives in Lamont and I didn't know she even existed until a member asked us to help her do service for her! We went and picked up her dirty clothes so that the member could wash them, then we brought them back to her :) So I don't really know her, I just talked to for a little bit that once. All I know is that she lives alone and she has some sort of heart problem. She is so humble and SO sweet though!!! When we were leaving she gave us a bag of grapes and 2 water bottles, which was about half of what she had in her fridge, bless her heart. She was so so sweet and so grateful for us taking her clothes for her! People like her make me want to be a better person and more giving!!
And I have only been asked to speak in Sacrament twice, once in Bakersfield, and once in the group, but Hna White and I have been asked to teach Relief Society twice here, last minute, which was exciting!! And I don't play piano at church because there's not a piano there, but I do play at district and zone meetings every week, so I play 2 hymns a week!!

Oh, Mom, and I met Hna Luquette!!! She is in my district!!! She says to tell you hi and thanks so much for the email and that you are the cutest person she has ever met!!!

Things this week have been great!! Hna White and I are still getting along great!!! There were just like 2 weeks where she was pretty annoyed with me but we talked about it a lot and discussed what we both needed to change to fix the issue and this week has been great!! It's been a lot of fun and we saw a lot of miracles and success this week!!! We found a new investigator named Jessie Bueno who is about 28ish, COVERED in tattoos, recently out of jail, was shot in the stomach 5 times in April AND LIVED, and we found him taught him, he is reading the Book of Mormon, he came to church yesterday, and he is coming to the noche de hogar (family home evening - we have one every Monday in a member's home) tonight!!!! He wants to change his life around and he is willing to do what it takes to repent and be forgiven from God!!! He is AWESOME!!! The only bad thing is that he is having another big surgery on his stomach at the end of this month and will be in recovery for a few weeks/months, so he physically won't be able to be baptized for a while... but he is doing what he can now so that when he is healed he can get dunked!!! :)
As for Frida....SHE IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! She still can't get baptized because of her living situation so we asked President Layton about it and he suggested that we try to teach her boyfriend and then share a little bit of the law of chastity to explain to him that that's why Frida can't get baptized then counsel with them to see what we could do to help. So we did just that.
 It was a whole string of miracles that we had a member, our lesson fell through, we went to see Frida, her boyfriend was HOME, which he NEVER is and when he is he won't talk to us, but Frida wasn't home yet so he HAD to talk to us, then Frida got home, her kids were ASLEEP so they weren't crawling all over us and screaming so the spirit could actually be there, and everything!! The whole lesson set up was a miracle!! We sat down with them, taught him the restoration and Frida bore the most powerful testimony of the Book of Mormon that I have ever heard. Her testimony hit me to the core that it really IS true. EVERYTHING about the restoration IS true. She pleaded with him to just read it and listen to us. At the end of the lesson he flat out denied everything we taught him. It was really sad, especially for Frida. When we tried to explain the law of chastity a little bit he just got mad and stormed out. It was hard because he was mad at Frida, which we did NOT want to happen, but she is hanging on strong, still came to church yesterday with her kids and she told us how grateful she is that we came into her life!! She is such a gem!!! I love her so so much!!! Now we are just fasting and praying that she can get out of her abusive situation and get baptized!!! 

So that was our week!!! It was pretty good!!! Adelfo and Griselda didn't make it to church yesterday, we're not really sure why, but we'll find out what happened!! 
We've seen a lot of miracles and have had a lot of Heavenly Help for sure!! Even the Hermanas in our stewardship are progressing and getting better which is good!!! We are happy!! :)

I love you so much!! Thank you for all you do and for all your support!! Thank you for the uplifting words and scriptures, but things really are going well and we are doing good!!! I love you so much!! Have a great week!!! <3

Love siempre,
Hermana Martineau <3



A few old pictures because she didn't send any this week.




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