Monday, September 12, 2016

WEEK 42!!! FRIDA IS GETTING BAPTIZED!!! JESSE IS A ROCKSTAR!!! A BOOK OF MORMON CHALLENGE!!!

​What is this pizza??

​Our zone this transfer :) IT's HUGE!!!



Meagan Martineau

3:43 PM (4 hours ago)

HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good 'ol Arvin is good and dandy!!! Transfers are next week.. We find out what's happening this Fri/Sat.... I WANT TO STAY IN ARVIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't want to leave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But I will go where the Lord wants me to go, I just hope that's Arvin, CA ;)

So Hailey is having knee surgery....ON HER BIRTHDAY??????????? I'm glad she's getting it done though. I already wrote her a letter for her birthday but not for her surgery!!!!! I will for sure keep her in my prayers!!!! I am glad the funeral went well. My prayers have been with the family this week.

Frida is doing well :) LOTS happened this week with her... SHE FINALLY MOVED OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Which is AWESOME but also really sad and hard... So she missed church last week, and she had a CRAPPY week and she told us "I should've just gone to church!!! I won't miss again!!!" Bless her heart!! So what happened with her briefly is that her boyfriend found her phone and was trying to get it from her and was basically beating her up wrestling for it. She got a little bruised then he scratched and hit himself so that if she tried to tell the police that he could tell them she hit him first, which is a lie. And he did all of that IN FRONT OF their 3 young kids. Then he yelled a bunch of TERRIBLE things at her and it was BAD. Then he spit in her face and in the face of their 2 year old, Ethan. So she left and called the police, THANK GOODNESS. But now she is basically homeless for a while. She's just bouncing back and forth between her mom's (who is not very nice to her and doesn't really want her there and she doesn't want to be there either) and 2 different friend's houses. She is applying for government help so hopefully next week she'll have a constant roof over her head :) But she is doing better. She is working on getting custody of all of her kids so her EX-boyfriend stops trying to take them. And she was able to come to church again yesterday and she is ready and EXCITED for her baptism on Sept 24!!!!! :D She is really progressing in testimony A LOT so thank you for your prayers!!! She has recognized how much the gospel is blessing her and she doesn't even fully have it yet!!! She is just wonderful!!!! We are hoping she marries our other investigator Jesse <3 :) Haha!! And he's doing well and progressing a lot too!! He stopped drinking coffee and everything!!! And old gang friends stop by at his house give him drugs all the time but he always turns them down :) He is a rockstar!! 
Then we were able to pick up our member's brother as an investigator yesterday!!! He is Hna Navarro's brother and he is special and has been living with her since their mom died in July and has been coming to church, the FHE's and everything but just didn't want to "not be Catholic" but now he realizes that this gospel is how his family can live together forever and since his mom died that's something he really wants so we are teaching him now and when we asked him to baptism he nearly jumped out of his seat with excitement!!! He is so cute!!! His name is Berto :) Then we also were able to pick a family that we met a few weeks ago. We met them and saw them a few times but they were always busy, then last week we did some service for them, then this week we taught them and picked them up :) We will see them tonight as well :) They are SO CUTE!!! It's the Vargas family and they are VERY sincere!!! So things are looking up for good 'ol Arvin!!! <3
And the big thing with the 70, Elder ...Haramo... something like that will come and see how the group is to see if we can be a RAMA!!!!!! (fingers crossed!!!!!!)

So it's been a pretty good week!!! Also at MLC we learned about the Book of Mormon for like 4 hours. And we learned about the translation process, how it was translated in 65 days and everything and it was SO COOL!!!! Then  we were given a challenge from Pres Layton to read the Book of Mormon in 65 days!!! He promised us that if we do that as a mission that the work  here will double and many baptisms will follow!!! So we are faithfully working on it!!! We all started on Saturday, reading 8-9 pages a day to finish by Nov 14 (65 days). So I am super excited!!!! I have already learned so much about my Savior and I have learned how to grow closer to Him a little!!! I am excited to see the end result!!!! The Book of Mormon TRULY is a witness of Jesus Christ and His divine role in our lives. It's main point and purpose is to testify of Him which is the most important thing!! Then as that testimony in Him grows, then pretty much automatically comes a testimony of the restoration of His gospel because it all just make sense with how much He loves us <3 So my challenge to you all (to whoever is brave enough to take it ;) ) is to read along with us missionaries here in Bakersfield and read the Book of Mormon in 65 days, finishing on Nov 16 (if you start today) and a promise from the Lord in doing that is that we will see miracles in ourselves and our relationship with Christ will grow infinitely!!! And I know that's true!!! I know our Savior Jesus Christ lives and love each and every one of us so much!!!! <3

I love you all so so much, with all my heart!!! <3 Have a FABULOUS week of miracles!!!!! <3

Love siempre, 
Hermana Martineau :)


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