Washing a car with a shirt and a water bottle... when you're poor and obedient :)
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Exchanges with Hnas Perry and Gonzalez!!!
(I didn't have my camera for the other exchange but I will get it from someone!!)
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| MLC!!! These are the STLs of the mission :) (NOTE: I LOVE all the acronyms that missionaries use! MLC=Mission Leadership Conference, STL=Sister Training Leader, ZTM=Zone Training Meeting). |
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Oct 10 (1 day ago)
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Hello world!!!!!
So a quick update on good 'ol Arvin:
Jessy FINALLY had his surgery!!!! He is in the hospital now and will be for a couple weeks then he will be on bed rest for a few more weeks, but some members in Bakersfield that have come to lessons with us are visiting him which is AWESOME!! From what we heard he is ok but he will have to stay in the hospital a little longer than planned.
Frida has to move out of her friend's house but there is a member in Bakersfield who is willing to house her until she gets her own place which HOPEFULLY will be soon!!! So she will probably be going to church in Bakersfield soon now :( But that's ok, as long as she goes!! :)
(I don't know if I told you about him or not) but Berto Navarro is doing well!! He is an active member's brother we are teaching. He has some disabilities so it is kind of hard to teach him but he is mostly understanding!! He was supposed to get baptized this coming weekend but we have gone slower with the lessons so we had to push it back a week and we might even have to push it back one more week to make sure he understands. (his brothers are trying to convince him that Mormons are terrible people, including his sister who has completely taken him in and who is there for him every minute of every day, unlike them - the family hasn't liked her ever since she was converted) So we're working with him, but he really wants to be baptized and sealed to his parents who have passed away <3
Update on this last week:
We had exchanges in Esperanza, Palmdale, from Monday-Tuesday. It was Hnas Latimer and Hansen!!! I went with Hna Latimer and it was so fun!!! She is such a cutie and we were able to see some tender mercies and testify to a lot of people!! Then Friday to Saturday we had an exchange with Hnas Perry and Gonzalez in La Cresta 2 my old area!!! I stayed in Bakersfield with Hna Gonzalez and the other 2 went to Arvin :) It was pretty good, we were able to find some people, talk to some really rude people, and testify to them!!! That's one of my favorite things to do, talk to someone who is very rude and critical, testify to them, then they get nicer before we leave :) It's cool to see how the spirit touches people <3
We also had MLC this Wednesday, so we had ZTM on Friday. I LOVE MLC but do NOT like having to talk at ZTM!!!! At ZTM we take what we learned at MLC to the zone. This time we were given AN HOUR to fill!!! Usually the zone leaders take most of the time and we will do like a 10 minute training, sometimes we'll do the role play, but this time we had to do a 25 minute training AND a role play IN FRONT OF the whole zone!!!! It was really scary but I think it went well. It was about the importance of teaching repentance to our investigators. Repentance is something I never realized was SOO important before!! I knew it was IMPORTANT and NECESSARY, but I never really understood why or how to repent very well before. Now I have a greater understanding, so even though it was hard and scary, I'm glad I got to do it to learn more about this INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT lesson of repentance. Repentance is so cool!! What a blessing it is!!!! <3 The Atonement is real, the gospel is good, Heavenly Father loves us, Christ is our Savior, we have the way to salvation, we have an eternal family, the weather is cooling down, what more could I want!??!!? Life is good :) I love you all so much!!! Thank you for everything!!!! <3 Have a GREAT week!!!! <3
Love siempre,
Hermana Martineau <3
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