WEEK 70!!! PICTURES AGAIN!!! ZONE BASEBALL, A SACRAMENT CHALLENGE, AND A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THE YOUNG WOMEN CLASSES, SEMINARY "FEASTS," CAMPS, ETC. THAT HAVE SHAPED HER TESTIMONY!!!

​BASEBALL CHAMPS!!

I FINALLY won the golden plunger!!!! And I got a new pillow from winning it!!!

Elotes before General Women's Conference

#heckyes!!!

#neverthoughtI'dlikeelotes

Meagan Martineau	Mar 27 (1 day ago)

HOLA!!!!

First of all, THANK YOU so much for helping out with the package for Hna Perdomo!! I am so excited for her birthday!! The Elders, our ward mission leader and I are planning a little NDH (FHE) for her with the ward on Monday night :) bueno, they're planning it, and I'm keeping it a secret and secretly making sure we don't have appointments haha!

And yes we get still along amazingly!!! I love Hna Perdomo so much!! <3 So thank you for helping out :) And our zone is ALL ELDERS. This was an all-elder zone until Hnas Latimer and Perdomo came in last transfer, so it's kind of weird being the only girls, it almost feels against the rules to be with all of them haha!! But it's fun!

I am so glad you enjoyed your trip!! I hope to hear all about it when I get home, get more of the details!! 

So this week was a good, but pretty uneventful week! That happens de vez en cuando :) 

Last Monday we played baseball as a zone!!! It was so much fun!! And I actually hit the ball!!! Every time I went up to bat!!! (That was a shocker to everyone...!) I have grown an appreciation for sports on my mission, don't get excited Mom, I still don't want to play a sport, but I like to play for fun with people!! 

On Thursday we had our transferly zone conference!! I love zone conference so much!! It is my favorite mission meeting!!! That is when we meet as a zone with President and Sister Layton and they teach us :) At this zone conference I learned a lot about the importance of the Sacrament. It is such an essential and sacred ordinance, a lot more important than I ever thought!! President Layton challenged us that every Sunday from the first note of the Sacrament hymn until the last deacon sits down to think ONLY about the Savior. Don't think about the investigators that didn't come, or about the class you have to give in the next hour, think only about the Savior, His life, His ministry, the things He taught, the things He did, etc. It brings a powerful spirit when you do that. So that is my little challenge to all of you too, to really, truly focus on only the Savior during the Sacrament, I know it will bring so many blessings!!!

I don't remember if I've told you all about Rosemary, so just in case I didn't, she is 16 and her mom is a less active member. We have been teaching her and she is getting baptized in April!! She is so cute and has the sweetest heart <3 Also this week we talked to her little brother who is 8 and he wants to be baptized with his sister!! This week the whole family (except the dad who is not a member and not interested) came to the Elder's baptism, then came to church, and they stayed for Gospel Principles class, which they've never stayed that long!!!! That was so cool!! We are just hoping that one day the dad will want to learn too so that they can all be sealed as a family :)

Then of course on Saturday we got to watch the General Women's conference!!! I LOVE General Conference in a way that I thought I would never love it!!  I truly learned so much about true charity and sacrificing yourself for the Lord and for others. I am so excited for this coming General Conference!! I know it is going to be awesome!!!

--P.S. This morning for the first time I watched that DVD of Youth Conference July 2015. I just cried and cried as memories flowed back of all the amazing things I learned there and the testimony I grew. I know that everyone there helped me so much to be who I am today, and that all those youth activities, girls camps, etc. helped me to serve a mission and to grow my testimony enough to be able to testify when people try to discredit, to square my shoulders when they say we're silly little girls that don't know anything. Well I do know. I know that Christ's true church has been brought back to the earth. I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God. I know that the Priesthood power to seal families is on the earth. The evidence of all that is the Book of Mormon. I am so grateful for this knowledge I have gained. It has changed my life for the better. Thank you for all the work that all of you have done with me. Thank you for all the Young Women classes, seminary "feasts", camps, etc. Without them I wouldn't have the testimony I do. I hope I can keep increasing my testimony every day of my life. I know that this work is the Lord's work and I feel privileged to be a part of it, however small my part may be.

I love you all!!!

Love siempre,
Hermana Martineau

The "Bro Zone" as they call it. We're back to the Elder Martinez story.

(if you don't remember, I'll tell you in June ;) )

I put coconut oil in my hair now...advice from Hna Arceo to make my hair grow! I've done it a few times.. I guess we'll see what happens!!

WEEK 69!!! ENGLISH REFERRAL, SAY WHAT?!?!?!? ARVIN!!! UNDERSTANDING HER ROLE IN HEAVENLY FATHER'S PLAN=HAPPINESS!!!

Hnas Martineau and Perdomo

Hna Martineau in Lancaster

Sister Rosario Posada with Hnas Martineau and Perdomo

East Lancaster Zone - 12 Strapping Young Elders with 2 Lonely Hermanas! :)

Meagan Martineau	Mar 20 (3 days ago)

HOLA de Cali!!!

Tengo ganas de estar en Guatemala con ustedes hoy, pero ustedes solo estan viendo ruinas, yo estoy viendo cambios de corazones, entonces, les gano ;) jaja!!

So real quick:

-I love the schedule, Mom, it is perfect!! :) I will take the Folk Dance class this sememster, then next time I'll take the Latin one when I have a partner ;)

-I got the package and I LOVE IT!!!!!!!! I wear the necklace almost every day!!! It is my favorite thing!! Thank you so much <3

-those t-shirts are from the MTC in Provo, they make them for individual missions, but I didn't go to Provo, so I don't have one :/

-Hna Perdomo is my same size, so what you'd get for me, will work for her, except in length cuz she's short, haha! :) (thank you so much again by the way :) )

-I am STILL the driver. I have come to terms with it. I don't necessarily like driving, but I don't hate or resent it anymore :) Now it's just whatever :)

-I don't think there's valley fever here...I'm not sure about that...the wind blows more here than in Bakersfield, but when the wind blows here people don't run inside and put on face masks like they do in Bakersfield, so I assume we're safe here :)

-Joshua branch is an all Spanish branch :) we eat at member's houses every single day! The members want to feed us so much that there aren't enough days in the week for them all!! It's a smaller branch, but growing :)

-Hna Perdomo is from Puerto Cortes, on the north part right by the coast and Guatemala! You weren't too far away, maybe 3 hours ish from where she grew up!!

-we have a pool of investigators building up now :) We were able to find the last 2 weeks :) There are a lot more white and black people than hispanics, but they are here!! 

-It has been getting progressively hotter, it's been in the 80s which is too hot for Hna Martineau!

So this week was awesome!!! We got a referral from a member from the English ward in North Edwards (45 mins away from our area) for her friend Molly. Neither of them speak Spanish. Why did we get referred to her? Because both of them live on the Edwards Air Force Base. Their husbands are in the Air Force and are deployed for a year, so they are alone in their houses on base. So the Elders that are in that area can't go in their houses without a man, and we are the closest sisters, so we got to go teach her!! We got special passes to go on base to visit and had dinner with the member and her friend. Then we taught her and she accepted to learn more!! We are going to see her later this week again :) I am super excited!! It was such a fun experience!!

Then on Friday-Saturday we got to take the big 1.5 hour drive up to ARVIN!!!! We got to go to exchanges there again!!!! It was SO FUN!!! I was with Hna Blau and we got to teach that same investigator that I got to teach last exchange, the one that Hna White and I found and taught! His name is Refugio, and he is finally getting baptized this weekend!!! What a blessing to have been a part, however small, of his conversion!! Also I got to see the Lopez family and eat dinner with them!! They were all so surprised to see me!!! I love them so much!!!! I love and miss the people from Arvin, and from all my past areas, but I am excited to get to love the people here even more :)

 Then yesterday we were asked to give the missionary moment at an 8 year old's baptism, so we taught the restoration, then we ate dinner with the whole branch at the member's house!! It was so fun!!! 

(P.S. Mom, did you get some pictures from someone named Rosario on facebook? She is a member here and she sent you some pics :) )

But that was my week!! It was pretty fun!!! I have really been growing my desire to understand my role in Heavenly Father's plan which has been helping me have been self-esteem. These last 2 weeks have been two of the happiest on my whole mission :) I am so grateful for Heavenly Father and for the help He always gives me <3

I love and thank you all for everything that you do for me <3

Love siempre,
Hermana Martineau :)

WEEK 68!!! NEW AREA, NEW COMPANION, LOVES IT ALL!!!

No pictures this week. Her sd card is infected with the virus from her last area. Hopefully she will have a new sd card for next week! A fun picture from a month ago....her first time at Wendy's in over a year!

Meagan Martineau Mar 13 (2 days ago) Hello from Lancaster!!!  I NEVER thought I would ever serve in Lancaster and honestly I never wanted to serve in Lancaster, but now that I'm here, I love it!!! It's a bit harder of an area, especially for Spanish work, but there is still a lot of potential. It is a brand new area that Hnas. Latimer and Perdomo opened last transfer back to Hermanas, so it's a little slow going right now but we're picking it back up to speed!!  So info on Lancaster: It is an hour and a half from Bakersfield, it's smaller in size than Bakersfield but still is a big city (well to me..people from Bakersfield call Bakersfield a small town, but that's because they've never seen Tremonton!!). It is a little windy, which is wonderful for the coming summer! Bakersfield has ZERO wind so in the summer you just burn and scorch. Here there's a cool breeze to cool you off a little bit! This weekend got pretty hot..I thought I'd escape the heat of the summer but it's already in the 80's so...I still get some heat before I go -_-   :)  There's more desert here, lots of empty fields with Joshua trees (that's why the area is called Joshua). Also there is a church called the Lancaster Baptist Church that EVERYONE is a member of and everyone thinks we are missionaries from there... haha! And no, I am not in Hna Badger's district. I'm in Lancaster and she is in Palmdale. We are actually the only sisters in the entire zone!! So that's kind of fun, but kind of weird too!  Now info on my companion: I LOVE HER!!!! She is so funny and so sweet!!! We get along GREAT!!! She was born and raised in Honduras, so Spanish is her first language, and she moved here to the US 3.5 years ago and is still learning English (even though it's pretty darn good already!!). Now she lives in Arkansas. Both her parents are converts but she was born in the church. Naturally she is more comfortable in Spanish and I need to learn Spanish so we talk all Spanish all the time. It's AWESOME!! And she teaches me all the words I don't know!! But we do studies and planning in English because she doesn't know many gospel words in English and has a hard time understanding when people talk about gospel stuff in English. So we compromise because I can do the gospel in Spanish easy, so we practice that in English for her, then normal language, which she can do in English well, we do in Spanish so I can practice!!! So we teach each other our native language which is like the coolest thing ever!! Her brother is serving a mission now too, in Utah!! He is serving somewhere in Tooele so if you hear of or find an Elder Perdomo in Tooele, it's her brother!! This week has been pretty darn good!! I've gotten to know the area better, gotten to know some members, and find a few people to teach! Our teaching pool was basically 0 when I came in, so it's gonna take work, but that's why we're here!! :) I'm really excited to see how it will grow over the next few months!!  Thank you for the pictures and for the updates!! I hope you had a fun trip!!! It looks like it was fun!! And that Aztec calendar thing, I see those ALL the time here!!! bueno, en Bakersfield si, here not so much! But those statues are like a lot of things that are in Bakersfield! And thank you for your testimony of the Book of Mormon. I absolutely agree that it is one of the biggest blessings that we have!! I absolutely know it's true, 1000% without a doubt!! What a blessing to know the true, full gospel of Jesus Christ!! <3 I am so grateful for the plan of salvation and that we KNOW what the plan is and we know what we need to do to make it back to our Father. So many people are lost and are losing hope. So many are turning away, or taking the "easy way" of God. But I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is TRUE. It IS Christ's church. I too would be lost without it! I just hope and pray I can be an effective instrument in the Lord's hands to help people find their way back :)  I love you all so much!! I am grateful for this experience and all the amazing things I see every day! Thank you for the prayers and constant support!! I love you!! <3 Love siempre, Hermana Martineau :) (ps: es un poco dificil no escribir en espanol porque hemos hablado casi puro espanol toda esta semana!! Me encanta!!!) :)

WEEK 67!!! TRANSFERRED TO LANCASTER!!! SERVE! IT IS THE BEST MEDICINE!!!

Pictures are from Thursday Ward Volleyball Night taken by Hermana Ruiz!

Meagan Martineau	Mar 6 (1 day ago)

No se preocupen, estoy mucho mejor y ya no estoy enferma para nada, pero tengo noticias acerca de las trasferencias.... :)

So transfers are happening tomorrow and.......

I'M GOING TO LANCASTER!!!!!!!!!!

I NEVER thought I would serve in Lancaster, and I thought I would finish my mission in Buena Vista! But the Lord has other plans, and of course better plans! I will be back-up training Hermana Perdomo there :) She was front trained this last transfer by Hermana Latimer!! Cool, eh? I am very excited to meet new people, but I am sad to leave Bakersfield. I have spent my whole mission in Bakersfield except for my first transfer!! I'll be going to a branch called Joshua! That's actually the area where I went to for my very first exchange my first transfer in training!! So I was there for a day, but that was over a year ago and I had no idea what I was doing back then! Hopefully I can do something productive there now :) I am sad to be leaving Hna Arceo too! We have come to be good friends and I will miss her dearly <3 But I'm excited to make another friend with Hna Perdomo!! :)

This week has been great!! We did a LOT of service this week!!! We have an investigator Grace who has 5 kids and one on the way, is a single mom, and her 3 younger daughters all have some sort of serious, deathly illness, and she is on bed rest because of some complications with her baby on the way, so we did a lot of stuff for her, washing her dishes, mopping, etc. stuff she can't do and none of her kids can help her with. Then on Friday morning we brought the 4 Elders in our district and a member with a lawn mower to her house to pull the mountain of weeds from her back yard and cut the grass so her kids can play outside. It was a LOT of HARD work, but SUPER fun and we plowed in all out in 2 hours!! (we had to because we had ZTM - a mission meeting - a 10am we had to get to!!). It was very fun! I truly found joy in service this week!! I truly can testify that if you are sad or upset or whatever, SERVE. It is the BEST medicine!!! NOTHING beats selfless service!! It truly just lifts your spirits because you're more focused on helping than on your own problems!! Plus you're following Christ's example, which naturally brings peace and joy :)

Yesterday Carlos came to church again and we finally got him to think about March 25 for baptism!! I'm just sad I have to leave now, but as long as he gets baptized, I'm happy!! 

And on Saturday we had a fun relief society activity and Elisabeth came!!! It was super fun!! But then she didn't come to church again... I guess we'll see what happens there :)

Well I am short on time, but love you all so much!!! I hope you have a fabulous week, and a fabulous trip Mom and Dad!!! I hope all continues to go well!!! <3

I love you so so much!!! <3

Love siempre,
Hermana Martineau

WEEK 66!!! ALL-HERMANA P-DAY, FIRST "SICK" DAY AND FIESTAS!!!

Meagan Martineau	Feb 27 (1 day ago)

Hello Everyone!!!

This week has been a good week!!! I will just go through my week like a list, cuz not too much happened, you'll see why, haha! :)

Monday - we had an all-Hermana p-day!!! All us Hermanas in the whole mission got together in Tehachapi and had a fun day!! That is the only time that has ever happened and probably will ever happen!! Right now in the mission there are the most Hermanas than there have ever been since I've been here!! There are 15 of us in total. We are few in number but fuerte! We just ate food, talked, and made shirts!! It was so fun!!

Tuesday - did some service for our investigator Grace

Wednesday - Had interviews with President Layton, had dinner with Hna. Ruiz, came home at 9pm, threw up 4 times... then at 9:30 a few more times... then at 10pm a few more times... and then from 11pm-1:30am I was in the bathroom throwing up every 5-10 minutes and in between throwing up it was coming out the other end very rapidly. I slept in the bathroom that night.. around 3:30amI went to bed :) 

Thursday - we...took a sick day :) My only sick day my whole mission!! But I couldn't eat anything, I couldn't do anything, I was so weak. After a priesthood blessing, lots of sleep, some saltines and sprite, we went to the ward volleyball game that we have every other Thur. (that's when Hna Ruiz told you I was sick). I got a narly case of food poisoning but it wasn't Hna Ruiz' food because the other 3 Hnas that ate there didn't get it.

Friday - stayed in for a couple hours while I was still regaining strength. I started eating a little bit again, then we went out to work.

Saturday - FIESTAS!! We were invited by Hna Zavala to lunch, we show up and it's a birthday party for her 3 year old! That was fun! Then we went to a baby shower of a less-active family that invited us, then had some more food with a member after that! (good thing I emptied all out on Wednesday!! ;) )

Sunday - A normal day in the work of the Lord :) Carlos came to church again! And we found out that a member - Hna Cruz - isn't actually a member!!! She was an investigator a year ago but couldn't get baptized for whatever reason but never stopped coming to church!! She told the bishop that she wants to get baptized and she is in our area!!! We visited her and she told us she wants to get baptized in April! So now we just need to teach her the lessons and she's good to go!! What a blessing and miracle!!! <3

That was our week this week!! Exciting, but not too much happened!! It was a good week though!! I learned that it's important to take care of yourself, but when you are taken care of to get up, get going, and turn outward. Turning outward is key. If we turn inward and think about what we need all the time and what we want, we will never reach our full potential. Christ always turned outward. He never neglected Himself, He was healthy and strong, but He spent His time and attention helping others. That is what matters <3 If we follow His perfect example, we will be just fine :)

Well that is my little life-lesson for the week :) I hope you all have a great week!! I love you so much!!!

Love siempre,
Hermana Martineau :)

WEEK 65!!! CHARLA FOGONERA, INVESTIGATORS CARLOS AND ELISABETH, AND EXCHANGES IN ARVIN!!!

Picture of Hermana Martineau and Arceo taken Sunday, Feb 19, 2017 by Mary Ann Warner, a former Hermana in the California Bakersfield Mission who trained Hermana White, who trained Hermana Martineau, who is now training Hermana Arceo. 

Meagan Martineau	11:33 AM (9 hours ago)

Oh my goodness I cannot believe that our little tiny Tremonton is under water!!! That is crazy!! I would have LOVED to help out and just be there with all the rain!! That is so fun!!! Not fun that everything is soggy, but fun that everyone gets to help out one another. That truly brings the Spirit - selfless service to others! I am sad that I didn't get to be there to see that and help out, but I am so glad to be where I am!! I never thought I would grow to love a place so much that I didn't know existed!!

Bakersfield has been pretty darn wet this year which is so odd!! Normally there are only a few hours of rain A YEAR, but this year it has been raining a bunch!! On Friday it was raining pretty hard, but more than that it was very windy, which for Bakersfield is rare and dangerous. There is a disease called Valley Fever that really only exists in Bakersfield, CA and you get it by breathing in the polluted dust here that blows in the wind, so when it's windy NO ONE goes outside because it's dangerous. So this week we didn't do as much tracting as normal, more just stopping by people's houses to try and get in someone's house, and covering our faces on the way to and from the car :) But we are all safe and sound, thank goodness :) Hopefully you all are safe and sound too!!! <3

So yesterday we had a beautiful charla fogonera (fireside) that us missionaries planned out. We've been planning it for a few weeks now with our amazing ward mission leader. We decided what food we wanted, each companionship was assigned certain foods to attain, and then we went out and met with the less-active members and recent converts in our area and asked them to bring those food items to help out (and so they would come ;) ). We planned and asked for speakers, everything. It was a lot of work and a little stressful but with all of us working together it pulled together really well!! We sang "Fuente de tus Bendiciones" (Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing) mixed with "Yo Se que Vive mi Senor" (I Know that My Redeemer Lives). It was a gorgeous arrangement that our district leader Elder Diaz made. He is from Peru and AMAZING on the piano!! He doesn't know how to read sheet music but if he hears a song he can just sit down and play it perfectly and even add in special cords and such - never taken a piano lesson before either. It's crazy! But it was a very beautiful and it was such a privilege to sing it. After we sang, President Layton gave a beautiful talk and the spirit was very strong. Afterward we had some good snacks. Not everyone that signed up to bring food showed up so we had to improvise a lot but everyone got something yummy to eat :) There were about 70 people there and that's more than double the amount of people that normally come to our ward firesides apparently!! So that was incredible!! Everyone was really touched and asking when they could come out with us to lessons!! It didn't quite all go as planned, but it couldn't have been more perfect <3 Heavenly Father sure is incredible, isn't He!? Without His help there is NO WAY it would have worked!! :)

Our investigator Carlos Ramos came to church again yesterday and he really enjoyed it! He couldn't come to the charla but he gave us fruit to share (which was a huge tender mercy and helped us have enough food!) but Elisabeth couldn't come yesterday... She is going through A LOT. More than I can even begin to start writing, the poor thing. She ended up staying all night Sat. night with her cousins in Arvin who literally got dumped at their aunts house by their mom who no longer wants anything to do with them. So sad <3 But as for investigating the church wise she is doing well!! We took her on a church tour on Valentine's day and gave her a talk called "The Power of God's Love". She loved it and said it was the best Valentine's Day ever!! Oh ya, and at our lesson with her last Monday she straightened my hair!!! (too bad I can't send you a pic.. :( )

Sorry I am going all sorts of out-of-order, but on Tues-Wed we had exchanges in Arvin!!! I went with Hna. Luquette which was super fun!! I used to be the STL that took her on exchanges and now it's flipped!!! She is a great leader and I love her and Hna Blau so much!! <3 In Arvin I got to teach an old investigator of mine and Hna White's (I don't know if you remember a Refugio from way back when or if I ever wrote about him, but he is getting baptized!!) and a lot of the people we saw in the street recognized me and I them!! It was so fun!!! <3 I love Arvin!! It was a great exchange, a great experience!! We even saw the Moreno family (Adriana, Juanita, Jessie, etc.) that we worked with so much. The sad thing is that they told us they are thinking of going back to the Catholic church. I straight-up started crying and they said they probably won't have us back. After lots of tears, lot of testifying, they accepted a return appointment with the other Hermanas. Hopefully it went well!!! I love that family so much and still pray for them!!! <3

Well that's all for this week folks!! This week I really learned about praying for and expecting miracles. Heavenly Father really does give miracles if we have the faith that He will give it to us. But that faith should never be in ourselves that we can do it, but it should be in Christ, faith that through Christ and His divine help we can do anything that is the Lord's will. What a great lesson to have re-learned this week :)

Well I love you all so much!! Thank you for all your support and love!!! I hope you have a great week and always look for the Lord's hand in your life!! <3

Love siempre,

Hermana Martineau

WEEK 64!!! ZONE CONFERENCE, CARLOS #1, #2, #3, CHINESE BUFFET, AND BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS!!!

These pictures were taken by Sister Ball when they went to pick up Hna Arceo's birthday present. I don't like that they cannot send pictures on those computers anymore. I hope someone can get the virus removed soon! 

Meagan Martineau	12:04 PM (7 hours ago)

Well Folks,

I honestly don't really remember what happened this week!! This happens about every week, but I usually remember something!! This will be kind of hard because I really don't remember much, but I'll do my best!!

So on Wednesday we had a combined Zone Conference with Bakersfield East Zone (I'm in Bakersfield South Zone). It was so much fun because I spent 9 months of my mission in the East Zone and I got to see old missionary friends and get some updates on some people from La Cresta ward and Arvin group!! It was so fun!! Also, Zone Conference is always super spiritual and I learn so much!! :)

Then on Friday after district meeting we had a surprise birthday lunch with a less-active member Hna. Zavala and the other Hnas in our district, Hnas Wright and Melendez! Hna. Zavala and I set it up and it was a surprise for Hna. Arceo!! She made a yummy lunch, gave her a cake, we sang, and she gave her a scarf and made us all special bookmarks!!! She is so cute!! I love her so much!! <3 And she came to church again yesterday with her 2 young kids which was awesome!!! (Now it's just getting her hard-headed husband on board and get him baptized so they can be sealed!!)

Saturday, of course, was Hna. Arceo's birthday!!! It was so much fun!! We got special permission from Pres, Layton to have lunch with the district at a Chinese buffet!!! It was so much fun!! I even tried raw mussel, with all it's organs visibly inside and all.. it was gross. I will never try it again, but hey I got to keep the shell!! And I tried crab straight from the shell. Same story. Never going back. But then they brought out a cake and we all sang to her, shoved her face in it, found out it was coffee cake, haha, awkward, then headed out to work. We had another little party with Hna. Ruiz with another cake (cake #3), it was hilarious!! I just love being a missionary!! People are just so nice and so caring!! I love it!! <3

Yesterday we had an investigator Carlos #2 come to church!! (the #2 is because we are teaching 3 Carlos' so we have them numbered 1,2,and3) He had to ask his wife for permission, but this week he got the ok so he came!! He really enjoyed it and just kept saying how much better it was than his wife's church and the JW church he used to go to!! He loved how it felt like a family!! <3 And our other investigator Jose came again just for sacrament meeting. He came about a month ago and finally made it back. He is going through a LOT and we've been trying to help him through it. Then last night we tried by Carlos and Verenice again. We haven't had luck with them because their phone hasn't been working and they work a lot and are hard to catch home. Verenice answered the door and said they had company and couldn't talk. It was night time and we try not to walk around in the dark much because it's dangerous, but we felt the need to stay in the area. About 20 minutes laterCarlos texted us and said the visitors left and if we were still in the area we could come back!! So we ran back to their house and had a good lesson with them!! They are so cute!! I love them so much!! I love all of our investigators!!! They give me reason to stay strong on my mission because I just want more than anything for them to have the gospel!!!

I am SO grateful for the gospel in my life!! I have NO IDEA what I would do without it!!! I would be lost, that's for sure!! :) I truly love everything it teaches and everything it does for us. I know it truly helps so much because it is the gospel of Jesus Christ - His teachings, His power, His blessings, His love. For that I am eternally grateful. I love being a missionary and serving Him!! I will truly be sad to see it end! 

I love you all so much and i hope you have a wonderful week!!! Sorry this wasn't super informative, I really don't remember last week very well, haha!! Well have a great week!!! <3 I love you all so much!!! <3

Love siempre,

Hermana Martineau <3