Josh got baptised!
Yes, this is a wedding! anthony and Amy got married and we got special permission to attend!
This is a blow-up turkey! I have never seen so much blow-up decorations in my life . . .
I'm glad alot of people in MO don't have them. They are just not for me.
Before i say anything, I just want to recognize Mike Akin who passed away earlier this week on the Nov. 17! mike was an amazing man and his thoughtful letters he sent to me always lifted my spirits. He will dearly be missed! My thoughts and prayers go to my sister, Kass, and the rest of her family!
Okay so this week was full of blessings! First of all we met this girl named Jennifer who came to church with her boyfriend last Sunday and we talked with her and she was interested in meeting up with us. she is very busy and didn't know her schedule so we just had to leave her with our number. We walked away a little disappointed because when we do that it never works out in our favor. Monday she called us and we set up a lesson for Wed! okay so we met with her on wed and the lesson was awesome. The spirit was so strong and it carried our (not very good, not well prepared) message into her heart and at the end we committed her to baptism on Dec 10! We walked out of that house on cloud 9 just busting with joy. Then on sat Josh got baptized and we invited her and her boyfriend and they came! And she came to church and we were meeting with her again TODAY! what a blessing! she is 21. I know I've said it before but i just really do love teaching people in this age group because their hearts are just open to knew things and aren't stuck in some routine they are used to but don't really understand why they are doing it.
We also met with Toni several times this week and in one of the lessons we taught her the Word of Wisdom. Going into it we knew that she LOVES her coffee and that it would be challenging for her to give it up. In the lesson we introduced the commandment to her and she said, "well it would make sense that I would have to give up something I like for something better!" So pretty much I was having a party in my head because of how truly amazing she is!! The Lord is preparing people everywhere for the gospel and it is truly amazing to see.
Josh's baptism went GREAT! Prior to the baptism... not so great! This was a hard week for Josh; he truly was going through the refiners fire. Thankfully, he stuck it out. It really is true and you see it all the time that things always get harder before they get better. It has to . . .opposition in ALL things is the Lords plan! Thank goodness for good family and friends that can help get us through all the hard times!
Okay so there is this man named Doug and he is a ward missionary in one of our wards! He calls us ALL the time because he just loves to serve. Some background on Doug is that 5 years ago he became active again. For about 30ish years he was 100 % inactive and pretty much anti. Once he had grandkids, his heart began to soften and he came back to the church. He baptized his wife and they have been sealed in the temple. Well this past week, his wife's health took a turn for the worse and she has been in a coma since last week. The amazing part of this story is, that even with all he was going through, he CAME TO CHURCH Sunday and he asked us if we could go to this other area to teach one of his wife's nurses!! I guess he gave her a Book of Mormon and bore his testimony and now she wants to learn more. We are ALWAYS a missionary and his example is incredible. For all you return missionaries out there, look to Doug's example and always be a missionary! It's never convenient, but the Lord promises us that he will place people in our path that we can help and it's up to us to open our mouths!
I love you all so very much,
sister martin
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