Hello family and friends!
I cannot believe it is P-day already. Days are flying by like nobody's business and I'm so thankful because it sure is HOT out here!
The theme of last week seemed to be that "PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED"!
Soo Phoenix! We planned to teach him about the Word of Wisdom, which, for all of you who aren't aware, is a commandment God has given us that will help us to keep our bodies heathy. We don't partake of coffee, tea, tabacco, alcohol, and other harmful and addictive substances. So Phoenix's parents DEFINITELY do not follow this commandment, probably because they don't know about it. (Although the stepdad is a heart and lung doctor, so it really blows my mind that he smokes like a chimney!) You can imagine how nervous I was to tell him that God doesn't want him to do the things his parents are doing!
Phoenix's parents were with us for a bit, but then after the opening prayer they went outside to.... SMOKE! haha okay, so first we teach him about what commandments are and why they are given to us, and then before we started teaching him about the Word of Wisdom, I said a prayer in my mind that everything would go well; that Heavenly Father would please help us in the things that we said. Right before the words came out of our mouths about the Word of Wisdom, Daina (mom)walked back into the house and it was just perfect because I called her over and told her what we were teaching Phoenix and about the commandment and how God will bless him for keeping it! She was so grateful and told us she knew she shouldn't be smoking and then she told Phoenix she knew the things we were teaching him were right!!!! WHAT!!!! ya so it pretty much was the very best word of wisdom lesson ever!
Also we have been praying for solid referrals from members and in our new ward we were contacting some less active members when we knocked on a lady's door and she invited us right in. We had an awesome conversation with her and she told us how she has been feeling the urge to start coming back to church.. AWESOME! so we continued to talk to her and we asked her if we could teach her the lessons to strengthen her testimony and she agreed and then she asked us if it would be okay if her friend could come and listen too because he has been asking tons of questions. She even has asked already if he could come with her to church!!! So we have a lesson set up with them on Wed. and we're so excited about that :)
There are SOOO many more stories like this from this week but not enough time. Heavenly father loves us and is soo mindful of us and our individual circumstances. What a blessing!
This morning I was reading a really old talk from Elder Holland and I want to share a part of it that stood out to me:
"I had a missionary ask me once if I would give my life for the church. I said "Elder, I am giving my life for the church!" I knew what Elder Holland said, but what he meant was, "would you die for it?"
Dying for it is the easy part. That's a snap, and some days it is really appealing. What God really needs is people who will LIVE FOR IT. People who will go the distance; people who are in this race that will go all the way to the tape. Some may die along the way and that's wonderful, but He needs people who will FINISH THE WORK."
That is us! you and me together We CAN do this work :)
Love you all,
Sister Martin
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