I def. do not have enough time today to be to write ALL of the blessing that Heavenly Father has down poured on us this week! Seriously, it really is crazy amounts of miracles we have encountered, which strengthen my faith even more in my Savior. Where to even start...
RJ: okay so RJ is married to a member and has already read the Book of Mormon and is actually on the 3rd book of the Work and Glory... why isn't he a member? He has known the church was true for a while but he is now ready to commit to the lifestyle ... mainly keeping the Sabbath day holy. So when he attended church last week (he has been hopping wards so we didn't even know about him) he felt the push that he needed to make better decisions for himself and his family and so he just got on Mormon.org and requested missionaries! WHAT!!! ya that really happens! so ya he is now on date to be baptized on July 21 and he is so excited and has a date already set for next Aug 2013 to be sealed to his wife! He is awesome and a blast to teach because he already has a pretty good foundation so its like were teaching these lessons for the 2nd time because ohhh ya... he has already read Preach My Gospel too! Crazy!
Also! okay so a LONG time ago when I first got into this area I wrote about this family who is awesome! The husband has already read the Book of Mormon 3 times and he is pretty much just waiting on his wife. So the wife has a mother who literally HATES the church, so that was her main hold up, plus some bad experiences in the past. Thanks to awesome neighbors, her heart began to soften. A long time ago we talked to them outside and we had an awesome conversation with Gini and she told us that she would call because she wanted to learn, but obviously that never happened. So they came to church on Easter and loved it, but because of grief from her mom that was the only time that they attended. For some reason Sister Price and I both got a really strong impression to go and knock on their door... at 8:00 at night of all times... so we did! we were pretty nervous because we were sure if the member- neighbors knew we were doing this they would kill us! They are just super nervous of them feeling overwhelmed, but we did it anyways. So we knocked and Gini answered the door! She was SOO excited to see us and the Spirit just touched her and she just opened up and spilled her guts to us about everything that was going on and all her the craziness in her life. She then told us that she had been reading the Book of Mormon with her husband and that SHE WANTS TO LEARN!
Okay, this is a FAMILY! I have been praying to be able to teach a family my whole mission!!! It's Kevin, Ginni, and their 8-ish year old son! The gospel BLESSES FAMILIES! Truths such as "Families can be together forever" are found within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and with God's authority that has been restored to the earth, that truth is made possible!
After we left Gini's house Sister price and I were skipping and jumping and we got into the car and screamed out guts out! haha! missionary work is the best work and the most important work to be done while here on this earth! I am so grateful to be here and to be able to serve in this area! Heavenly Father hears and answers our prayers... Especially when were exactly obedient!
The good news of the gospel is that Joseph Smith IS a true prophet and God's authority to be able to act in His name and SEE MIRACLES, has been restored to the earth!!! :)
love you all.
Sister Martin
Sewing new skirts
Sister Price and I match our car!!!
