Hola y'all!!
Not sure if I mentioned that
after three weeks the senior companion switches with the junior companion, but
this week of being senior companion.... nothing's changed haha.
I got my leather scripture covers
at the Tienda last week. They personalize them with names and missions, I'll
send pictures. I love them soo much.
We had service yesterday because,
well, it was Monday haha. Hma.Conteh and I were cleaning shower floors in the
enfermeria (sick room). When I was spraying the cleaner on the tile, the ... sprayer thing
separated from the bottle and it spilled everywhere OUTSIDE the shower of
course, including on my leather shoes. The Latina hermana in charge was really
nice about it and said not to worry about it, but of course I felt awful haha.
I'm also trying to figure out how to fix my shoes. Not sure if the tienda's (store's) polish will help enough or not.
I've been studying in the New
testament during personal study when I'm not focusing on an
"investigator" lesson, and I'm about 5 chapters into Acts now. It was
fascinating however to spend the past few days studying the Plan of Salvation
and realize how much can be evidenced in the Bible. Hah! Bible belt prep!!
Speaking of the field I'm
assigned to labor and thrust in my sickle at, I met two new sisters here who
lived for a while in the south. I learned that the weather is similar to here
apparently (which I'm totally fine with). As one of the sisters was walking
away, she turned around and said, "Oh, and everything really is
fried." Me: "Oh goody...." hahahaha.... oh no.
This week has really been great
though. Sundays are just study time, sacrament meeting and devotionals so we're
surrounded by the Gospel from start to end. Speaking of sacrament meeting, not
sure how things went down in Provo when Sierra was there, but no one knows
beforehand who is giving talks at sacrament meeting except the ZL, so we're
given a topic and everyone comes with a talk prepared. However, our teacher is
sneaky and told us that 5 out of 8 in our districts were going to be asked to give
talks. Guess who was part of the five. *Points at self* The topic was the Atonement, so I essentially gave a very condensed version of my farewell talk.
Oh, I almost forgot to mention. Talks have to be in Spanish. Hehe. We're
supposed to take about 5 to 7 minutes. My talk was planned out to be 6, but I
talk fast when I'm scared as you know soooo turned into about 4 minutes. Oops.
Oh well. Everyone thought I was fluent because I was talking so fast but I was
reading straight off my paper haha
This week we're starting role
playing as investigators, so we choose a non-member or less active family
member or friend to pretend to be for someone else to teach. I'm not going to
disclose in this e-mail who I've chosen, but Elder Wilcox and I are going to be
teaching each other. I'm glad for that because I feel like I know him the least
out of the district. :)
Well, I think that's all for now!
The church is true, the book is
blue, and God loves you!!
~Hermana Martin <3
Q&A time!!
Have you gotten my first letter yet? If so, when did it arrive?
Nope. The only letter I've gotten was one a couple days ago from Auzzie
(Oakcrest) but I don't know when she sent it
What has been your favorite MTC meal? Any authentic Mexican dishes
served? How many meals are served on Sunday? Umm I like how often they have fish actually
and I get rice and beans almost every meal minus breakfast. My favorite thing
for breakfast is the drinkable yogurt. Every morning, apple, strawberry or
mango. Top notch. I would say the food is very American-ized haha. Sometimes
it's spicy but not too bad. We have tacos, burritos, and enchilada style food a
lot but Tuesday night is pizza night and we've also had hamburgers several
times :) Nummy. Three meals served on Sundays as well as the other days of the
week.
Tell us more about your companion Sister Conteh. You said she and
her mother are the only members in her family. Is she a convert? If so, could you share her conversion
story? Did she attend college before her mission? What are her
interests and hobbies? Has she shared what it is like being a member of
the Church living in Virginia?
Yes, she and her mother are
converts. She has 8 siblings, she's the youngest. She went to a church activity
and sacrament with a friend and the missionaries offered to teach her more
about the Gospel. She gladly accepted and the rest is history. She was converted 6 years ago at the age of
13, but she's 20 now as of the 17th. She wants to be a pediatric surgeon :) She
was the only active member of the church in her high school her senior year and
she shared a story of standing up for the church on the bus once. She said
"Mormons don't believe in that" (I don't remember what) and they said
"how do you know?" to which she responded that she was LDS. They said
she didn't look Mormon. She asked what a Mormon is supposed to look like and
they didn't respond. HAH. She's super independent and strong in the Gospel and
what she knows is right. I have such a deep respect and love for her I can't
even explain it. If all of my companions are a fraction of the hard-working,
stalwart missionary she is, I'll have no problems on my mission.
Laurel's new leather scripture covers
"Solo Espanol" - Only Spanish
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