Dear Family and Friends,
We've been doing a lot of tracting again lately to increase
our teaching pool; We have several investigators but they either haven't been
keeping commitments or are very hard to get a hold of. Just....just....call us
back...or text us....please....
One cool experience we had was with a man named Kevin. After
knocking on his apartment door, we jumped into telling him about the Book of
Mormon, what it is and why it's important, and had him read Moroni 10:3-5 and
gave him Moroni's challenge. And he accepted! We had a similar experience with
a man named Tim whom we contacted from a balcony while he was in the parking
lot. And Kris, who texted with several questions (Is Sam, Nephi's brother the
same Sam from the Bible? etc). He loves it! And also with Gabriel,
who speaks Spanish. YAY!!
With this month being Book of Mormon month (mission-wide
goal of giving out 40 BOMs/companionship), I've found it much more beneficial
to jump into talking about the Book of Mormon with several people. It's so cool
to see people take it in their hands and then start reading it immediately
after we hand it to them because they're so excited to find out what's inside!
I have found so many blessings from having the Book of Mormon in my life and I
am excited to help others see the joy and peace that they can find in this additional
witness of Christ. I've also been able to focus more on reading the Book of
Mormon in personal study, and I've learned so much and seen how it affects me
positively later on during the day when I'm doing the work as well.
Hermana Acosta and I stayed inside Monday evening after
P-day last week as well as on Tuesday and Wednesday- However, we still surpassed
our "may-we-teach-you" goal and came close on many others. Thanks to diligent
effort and the Lord's help, we still had a fairly productive week despite
initial setbacks. :)
We had a Multi-Stake Conference (LA, AL, GA, TN, FL?) on
Sunday, which of course was in Spanish for us (broadcasted in a
different/separate room). It was a bit hard to get everything but I have notes
on the gist of what each speaker's topic was. There was a theme of
strengthening the families, which I've found is really what the world needs
right now. I've met/taught so many families with rough pasts and/or currently
in rough situations and strengthening the family would eliminate many of these
issues. I'm so lucky I have the opportunity to serve a mission to help both
other family and my future family become centered on Christ.
Thanks for your love, support and prayers!
The Church is true, The Book is Blue (and also true) and God
loves you!!!
~Sister Laurel Martin
Laurel playing gator ball in a dress because she forgot her P-day clothes.
Southern license plates
Laurel is naming all the neighborhood cats - this is "Tigger."
Hanging out at Five Guys - yep, we raised her right!
Snickers!
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