Dear all y'all,
Kinda less-eventful
week haha. Sister Barton continued to feel ill during the beginning of last
week and then I wasn't feeling well at the end of the week. Perfect. I hope to
be feeling better soon so we can knock out some work and finding this week and
accomplish our mission-wide goal for having every companionship baptize in
May. (If we accomplish said goal we'll have 88 baptisms in May!!!)
We had the
opportunity to visit D. and extend a baptismal invitation to her this week.
She said that she had been baptized already, but as we reviewed the
Restoration again briefly she softened and recognized what we were saying about
the authority of God was important. She agreed to pray about it.
Another cool
experience we had was visiting with a somewhat less-active member one evening
for dinner. She was expressing the difficulty she was having getting her
husband from the middle east to the states despite the promised rapid results.
It's been 3 years now and she broke down and began crying as she told us how
unhelpful the agency has been in making progress on her case. I couldn't think
of anything to do but hug her. After dinner, during which she talked about her
two kids that her parents are taking care of for her in Mexico, the message we
shared was Alma 38 : 5 (a new favorite of mine to share with investigators/members/etc
that are going through a hard time). She began crying again but it was a
different kind of cry; a little more hopeful. It was a good reminder to me that
missionaries are here to help members and help them grow their faith, too.
She came to church on Sunday and she seems so happy there.
Lastly, I'm just a
couple chapters away from finishing the Book of Mormon for the 3rd time (cover
to cover, on my own)! I'm so grateful that being a missionary has given me the
opportunity to read the scriptures and study the Gospel every day and learn
more about how to be spiritually independent and steadfast in Christ. Nothing
else brings greater, truer, lasting joy.
The Church is true,
The Book is blue,
and God loves you!
The Book is blue,
and God loves you!
Hna Martin II
Laurel holding a kitten
Another street with her name. :)
Selfie time!
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