Bye MTC!
Hello Family!
I leave for Oakland
airport in the morning! My companion got a calling card that we will share
because we are allowed to call at the airport. I will call mom and dad for just
a few minutes, sorry I don't have more details, but really I saw you all 3 weeks
ago and I will call in 3 months. I STILL LOVE YOU!
This week Sister Olsen
and I had a powerful experience in the TRC (Teaching Resource Center) with a
real referral. We even got a real member to sit in with us. The girl we taught
was Hung (she was vietnamse, so I don't know how it is spelled, but that is how
it is pronounced). She was very open to everything because she goes to BYU and
has member roommates who referred her. With no real religious background, we
ended up having her pray to know if God was there and if there were answers to
this being the true church and that her family would be ok with her joining.
She got up from the prayer and had tears streaming down her face, and we asked
her how she felt. She replied she knew He was listening. After teaching the
first lesson, where more tears were shed on her part, she ACCEPTED TO BE
BAPTIZED! Sister Olsen and I are so sad we won't see her again because we are
leaving, but we told her to tell her roommates what happened that night are
praying that other missionaries will pick her up. It's amazing what the Holy
Ghost teaches people. I have learned my role as a missionary is simply to be
the obedient vessel where the Spirit can dwell and be the real teacher.
I also bore testimony
this week about family and Ally to Sarah, our other TRC investigator. It was
last minute inspiration and I related it to how the gospel of Jesus Christ got
me through as a teenager, because Sarah was concerned for her teenage daughter.
It hit home with her and she was crying and asked us after if we knew that her
sister was dying from lymphoma. We had no idea.
The four of us sisters
had a scary experience this week, where we had to receive blessings from the
branch presidency. The night we were scared, I had the thought come to me that
Ally was with me. In my blessing the next day, I was told (out of the four of
us) that I had special gaurdian angels watching me. I started sobbing because
there was no way that Brother Lauritzen knew anything of my family, and none of
the other sisters were told that in their blessings. I knew my thought was
real. Also, we are being taught that the adversary will be working harder when
he knows we will do great things for the Lord. So in a way, we felt honored to
have that experience, because that means we are a threat!
I wish I could write
more, but I'm out of time. I will be in California next time I write! My blog
has my missiona home address you can send things to for now. I REALLY LOVE YOU
ALL! THE CHURCH IS TRUE!
Love,
Sister Martin
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