Hello Family!
This week we contacted
some former investigators, one of which is an awesome lady. First of all, she
shows dogs, owns chickens in her back yard, grows like 5 different fruit trees,
works at UC Berkley and owns a cat named Ziva! Which by the way, curled up on
my lap the first meeting! I will have to take a picture some time with her. But
I thought of Mom and Todd especially and our NCIS! Which is actually what she
is named after. The lady invited us to come back and help her rake
leaves the very next day. We got to see all her cool trees and animals and
raked all morning at one of the coolest houses I have ever been to. Then we
went to help bishop with pulling up grass in his yard. It was very muddy, but
we got an invite to a nomembers house for a Mexican dinner this week out of it!
He is always so good about having nonmembers around when we come by, and they
were his good friends helping him out with his yard. They really liked that my
companion spoke spanish and apparently we have to try her food that is "increible".
We got another
investogator named Lucia this week! Some elders from Concord were teaching one
of their member's friends, but that friend lives in Walnut Creek! So they have
already taught her the restoration and invited her to baptism on Dec 1st and
she said yes! So now we are taking over since she is in our area. We met her
last night at the "Why I Believe" fireside which is all recent
converts sharing their story. She is great, really prepared and looking. She is
also a holistic chiropractor, maybe she can help me with all my soreness from
raking leaves and pulling grass! All the up and down movements made me wake up
super sore this weekend in my legs and back.
Temple Hill is getting
ready for Christmas! I think next to Salt Lake City Temple Square, we have the
biggest Christmas decorations at the Oakland temple. They already have the
Nativity set up, and several of the the lights. There are tons of Christmas
events happening as well, so we get to invite people to it. I also have heard
all the sisters are needed to work in the Visitor's Center at Christmas time
because it is always so crowded with people! So hopefully Christmas will be
busy busy! It is sucha great time to use Christmas tools to share the gospel
with your friends! For Thanksgiving, we get to spend two hours at each members
house, all day long. So far we already have 3 appointments! I don't know how
much food I can eat :(...
We had a great Preach
My Gospel fireside with members, and a big thing taken away from it was turning
comments into invitations. When you have a coworker or a friend who asks you
something about Mormons or your family, turn it into an invitation to FHE or
church or to have dinner with with the missionaries in your home. Simple! Also
to pray for missionary opportunities everyday. Also make a list of 100 names of
people you know are not members and pray and pick one that you feel would be
prepared. Not so hard coming up with that many names with facebook and such
these days!
A great scripture I
came across this week is from Isaiah, and its Isaiah 30:20-21 I really like how
even though we go through adversity in a scary world pulling you all
directions, the spirit is the voice and teacher guiding us saying
"This is the way, walk ye in it."
Enjoy the pictures, I
remember my cord this week!
Love,
Sister Martin
pic 1) at our ward
halloween party with our bishop who painted himself as moroni! sooo cool!
pic 2) a chick-fil-a
opened here in walnut creek! we are converting our non-southern members here
who do not know what "that chicken place " is! also there were tons
of gay marriage and anti gay protestors at the opening.typical california.
pic 3)raking leaves!
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