We got 2 new districts this past
week. 4 sisters and 5 elders. 1 elder didn't show up so there is a trio. Wahoo!
The sisters are great and I've had a lot
of fun being Momma Martin. Yes, that is my name haha. Feeling cool.
The packages this week were both so
awesome! The Oreo thing has made my life. I've been eating Oreos every day
since I got it haha. MTC 15!!! I hope not...I'll have to buy a whole new
wardrobe. Meaning you would actually ;) so I'm being good.
Cool experiences this past week!!!
Elder Olvera in my district leaves a
week from Monday and he hasn't gotten his Visa yet. I asked him if he had
prayed yet and he said no. So I have been praying and got my Hermana's to do it
as well. So yesterday, at breakfast I told him, "Hey, I prayed for you
this morning to get your Visa and I'm feeling good. My prayers always come
true." Kinda joking, but you know me haha. And.....5 hours later, he comes
running to me while I was outside studying, "IT CAME!!!!" Kind of
awesome haha!
With the new elders coming in, I
found out that 1 was from South Jordan. Elder Smart, graduated in 2013, knows
Laurel. Anyways, he said when he first met me he recognized me...and then it
hit him! He is BFFs with Matt Page and was at his farewell and went to our talk!
Haha so he was at my mission farewell.
Small world!
I got another package the same day
that I got the Oreo package. It was from Amazon. I opened it and it was a 24
package of Goldfish crackers. I was super confused. There was a note inside and
it quoted the scripture from Matthew about being 'fishers of men' and a small
note. It was from the Berube's. It made my life, I seriously just cried. I
would love their address so I can write them :)
Your package that I got yesterday
with the pictures just made my life. I was just showing off the pictures last
night and again today. I love you so much!!! I've been wanting more pictures and this was
exactly what I wanted :) Love yer guts.
So after class this past week, we
ran into 2 'investigators' from Guatemala who asked us all these super hard
questions about the church. I tried to answer them the best I could and I was
actually doing extremely well. It was our entire district, so there were 5 of
us and we talked to them for 40 minutes. Lost our gym time, so sad. At the end, he was asking about families. So
again, fully in Spanish, I bore my testimony on eternal families and for the
opportunity to be with Heavenly Father and those we love for the rest of
eternity. It was amazing, I can't even tell you how it felt. He asked us if he
(Jose) and his wife (Hely) could meet with us again. So we have an appointment
on Monday. Should be an awesome experience :)
2 funny stories. So we went on a
walk in the middle of class with our teacher and he walked around saying what
things were in Spanish. He taught us pebble...I can't think of it now, starts
with a 'p'...but later, he picked up a pebble and asked what it was, and
Hermana Walker yelled at the top of her lungs 'Pedo!' to which Hermano Howard
just lost it. He then said, "No, actually that means 'fart.' So....we had
a kick out of that. So many Spanish mess ups, I'll tell more later.
Playing volleyball this past week and there
was this HUGE Tongan on the other team. We were playing and the ball was going
to him and I got this strong impression to drop, before the ball was even near
him. I've learned to listen, so I dropped to my knees, and right then the Elder
spiked the ball and it barely missed the head (it blew my hair a bit) and
knocked the Elder behind me down. Saved my face. Pretty good day.
Well....that was a lot haha! I want
to be better at emails so I made a list of things to tell you ;) you're
welcome!
Hermana Martin
Sierra's District sisters showing where they are going.
Sierra with her next-door neighbor (aka "little" brother) Elder Matt Page at the MTC.
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