thank you for your letters. i really enjoyed reading them.well things are going well for me. pday is coming to an end and i start another week.im tired, but its good. anyways sounds like you guys had a good week in Idaho and logan. sounds like fun. thats cool trevor and kristen are getting back into routine again that will be good for them. im excited for the family right now.
anyways this week has been pretty good. things are getting better with the companion and the language. im starting to get back to myself, acting normal and happy andstuff, i was through off for a little while but things are back to normal. My language is getting better and im speaking a lot of japanese and not getting to frustrated lately. haha well this week we taught 15 lessons which is pretty good but we want to get up to 20 lessons soon. that would be better. well this week we taught goichi he is 10 and his parents want him baptized so were working with him. its difficult cause his attention span is limited so we have to be creative we taught all of lesson 1 the apostacy and stuff and turned off the lights and ripped up pieces of the gospel and gave everyone a piece. i thought it was pretty good haha. then we wtached the restoration video. the spirit was def strong. he young so i hope he can recognize the feeling and act on it in the end. but it went really well, then we played prophet concentration which bro petersen brought. that was natsukashii. i remeber playing that game as a child too, remember ? haha we also got to teach our chinese investigator cho san this week hes awesome . i cant wait for him to be baptized some day. hes a trooper and loves this gospel. We watched general conference in mandarin. ...thank goodness for japanese. wow that was nuts. but a good experience we watched part of preisthodd session, *president Uchtdorf and Monson. so that was really sweet.
next we had zone conference. it was great to see president and his wife they are so loving its ridiculus. truly Christlike people. i had a good interview with president and enjoyed feeling the spirit with the missionaries in kagoshima zone. we learned some good stuff. the Ap training was about companionship study. They helped us feel the spirit and showed us a good example of companionship study. They said something that was pretty cool. we have the BOM our whole lives until the day we die. but our companions we only have for 6 to 12 weeks our whole life, whther we love them or not we have a lot to learn in a little time. i thought that was really cool.To learn not only from prophets but from opthers and there testimonies. relationships are very important.
we also taught kadota and ozaki our new investigator. they live close and near heiwadai koen or park. so we rode our bikes through the park, it was so beautiful. i love that park for a second i felt like iwas on a bike trail in california. it was awesome. i dont get to do things like that much, zutto city! but it was nice. ozaki san is a nice old lady and she is lonely. we helped cheer up her day and taught lesson one which went well, we talked with kadota about enos, alot lot to learn from him and his wrsetle with god. the book of mormon uses such amazing words, this week we had the oppurtunity to visit lots of less actives and prev investiogators. i shared ether 12 4 for one message, jeffs fav scripture i think. its amazing, to believe in God is to hope for as better world. to be postive and abound in good works, With out a beleif in a loving Heavenly Father is somnething i cant comprehend. it sure takes the meaning out of life, but the next part is key, the anchor of our faith, an anchor is tiny compared to a huge boat but when rough times come if that anchor is in Christ we are steadfast and immovable. i love the scritptures, hiow its written. recently ive been reading the accounts off mathew mark luke and john. there is so much to learn from the last few days of Jesus Christ life, like that talk in general conference. im impresssed upon the acts of Christ. I think he was better than perfect. you could justify alot of thintgs after how the people treated him but instead he asked Hevaenly father tyo forgive them. he gave his back to the smiter cheeks to them that plucked off the hair and hid not his face from shame or spitting. he still loved those people. he kept going on. he didnt tak a nap after he atoned for the worlds sinm but kept going , and died on the cross, pleading for the forgiveness of the people. this has given me a lot of strength this weel. i want to be a better person, i wish i could show that love. it helps me going when im tired, which is everday and puts a smile on my face.
well im sorry i have been talking so much about scriptures and stuff mom and dad, but as you can see im doing well, to answer your questions i dint think i need a new journal cover just yet mom, ill be okay and if not ill just send the finsished pages home. keep up the hard work at the office. keep strong at seminary and with Todd. dad i still feel like a foreighner haha, theres no changing that, its so different america is a melting pot but here its all japanese. they look at me funny and treat me different. Alot of poeple just stare at me when i say hi on the street but theres also a good aspect alot of people love you too, gaijin power is what my comp calls it. the little school children love gajin and sometimes i feel like a hero. haha its fun to make them laugh and gigle with a simple hero haha. anyways thanks for your letters, your support and your example. truly thank you. things are getting better for me, im happy and pushing forward. have a great week and ill talk with you next week
love your son elder martinez
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