how are you guys doing? i hope this email finds you well. im doing great here. i love every minute. im happy and well
Hearing about kyle was cool. i was way surprised to hear about that. it was crazy i didnt expect it. where is time going. thats absolutely crazy. everybody is moving on doing there own thing its crazy i feel like im the same and everyone is aging. i think the mission is a weird time warp or something. like when i come home ill be time traveling to the future. i think thats what the mission is just time travel haha
anyways im doing great this week was sweet. againg Elder lyon and i have been so blessed. the lord is just leading us and guiding the work here in Futenma. We have been really busy this week and found a couple new investigators so thats way sick. so a couple highlights for you this week. i talked to my trainer on the phone. he called me and elder nokes from australia that was way unexpected and super weird. Hes doing well. It just blew my mind again. i cant believe im a trainer still time is flying. well it was good to talk to him. i learned alot from him he really helped me get used to japan he was way chill and helped me relax and not stress about stuff i cant control. hes a good man. James Davaidson.
also this week i called up my recent convert! yea. that was way sweet. it was good to talk with here. she is doing well. she was in the middle of a lesson with elder saito the after baptism ones so i got to talk to him as well that was sweet. its way good to see someones life change . she is happy now. It was amazing and is amazing to see that chage, when we met her she was a heavy smoker. she came to church read and prayed and through little steps quite smoking with the lords help. so that was way good to talk with her.
i also got to play basketball this week. we played with the kids at the park and some eikaiwa student scame so thyat was cool weone of the boys would always say to his friend. "yuusa-ku." it was way funny. its funny to hear people speak japanese english. they have many english words in japanese just pronounced weird youd be surprised. anyway turns out this wasnt one of them at the end of the game we talked and asked them there names. suire enough one boy replied yusakku. haha Elder Nokes looked at each outher and laughed. Good thing we didnt say that during the game. haha
oh another highlight we dendo ing witha 75 year old woman last night haha. Shhe loves the gospel and took us to visit some of her obachan friends/ that was cool. I love the fire that some of the older members have here in japan they truly love this gospel and love sharing it. i have learned alot from them about just going the extra mile and enduring to the end. theres at leats one in each ward that just surprises me.
anyway im just rambling. lastly we had a lesson with our 10 year old investigator naoto. his family is lass active and we are working hard on getting him baptized. once he comes to church i think well be able to make a date with him but he has school next week so that stinks , hes a smart kid and his sister love the gospel its fun teaching the two of them. its kind of didfefernt cause their kids. for example this week we taught the gospel of Jesus christ using a flashlight. Faith being the first battery, repentance the second. baptism is the flashlight and the holy ghost is the head or light of flashlight. we need to endure through adding fresh batteries or the light will diminsh and eventually leave. it was a good lesson and they seemde to have a alot of fun. its been really cool to work with them. i like teaching kids the best. there so innocent. well that was my week in a nut shell i hope you guys are doing well and i hope to hear from everyone next week
Love elder Martinez
ps oh yea mom. yes we attend 2 churchs on sunday still.its long but good haha. and yea im excited for the package!
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
letter sent 5.30.10
well happy memorials day today we went to the beach with the ysa military people. we played beach volleyball and ate some bbq beef sandwhichs chips and stuff, very americanish and very weird. the water is way clear down here its pretty but we were still by the city but it was nice to get oustide in pday clothes, its been a while since i got of church clothes, we saty in them on pday unless we have an activity.
well anyway the lord has really blessed us this week, we are working hard to find new investigators and hes is leading us and guiding us, we found lots of new people this week including 3 families, they are not all invetestigators yet but its been awesome, lots of miracles. weve been working with naoto a 10 year old, i went on junkai with the aps and we taught him, i learned a lot from the them elder richardson and chamberlain, they are way cool, and great missionaries, what makes a great missionary or just person in general is the love they have...charity, i could def see and feel that when working with them. something im trying to work on. But anyway Naotyo is a cool little kid, hes family is inactive, but he prays everynight and is way smart. we hada alittle act at the church but he couldnt make it on sunday. But he could def be baptized this transfer if he comes to church. its cool. we have also been workingg witha mother of 3 haveing lessoons with her, this week we helped her oldest a 5 year old pray that was really cool. and other than that ive been eating allot...tons. you americans and your food haha cake pizza cookies hamburgers hotdogs bbq sandwhiches the list goes on. haha its cool though
well yesterday was way sweet ill share that with you. 2 things. 1st is we were in charge of giving training to the youth on sharing th gospel. the 4 of us were in charge and all the leaders left. it was combined so we had all the military youth. elder lyon talked about prepraing for a mission and then elder nokes talked about skills from preach my gospel, teach testify and invite. we talked about there experiences and had some role play, elder mergist then talked about love for those around us and elder eyrings talk about sharing it with our friends, it was way good, i have to admit i got the coolest part of the lesson. we ran out of time so i was cut short but i think it worked out perfect. i asked a kid in the front what the gospel was after weve been talking about sharing it,...well waht is it? he had a blank look on his facer, as he thought about everypone laughed. we all know it but its a hard question (3 nephi 27) anyways the center of the gospel is the atonement of Jesus Christ the biggest act of charity shown. i read alma 7 11 -13 and watched that video you sent to me Mom, from elder holland. the spirit beat everyone up. after the movie testify breifly and sat down. i asked a 12 year old little boy to pray the rroom was dead silent. the boy starting crying in his prayer and after everyone reverently walked out of the room. it was silent. i was stoked...haha it was sweet. just what the youth needed. the the spirit of the Lord talked with them, and they felt it. it was sick. The spirit guided us.
also later that night we were comiung home from the mierzejewski house, it was 830 and the other 2 returned home. Elder lyon and i went to visit on of our invetsigators, the lady we met at the bank our first day in Futenma. She came to the door. she sounded and looked terrible. she said she was sick and couldnt talk but thanks for coming. she looked really sad. we asked to say a pray with and for her and she agreed. the spirit was again super strong. we prayed she would get better and for her family and wehn the prayer was done she looked up smiling and crying. it was so amazing. we left again quite. I love beeing a missionary, we literally get to see the Lord work through us and through th spirit act through us. we are tools in his hand as he helps his children in need. he cares about everyone of his children. it was day. well these are just some of the many miracles that happened this week, time is flying here in Futenma and were working hard. thanks for the letters and support and ill talk with you next week,
love elder Martinez
oh and mom i dotnthink i need anything in the package, the americans hook us up with anything american from base. and my clothes are good... i think im alright
oh and Ozaki san got baptized in miyazaki last week!!! ... i hope haha. me and elder saito found her and taught her all the lessons togther and she was baptized! sweet eh. she was awesome, quite smoking way quick and was blessed for coming to church everyweek, remember her?
well anyway the lord has really blessed us this week, we are working hard to find new investigators and hes is leading us and guiding us, we found lots of new people this week including 3 families, they are not all invetestigators yet but its been awesome, lots of miracles. weve been working with naoto a 10 year old, i went on junkai with the aps and we taught him, i learned a lot from the them elder richardson and chamberlain, they are way cool, and great missionaries, what makes a great missionary or just person in general is the love they have...charity, i could def see and feel that when working with them. something im trying to work on. But anyway Naotyo is a cool little kid, hes family is inactive, but he prays everynight and is way smart. we hada alittle act at the church but he couldnt make it on sunday. But he could def be baptized this transfer if he comes to church. its cool. we have also been workingg witha mother of 3 haveing lessoons with her, this week we helped her oldest a 5 year old pray that was really cool. and other than that ive been eating allot...tons. you americans and your food haha cake pizza cookies hamburgers hotdogs bbq sandwhiches the list goes on. haha its cool though
well yesterday was way sweet ill share that with you. 2 things. 1st is we were in charge of giving training to the youth on sharing th gospel. the 4 of us were in charge and all the leaders left. it was combined so we had all the military youth. elder lyon talked about prepraing for a mission and then elder nokes talked about skills from preach my gospel, teach testify and invite. we talked about there experiences and had some role play, elder mergist then talked about love for those around us and elder eyrings talk about sharing it with our friends, it was way good, i have to admit i got the coolest part of the lesson. we ran out of time so i was cut short but i think it worked out perfect. i asked a kid in the front what the gospel was after weve been talking about sharing it,...well waht is it? he had a blank look on his facer, as he thought about everypone laughed. we all know it but its a hard question (3 nephi 27) anyways the center of the gospel is the atonement of Jesus Christ the biggest act of charity shown. i read alma 7 11 -13 and watched that video you sent to me Mom, from elder holland. the spirit beat everyone up. after the movie testify breifly and sat down. i asked a 12 year old little boy to pray the rroom was dead silent. the boy starting crying in his prayer and after everyone reverently walked out of the room. it was silent. i was stoked...haha it was sweet. just what the youth needed. the the spirit of the Lord talked with them, and they felt it. it was sick. The spirit guided us.
also later that night we were comiung home from the mierzejewski house, it was 830 and the other 2 returned home. Elder lyon and i went to visit on of our invetsigators, the lady we met at the bank our first day in Futenma. She came to the door. she sounded and looked terrible. she said she was sick and couldnt talk but thanks for coming. she looked really sad. we asked to say a pray with and for her and she agreed. the spirit was again super strong. we prayed she would get better and for her family and wehn the prayer was done she looked up smiling and crying. it was so amazing. we left again quite. I love beeing a missionary, we literally get to see the Lord work through us and through th spirit act through us. we are tools in his hand as he helps his children in need. he cares about everyone of his children. it was day. well these are just some of the many miracles that happened this week, time is flying here in Futenma and were working hard. thanks for the letters and support and ill talk with you next week,
love elder Martinez
oh and mom i dotnthink i need anything in the package, the americans hook us up with anything american from base. and my clothes are good... i think im alright
oh and Ozaki san got baptized in miyazaki last week!!! ... i hope haha. me and elder saito found her and taught her all the lessons togther and she was baptized! sweet eh. she was awesome, quite smoking way quick and was blessed for coming to church everyweek, remember her?
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