letter sent 6.6.10

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!