Week 2

Familia!

I love you and miss you tons. I am learning a lot in the MTC and have already made a lot of friends. The elders and the hermanas in our district are great. We finished our practice lessons with our role-play investigater, "Rafael," who is going to be one of our teachers from now on! I am more confident know with bearing testimony and speaking in Spanish and we have been promised that if we rely on the Lord, great blessings will come and we can learn as fast as we want to! Our teachers here are really inspiring and have made it more clear to me that our purpose is to "invite others to come unto Christ" through the steps that I have been blessed to know all my life! 

I was thankful to receive some Valentine's packages and letters this week! I spread some Valentine's Day cheer by putting up some of the sparkly heart decorations that Mom gave me in our classroom and the glitter got on the elders and it was pretty funny... I also shared with them some heart brownies that the Makins sent me!

Here is a sample schedule of the day: wake up at 6:30; go to the gym or the fitness center for about an hour; get dressed up; personal study; eat; language study; classroom instruction for 3 hrs; eat; additional study; eat; lights out at 10:30pm... haha Yep, we're busy but it's awesome! :)

There are plenty of options at the cafeteria... sometimes that's not a good thing for me... especially when they have BYU Creamery ice cream, but I like it! ;)

I am doing well. It is great to hear from you all in letters. I love you all so much! It is neat to think that all the RM's I know once walked these halls! I have run into a lot of sisters and elders I know from St. George and BYU-Hawaii. 

I have recently been reading 3 Nephi and it is amazing. I love reading about Christ's ministry among the Nephites. You are the best! Keep in touch! I love you!

Mucho Amor,
Hermana Martin

The missionaries who have gone to BYU- Hawaii all got together for a picture last Sunday! I knew a couple of the elders from school and it was really fun to see them again!

A member of our branch presidency and his wife. Hermana Bradford is from Germany and knitted a heart "smitten" for Valentine's Day so they could hold hands in the cold! So cute!!