Here we go, Junio!

Como estan?

Whoa... only 2 months and 4 days left of my mission...

The weather has been beautiful lately and everything is so GREEN!

Yesterday, we visited a cute Mexican member in our ward. Her husband is in the bishopric and they have a son on a mission, (which is much more rare occurrence out here!). She talked about sharing the gospel a little bit with her friend at the laundromat and doing service with her husband for a sick neighbor who she'd referred us to earlier. She also invited us over for some "comida Mexicana" on Thurs. (Walking day, and they live in walking distance, so perfect!) The gospel makes us so happy!

Any time we're in the car, the sister in the passenger
seat is constantly sending out text reminders to invite
people to church/ confirm and set appointments/
contact members and non-members! We take turns on driving days.

 Our investigators didn't go to church yesterday. :( Miguel and Rocio had to work. We fasted so that Miguel can find a job where he won't have to work on Sundays. He wants to be baptized and he is reading The Book of Mormon and praying daily, but he's just got to take that next step to change his job. Our Dominican family, Reynaldo, Suhety, and Abrianna, didn't come to church yesterday. Abrianna (11) says she wants to, and she's been reading in the Gospel Library on her phone.

 One of our members did go to church with her daughter, Eleny, and her baby attended church for the second week in a row after not attending for years and years! She brought her baby boy to be blessed in Sacrament Meeting, and the hermano who blessed him mentioned his potential to be baptized and serve a full-time mission! It was beautiful!

I did a count yesterday of the church members in the Spanish sisters' area (that's us) and I counted 65 members (including children who  have been baptized). That's 65 members of the true church of Christ out of the hundreds of thousands of people who live around here... crazy! And less than 30 of them are actively attending. Only 12 of the age-eligible ward members in our area have gone through the temple for their endowment... We are so blessed to have the restored gospel! It is like a having diamond in the rough! We've been working hard to involve the members in missionary work. It is sometimes a struggle to find people to teach, but the members are willing to help us out in whatever way they can!

 In area where we live, Highland Park, there is a unique population of Jewish, Buddhist, and Hindu people, with a mixture of Catholic and other Christian denominations scattered in between! Talking to them, I've been given a chance to reflect on where my faith really is and what it to me means to be a true disciple of our Savior, Jesus Christ. This is no Utah!

It's scary, weird, and a little stressful for me adjusting to the thought that I'll be going home soon. One more transfer to go after this. I just need to take it one day at a time. I have a goal to smile more. Sometimes it's hard with so much on my mind, but I guess that being happy is what the gospel is all about, anyways!

 2 Nephi 31:20

Love,

Hermana Martin

I found a store with my name on it!

My companion and I on the temple trip!! (Wow, it's been a long week...)