Aloha everyone!
This week was great!! The day we had been waiting and
waiting for finally came!! The baptism of Chad Lewis!! It was a
glorious day, angels in heaven were rejoicing! There were tons of
family and friends there to support him, so many that we had to have the
opening and closing program in the chapel! We sang "Joseph
Smith's First Prayer" and another missionary played the guitar for us and it
was so great because the Spirit testifies so strongly through music.
Chad is amazing, his testimony is so powerful. Getting to be part
of his journey and witness him learning all these things takes
me back to my own conversion and reminds me so much of the things I
thought and felt when I was learning. He said this is a big step for him
in his life and he is excited to begin! It strengthens my testimony
even more to be a part of his learning process. The Lewis's are an all
around amazing family. I feel so comfortable in their home, the
spirit resides there in abundance. Chad's wife Jennifer is so
amazing too!
She has been though so much in her life and she is one of
the sweetest kindest people I know, and her son Mason passed the
sacrament for the first time this Sunday!! He is the sweetest kid ever and
has such a strong conviction of the gospel.
We also went to temple square with Rachel this week!! It
was so awesome because Rachel had never been before and the
sister missionaries there took us through a presentation on the
family. It really touched all of us, especially Rachel because the
reason she started meeting with us in the first place is because she
wants to be sealed to her daughter Alorah some day. It was a
beautiful testimony to how important Temples are and how lucky we are to have
them to be able to be sealed with our families for time and all
eternity.
The thing I loved most about this week was seeing so many
families. Nobody's family is perfect, but there is a special love
and a bond within the members of a family that make each one
unique. All families have struggles and some are bigger than others,
but we have a loving Father in Heaven who understands perfectly, and is
the perfect judge. There are so many people out here who have adopted
me into their families and I feel like they are part of mine.
Which is amazing because we really are all Spirit brothers and sisters! I
hope I see every person I have met out here back in heaven one day,
because heaven just wouldn't be heaven if my family members were
not all there. I love my family so much and now everyone out
there who is part of my extended family. That includes everyone reading
this email. Haha.
I want to invite you to show love to your family members
this week, whether is be through acts of service or kind words, we
can never tell our families that we love them too much or how important
they are to us. SHOUT OUT TO DAD AND JENNY!! I love you all, I hope
you have an amazing week!
Love,
Sister Abby Martinez
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