Hey everyone! 👩🏼‍💼👩🏻‍💼👩🏽‍💼 + 🎶🔥 + ❤

This week was really eventful! For one, we got transfer calls and I'm finally staying in my area again! And with my companion! That's right, Sister Harvey and I get to stay together in a West Jordan. But wait!

There's more... we also get a new companion! We are gonna be in a trio with a new sister, Sister Manea from Hawaii. This is be her second transfer. We are super excited to get her, it's gonna be crazy and a lot of fun. And thus, my equal ratio of companions to transfers remains in tact.

Our investigator Don got engaged to his girlfriend Connie! We are so excited and happy for them! Connie is a stalwart member of the church and comes to all of our lessons with Don. They are so cute because even though they are both in their 50s they still act like teenagers in love haha. Don continues to amaze us every time we teach him. This week especially when our lesson was on tithing and fast offerings and he was upset that he has to wait until he is a member to pay his tithing.

So last night we went to a musical fireside, the last one put on by one of my favorite missionaries who is going home. Divine Heritage sang and it was amazing as always. If you have never heard of them pause in your reading of this email to go look them up. Sister Harvey and I sang as well and it was really fun.

It was an emotional night. So many mixed feelings. I'm still in awe that I'm out here doing what I am doing. Getting to talk about and share my testimony of Jesus Christ, and inviting people to follow him and change their lives. I don't think I will ever stop being in awe of the calling that I have right now. Something that was said at the fireside last night was that "As missionaries, one of the most important things we do is that we become friends with the people we teach. They become as much a part of our lives as we do of theirs.

Which is what makes it so hard to leave." The people I have met out here on my mission mean the world to me. All of you that receive these emails. I want you to know how much you mean to me and how much I love you. I never could have imagined all the ways that God has blessed me by giving me the opportunity to know you. So thank you.

Our portion of Zion continues to grow and thrive out here, we are going to start doing a lot more with the youth now that there will be three of us.

Also, we taught Primary yesterday and when we asked "what are some good things we can think about?" A little boy in the front row answers "Well, certainly not Satannn 💁🏻‍♂️" <-- hand motions included. Haha we thought "yes Johnny, certainly not." It was cute.

Well, I love you and I hope you have an amazing week!

Love,

Sister Abby Martinez