💜 Our week 💜

Hey everyone!!

So this week was great! On Saturday one of our stakes did a mini MTC experience for all the youth and it was amazing!! We got to stand at the door and be dorks and tell all the youth "Welcome to the MTC" Haha. They looked at us like we were weirdos but we thought, once you get to the real MTC you'll understand. Then we got to spend the rest of the day doing service and cleaning this woman's yard with our district! It was a mess and she had a lot of things that needed to be hauled away. It was  an overwhelming project for one person but with our whole district (which includes 3 senior couples that know how to do yard work) we got it looking great in a couple of hours!

We were finally able to see Jen and Xander this week!! We started Xander's after baptism lessons and we taught the plan of salvation and he remembered almost the entire thing! He is such a smart kid, and he loves reading his scriptures. Jen is doing really well and has her eyes set on going to the temple! She recently lost her cousin in an accident and so she was asking us all sorts of specific questions about what happens after we die and where we go and she told us the plan of Salvation is how she has found peace as she's gone through this loss and she downer know what she would do if she didn't have it! She even told us that she feels like she should take out her nose ring haha she's amazing. She and Xander are both on fire and Riley, Jen's husband has been coming to church almost every week and staying for all three hours since Xander got baptized! We have invited him to sit in on Xander's follow up lessons so hopefully he will be there for the next one. Riley is one of the nicest guys I've ever met. They are just a wonderful family!!!

We also had a really great lesson with Sebastian this week! He is 17 almost 18 and he is graduating in a couple days so he's got a lot going on right now. We had his lesson in the home of one of the young

men in his ward who is going to serve a mission so it was a great opportunity for him to gain experience in sharing the gospel. We talked about the Word of Wisdom and the Laws of Chasity and initially I was a little nervous but it went really well! Sebastian is the sweetest kid and surrounds himself with good friends that will help buoy him up when he needs it. He is also such a good influence on everyone he comes in contact with because of his great example! It breaks my heart that I won't be here to see him get baptized but I'm so happy for him!! We are still waiting for his dad to give him permission to get baptized right now, but he is doing so good. We are so happy for him!

Those were the highlights of this week! It's gone by so fast it's hard to believe. I can't believe I only have two weeks left! I hit my 18 month mark last week so I count myself lucky that I get almost 3 extra weeks in the mission!! :) it's been a wonderful experience! Next week will be my last email. I love you all and I hope you have a wonderful week!!

Love,

Sister Abby Martinez

 

Us with out dork dots! Also, it was Sister Zee's 23rd birthday!! 😄

Sister Milligan & Sister Zeegelaar & Sister Martinez

Sister Milligan & Sister Martinez & Sister Zeegelaar

Sister Zeegelaar & Sister Martinez & Sister Milligan