Week 49

HELLO ALL!

This week I had lots of cake...

 

I KNOW I had some great time stories, that I do not remember at all.. but that's ok, you will get so things that will be a good time..

Whilst tracting this week, we met the first man I have ever met that had a problem with the church cause of its past with back folk and what not, he said that "Before either of you were even born, your church taught that WE! (black people) were a RACE! (that caught me off guard..) and that we were not able to receive salvation!" He was one of them guys that you are just NOT going to get through to, like, what he know is just right! and there is no other truth! so, he still believes that that is what Mormons at one time believed, I didn't want to fight with him to much about it, kinda wished I had a black missionary there though, not that that would have helped at all, but would have been better...

 

Had a hobo give me a hug.. which is odd, cause I have yet to give him any money, even though he has stopped us on our bikes a good five times asking for some.. He lives at a car wash..

 

We had Interviews last week! that was a great time! always good to meet with pres! he told me that I would be transferred next transfer, no idea where, but I will only have a few more weeks left here, which is fitting, I never seem to spend to much time in one area. I am very ready to leave the city, I have loved it, but, its time to get back to the country!

Here is a picture from the president's blog from those interviews.

 

MAN am I hungry.. really, have not eaten all day, we really can only eat once a day these days.. haha, end of the month I have no money left, and of course, we NEVER get fed, I would not be sad if someone wanted to send me a package full of food or money or some such things.. that would be ok!

 

I have come to the point where I just stare at a package of ramen for a good 10 minutes trying to decide if it really it necessary to eat.  

 

Did I ever mention the time my mother, my ONLY mother, mistook me for her OTHER missionary son, and told me to have a great time in Tennessee? well, that happened again, only this time it was my ONLY FATHER! No worries, he just told me happy birthday, even though that is a month away, and asked if I got my birthday package.. the answer of course being NO! all though, of someone wants to mistake me for my much younger brother and send me a late birthday package, again, would NOT be mad about that.. as long as you correct the mistake come my actual birthday, and send me and even bigger birthday package!

 

I had a dream that I got attacked by a dog, actually, many dogs, and HUGE dogs, kinda scary, I told the other missionaries, but not Elder Huntsmen, didn't want to scare him..

 

 

WELP! I guess that's all from me today.

DONT FORGET THAT I ALSO AM ON A MISSION!!!

LOVE!!!

Elder CamCam Martin.

Week 48

Well, I did it! WE DID IT! ONE YEAR! I MADE IT!!!!!

So, for the year mark, and Casey's actual birthday, I had a baptism! yep, Rylee Gates, She was supposed to be baptized last week, but for some reason that did not happen.. who knows, well, I know, it was 'cause her mom had to go to the hospital.. so, yeah..

ANYWAY! that was a thing and really cool! Other then that we had your average week, other than when I was with one Elder Huntsman again, and then some dogs came out of nowhere, ha, he really, really does not like dogs, ha, good times, good times.

So we had this investigator, she was interested, things were good, up till she came to church.. and then, while her kid was in nursery, someone brought her child to her, cause the child had a dirty diaper, so, Sarah, the investigator, had to change her own kids diaper... OH NOOO!!! So somehow that meant that God was not in this church, yeah, anyways, I had zero sympathy for her, so later that week when we were to go see her, we went on an exchange, so as to not allow me to be... TOO bold, turns out that was a good thing, she was nothing but hostile to the missionary that went in my place, and some other things happened, that, I would have been.. bold with... haha, anyways, we will still try to mend things there, cause you can never give up! I will just have to bite my tongue.. her roommate is cool though! so that's good!

For church yesterday, the primary did this thing at the beginning of sacrament meeting, it took place of the normal song, they walked around the chapel and sang... and it was really weird...

The mission President was there, and for the second time EVER! we walked in a little late.. The president also happened to be there the first time that happened...

WELP! That's all for now!

LOVE!!

ONE YEAR!!

Elder CamCam Martin!

Week 47

Welp, just like my young brother, I have had a slow week.

We spent a lot of time at hospitals, giving all kinds of blessings, so that was a thing.

One of those blessing was to the mother of the girl that was GOING to get baptized on Sunday, she had some kinda panic attack at church.. so, the baptism did not go on.. Hopefully we can do it next week..

We had a zone fast last week, that was kinda cool!

We are still getting used to our new area, its a very different side of town, but we will get it.

I kinda hate our new apt! Nothing works and everything leaks! Its driving me crazy, We might not even be in it anymore by the end of the month..

Our washer doesn't work, it puts water in, but stops there.. I spent hours trying to fix it myself, only to spend a few more sitting on the floor next to it, wondering if there was an easy way to KILL it...

The next day we told the front office, when we got back, they had just done what I already did.. and fixed NOTHING!

I was rebuked in a zone DDM... they told me I talk to the sisters too much... so... yeah, I guess that's a thing...

WELP! ha, I have not much else to say this week... other then LOVE!!!

Elder CamCam Martin OUT!