Hey friends!
It's been a really cool week! We had Christmas Conference with my fellow homie missionaries, we partied hard on Christmas, we got to talk to our families, and we found 6 new investigators this week! THE LORD AND HIS INFINITE MERCY! Good grief, Charlie Brown. Man, life is just so good. And then Sister Hafen is just a rock star and she is coming out of her little greenie shell and inviting everyone and their mom to be baptized! (Literally she invited a 15 year old girl and her mom to be baptized... this isn't a joke)
But no really, it was WICKED sweet. On Monday we picked up a woman named Lucy and the member we brought with us happened to know her! Hahaha. I love that. It's a small little Hispanic world after all. Tuesday and Wednesday night we went caroling with the relief society sisters and it was so much fun! I love singing Christmas carols off-tune and in Spanish! No, this is real. Thursday we had the Christmas Conference and we got to go to Belmont, Mass for that. I received many a package there and I just want to give a shout out to all my homies who sent me stuff. Y'all are great! I think we have enough chocolate to feed Liberia. And maybe our mouse that lives in our apartment and eats all of our peanut butter... Don't worry, we have hid all the Reese's peanut butter cups in the freezer. Sorry, Remy.
Friday I got to talk with some of you lovely people and it was a blast. I am so excited for the new baby children that get to be born into the best family on earth! And the best part is that I will get to hold them! After we did the G+ hangout we had a Guatemalan brunch with Bishop Flores and his family and they gave us presents. I was just all awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. Like what even? Afterwards we went and spread all sorts of peace on earth and good will towards men in chocolate form! We visited investigators, recent converts, and less actives and brought a little bit of the joy of Christmas with us. The English sisters came with us because apparently white people don't like to be disturbed on their holiday... So to all you white people out there: be nice to the missionaries, ok? But yeah, it was a super feliz navidad.
Saturday was a little bit crazy because we had no set appointments, but we managed to make it a really great day and we picked up 2 more investigators. The mother and daughter that Sister Hafen invited to be baptized. FYI they didn't set a date, but they didn't say no. Sunday we had a great time at church and we picked up 3 more investigators! 3 dudes that came to our ward Christmas party! So yeah, it was all sorts of success building upon success.
I don't really know why all this is happening right now, but I am so grateful that I have the opportunity to be a missionary at this time. There are so many of God's children out there that are looking for Him. So many people are hurting and are looking for more peace and are looking to feel God's presence in their lives. Something I realized this past week is that I have been so incredibly blessed all my life to know that I am a daughter of God and that I have had experiences that undeniably testify that God knows me personally. The gospel is true and gives us peace and leads us through this crazy, adventurous life.
I love you all and I hope that your christmas was merry and bright!
Con amor,
Hermana Frei
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