Madam Librarian

Hello family and friends! 

It has been another great week in the beautiful city of Boston! Wow. Everyday we go out and I am ceaselessly amazed. How did I get so lucky to serve here? Also, I am convinced that everybody has a cool life story if you take the time to listen. That's the greatest part about public transportation! You really get the chance to listen and learn from all sorts of people. Some of 'em are a little wack-o, but hey, they are children of God as well :)

This past Wednesday we were meeting with one of our recent converts at the Copley Library (if you haven't seen a picture of the Copley Library then you should google it) and we were reading the Book of Mormon with her. We had a really good discussion and showed her how to use the index to help her answer specific question in her life. Once we finished we had her offer a prayer. It was probably one of the most beautiful prayers I've ever heard. When we said "Amen" we opened our eyes and there was a library monitor standing right by the table we were sitting at, staring at us. At first I thought we were being too loud, or maybe they outlawed praying in public libraries or something... But she said that she was listening to the prayer and it touched her. And then she asked if we were planning on coming back to the library to study soon because she wanted to learn how to pray like that! We were like, "what." Jk, we were all about that, so we set up a time to go back on Friday. We got to meet with her for like 10 minutes on Friday and gave her a Book of Mormon and we got that #ReturnAppointment. So sweet. God is truly preparing people to hear our message. And half the time all we have to do is pray in a public library and the people come to us :)

Friday and Saturday were pretty fun since we had full days planned out and then LITERALLY everyone on the planet cancelled on us. So we ended up walking miles down a road in the freezing cold to find a referral, got to the house and ain't nerrbody was there... We tracted around for a bit, a bunch of Hispanics pulled the "I don't speak English card, but I pulled out my good ol' trusty espanol! Then they just said they weren't interested... haha. I love people. Our toes were sufficiently numb, but we got some good pictures for posterity! Boston has a variety of random ghetto bridges to take pictures on, rest assured. :) 

This morning I was studying in Preach My Gospel Chapter 5 about the Book of Mormon and how it can help us answer the questions of our souls... Good stuff. Alma 34:5 says that the root question is: "Is Jesus the Christ?" So I was thinking about it and reading Alma 36... And I think that chapter is the most powerful way that I know that Christ is real and my Savior. It is truly because I have used the atonement in my life, and I have felt the joy and peace of true repentance.

I love you all, and have a fantastic week!

Con amor,

Hermana Frei