Happy Labor Day

Hey folks, just a quick update this morning that yes, I am indeed still alive, and that we are gonna go hard this labor day! Can anyone say REDSOX GAME??? I can. I'm super excited. It's been on my mission bucket list since the beginning. Also we get to go to the temple this morning, so there is even more cause to rejoice! Haha! 

Everything is peachy here in New England and it's beginning to cool down a lil' bit. As in it's not 90 degrees every day. So it's great. What's even more great is that God is hastening His work! I LOVE being a missionary and striving to share what I know and love with others. I love handing people a Book of Mormon for the first time-- It just gets my blood pumping. I LOVE that book. And whenever I get to hand it to someone I feel like I just gave them my heart and soul. I want to implore them to be careful with it, to treat it like their most prized possession. Because truly that is what it is to me. 

Serving a mission is hard. But at the same time it isn't. I feel like I've been preparing to serve ever since I began running. The comparison is mad real. Every obstacle is more or less a mind battle. And all you really need to do is keep running through the pain, keep moving forward, keep progressing. Stopping to walk just slows you down and you would never turn around and run back to the start... So that's why I keep running, that's why I keep serving. The end goal is so achievable, and the journey is glorious and beautiful. 

Something that I learned from one of our digi mish gators is that "you choose who you want to be and you choose to believe." Those words are so wise. If you aren't sure who you are then CHOOSE who you want to become. If you aren't sure what you believe in or if you believe at all, CHOOSE to believe. The rest will follow. 

Highlights of this week: 

• We found Yonis on the digi mish. He just popped out of nowhere! Like daisies! And he is soooooo prepared
• We gave Reymand a Book of Mormon even after he said he wouldn't read anything but the Bible... haha lol
• We knocked a few doors and a group of nice college kids let us in and listened to our message and invited us to come back this upcoming week
• We worked at a soup kitchen and Sister Barney gave out all of the salad.... Wooooooow :)
• God answered our prayers on numerous occasions. 

I love you all! Keep the faith! Remember: It's all true. All of it.

Con amor, 

Hermana Frei