now more sisters in the CCM than elders, which doesn't surprise me.
Last week at Relief Society there were 1258 sisters, plus all of the
sisters who had husbands in leadership here (branch presidencies,
etc.). So yeah, it's like someone kicked over an anthill of
missionaries here. They have started to put people in the housing that
they stole from BYU and bussing missionaries up here. Our schedules
were all changed around to try an accommodate for all of the incoming
missionaries. We are starting to get the wave of college students, but
the real chaos will hit in June when all of the high school boys come
flooding in. I am super happy that I won't be here for that because we
are already living on top of each other here :)
So they do this thing here called TRC ( I can't remember what it
stands for) but what happens is people from the community volunteer to
come and let us teach them in the language we are learning. This week
Hermana Syphus and I met a couple named Brother and Sister Gale. They
both served missions in Texas a long time ago. They have been married
for almost 48 years now and they are regular volunteers. They are just
the sweetest couple ever! It's funny how you meet people for only 20
minutes and you love them! I secretly hope we can teach them again. I
felt the Spirit so strong with them!
Oh! Wednesday was Hermana Syphus's birthday. We had a blast! The
other girls from our district covered the door in sticky notes! We
gave her cards, candy, chap stick (she's addicted), and we even sang
in Spanish! And, since Hermana Boothe's dad works in the kitchen, he
hooked us up with a birthday cake for her! You should have seen the
look on her face! She's the greatest companion ever. I sure am
blessed!
Nothing else too exciting has happened this week. The cold is
going around in our branch so Hermana Boothe is practically on her
death bed today...poor girl. Our two roommates left this week so
Hermana Syphus and I are the only two in our room right now, but we
will be getting 3 new sisters next Wednesday. It seems like it was so
long ago that you guys dropped me off here, but there are other days
where I can't believe how fast the time is flying by. I leave the CCM
on the 21st. That is less than 3 weeks! Yikes! I am ready to leave
here, but I am not nearly prepared enough to go out. We are now
teaching 3 investigators. All of your investigators are your teachers
and one of ours cut back his hours so he could study for the MCAT
(genius child) so we have 3 now. It adds to the stress load and the
work load but it is good preparation for the field.
Last Sunday's devotional was Stephen B. Allen, the managing
director of the missionary department. He gave a really good talk, but
it made me pretty homesick. He talked about the things that we gave up
to be here and how Satan wants us to think that those things are more
important than our work. That totally makes sense though. I was
telling Hermana Syphus the other day that Satan is probably going
after missionaries the most. I mean, missionaries teach all around the
world. They basically make or break the church. During the talk I felt
sad because there was a girl who got here last Wednesday and left on
Saturday night. Poor girl...but yeah. Elder Allen straight told us
that we cannot have one foot in the CCM and one foot at home. If we
have one foot at home then we need to bring it here, unpack, hang up
our pictures, and get to work.
Well, sorry this letter is really short. Hopefully I will have
more to write about next week. I love you all so much!
Love, Hermana Freestone
Picture 1: This is my room! Where all of the...sleeping happens :)
Picture 2: Our door on Hermana Syphus's Birthday
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