Ok, so this had been a super good week! Both of the appointments last week fell through, but there is good news yet to come. We went tracting, which is about all we do here, and we found two others who agreed to an appointment. We went to go and visit one of them. I saw their little daughter in the window and heard her say through the screen, "It's the missionaries." I heard her dad call her back and then when we knocked (3 times) no one came to the door. REJECTION! I'm used to it. Well, some good came out of it. Since our next appointment wan't for another hour we decided to knock around in that complex. We knocked on one door and the lady who answered it immediately let us in and brought in some chairs. We sat down and, after talking, found out that she is a member, but hasn't been to church because she had really bad anxiety and has panic attacks around people. Rough. Her husband has always worked on Sundays and has never really been to church before or even really knew who Jesus Christ is. Well, a few weeks ago he was in a bad accident at work and got some hardcore chemicals splashed into his eyes so he can't work anymore. Well, he agreed to let us teach him. We went back and taught him the first lesson. I was able to start it, recite the first vision, and then bear my testimony about it. The Spirit was SO strong! He told us that, even though his accident was super bad, maybe it was meant to happen so that he could finally learn about out God and Jesus Christ. We were super excited! And when we asked if there was anything that we could do for him he told us that we can just come back and keep teaching him. :) We left him and his wife a copy of the Book of Mormon to read together-he can't read because of his ojos- and they both came to church yesterday. We are SOOO excited!!!
On Wednesday we had a Spanish mission conference that was super awesome! I've been struggling a bit lately because of all of the overwhelming-ness of being on a mission. We watched a movie in the conference (I believe I have the video posted on my missionary blog under the talks tab if anyone wants to watch it-I recommend it) called "The Atonement." It was so moving and there was one part that really stuck out to me. It was when Jeffery R. Holland was talking and he said that we should never think that it is going to be easy for us as disciples of Christ because it was NEVER easy for Him. We have to work hard for everything that we do (as missionaries and members) because "Salvation was NOT a cheap experience!" It made me fell really lame for complaining about my small trials. He also told us that when we are struggling through something we are walking shoulder to shoulder with the Savior. NEVER forget that! It has helped me so much to just keep striving to do my best and realy on the Lord through all of my trials.
On Saturday we had a charla fogonera in Elk Grove with Elder Basset. He is the area Seventy here. The whole talk was in Spanish and I am excited to tell you that I understood it all! Only because it was a Gringo that was speaking, but I was really excited! Since there were a lot of investigators there he spoke about how the Spirit will testify on our minds and in our hearts. We can see the scriptures and we can feel the scriptures, and we can listen to the words of the prophets, but if we don't have faith and don't allow the Spirit to work in our hearts then the rest of it is totally meaningless. It was such a great talk and super great for the members as well as the investigators!
So my companion, Hermana Toro, is the sister training leader here so she will have to go on splits with 3 other companionships in the next 3 weeks so I will be the one in charge. She will go spend the day working with a sister in Stockton and Tracy and the other companion will be with me. Wish me luck! I am excited, but super nervous! Yikes! Oh, and I had to share a scripture and thought in Relief Society yesterday. There are only 15ish women, but I was so nervous I literally started shaking. I thought I was going to fall over. I prayed and managed to read Doctrine and Covenants 18:15-16 without totally butchering the language and bear a simple testimony...so it CAN be done :)
Well, that is it for now. I love you all so much! Hope Utah is treating you well. It got up to 100 on Saturday. I can't wait for July and August when it actually gets hot :) LOVE YOU!!!
Love, Hermana Freestone
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