! Things are pretty swell here in Lodi. I seriously LOVE this place! This week was transfer week so we got our calls last night. I get to stay here and finish my training with Hna Toro. I 'm SUPER stoked for that! The members are starting to get a little more excited about the work and we have found a couple of new investigators. It really hard to get appointments with them though because everyone is so busy in the summer! Seriously. If only they knew how important our message is! Well, that is why we keep on trying to talk to people. Last Tuesday we had a sisters meeting. It was fantastic! They have every sister in the mission come and we have little break-out sessions where the sister training leaders taught us. Hna Toro had to teach a section so we planned that for a few days. It turned out really well. I feel bad for President Lewis having that much estrogen floating around...he was pretty out of place LOL! We are getting even more sisters and no one in Spanish work is leaving. I love it! There are sisters everywhere!
We saw Alejandro later on Tuesday and talked with him about the Priesthood and eternal marriage. He received the Priesthood on Sunday! I was sooo excited! Also, I hope they go through the temple in a year because if they do I can go with them! How awesome is that?! We have a few new investigators, but none that are super close to baptism. One lady, Selma, told Hna Toro and I that we were her angels that she asked God to send to help her. Um, many many tenders. She is such a sweetheart! We also have a lady named Lupe that we have been working with. She has a son that is 14 month-old son that is like the Energizer Bunny on steroids. Seriously, he bounces around the place so fast I get whiplash watching him! He likes to crawl all over us and try to rip our scriptures. He also is a distraction during lessons. Last Tuesday I had to pretty much babysit while Hna Toro taught. Problem: yes. Solution: bring the members :) Like I said, they are getting more excited to come with us so that is a big help! If you get the chance, totally go out with the missionaries. Having that 3rd testimony is so powerful! We even took out a girl with us who is leaving for her mission in Irvine, CA in a couple of weeks. It's a great experience for pre-mi's. Oh! And we took another girl with us who is turning in her papers! We've only been here 6 weeks and 3 of those Sundays have been farewells. Nifty, eh?
We have been doing a lot of tracting. The other night it was really slow and we were exhausted and we saw a van with a BYU sticker on it. In Utah-no big deal. In California-GOLD! We met the Campbells and they gave us a referral. Praise the heavens! :) I told Hna Toro that, although I really can't stand BYU, I have never been so happy to see a BYU bumper sticker in my life! The other day we knocked on a door where no one was home, but they had a bird on their front steps. As we walked by, it whistled at us. I don't know why but I thought it was hilarious and started to cry because I was laughing so hard! Oh the joys of missions!
Yesterday we went to teach a girl in the branch who is less-active. Her name is Dulce and she is 14. She was baptized 2 years ago but is just now coming back to church after 1.5 years of being inactive. She decided that she wants to be a sister missionary. She thinks it is just the coolest! Seriously, she called us superheros for God. I don't know if I would go that far. She is so sweet (go figure-her name is Dulce)! The only problem is that she is 14 and her life is one big novela so we have to listen to a bit of drama before we actually get to teach. Oh the joys of being 14...said no one. Ever. Ha! But she is beyond excited that there are finally sisters in Lodi :) I am looking forward to teaching her some more. Seriously, I love it here!
Love always, Hermana Freestone
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