Since it was transfer week we still did a bit of proselyting, but at 6 we had a zone activity. Hna Toro doesn't like sports all that much so she kinda just hung out on the stage with another sister while I took the liberty of getting as many elders as possible out in scatterball. It's like dodgeball, but every man to himself. I was diving all over the place...and I have the raspberries and bruises on my knees to prove it! Ha! It was so much fun to just let loose like that again. We played chair soccer after. Let's be honest, me vs. a bunch of Hispanic elders....I didn't have a snowball's chance in the bad place of winning, but it was fun just the same!
The weather is finally starting to cool down here. The other day it was only in the low 90's and yesterday it was in the 80's. Beautiful! It made tracting not near as bad. We've had to drop quite a few of our investigators and the work is kind of at a stand still, but we are praying and searching really hard to find the people that the Lord had prepared for us. We visited Dulce again yesterday and, as all 14 year-old girls, she talked our ears off! She's so great though. We even got her to say a prayer with us. I had to tell her my first name in exchange for it, but hey, whatever gets the job done. It felt super weird to say my name though. My name is Hermana! We are also teaching a lady who is pretty solid, but her husband is super lame and won't let her do anything with religion. I've noticed that it is a common problem here. Whatever happened to equal partnership in a marriage? Oh, well. We keep praying that the Lord will soften his heart and let her come!
On Thursday we had our district meeting and Elder Gaskill had us take about 10 minutes and write down why we are serving. It was really nice to reflect on why I am out here. Basically, it all comes down to the fact that I love my Heavenly Father and I love this gospel! I want to share the joy that it has brought in my life to as many people that are willing to listen. True happiness is found with the Savior. I just wish that I could shout that to everyone here in Lodi, but I'm not that loud so tracting will have to do :)
Hna Toro is still the Sister Training Leader and so are the two new sisters that moved in with us: Sister Oliphant and Sister Langi. Sister Oliphant came from Deaf work and Sister Langi is Tongan so it makes for a lot of fun! However, there is a trio in Tracy so now Hna Toro has to do 7 exchanges this transfer! Wow! On the positive side, I get to go down to Tracy 3 times because she can't send 2 people to our apartment here. I am definitely going to have to learn a lot more patience. Always patience...that was one of those things that when they were handing out gifts in heaven I didn't grab. The line must have been too long or something. But really, I am learning so much out here it's ridiculous. I used to think I knew some stuff about the gospel, I have since been corrected. However, I love learning and I love teaching! Seriously, a mission is the BEST!
One funny thing we tried this week was an "English Fast" for like 3 hours. Oh my goodness! Hna Toro was really trying hard to say things that I understood and I was...well, I was trying. We were laughing so hard by the end of the night that I was crying! She even kept going when we got back to the apartment and I had to translate to the other sisters! We have too much fun! We are also getting good at stalking people. We are Spanish-speaking so we have to stalk the Spanish people. I am pretty sure that they forgot to put "stalker" in the job description. I am learning that there are lots of little "signs" to know if a house is Spanish or not. Hna Toro even resorted to memorizing a license plate number so we could find the car. My job is, if we see Spanish people while we are driving, to pay attention to which direction we go. I think I have might have a promising career in the FBI when all is said and done here! But, hey, it really works. We've found several people to teach this way :)
Yeah, the food here is fantastic! We found a Hispanic food store just down the street from our apartment and it is the new joy of my life! I may actually learn how to cook now so that I can have this food whenever I feel like it. Who am I kidding? I eat tortillas every day for lunch.
Love, Hermana Freestone
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