Fun Fact Week

15 Fun Facts From Week 52:

1. 2 mattress CAN fit in the back of a 2012 Toyota Corolla

2. 4 sisters moving an apartment is much more efficient than 4 elders

3. dying my milk green will make me sick to my stomach (and REALLY annoy my comp)

4. women do NOT need the Priesthood (thank you Elder Oaks)

5. No hay Santo como El Senor :)

6. The church is true

7. Hermana Freestone can learn to speak Spanish

8. Hispanics like to shove your face in cake when you celebrate your birthday

9. children need supportive parents in their lives

10. serving others brings more happiness than living life for yourself

11. drinking 64 oz. of a nasty health drink WILL throw off your bowel schedule...hardcore!

12. life really IS learning how to dance in the rain-even if the rain is hail and you and your companion are soaked to the bone

13. you never know how much you love someone until you have to leave them

14. eventually, you have to start thinking about going home (Hna Dando got her first set of trunky papers-which means mine come next transfer)

15. Seeing recent converts thriving in the church is the proudest moment you can have as a missionary

So, some of these will go without explanation, but it was a LONG week! We had exchanges and I was able to go back to Lodi with Hermana Thomas. She is an AMAZING missionary! We were able to see Alejandro and Susana and I just wanted to cry the whole time because I was so happy to see them! They are doing so well! I didn't want to leave. They asked who they had to call to get me sent back there. Sweethearts! :)

We moved. It was rough. We were depressed (as in couldn't get out of bed for a while, moped around the house, and cried all day) for a couple of days, but it's starting to wear off. We had a good second half of the week and we still visit because we are in the same complex.

We went to another Christian church on Saturday night. It was, as a lady in Lodi best explained it, Rock and Roll for Jesus. We lost a little bit of our hearing, but we're coming around. It was very interesting. I felt bad, because I didn't feel the spirit at all. Not that it was bad or anything, it just was very loud the entire time and I couldn't feel the peace that I feel when the Spirit is around. 

General Conference was UH-MAZING! I wish I could write about everything that I loved, but there's too little time. My two favorite talks were Elder Holland's and Sister Reeves'. I listened to the Sunday morning session in Spanish because the people that we went to church with came to that session of conference. I liked what I understood. You just don't get the full effect in another language. Also, it's a different voice-it takes away some of the magic for me.

Well, sorry I didn't get to write a lot. It's been a great week though and we are working with some amazing people! This church is true and I love it with all of my heart! 

Hope you all have a good week!

Love, Hermana Freestone

1. dancing in the rain

2. alex and susana

3. thomas, cardullo, yo, dando

4. us at church (blurry :(...)

5. coolest cake EVER!

6. "que muerda la torta!" (the elders really enjoyed this)

7. package from home!

8. sushi lunch

9. 22!~