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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Hello Everyone from Hermana Freeman - May 30, 2016

Hello everyone!

Ok. I can't even describe how fast this is going by. Two weeks from
today, we will be getting our transfer calls to know if we'll stay in
Palo Alto, or get transferred to another area. On Saturday, it will be
my 1 month mark of being here in Texas. This is CRAZY; I feel like I
was in the CCM just yesterday. Each day I'm out here, my testimony
grows deeper and deeper into this gospel. I know without even a sliver
of doubt- that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is
true. I feel so blessed to share the gospel that brings so much joy in
my life, to the marvelous people of Texas!

I just truly love Texas! (Even if it is ruining my poor hair :'))
This next part will probably only interest Harley, Meganne, Wendy, &
My Mom, but oh well! As I'm typing this part while  I am currently
getting my hair cut by a nice member. Because Texas has FRIED my hair!
Yesterday we were in the car, and I was brushing my hair, and it was
just breaking off! I almost started crying because it was so bad, my
companion thought my temper tantrum was pretty funny though.πŸ˜‚ She
told me to text a member in our phone who cuts the sister
missionaries' hair all the time, and I started to slowly calm down.πŸ˜‰
Needless to say, I'm back to some pretty short hair, and have to do
special treatments to "bring it back to life".  But enough about hair,
I have other stuff to talk about!

We have had the chance to visit so many people this week! We've been
meeting with a lot of less-active members. I love the opportunity I
have to help these people feel the love of their Savior, Jesus Christ
once more in their lives. Sometimes people forget how much their
Heavenly Father knows and loves them, but it's so important to remind
them and help them to feel it all throughout their lives.
This past week me and my companion had a thought that we should
contact a girl named Yadira. She is a convert to the church, but has
been less active for a few years now. We were able to meet with her
and get to know her a little more. She has a lot of stress that has
been placed in her life, and we contacted her at time of much-needed
help! The spirit helped us to reach out to her at this time for a
reason. We taught The Restoration, and she absolutely loved it! The
spirit was so strong, and she had so much to say and add to the
discussion.  I love seeing the Lord's work change the lives of these
people.

On Tuesday, we had our Press on Zone Conference.  It was kind of like
a "Farewell" Zone Conference for President and Sister Slaughter,
because the new Mission President comes in on June 27!  It was really
bittersweet.  I'm sad to see President & Sister Slaughter leave,
because I've really gotten to known and love them!  They have such an
amazing spirit about them- they truly love the work!  However, we got
to learn a little bit about the new Mission President and his wife,
President and Sister Polley, and they seem so wonderful an so excited
to dive into the work!  I know the change will be good, it will just
be a little hard to see the Slaughter's go!

Our Pday a week from today, we will be heading to downtown San
Antonio!  I'm so excited, we are going to see the Alamo, and to shop
the Marcado.  We are so excited to take a little adventure!  As a
result however, I might not have much time to write a mass email!  We
want to have as much time as possible there, so we will be heading off
at noon!  I'll be sure to take lots and lots of pics though!

I love you all, and thank you so much for the love and support.
You've all been so amazing to me, and I really appreciate it!  I still
love to get mail and emails, so please continue to send away!πŸ˜‰
Have a great week, and remember to always turn to the Lord.  He knows
you. He loves you.  And He wants you to be happy!

Con mucho amor,

Hermana Freeman

Picture explanation:
-The one of me and the other sisters was taken at the Zone Conference.
-The one of me on the couch with the family was taken with the Johnson
family!  Stephani, the girl sitting in the middle- is the Relief
Society President of our YSA branch.  And behind us is her sweet mom,
and her dad who is the first counselor to the Branch President! They
are such a sweet family, we just love them! They always are willing to
feed us dinner, and they are the ones who let us FaceTime on Mother's
Day from their house!
-The Name Tag- it's actually a hand stitched keychain that one of the
members of the branch made for me!  I absolutely love it!
-The duck sign! There is a duck pond really close to our house, and I
just love the sign by the roadπŸ˜‚





The Big Two Month Mark! - May 23, 2016

Hello everyone!  I hope y'all didn't forget about me since I wasn't
able to send a mass email last week.  I ran out of time, but it sounds
like my cute mother was able to pull the least embarrassing parts I
sent from her email, and make a mini mass one!

This week has been SO BUSY!  So many wonderful things have happened, I
am so blessed.  On Tuesday, we had companion exchanges and I was able
to spend Tuesday-Wednesday late morning with one of my Sister Training
Leaders.  (When I send pics, she's the one with the blue
cardigan/black & white chevron skirt.)  Her name is Sister Hardman,
and she is adorable; I love her.  I was able to learn so much from
being companions with her.  During the exchange, it was my job to lead
out the day and lessons for the first time.  I was so nervous you
guys, this was so new to me.  We had a lesson with one of our
progressing investigators named, Carlos.  The lesson went absolutely
amazing.  I tried to follow the Spirit to lead out the lesson and say
what Carlos needed to hear, and it was such a Spiritual time.  I asked
Carlos to be baptized, and he said yes!  We had an amazing lesson
about the importance of putting our Heavenly Father and this gospel as
our number one priority in life.  Sister Hardman and I- and more
importantly Carlos- felt the Spirit so strongly.  I was so thankful
for the opportunity to learn and grow as a missionary.  We are excited
to continue to work with Carlos, and help him to continue to progress
towards baptism!  Heavenly Father has prepared him so much.

On Wednesday we had our weekly District Meeting, and I had to lead out
the TSAM purpose statement which I can finally say I have memorized.😎
So that was a neat experience for me!  I've learned a lot about the
importance of working with members!  Members help the work more than
words can even describe!  The area that I'm currently serving in right
now (Palo Alto-YSA) is amazing with helping the missionaries.  We have
members coming out with us AT LEAST 4 nights a week, and they are
working with their less-active/non-member friends to feel the Light of
Christ in their lives.  The members are so great, I just love everyone
here at Palo Alto!  I am truly learning what it means when people say
"Love the People".  I have so much love for everyone here.  Each
member, investigator, less-active, recent convert, etc.  I have so
much love for in my heart.  I want to share the gospel because I love
them- and want them to have this indescribable joy that The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints brings to me.  There is no greater
Light, than the Light of our Savior, Jesus Christ.  I testify of this
to be true; I have seen the Lord's hand in the work and in my life
more times than I can count.  This mission has changed me, and I will
forever be grateful to my Father in Heaven.

On Thursday during the day, my companion and I had our weekly planning
which is just amazing.  That evening, we were able to go out and visit
a few less actives, and have a lesson with Carlos.  While we were
walking from one apartment to another, we saw a lady out walking with
her dog.  We stopped to talk to her, and tell her who we were.  We
introduced ourselves, and started to share a little message.  When she
flipped the little card we gave her over, and saw the word "Mormon",
she goes: "Wait!  Y'all are Mormon.  Is it weird?"  We just kind of
stood there for a second in shock, like did she really just say that?
πŸ˜‚  We explained to her that it is in fact not weird, and that we love
it.  She wasn't really interested, so we said farewells and went our
separate ways.  We've heard people tell us that we're weird, but we've
never had someone ask us if we thought we're weird until that point!
It was a funny little experience.

Friday.  Oh my goodness Friday was an interesting day.  So we had a
member signed up on our dinner calendar for Friday night.  And on
Monday night, we saw a less-active at FHE (Family Home Evening) and asked if we could stop
by at 7 on Friday night!  This less-active, texted us on Tuesday night
and said, "Do y'all have a dinner for Friday night?  I could make some
tasty enchiladas for you if not!"  We being missionaries-not wanting
to offend anyone-decided to tell him that we'd love to have enchiladas
for dinner!  My companion assured me that the member who signed up for
on the dinner calendar to feed us, didn't usually give us a lot of
food, so it would be fine to just have two dinners that night; we
really didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings.  Well. We show up to our
first dinner appointment, and the member pulls a 9x11 pan of lasagna
out of the oven.  Cuts the lasagna into 4 corners.  AND GIVES US EACH
A CORNER!  Then sprinkles extra meat that she made over the top of it.
THEN pulls out Olive Garden breadsticks.  Me and my companion look at
each other (knowing that we had a second dinner to go to in about an 2
hours) with wide eyes.  The PILES of lasagna were placed in front of
us, and we just had to eatπŸ˜‚  We couldn't offend, so we had to eat the
whole thing!  My companion does thing thing where she'll hiccup when
she's full; literally every time she's full!  After like 6 bites of
this lasagna she started hiccuping, and I knew we were in trouble.πŸ˜‚
WE HAD SO MUCH LASAGNA!  After we finished and left, I had never been
so full in my life!  We had to go to the next appointment though, we
had  already committed and confirmed!  We knocked on dinner #2's door,
and smelled the Enchiladas right away.  We walk in, and he says, "I
hope you're hungry!"  At this point, my companion and I were trying
not to laugh because this funny situation was completely our own
fault.  We sit down at the table, which was beautifully set with our
1ST COURSE- a Caesar salad.  He then brings the enchiladas to the
table and says, "There's another pan in the oven, so eat up!"  Ok.
You guys.  I thought I was going to die.  I only had one enchilada,
and told him I was so full!  But they were so good.  He was a really
funny, cool guy- so I think it was fine!  He then brings out DESSERT!
After we left, my companion and I pretty much just rolled out to the
car.  We had a member with us at the second dinner, and she was like,
"Why didn't you guys want more enchiladas?!"  Once we told her the
story she was dying.  My companion and I literally felt like slugs.  I
cannot describe to you how full I was!  It was crazy, but we think
it's a hilarious story now!

Saturday was busy, we had lessons all throughout the day!  And
yesterday was my 3rd Sunday being in the mission field.  I gave my 2nd
talk.  That's how you know you're a missionary!  It's ok though, I
loved it!

Unfortunately I have to wrap things up, I'm running out of time!  I
love writing letters, so if y'all could please send your home
addresses, I'd love to send some out!  I also love receiving mail
because I'm a missionary, and that's typical;).  But thank you all for
all the prayers and support, I love each and every one of you.  I pray
for you daily.  I am so thankful for this blessed opportunity I have
to serve this mission in the TSAM.  I know this church is true.  I
know The Book of Mormon is true.  If you feel like something is
missing in your life, just open the book.  I promise we can receive
revelation and answers from our Father in Heaven through reading the
book.  Thank you all again, and I hope you have the best week!  I
can't believe I'll be home in exactly 16 months from today, the time
is FLYING!  **Also tomorrow is my Dad's birthday, so don't forget to
wish him a Happy Birthday!  He's the best, and deserves the best day
ever!;)

Con amor,

Hermana Freeman



(P.S. The B&W pic is from Friday afternoon.  We did service in a muddy
field picking onions in the Texas sun, it was greatπŸ˜‰  And the one of
me with the 1 cake, is our Branch Mission Leader brought us a two
weeks ago- because I had been in Texas for a 1 week, and my companion
had been on the mission for exactly 1 year!  It was so thoughtful.)





Hermana Freeman's Weekly Mass Email - May 16, 2016

Hermana Freeman ran out of time this week to write a group email, so I thought I'd share from some of her email to me:


This week my actual Spanish was put to the test!  IT WAS SO COOL!  We were knocking on the door, and this guy came out and could only speak Spanish.  So I just started talking with him!  I told him who we were, and that we were looking for his daughter who was in our YSA Branch, and we had a nice little conversation!  It was SOOO cool!  My companion and Stephani(The member who is amazing and always feeds us and came out with us) were just looking at me in awe.  It was so cool; I felt the gift of tongues in that moment.  Then we walked across the street literally a minute later... Ran into another guy who spoke Spanish! Same thing happened again.  I am really learning to LOVE Spanish!  Even though I am English called, I have one hour a day designated to my language study.  So it is definitely a blessing!

Ok so we had a trainer/trainee meeting up in Kyle (Which is pretty close to Austin) this week on Thursday.  It was a pretty far drive, and we were worried about having too many miles and stuff, but I'll get to that later.  So on the way, we saw this gas station that everyone talks and raves about.  Mom.  This thing is not a gas station.  This thing is MEGA!!  You HAVE to look it up on the Internet!  It's literally famous because of how giant it is!  It's called "Buc-ee's".  It literally has over like 40 gas pumps, and the store is bigger than a department store at the mall!  On the way back from the meeting, we stopped off to check it out.  It was magnificent  I was able to grab you a little somethin' somethin' for a late Mother's Day gift.  This place was like souvenir & gift central!  And they sold the BEST.  In the world.  Cinnamon toasted almonds and walnuts.  Oh my goodness it was so good!  It didn't seem like a gas station.  But for reals, check it out!  Buc-ee's.  It's been on TV because of how famous it is here in Texas.

This week we've gotten a lot of rain!  On Tuesday night, we all woke up to the biggest thunder/lightning storm I've ever seen!  Oh my goodness those were some of the freakiest lightning bolts I've ever witnessed!  And the thunder was so loud.  At about 5 AM when we were all looking out the window in awe, the power went out! And it didn't come back on when we woke up.  So mom. That's right. Me. I got ready with no power.  How proud are you of me?!;) I had to hop in the shower, turn on the water for like 2 seconds to get my hair wet- then turn it back off.  Put shampoo in my hair, wash off- then turn the water back on to rinse off AS FAST AS I COULD.  It was crazy, I felt pretty Amish.  Then my hair had to air dry and it was pretty flat to my face.. And that didn't look great.  So I tried to do extra pretty makeup to cancel it out.. But I don't think it quite worked all the wayJ.  Anyways, I was pretty proud of myself for getting ready without power!  We had a lesson to be at right at 12, so the life doesn't stop here on the mission!  The show must go on.


Ashleigh sent home her SD card from Mexico City, so I'm going to attach a few of those pictures along with a few of the pics she  sent me this week from Texas.  Sorry, I can't tell you who every one is, but these pictures made me smile.  In case you were wondering, Ashleigh's email address is still the same ashleigh.freeman@myldsmail.net .  She'd love to hear from you.  She can read emails almost ever day, but she can only write on p-day, which is Monday.










Greetings y'all from Texas! - May 9, 2016

Hello everyone!  It's so great to be writing you this week from THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!  Here in Texas, the pride is real here.  I
have seen about a million "Go Spurs Go" flags here, the fans are real.
Everything here is about Texas.  Texas cookie cutters, Texas patterns
in the sidewalks, Texas billboards, Texas stickers on cars, my
goodness the list could go on forever and ever!  But! I. Love. It.
The people here have been so amazingly kind to us.
My first area is actually English.  At first I was sad, but I came to
realize later on that it is a mega blessing.  I have the best trainer
in the whole world!  Her name is Sister Martin, and she is the
kindest, sweetest person.  She's helping me so much to reach my
potential as a missionary.  We are over a Young Single Adult branch in San Antonio
right called Palo Alto, and I absolutely love it!

My new favorite thing is called creamed corn.  We had a Texas BBQ my
first night here, and it was the greatest thing ever.  The Tex Mex
here is real too.  The food all around is most definitely great.  The
people are amazing here as well, everyone just has such a big heart.

Really quickly before I forget, I want to give everyone my new
address.  I'd love to receive letters & pics from anyone who wants to
send them!  Mail makes my life, it's pretty typical for a missionary.


The mission has been great thus far.  Yesterday was amazing because I
got to FaceTime home to my dear, sweet family.  I love and miss them
so much.  They are all stunning.  Also I want to wish all the Mothers
out there a (late) Happy Mother's Day, thank you for all you do!  I
have had so many amazing women in my life who have done so much for
me.  But I really want to thank my mom who has given up so much, and
has supported me beyond measure my whole life and especially during
this mission.  Without my momma I'd be absolutely lost.  So thank you!

I'll share a quick story about a pretty cool thing that happened to me
and my companion on Friday night.  We had left our dinner appointment,
and my companion had decided that she wanted to go visit a less active
from the area book named Troy.  Well we were driving around, couldn't
find his apartment, and I was wanting to give up.  But my sweet
companion said "I got a feeling we need to find this one."  So we got
out of the car, and finally found the door to his apartment.  Right as
we were about to knock, we heard a super mad sounding voice say "What
are y'all doing on my doorstep?!"  We turned around to see a lady and
her two kids.  We told her that we were looking for a man named Troy,
and she said there's not a Troy here.  She seemed mad, so I thought we
were going to leave, but then my companion asked her if she had a
faith in Jesus Christ.  And she told us she did, and that her son who
was running around the grass, only had one leg, and the other was a
prosthetic leg. Needless to say, she asked us who we were, and why we
were teaching the gospel.  When she found out we were LDS she said "No
offense, but is that like the Amish or somethin?"  I tried not to
chuckle, I thought it was so funny ;)  We told her that we were not
the Amish, and a bit what we believed in.  The lady turned to me, and
looked me directly in the eye.  She said: "You look like you have so
much peace.  I can feel it from you.  I want your peace."  It was an
amazing experience for me to be able to share my testimony, and help
this woman and her two kids.  We have a lesson with her on Wednesday,
and she has agreed to read the Book of Mormon!  We invited her to be
baptized, and she said she would if she felt the Book of Mormon was
true!  The Lord's timing is amazing you guys.  Everything fell into
perfect place like dominos!  I cannot wait to have more experiences
like that out here.

Missionary work is amazing, and I wouldn't trade it for the world!  We
can all be missionaries.  I challenge you all to befriend or
fellowship someone in your life who is struggling.  We are all God's
children, and sometimes we need to be reminded that.  We are all here
on the earth together, working for the same goal.  To return to our
Father in Heaven.

I love my Savior.  Jesus Christ is the reason that the Plan of
Salvation works!  Joseph Smith was a true prophet, and an amazing man!
Through him, we are able to read the most true book in the world.
The Book of Mormon.  I encourage you all to read the Book of Mormon
daily.  And I testify, that if you do read it daily, you will begin to
feel so much closer with your Father in Heaven!  Because that's
exactly what happened to me.  I love you all!  Thank you for the
amazing support.

Con MUCHO amor,

Hermana Freeman

(Ashleigh's companion is the cute red head :) ).







Monday, May 23, 2016

TWO WHOLE WEEKS - APRIL 6, 2016

Hello everyone!

Ok. I can't even describe how fast this is going by. Two weeks from
today, we will be getting our transfer calls to know if we'll stay in
Palo Alto, or get transferred to another area. On Saturday, it will be
my 1 month mark of being here in Texas. This is CRAZY; I feel like I
was in the CCM just yesterday. Each day I'm out here, my testimony
grows deeper and deeper into this gospel. I know without even a sliver
of doubt- that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is
true. I feel so blessed to share the gospel that brings so much joy in
my life, to the marvelous people of Texas!

I just truly love Texas! (Even if it is ruining my poor hair :'))
This next part will probably only interest Harley, Meganne, Wendy, &
My Mom, but oh well! As I'm typing this part while  I am currently
getting my hair cut by a nice member. Because Texas has FRIED my hair!
Yesterday we were in the car, and I was brushing my hair, and it was
just breaking off! I almost started crying because it was so bad, my
companion thought my temper tantrum was pretty funny though.πŸ˜‚ She
told me to text a member in our phone who cuts the sister
missionaries' hair all the time, and I started to slowly calm down.πŸ˜‰
Needless to say, I'm back to some pretty short hair, and have to do
special treatments to "bring it back to life".  But enough about hair,
I have other stuff to talk about!

We have had the chance to visit so many people this week! We've been
meeting with a lot of less-active members. I love the opportunity I
have to help these people feel the love of their Savior, Jesus Christ
once more in their lives. Sometimes people forget how much their
Heavenly Father knows and loves them, but it's so important to remind
them and help them to feel it all throughout their lives.
This past week me and my companion had a thought that we should
contact a girl named Yadira. She is a convert to the church, but has
been less active for a few years now. We were able to meet with her
and get to know her a little more. She has a lot of stress that has
been placed in her life, and we contacted her at time of much-needed
help! The spirit helped us to reach out to her at this time for a
reason. We taught The Restoration, and she absolutely loved it! The
spirit was so strong, and she had so much to say and add to the
discussion.  I love seeing the Lord's work change the lives of these
people.

On Tuesday, we had our Press on Zone Conference.  It was kind of like
a "Farewell" Zone Conference for President and Sister Slaughter,
because the new Mission President comes in on June 27!  It was really
bittersweet.  I'm sad to see President & Sister Slaughter leave,
because I've really gotten to known and love them!  They have such an
amazing spirit about them- they truly love the work!  However, we got
to learn a little bit about the new Mission President and his wife,
President and Sister Polley, and they seem so wonderful an so excited
to dive into the work!  I know the change will be good, it will just
be a little hard to see the Slaughter's go!

Our Pday a week from today, we will be heading to downtown San
Antonio!  I'm so excited, we are going to see the Alamo, and to shop
the Marcado.  We are so excited to take a little adventure!  As a
result however, I might not have much time to write a mass email!  We
want to have as much time as possible there, so we will be heading off
at noon!  I'll be sure to take lots and lots of pics though!

I love you all, and thank you so much for the love and support.
You've all been so amazing to me, and I really appreciate it!  I still
love to get mail and emails, so please continue to send away!πŸ˜‰
Have a great week, and remember to always turn to the Lord.  He knows
you. He loves you.  And He wants you to be happy!

Con mucho amor,

Hermana Freeman

Picture explanation:
-The one of me and the other sisters was taken at the Zone Conference.
-The one of me on the couch with the family was taken with the Johnson
family!  Stephani, the girl sitting in the middle- is the Relief
Society President of our YSA branch.  And behind us is her sweet mom,
and her dad who is the first counselor to the Branch President! They
are such a sweet family, we just love them! They always are willing to
feed us dinner, and they are the ones who let us FaceTime on Mother's
Day from their house!
-The Name Tag- it's actually a hand stitched keychain that one of the
members of the branch made for me!  I absolutely love it!
-The duck sign! There is a duck pond really close to our house, and I
just love the sign by the roadπŸ˜‚




IT'S BEEN A WHOLE WEEK - MARCH 30, 2016

Hello Everyone!!! Hermana Freeman here.  I don't have much time to write today, but I promise next week I can write a better Email.  I miss  you all so much. So many experiences that I want to share, and I have like 5 minutes for this mass email.  The spirit has testified to me that the church is true.  I want you all to know that Joseph Smith is a true prophet.  He was indeed called of God.  Thomas S. Monson is a true prophet today who was also called by God.  The Gift of Tongues is real my friends.  I've taught 3 (4th will be tonight) lessons in Spanish!!  Our investigator is named Monica, and we just love her.  She has grown so much, and has accepted to be baptized on April 30th!! We are so happy for her.  Every Sunday night we get to gather in the Auditorium and watch movies.  This last Sunday- We watched a video on Joseph Smith and the Restored Gospel.  The spirit testified to me that what I was seeing is true.  Like I said above, I really know Joseph Smith is a true prophet.  The Book of Mormon is true, and we should abide by it's teachings.  Heavenly Father loves each of us, and wants us to be so happy!!  I'm so sorry this email is so short, I'll write more next week when I have a little more time to write.  Love and miss you all!! 

Sincerely, 

Hermana Freeman

P.S.- remember to watch General Conference this weekend, I can't wait to watch it!

Also- a little laugh for your day, a bird pooped on me today at the CCM... It took me while to finally think it was as funny as my district thought it was;)

                                     






MY LAST EMAIL FROM MEXICO - APRIL 27, 2016

Hello Everyone!!

I am just turning the last corner here in Mexico.  A week from today I will be back in the GREAT United States!  Not that I don't love Mexico.. It's starting to grow on me;)  But I miss the U.S. I can't lie!  Mexico is crazy.  This morning I had the opportunity to attend the temple here.  WHAT A BLESSING!!  The temple is about a 40 min bus ride-- and I think I've mentioned this before... BUT WE ARE SO BLESSED!  The people here are so sweet and kind, and come from such poverty.  Yet they still love to serve and give their hearts.  I love the sweet people here.  One thing I could never do however, even if someone paid me- is drive around here in Mexico!!  We are all so impressed with our bus driver!!  Driving here would be scary in a Smart Car!! Let alone a huge bus.. The drivers here are CRAZY!

Thank you again to everyone who sent me letters, I am so grateful for all of the love and support!! I absolutely love getting letters.  And I am still working on responding to letters and emails, your turn is coming;) 

This past Sunday- I gave a talk on the Atonement in Sacrament Meeting.. IN SPANISH!! It was actually a really good talk too!  I am so thankful for the Gift of Tongues you guys. I testify that it is real!!  Spanish is still really hard for me, but I am getting better and growing each day. 

I am so sorry to write such a small letter again this week, but I have run out of Email time!  Hopefully I can do better in the States.

Love you all!  Remember to turn to our Savior in times of need.  I have really come to know while being here that Jesus knows each one of us, and loves each one of us so much!   I am so grateful for my Father in Heaven and the opportunity He's given me to serve this mission.   I can't wait to write more next week when I'M IN THE USA!!! 

Con MUCHO Amor,

Hermana Freeman 








HALFWAY MARK - APRIL 16, 2016

Hello everyone!! 

I cannot believe I have been here for 3 WEEKS- that's half the time I have here!!  I only have 18 days until I go out into the real world.  Not quite sure how I feel about that.. No really, I'm so excited!! Spanish... Is... Hard... But compared to what I started at, I've gotten so good!! With the Lord all things are possible. 
I got a new companion this past week.  My old one was so good at Spanish, that she will be spending the rest of her time here at the CCM in a Latino district!  But my new companion is awesome.  I adore her.  Her name is Hermana Bartholomew- she was in a trio companionship in my district before, so we have been friends the whole time!   The change was very good for each of us.
Thank you to everyone who has written me letters, I LOVE TO GET THEM!! My mom has the instructions to send me letters, so please ask her for them. Getting letters helps me go on through the  week;)
The CCM is such a spiritual place.  I'm so grateful I have the opportunity to come here and learn.  My testimony has been strengthened so much here.  
I am so sorry this email is so short, I ran out of time for the mass one.  But I will try to give more time towards this email next week!! 
Thank you for all your love, prayers, suppport, etc.  I love you all.  Through the power of Christ, we can do all things.  I love my Savior and my Father in Heaven.  Pray always!!  
I am still trying to respond to personal emails, so just know I'll get to yours eventually!! 

Con Amor,

Hermana Freeman

Also shout out to my rockstar brother who has a solo for the next Choir concert, and he made the top choir for next year!!