Wow y'all this week was full of plot twists but we are here and thriving in good old Sumter, SC!!! Needless to say I spent about 1.75 of 7 days actually serving in my own area with my bestie Daines... But everything buffed...still on an exchange but Daines and Freebs will be back together again soon ready to party and work hard this week. Miss her tons! :)
Seeds of Faith
Elder Uchtdorf gave a talk on parenting at General Conference that I LOVED and can apply to not only a child's faith but all of ours:
"Building faith is somewhat like helping a flower grow. You cannot tug on the stem to make it taller. You cannot pry open the bud to get it to blossom sooner. And you cannot neglect the flower and expect it to grow or flourish spontaneously. What you can and must do is provide rich, nourishing soil with access to flowing heavenly water. Remove weeds and anything that would block heavenly sunlight. Create the best possible conditions for growth. Patiently allow the rising generation to make inspired choices, and let God work His miracle. The result will be more beautiful and more stunning and more joyful than anything you could accomplish just by yourself."
Alma 32 :28 Now, we will compare the word unto a seed. Now, if ye give place, that a seed may be planted in your heart... behold, it will begin to swell within your breasts; and when you feel these swelling motions, ye will begin to say within yourselves—It must needs be that this is a good seed, or that the word is good, for it beginneth to enlarge my soul; yea, it beginneth to enlighten my understanding, yea, it beginneth to be delicious to me.
*INVITATION*
Too often I try to tug on my faith instead of letting and trusting the miracle of God's light and heavenly water! But the more I lean on God's will, the more I notice my enlarged soul and enlightened understanding! SO TRUST HIM. "The result will be more beautiful and more stunning and more joyful than anything you could accomplish just by yourself." :))
Pockets of Fun
-Got driven around in a golf cart by a 7 year old.
-The Elder Meads made his amazing pizzas for DCM and I got to try-ahem- Chick Fil A pizza and the legendary GIRL BOSS PIZZA. (Shout out to Sister Risky. She slays;)
-So we found out that one of the missionaries in the zone went to someone's house who was smoking dope and they *accidentally hot boxed her lol. So she *accidentally got high... both her and her comp took a trip that day from what we heard--so funny. The one that wasn't high was trying her best to help the other act normal and not die or embarrass any relationships they had with people lol. The high one now can't remember any of that day. Bahaha! They both felt soooo bad that it happened but it definitely wasn't their fault aha...
-Got Taro Bobba with Sister Garcia!
-Sister Garcia also educated me on how epic kpop/BTS is.
-Ate dinner with a very very drunk man. It was pretty entertaining but had one of the most spiritual lessons ever with his exish wife after!
-Played soccer with the Judson kiddos (me and Penny now have a secret handshake that may involve rock paper scissors).
-Went to an escape room last pday with the district and had the hottest wings on the menu at dinner after...
-Will neither confirm nor deny that I drove a tractor with the bucket thingy and helped a member move his wood...WHAAAAT #FarmerFreebs
-Got to talk to my AMAZING SIS BOOGUMS on her bday and took a very blurry and rough picture haha!
-Had a fun convo with the ZL's on how number hungry they are and we agreed on 6.5/10 lol. They are sooo fun! With everything that has been happening this transfer we have called each other almost everyday.
*INVITATION*
Too often I try to tug on my faith instead of letting and trusting the miracle of God's light and heavenly water! But the more I lean on God's will, the more I notice my enlarged soul and enlightened understanding! SO TRUST HIM. "The result will be more beautiful and more stunning and more joyful than anything you could accomplish just by yourself." :))
Pockets of Fun
-Got driven around in a golf cart by a 7 year old.
-The Elder Meads made his amazing pizzas for DCM and I got to try-ahem- Chick Fil A pizza and the legendary GIRL BOSS PIZZA. (Shout out to Sister Risky. She slays;)
-So we found out that one of the missionaries in the zone went to someone's house who was smoking dope and they *accidentally hot boxed her lol. So she *accidentally got high... both her and her comp took a trip that day from what we heard--so funny. The one that wasn't high was trying her best to help the other act normal and not die or embarrass any relationships they had with people lol. The high one now can't remember any of that day. Bahaha! They both felt soooo bad that it happened but it definitely wasn't their fault aha...
-Got Taro Bobba with Sister Garcia!
-Sister Garcia also educated me on how epic kpop/BTS is.
-Ate dinner with a very very drunk man. It was pretty entertaining but had one of the most spiritual lessons ever with his exish wife after!
-Played soccer with the Judson kiddos (me and Penny now have a secret handshake that may involve rock paper scissors).
-Went to an escape room last pday with the district and had the hottest wings on the menu at dinner after...
-Will neither confirm nor deny that I drove a tractor with the bucket thingy and helped a member move his wood...WHAAAAT #FarmerFreebs
-Got to talk to my AMAZING SIS BOOGUMS on her bday and took a very blurry and rough picture haha!
-Had a fun convo with the ZL's on how number hungry they are and we agreed on 6.5/10 lol. They are sooo fun! With everything that has been happening this transfer we have called each other almost everyday.
-We went and served dinner on the military base for the families of deployed soldiers and saw a couple members there! Very fun time and the kids were so cute with all the activities they did :) Pray for all our soldiers that are serving our country and their families. We need them and they are all heroes :)
Gratitude
-Chick Fil A and Cracker Barrel continue to top the fav list.
-BEAUTIFUL morning walks.
-Kids' contagious joy and adventure!
-"So Will I" is a song by Hillsong. Go listen to it with the windows down when you get the chance (and it's not freezing outside @Utah).
-Chick Fil A and Cracker Barrel continue to top the fav list.
-BEAUTIFUL morning walks.
-Kids' contagious joy and adventure!
-"So Will I" is a song by Hillsong. Go listen to it with the windows down when you get the chance (and it's not freezing outside @Utah).
-The protection we get from our military and how they sacrifice themselves every single day to defend this amazing country!
Freeman Vocab lol
-tuder tude: sass that's more sass than my sass haha! Came up with that one last transfer.
Pictures
(PS: Most pics are explained in the pockets of Fun part haha)
LOVE YALLLLLLLL!!
Freeman Vocab lol
-tuder tude: sass that's more sass than my sass haha! Came up with that one last transfer.
Pictures
(PS: Most pics are explained in the pockets of Fun part haha)
LOVE YALLLLLLLL!!
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