So
Friday was a pretty awesome day. We had interviews with President and
Sister Johnson! I love them so much. They always give the best advice
and are such huge examples to me. They are the best! While we were
waiting for our interviews, an Elder came up to Sister Larson and I
and asked me if I knew a Victor. After thinking for a little bit, I instantly
said YES. Backing up a little bit: Victor was my very first contact,
very first lesson, very first miracle on the mission. We taught
him and he wanted to get baptized but then fell into some old habits
and fell off the face of the earth. A series of unfortunate events
happened to him and there was no way to contact him. So I got transferred
out of the DC 2nd area to go to the Montgomery Village area
and 6 months later (some of you might remember this story) I randomly
saw Victor again while in that area. I was super excited to see
him and got his contact information again but then the same type of
thing happened for the second time and we lost contact. Lately I have
been thinking a lot about Victor, especially since I am back in the
DC 2nd area and so when they asked me if I knew a Victor, I was super
excited. The Elders went on to say that they ran into him while they
were out contacting one day (I am so glad they chose to talk to EVERYONE)
and they said that when they talked to him the first thing Victor
asked was if they knew a Sister Griffin or Sister Freeman (Sister
Griffin was my companion at the time). The elders said yes! And
Victor told them how he was praying for a way to get back in contact
with us!! He felt so bad. So they got his email address and ahhh
it was a huge miracle. I know Victor will get baptized one day and
I know he will change his life around. I am so excited to get in contact
with Victor again and I am so grateful for how God puts us exactly
where he needs us.
Later
on Friday night, we had to go to the chapel to pick something up.
As we were there, I saw CAROLINE!!! She was having a lesson with the
missionaries who are teaching her now! Caroline is someone who we taught
a little bit when I was in Bethesda. She was a member referral from
a sweet man named Marty. We had to pass her to the Chevy Chase Elders,
because she lived out of our boundaries. But when I ran into her
she said she was getting baptized on February 11th. That was
such
great news!!!!! We got to talk a little bit. I love Caroline she is
so awesome.
So
to conclude our wonderful Friday of exciting news, since we are in a YSA
ward, we get to bring our investigators to a little fun game night
that the ward puts on! We brought Mary Clare and we were all just
talking when I see a familiar face. I realize it was Brian!!!! Brian
was someone who we taught a year ago when I was in DC 2nd. He unfortunately
lost interest in the gospel, so we stopped teaching him. But
he randomly came to game night and he said he was just led there and
he felt like he should come. That was another miracle! Friday
was such a tender mercy day and it confirmed to me that God truly
does know where we need to be to impact other people's lives. He knows
the full plan for us. I know that this area is exactly where I need
to be (again) and that there are people here that are prepared now.
Sunday
was such a fabulous day!! Haha, it was wonderfully hectic. So we
were so happy, FOUR of our investigators were able to come to church
yesterday! It was awesome but the crazy part was getting them there
and making sure they all felt welcome. Ha I wish I could describe
the struggles but it was quite an eventful morning. Ha but they
all came and enjoyed it. One of our investigators that came, Mary Clare,
is so solid. She told us that she made a promise with her and God
that she would never miss a day of church, unless she was sick. It was
so sweet. Later
on Sunday a member in the ward invited us over for dinner and she
invited Luana as well. Luana came to church with them last week and
LOVED it. She said how she was interested in learning more! So we went
over for dinner with them and ended up having a super spiritual lesson
with Luana afterward. Real quick background on Luana. She is this
super sweet and optimistic girl from Brazil. She has a couple friends
who are members of the church that she works with. She was telling
us how everything always pointed back to this church. She said that
there were so many things that came up that led her on this path. She
said she felt like something was missing but when she came to church
she felt like it was all coming together. We taught her about the
Book of Mormon and gave her a copy. She was SO grateful that we gave
her a copy. It was so sweet the gratitude she expressed to us. Something
cool about the lesson, instead of us inviting her to be baptized,
she told us how she wanted to join!!! It was so cute! It was a
miracle and we are so excited for her and for her commitment to work towards
her special day! A lot of people in the DC 2nd ward speak Portuguese
because they are returned missionaries from Brazil, so that has
been so great for Luana! The DC 2nd ward is so great and so missionary
minded! It is the best!
So
some of you might know, but all the missionaries around the world had
a broadcast and some things were changed in our daily schedule and key
indicators!! I attached a picture of what our new schedule looks like
but some differences are, we have an extra half hour to get ready in
the mornings, we plan for the day in the morning, instead of at night,
we only have a half hour for lunch instead of an hour, and we can
do companionship study at any time throughout the day. IT IS CRAZY.
The schedule is also different for those serving in Africa (they
have to be in earlier at night) and Latin America (they have to stay
out later at night). But it was a really good broadcast and I'm glad
I get to experience these changes! They are so inspired.
Love
you all!
Sister
Megan Elizabeth Freeman :)
Picture with Elder Bennett (General Authority
that came and spoke to us) from forever ago.
Picture with 2 Apostles and some General Authorities that
came to speak to us a couple weeks ago. (Elder Ballard and Elder Rasband)
Interfaith concert our zone got to help out with.
It was so much fun!
The Washington DC Temple
Old missionary schedule...
New missionary schedule.
New p day schedule.
How fun that you were able to have a "grandma lunch" while on your mission...so many mile away from grandma!
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