Hello Everyone!

So this week was kind of crazy! But don’t worry we survived! :)

Well This week was really great at first! I don’t know what it was but I completely changed my diet to more healthier food! And I also started doing things that just really helped my to be 100% focused on the work! We were seriously working so hard even though I was loosing my voice and had a cough! I was still going strong! Sometimes it was hard speaking to people... But I could do it because I had the Lord’s strength with me! Our work was just going up and our companionship was doing better and I just felt happier even though I was sick! 

Okay now this is the crazy part of our week! Well my ka-bahay (house mate), Sister Havea, got really sick! She was having fevers on and off and then she was just physically so weak to do anything! And then she started getting rashes over her whole body and she was just so so so sick! So her companion took her to the hospital in Tarlac which is about an hour travel! They got tests done and when she got her results... She was positive for Dengue Fever!!!! We were seriously so worried for her! So Sister Clark called us and said that I have to take her to Tarlac the next day and we will stay there for 3-5 days until she gets better! I had to be the one to go because I was sick also and because we had to leave our companions so that they could continue working in our areas! We just stayed at the STL’s house in Tarlac so that we were close to the hospital because she had to go everyday to take a CBC for her blood to make sure her blood platelets weren’t going to low. It was scary because the first test she was 176 and then the next day she dropped to 165 and then the next day she dropped to 148 and then to 145 and then it was a miracle because she finally went back up today! :) She is now at 185!!!! WOOHOOO!!! We can go back to our areas now! We will go back tomorrow morning! We are so excited! President and Sister Clark will take us back, because we have our Zone Interviews tomorrow! :) oh and I also got checked up when we were at the doctors and I am now on lots of drugs! But don’t worry!! The work still goes on!!! Oh and they think that my sickness was an allergic reaction at first... So they gave me some peels at first and I was taking them for about a week... But that wasn’t it! Because I was still sick... So they finally gave me new medicine today! So hopefully it will be gone soon! Don’t forget to pray for us! Haha! 

Well I just want to share one experience where we got lost here in Tarlac! Even though Sister Havea was sick we still had to go take this language assessment Test for something... I don’t know why! So we took a jeepney to SM and then we took the test and then we left! Well on our way out... We crossed this bridge over the high way that had a lot of stairs so that we could get to the other side to get on a jeepney... But then we were got there... We realized we were on the wrong side and we didn’t even needed to cross... So we went all the way back and it was hard on Sister Havea because she gets tired very easy because of the Dengue Fever! But as we were climb the stairs again... There was a little kid sitting there and he said, “ Sisters pagod naman po kayo” (Sisters you seem tired)! Haha and then when we finally got there and got on the right jeepney... We really had no idea where we were going! We just knew the name of the place and we were hoping the driver would start... But he didn’t! Haha so after being on there for a while... I was like Sister Havea,I think we have gone to far! So we asked the driver and he said we already passed it! So we got off and crossed the highway and we were just standing there in the dark and in the rain waiting for a jeepney to come and we had no idea where we were! We finally got on a jeepney and started going back... I asked a nice lady on the Jeepney where this place was... She said it was really far! We had gone so far past the place we were suppose to go! When we finally got back... We just crashed on the beds because we just wore our selves out! Haha but it was a good experience to learn how to get to the Sisters house!

Well This is about all I have to share for this week! Maybe next week will be better! Haha

Mahal na mahal ko kayo! Ingat po kayo lagi! :)

Love,

Sister Freeman

p.s. I will send pictures next week

Dear Friends and Family!

This last Monday was so much fun because we had Family Home Evening at Roy and Ann Augustine! And the Tolentino family came as well. It was so much fun! I gave the lesson and then after Sam and Shimae gave the games! Which you will see in the pictures the outcome from the game! Haha they really got us good!

On Tuesday we had MLC at the mission home! But while we were traveling there in the morning our jeepney was stuck in traffic! We sat there for like 20 minutes but we were not moving! We were freaking out because we had to be to the Mission office on time so that we could take another jeepney with the other missionaries to the Mission home! Well we finally made a decision to walk until we could find a tricycle! Well as we were walking, it started raining!!! Haha we had no umbrella! So we were running across this huge bridge in the rain trying to make it on time! As we were running, I was singing happy birthday to Sister Pantaleon! Haha I think she had a great birthday! Well by the time we had ran so far and we were soaking wet… we finally found a tricycle and we literally just made it on time! But when we got to the mission home… we were freezing because the air con. Was on high! But it was okay because we had the best lunch ever there! We had Hamburgers!! Wow! It’s been a while sense I have had a hamburger like that (home made)! Sobrang masarap! And then for dessert we had fruit pizza! Yes I was in Heaven! Haha J

On Wednesday we had our Zone Training and it went really great! I think our whole zone really felt the spirit and we all know now what it takes to make our goal as a mission and to succeed in the work of salvation! Well that same day when we went out to work, we just randomly knocked (Tao po) at this one house! A lady answered it and she let us in! After talking to her for a minute we started sharing with her! When we started… she started to cry and said that earlier she had received a text that messengers from God are going to visit her or something like that… and then we came… and she took that as her answer that everything we taught was true! She accepted a baptismal goal date!! Now I know that God really does prepare his children to receive the gospel even if it is in mysterious ways!

On Friday I went on exchanges with Sister Lawrence! She is just the batch after me! She is seriously so awesome! I really had a great day with her! She teaches very well and has a lot of potential! I am grateful for my exchanges with her! She is from New Zealand and knows some of the people that I know from the MTC!!! J

On Saturday! Tatay Francis Tolentino finally got baptized!!!!! His whole family was at the baptism! It was such a happy day for Tatay Francis! He has been an investigator for probably more than 10 years! And now he has finally accepted the truth of the gospel into his life! J

Well earlier today! We had a Zone Activity!! We just all meet at the chapel and played games as a zone and some of the members as well. We had so much fun!!! I have not laughed so hard in a long time! Grabe baliw ang zone ko pero, astig sila! The only bad part was that one Elder... Elder Ditan really hurt his leg! He like fell or something! I am not really sure because I didn’t see it! But we got him a wrap and ice! So hopefully he is better to go back to work tomorrow!

Well I love you all so much! Thank you for everything! Ingat po kayo lagi! Mahal ko kayo!

Love,

Sister Freeman