Hola Familia y Amigos!

Last Week at the MTC

 So this week there are only a few days that I want to talk about, because not a whole lot happened those other days.

Sunday: First Fast Sunday!! In the morning we had 4 talks from the presidency of the MTC and one talk stuck out to me about the importance of tithing and the blessings that come from such a simple thing! I met an Elder who is over 7 feet tall and don’t worry I got a picture that I will send. During the devotional that night the speaker talked about opening your mouth and being prepared and worthy to receive inspiration about who to talk to. I received a prompting that I should go and buy a couple paperback books of Mormons to have for when I am traveling to Ohio this next week. Hopefully I am prepared or in the right place to be able to use those with the right people! Anyways it just made me super excited to get out to Ohio again and finally start teaching people!

Tuesday: Definitely my favorite Day at the MTC. One of the branch presidencies came in and interviewed us all and he answered a question that I didn’t even know that I had! He taught me what I need to do to go from being a good missionary to being a true servant of the lord and being a tool in the lord’s hands. He helped me to be able to love my companion more and finally get past some things that had been bugging me. About 2 hours after That I had probably one of the coolest experiences in my life and all that I want to share about it is that I know that god answers prayers in so many different ways and he will even prepare that answer even before you have prayed about it. It just strengthened my testimony about the power of prayer and how god knows all of us individually so yeah that was super cool :) Then After all that we had a devotional Which was Really great and again I had the feeling that I should go and buy 4 book of Mormons so I made sure to write it down this time so I wouldn’t forget! I am still not sure why I bought four of them but I hope to find out! This day has taught me a lot about my self, and what I want to become.

Thursday: We had in field orientation today! I learned so much about the importance of member missionary work and how I need to learn to work with the leaders and members in the wards that I will be apart of. I was able to work with a native Spanish speaker during our role-plays and I was surprised at how much faster he spoke then the teachers! I was still able to pick out enough that I could respond and I am super grateful for this experience because it humbled and let me know that I still have so much work to do to be able to be really effective with teaching in my mission language.

I received my travels plans last Friday and I am leaving the MTC next Tuesday at 3 in the morning! My flight leaves at around 7:30 and I have a layover in Georgia and will arrive in Cleveland by about 3:30 and I am super excited!! There are 23 in my travel group and I am the only Spanish speaking elder going to Cleveland this transfer.

Some little things I have learned: The sinks in the residence have two temperatures. Frost bite or 3rd Degree burns and the showers have this thing that whenever someone in the stalls closest to the shower are flushed they get hotter by about 30 degrees so if you aren’t paying attention you get a nice surprise when your body gets burned ha-ha.

If you have time: You should all watch the video Safety For The Soul by Elder Holland Because it is a very powerful testimony of the book of Mormon and it is my favorite :)

Yo Amo Ustedes.  yo Estoy muy feliz por este opurtunidad estar serviendo el senor. Yo se que el libro de Mormon es verdadero. 

I love you all! 

Elder Frandsen