Hello everyone!

 So I do not have a whole lot of time because we are going to the temple on Friday so that will be my p day but they said we could take a little time today and email before going out and working... So I would like to talk about three cool things that happened :) and sorry I have not sent any pictures... for some reason these computers here do not want me to send pictures.

 Anyways,

1st: Sooo the assistants called us on Tuesday to tell us that the mission president has heard our cries for help because we have so many English investigators and less actives we are working with that we cannot do much with the Spanish people. They said since they have seen the work progress in this area recently that they would like to split it and add 2 English only elders to help out so we can help the ward to grow! Last night we ran into the mission president at a fireside and he told us to talk to the apartment manager Trena(whom we are teaching) about getting another apartment or expanding ours. Hard work pays off.

Pretty much every street in my area

2nd: Doug and Jessica... We had another amazing lesson with them on Thursday night and our ward mission leader came with us and it is amazing how much more effective lessons are when you have a strong member of the gospel there to help teach and testify. We ended up having a 2-hour lesson because Doug has been reading the book of Mormon, gospel principles manual, doctorine and covenants and the pamphlets and he writes down all the questions that he has and it is awesome. Jessica does the same thing and this week we had challenged her to read the word of wisdom pamphlet and pray about it and ask for help in quitting smoking. So she did just that and she has done great she has cut down her number of cigarettes significantly and she sees why the word of wisdom is so important. We talked to them about the law of chastity and they are deciding about marriage right now and what they should do. So pray that God will guide them in that decision. Then they came to church yesterday and it was the coolest thing. The ward welcomed and accepted them really well and it just felt natural that Doug and Jessica were there with us. Again, Doug shared with us just how much he loved church and how amazing and kind and accepting everyone was! We invited them to a fireside that night and they said they would love to come so they ended up giving us a ride and we ended up teaching them another lesson in the car that we had not been planning on but that is how the spirit works. Doug and Jessica both felt the spirit very strongly at the fireside and Doug actually started to cry during one of the testimonies. I Love seeing how much the gospel changes people and the joy that it brings into their life. Afterwards Doug and Jessica shared how out of the 10 churches they have attended combined that this is the only church that has been able to answer there questions and really live by what they teach. I don’t know how we got so lucky as to find them... they are amazing and so ready for the gospel.

3rd: Tim. So Tim is a special man... We met him last week and I felt like we should invite him to come to church before we had even taught him anything and he agreed to on Saturday I had another feeling that we needed to go and talk to him and ask about church again and again he said yes but then again so do a lot of people and they don’t end up coming but we found a ride for him and 5 minutes before church started, there walks in Tim!  We were so happy we didn’t know what to do because we had three investigators at church but our ward mission leader ended up sitting next to Doug and Jessica so I sat next to Tim and explained everything that was going on as it happened. Remember that we have not taught Tim a lesson before we had only invited him to come to church so he quite literally knows nothing about what is going on. He stayed for all three hours and it was awesome how everyone came up to him and introduced themselves. After church we asked him how he liked it and he said it was so great and he loved it and he felt so accepted! So we invited him to come to the fireside that night in Kirtland and he said yes! And when we arrived Tim was sitting in the front row with Brother Hay and the sister missionaries talking to the mission president. Afterwards he told us of how when he told his aunt and his mom about church and what happened that they both expressed to him how they were interested and would like to come next week and will hopefully both be there tomorrow when we go to teach him! I wish that all investigators were like that. Then life would be easy, but life is not supposed to be easy, I have learned. 

I love this gospel and the happiness it brings. I love being able to help others find the happiness that it brings as well. Yes I love this area even though it snowed two nights ago and has been freezing and I don’t have a coat yet. After a week where we had 3 solid potentials drop us and no one answered, to have the miracles on Sunday and see our hard work pays off, made it all worth it.

Love you all!! 

Elder Frandsen

Yup, my favorite job of backing of the car.