Tuesday: So we took our apartment manager to Kirtland and it was really spiritual and who knew that our apartment manager was going to be a golden investigator! All of the senior missionaries kept asking how we had found her and all it is that we invited her one-day to come to Kirtland. But we are now teaching her and again it shows how God is preparing people everywhere. So we are now teaching our apartment manager :) Also we taught four real investigator lessons! Which is crazy because in my first week and a half we only taught 1!
My Apartment Building
Wednesday: The day started off with two cops busting into our apartment at 3 AM. I was so confused at first as to why two cops were in out room and how they got there and what we could have possibly done wrong. But it all ended up being confusion because our back door to the apartment building was open and the cops didn’t know it was an apartment building for some reason and they went in to make sure that no homeless people were in the building. They didn’t find any homeless people in the building but they some how found a back way with a door unlocked into our specific apartment so they were really confused when they opened the door and two teenage kids were asleep. So that was a great start to the day. Then after that in the morning I gave my first blessing ever to my companion! I was super nervous at first because I hadn’t done this before but once I calmed down and finally gave him the blessing it was actually a really cool experience. We went to Kirtland next because we had to practice for a program they are having in a month. We then taught Judy who wants to come to church this week. We then had a lesson with Doug and Jessica and they have a baptismal date! And when we invited him to be baptized he said yeah let me go mark it on my calendar ha-ha. I wish all investigators were like that and that excited to hear the gospel.
Friday: another cool little experience... We went to an apartment complex and stayed there for about two hours and in that two hours we taught 3 lessons, taught another lesson in Spanish and have gained another Spanish investigator. Then we ran into a less active that wants to go back to the church and gave us her info to pass along to the missionaries that live in her area. And that was only one apartment complex out of the 5 others that were there! It has been really cool to watch our pool of investigators go from 3 to the 10 that we have now :)
Saturday: We met with Estaban the less active we ran into in the street last week and he told us of how he had been praying for the past month to find the missionaries and how we just ran into him that one day. Another testimony builder of the power of prayer! We then went to go to a return appointment with a Spanish guy and taught him the restoration and have another lesson so now we have 3 Spanish investigators!
Sunday: This was a very spiritual day and I kind of had my first baptism... kind of. Doug and Jessica were the only investigators who made it to church this week but it was an amazing experience for them and after church Doug couldn’t thank us enough for allowing them to come and worship with us and to experience the special feelings of our church. That was a really neat experience because I have watched him these last three weeks since we met him grow so much and become so much happier it with Jessica! After church there was a baptism for a lady who has been investigating the church for 20 years now and her husband who was baptized 2 years ago who had investigated it for 17 years was going to baptize her but the only problem is that he cannot move very well. So they asked me to be his spotter just incase if he needed help. Well first off he choked up when he was saying the prayer and I have only felt the spirit that strongly a couple times as I did when he started. But when she went under I had to jump in the water and pull her up because he couldn’t but he had to do it again because he said a word wrong so the second time I had to jump in again to help him pull her up so that is why I count it as a half baptism because I assisted ha-ha. It was still a super neat experience and I am very grateful I was able to help.
Well it was another good week even though at times it can be really hard and discouraging when investigators drop or you aren’t sure what to do. But I can always look at the miracles that have happened and the people that god has lead us to and it makes it all worth it. Another quick little funny story: A lot of the homeless people in the area come up to us and tell us that they are Jesus Christ before we even talk to them. It still takes me by surprise every time it happens but apparently that is a usual thing that happens here. But we always just give them a restoration pamphlet and tell them that god loves them and we love them as well and then they get a smile on their face and say thanks and walk away.
Love you all!
Elder Frandsen
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