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Yup, Elder Allen and I got bored
while we were walking one day and that’s what happened.
Cool things that happened this week:
1. I gave my First blessing in Spanish
this past Thursday. Blessings are already nerve racking enough as it is so I
was pretty nervous to give a blessing in Spanish. So I said a prayer before
hand for some help and I was definitely given that help. It was a really cool
experience and I am grateful for the guidance of the Holy Ghost because I was
saying words that I had no clue that I even knew them.
2. We set two more Baptismal dates
this week with investigators that we have found in the last week and a half.
Jessica Hacker we picked up last week and she is a former that got in contact
with us. We were able to have a really cool experience with her while teaching
about the Atonement. She has had one of the craziest last weeks since she got
in contact with us but she has been able to quite smoking since our first visit
and feels no desire to do it again. So we committed her to be baptized on April
16th. The other investigator we picked up Saturday night and got her a ride to
church and committed her to a baptismal date there for April 16th and she
agreed and is super excited. Her name is Sherry. We also have an investigator
named Michael who lives down the street from us that we meet with a few times a
week for like 30 minutes before we have to go back to the apartment. We have to
get in contact with his social worker before he can come to church with us but
he is one of my favorite people that I have worked with. He wants to be
baptized soon but he needs permission from his social worker before he can
decide on anything. So in the last 2 and half weeks Elder Allen and I have been
led to find a lot of people that are ready for the gospel and are already
progressing. I am thankful that Heavenly Father is guiding this work because if
he weren’t, then nothing would get done.
3.Yesterday Paul Cardall visited our
stake and performed at a fireside for an Easter event and it was super awesome.
If you haven”t heard of him before you should look him up because he has a ton
of awesome music and a really cool life story. That was an awesome event I got
to go to and I even saw a lot of members from the Perry ward that I was able to
talk to afterwards!
4. We get asked the question of
"how many wives do you have?" at least 3-4 times a day as we are
walking around to and from appointments.
I have gotten in probably not the best habit of answering people by
saying "I have 6 and my buddy here has 9!" 7/8 times that I have said it, the people have actually
invited us over to talk to them and explain to them what we do. We have been
able to actually teach the restoration 5-6 times and found a new investigator
from it as well... I still have yet to ask the mission president his
thoughts on my response, so I’ll have to ask him this week.
5. In the past two weeks I have come to
realize that I have a harder time understanding the Lingo of the inner-city
kids at this point then I do understanding Spanish... These kids are speaking English
but sometimes I feel like I am in a foreign country because they are using
words that mean something completely different to them than what it actually
means. At the end of my time here maybe I’ll understand.... But in all reality
I love the people here they are all super awesome.
Elder Allen and I have listened to
the talk called "The Myth of Mortal Perfection" a few times this week
and it has really made me think about the plan of salvation and just how much
our heavenly father loves us. We each have our own personalized plan with our Heavenly
Father because not one of us is exactly the same and we all think and act differently. But
yet our Heavenly Father loves us all the same amount and wants us all to
succeed and return to live with him the same amount. I am grateful for the knowledge
of a loving Heavenly Father, who has prepared a perfect plan for each of us.
Isaiah 49 is an awesome chapter that talks some about it.
Well, I love this Gospel and
everything that is included with it. I Love the people of Ohio and I am so
grateful for this Opportunity to be serving here. The Book is blue and the Church
is true.
Until next week,
Elder Frandsen.
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