Club Frandsen's Missionary: Cleveland Baby!

Hello Y'all,

Cleveland Baby!

Saying goodbye to the Kirtland Zone Elders

Another week down only 800 more to go (I wish).

So here is how the week went down.

Tuesday: This was a bittersweet day saying bye to all of the awesome people of Painesville and the Perry ward. Elder Watkins and I had dinner with Raquel and Spencer and we had an awesome experience where Spencer’s parents called to face time with us all the way from Mexico to thank us for helping Raquel out along the way on her path to joining the Church. They were some of the nicest people and it was one of my favorite experiences from my mission. After that we went over to Doug and Jessica’s so I could say bye to them. I love them and I know that One day they will both make the decision to be baptized. I am going to miss them.

Wednesday: Well I left Perry and met my new companion, Elder Allen, in Cleveland on the way to the Apartment. So my new area is part of the Lakewood ward but the actual area covers most of West Cleveland so it is quite the change from Painesville which is a smallish city to an area with over 400,000 people in it... But it is super awesome and I am super excited for this area.

Thursday-Saturday: We found this new family to teach and there was 16 people in the lesson as we taught... it was the craziest thing I had no clue that many people could fit in one tiny room other than the fact that the mother thinks she is a prophet and should start a new church they are actually super solid. We also started to teach a part member family and their friend with our ward mission leader so this area has already been super awesome and Elder Allen and I have already seen tons of success. The only thing that is hard is that the area we cover is massive and we do not have a car so we walk all day every day and I thought I was used to walking from Perry but I was Wrong... even with using the Public transit train we still walk 10-15 miles a day, I have never been so tired in my life.

Sunday: The ward is 25-30% Spanish and I have been able to meet half of the active Spanish members and they are some of the nicest people I have met. They are super awesome. I will be teaching about 30% of my lessons in Spanish now, which I am super happy about. Plus I have talked to a few of the families and they have asked about teaching them English so hopefully that pans out. Oh and the rest of the members are great too!

A little bit about Elder Allen... He is from Utah and has been out for about 3.5 months (it is really weird being the companion in the companionship that has been out longer) but he is a good guy and he likes to work hard so that is a plus.

Well this week has felt super long because so much has happened and I wish I could tell you all about it but I can't. But I can tell you that I know that this Church is true (and the book is blue) and I am so grateful for the Gospel and all that it includes. Something that I have learned that has helped me out a lot is that God cares more about who we are becoming then who we once were. That along with the scripture Mosiah 2:41 have both been something I have thought a lot about this week. Well until this time again next week...

Sinceramente,

Elder Frandsen

My new address is :
3044 west 104th Street
Cleveland Ohio 44111