Hello Everyone! February 22, 2016
Well I wish that I could be sitting
here telling you that Tim’s baptism went awesome and it was a really great and
spiritual experience for all that were involved... but sadly this is not the
case. On Saturday morning right after Elder Watkins and I had gone to the store
and bought the supplies and stuff for after his baptism we received a call from
a very angry lady. Well come to find out that Tim had announced to his family
that he was getting baptized this week and his aunt when she found out freaked
out and got mad at him and then got our number and called us to try and chew us
out. She was claiming that we aren’t Christian and accusing us of a bunch of
stuff. So we let her rant for like 5 minutes before we finally got a chance to
speak and we just shared with her how much we loved Tim and about the growth
and spiritual experiences that he has experienced over these last 4 months. We
also shared how we weren’t out to take advantage of anyone or do any harm and
by the end of us talking she had calmed down and actually apologized and asked
if she could offer a prayer on behalf of all of us. It was very nice and she
said that she was okay with times decision but we should probably give him a
month or so. So when we called Tim to see how he was doing we came to find out
that she had scared him pretty bad and he felt like he needed more time to
prepare. So of course we respected his decision. Although I would have loved to
see the baptism take place I would much rather see Tim feel as confident about
this decision as he can. In the end what matters the most is that he continues
to progress and is converted to the gospel on his own and not because of those
around him.
Even though this was very sad we had
a really awesome experience on Sunday with the Chavez family (Spencer, Raquel
and Santiago) we are working with Spencer to get the Melchizedek Priesthood and
Working with Raquel to be baptized. So this Sunday we were able to make strides
with both of them. Spencer met with the Bishop and got the ball moving forward with
getting the higher Priesthood and Raquel passed her baptismal interview! They
have been having family home evening now for almost 3 weeks and have made a
promise with each other to make it to Sunday every single week. She is very
excited to make this next step forward with baptism and has just taken
everything we have taught her and ran with it. We are starting English classes
with them this week and Hopefully Spencer’s Brother will be able to come as
well as we have been meeting with him recently as well. They are one of the
miracles of my mission so far. I am sad because I probably only have a week and
a half left in this area But I am grateful for all the many lessons that I have
been able to learn here from the members, Investigators and my companions. So
even though it was sad that Tim’s baptism fell through I am still so happy
because of the knowledge of the restored gospel and what it means for me
personally. I agree with President Uchtdorf, The gospel works wonderfully and it
works for me.
Other than that not a whole lot else
happened this week because Elder Watkins was still recovering from that
accident that he had a week ago. So I was able to almost finish the New
Testament and a few of the books from the missionary library.
This world is a scary place but the
gospel offers a refuge that is not found in any other place. I am still
learning from my mistakes everyday and learning from other experiences as well.
But something that I have learned for sure is that The Church is true and The
Book is Blue.
God bless!
Con Amor
Elder Frandsen
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