Ling time no see......
Hey y'all!
Hey y'all!
Well another week has flown by and I
dont know where it went but I guess I have some good stories to tell...
1. During the week we have been prepping
Charisse and family for church and we thought that there was going to be 10 of
them that were going to come. But, come Sunday morning when we drive over to
their house to meet them so they can follow us to church, we see that the whole
house hold decided that they wanted to come. So all in all there were 16 people
from that one family that came that we have been meeting with. It was awesome,
we took up almost two large pews once they had all sat down. Not only that but
we had 5 other investigators at church and three less active we have been
working with. So this week church attendance went from 75 to 100. While it was
happening I was pretty stressed out but afterwards when we finally made it home
and were able to sit down I was pretty stoked about it. And it helped that the
ward welcomed them all with open arms, which was fun to see. The only sad
thing that happened that day was that we finally had to give our temporary car
back :( But I can honestly say that we made the most of that car. This
week we taught 41 lessons, but I do not think we will be able to keep that up
now that we don’t have the car, but I am excited to go back to using the public
transit again.
2. So about a month back or so I gave
one of the less active members in the ward, that is a grandpa,a blessing in Spanish
and we didn’t see them again until this week. She told us how after that day
when he got the blessing he recovered enough to be able to see all of his
family and hang out with them. Before that, he wasn’t talking because he was so
sick but for two weeks he was up and active and talking with everyone. It wasn’t
until the last of the family arrived and got to see him that he got really sick
again and passed away this past week. But from the blessing that is the only
thing I really remember saying is that he would be able to see his family. The
power of the priesthood and the power of faith are two very real things. God
knows and loves each one of us.
3. The power of prayer is real and God
will always answer a sincere and faith filled prayer. This week we had an
appointment scheduled with some investigators at 5 o'clock and these people are
never late. But for some reason this one time they were late so we decided to
go sit in the car and wait a few minutes to see if they got home soon. As we
were waiting this lady pulled up in front of us and began to unload her groceries
and she was struggling so we got out and offered her some help and she
accepted. So after we had finished taking everything in her house we got to
talking and we came to find out that about 15 years ago she had investigated
the church for a while and had gone to church a lot. She said that she really
loved it and the only reason why she stopped was because she got engaged and
got really busy and couldn’t find the missionaries again. So she has been
attending a baptist church for the last 10 years and she said she wasn’t
satisfied with it and the pastor wasn’t the best man in the world. So last week
she was praying and asked God to help her to find the right church and know
where to go and next thing you know we show up and saw that she needed some
help, but none of this would have happened if those investigators hadn’t been
late. And right after we finished talking to her, the investigators showed up
and we were able to meet with them. God is good.
4. I went on exchanges with Elder
Muhlstien from Spanish Fork and it was pretty cool. He ends his mission in a
month, so it was pretty cool that we were able to meet up and serve around each
other before he left.
Well that is all I have for this
week! But I want you all to know that we are blessed to have the restored
gospel of Jesus Christ on the earth again. God speaks to us through a modern
day prophet and we can have our own personal relationship with God through
prayer. I am grateful for the Atonement and that through the atonement we have
a second chance. I am thankful to be here in Cleveland Ohio serving the lord.
The Church is true and the book is
blue.
Until next week,
Elder Frandsen
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