The week I went to the ghetto barber shop down the road...

Hello Friends, Family, and somewhat acquaintances,

     What goes up but never comes down?

      Your age!

      Well anyways, Ill start out by telling you a funny story of what happened to my hair When I went to the Random Ghetto barber shop down the road.

      So Elder Allen and I had some extra time during lunch before we went to a service project and we needed hair cuts so we were riding our bikes down the road and Elder Allen points out this random barber shop and says, "I have heard good things, Lets go there." So me, trusting my companion’s judgment, said okay. Well that was my first mistake. So we went inside and He went first. The guy cutting our hair is this big black guy with dreads and tattoos all over the place and a sign that says "SPECIALIZE IN FADES AND DESIGN" well we didn’t have a whole lot of time and Elder Allen was already getting his hair cut. So Elder Allen finishes and his hair cut wasn’t bad except for a few things so I wasn’t thinking too much about it. So I step up and he starts to cut my hair and the second mistake is that he didn’t have me facing the mirror the whole time and I should have asked him to turn me around. But before I knew it he was done and he shows me the mirror and I have this HUGE line on the left side of my head of no hair... It is like 2 inches long and 1 inch thick and it is the weirdest looking thing in the world.  But it is the in thing with the kids here. But the thing is that I am not black and I have straight hair. Now that I look back on it I think it is pretty funny but when I first saw it I kind a just sat there pondering about life and wondering what the purpose of life is as I stare at what happened. But hair grows back and life still goes on.  So my lesson learned was to never go to the random Ghetto barbershop down the road.

Also, We (I) broke our phone and lost a lot of contacts but we almost have all of them back after much trial and tribulation... 

   There was a sad story from the week though. There is this 6 year old girl named Nevaeh Willey that lives a couple house down the street from us and she always runs up to us when we are walking back home and asks us for a picture of Jesus So we give her a pass along card and she is the funniest little girl. But Friday night she was kidnapped right from her room while she was sleeping and once they figured out she was missing the whole street filled up with cop cars, police dogs and News stations. There was even a police helicopter flying around. So we were stuck on the street as they were searching. The cool thing was to watch as the street and neighboring streets and the community joined together in the search effort. They found her the next day because she ran from the man at the first opportunity right up to a house with lights on and knocked on the door. The guy ran off so he hasn’t been found yet, but she is back at home now. It is sad to know that there are people out there that do things like that to children. She is probably going to have problems for the rest of her life because of this experience. So pray that this guy is found so he can’t do this to anyone else. 

Dahh police chopper

      Some good news from the week though is that we had another new investigator at church this week! Her name is Amy Kieth and we have been working with her for 2 weeks now. Her daughter is a member and there is no male in the house with them so the sister missionaries were meeting with them previously. Since the sisters got transferred out last transfer we were given the responsibility of meeting with them. But it was pretty cool because they are both willing to learn and work with us. So we invited them to church and they said they would come and they came! They both had a good time and felt welcomed by the ward so it was great. I think that we have had a different new investigator at church for the past month which has been crazy but it has been fun as well. 

      Most of the Stubblefield family came again this week and they filled up another pew! There were 9 of them that came this time. 3 of them are getting baptized this week, so we gave them a tour of the baptismal font and a run through of what was going to happen. The ward was even more receptive to them this week and we had a lot of members offer to help with fellowshipping, which is exactly what we need. That family is a miracle family to say the least. We see changes every time we go over. 

      The Church is true and the book is blue... God promises to strengthen us as we do the small and simple things like reading the scriptures, saying our prayers, keeping the commandments and going to church. ( 1 Nephi 16:29 last sentence) 

Love you all! Until next week,

Sinceramente,

Elder Frandsen

Our Street after the police were  called, this was just the beginning.