Hey Y'all :')
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| No one is here.. Just like the Cavs last night |
Other than that
the week was a good one here for us missionaries. Elder Allen was transferred
out and Elder Brady came in. Elder Brady is from Monroe Utah (where in the
world is that?) and was previously serving in a little farm community as
well... Lets just say that the last 5 days have been quite the change for him.
He has been out for 6 months and he is pretty shy but he makes up for in spirit.
He is a super awesome teacher, which I am grateful for.
The transition
from Elder Allen to Elder Brady with the Stubblefield family was a little rough
at first but yesterday we had one the best lessons with that family yet.
Charrise has been having a hard time with all the things going on in her life
and with her family. So, this week we have been focusing on eternal families
and how Jesus Christ and his atonement can heal the wounds in our family
relationships and as we strive to live the gospel and for an eternal family
that God will lift us up through our trials. So yesterday as we were talking
about it, Elder Brady at the end bore a really powerful testimony to Charrise
about the atonement and the spirit came flooding the room and Charrise started
crying for about five minutes. I then asked her how she was feeling and she
said that she was feeling something that she had felt before but had always
pushed it away. We helped her to recognize the spirit in her life and she said
that she knew everything was going to be alright because she felt the spirit
tell her that. She knows she has some things to change but Heavenly father and
Jesus Christ will be right there with her along the way. It was exactly what
she needed. It was also what Elder Brady needed, because the family has now
taken him in with no problem :)) Another miracle that came from that is that
after all that, the dad (Big Rock) came in and we were able to teach him the
restoration and explain a couple things to him, by the end he told us that he
had decided to sit in on the lessons now!
Elder
Brady has heard horror stories about serving in Cleveland (mostly false stories
from hear say of other missionaries) So, he has been on his toes this past
week. One day as we were riding to an appointment there was a little dog that
ran out into the street and he saw it out of the corner of his aye and thought
it was a big German Shepherd and yelped just loud enough for me to look back
right as he hits his front tire into the sidewalk and goes sailing over his
handle bars... Elder Brady is about 6 foot 4 and 250 pounds... This is an image
that I will never forget of watching my companion get chased by a little dog
and flying through the air, lol. We both had a good laugh about it
afterwards.
Right after that
last experience we got on the bus and sat down next to this guy who when he saw
the name "Jesus Christ" on our name tags began to tell us his whole
life story of how he was saved in 1987 by accepting Jesus Christ as his
personal Savior and Redeemer.... since then he has served 6 sentences in prison
and about how he was taken advantage of, in great detail, the first time he
went to prison... I think poor Elder Brady is scarred for life.
Hahah, but in all seriousness I have really enjoyed being with Elder Brady. He
has helped me to get some of that Fire back that I had when I first came out.
It has been a nice push along the path.
We have
seen a lot of miracles with less actives these past two weeks. We have helped
two get to the Family history center to get that all started so they can have a
name to take to the temple here soon. The ward has started to see these people
return to church and are now offering to help us with fellowshipping and it is
awesome to watch these people return to church with open arms from the
ward.
I just
realized that at the end of this transfer that I will only have a year left in
my time here in Ohio to serve the lord... I can't believe how fast it has gone
by. I hope to make the most of every minute that I have left here. I am so
grateful for the opportunity to be serving here. I wouldn't want to be anywhere
else in the world right now. God is good :)
Dont Forget:
Say your prayers (pray for LeBron plz
he needs it).
Read some scriptures.
Go to church.
Be a good person.
John 14:15
Hasta la semana que viene,
Elder Frandsen
Elder Frandsen
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| One of the stubblefield kids took my camera and I just found a whole bunch of random pictures lol.. Here is my little buddy Twonnie and Jeanna. |
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| Another one of my bud twonnie |
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