Hi fam
Well this week
was another wild week with lots of strange and good things happened.
1. The baptism fell through with it
being the holiday weekend and all. The kids passed their interviews but they
got offers to go to cedar point (big amusement park in Ohio) for the weekend
and they are a very poor family and they don’t go on trips very much so we have
pushed the baptism back a couple weeks. I think it will be good for the family
because it will give Charrise some more time to quit smoking and join her 3
children when they are baptized. Another good thing that came from it was they
were all able to meet with the bishop as well and get some other awesome
fellowship from the ward. This is something elder Allen and I have been working
on for a long time with them.
2. Last week I forgot to tell the
story of a young man named Sandesh Gazmer from Nepal. He is a refugee and he
originally moved to salt lake and while he was there he was baptized into the
Nepali branch. He moved to Ohio about a year after that and he lost contact
with the church in the mix of things. But he got on the church’s website and referred
himself and we were able to find him. He is super awesome and so are all the
Nepali people. They are very kind and would give the shirt off their backs to
help those in need. Also, I have now learned how to speak some very basic Nepal
to use when I come over to their house. We have been teaching him English from
the pamphlets and things. So we came to pick him up with a member on Sunday for
church and when he came out he came with his cousin who is about the same age
and not a member, so thus we have kept the 7-week streak alive of bringing a
different new investigator to church. Another cool story from this was that we
had a ward bbq yesterday and both Sandesh and his cousin (Gavin) came to it.
The ward really took them in and now his cousin is interested in lessons and
things. Miracles everywhere.
3. THE CAVS ARE GOING TO CHAMPIONSHIP
:)))) the night that the cavs won the last game to make it to the finals
the whole city went crazy and Elder Allen and I could not fall asleep for a
while because of how loud our neighborhood was from all the fireworks and
things. #allin216
4. Transfers are this week and sadly
mine and Elder Allen’s time together is coming to a close. He is getting
transferred to the other side of the mission. and My new companions name is
Elder Brady and I will be meeting him tomorrow. I am kind of nervous with all
of the investigators we have and making the transition from one Elder to the
next But I think It will be okay. I have enjoyed serving with Elder Allen and I
am also excited to see what my next companion has to offer as well.
5. Good news... My hair is growing
back in from that random bald spot that the barber gave me :))) SOS
6. We also were able to take our
returning member to the family history center and help him get started in
getting a name for the temple. It has been awesome working with this man
because we met him about a month and a half ago by going through our contacts
and getting the feeling that we should text him even though neither of us had
met him before. The rest is history I guess. He is almost finished with the
Book of Mormon, is almost done smoking and has met with the bishop to set some
goals to get to the temple. I wish all people had the desire that he has. The
world would be a better place. 2 days latter we also took him to hear Brad
Wilcox speak at a fireside and it was one of the greatest firesides that I have
ever been too.
7. Well... Summer has officially
started here in Cleveland and all I can say is that I really am not too fond of
the humidity. It feels like I am walking into a sauna every time I walk out of
the apartment and that doesn’t include how bad the allergies are out here.
Also, It seems like the city just thinks that because it is warm outside now
that they don’t have to wear any clothes... let’s just say I have seen some
things that I wish I had never seen... also I think I have been offered more
drugs and alcohol from random people on their porches in the last three days
then the rest of my life combined. Lets just say that these last couple weeks
have been probably the strangest/most interesting of my mission. But I
have learned a lot in this area and I love the ward and all the people
here.
The church is true and
the book is blue.
Don’t forget to read
your scriptures and say your prayers :)
Proverbs 3:5-6
Until next week,
-Elder Frandsen
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