November 21, 2016
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| They Got Baptized!! |
Hey Fam...Hope life is treating you all well.
To start off as always I got to
include a joke or too so you dont get too bored!
Who designed Noah's ark?
An ark-itect
How long did Cain hate
his brother?
As long as he was Abel.
anyways, Here is the run down for the
week:
Sonja: She is still pressing forward
as strong as ever! we weren’t able to go to the temple with her this week
because something came up but we pushed it back to the 17th of December when
the ward is going... But other than that she is seriously a real strength for
the ward even though she is only a member of about a month and a half. The
gospel is pretty cool when you watch it in action
Mike, Lisa and Kenji: THEY GOT
BAPTIZED!! It was seriously so cool, a couple months ago if you had asked me
when we first met them if they would be baptized while I was still here or if
it would ever happen I would have been skeptical but they obviously have more
faith than I do and God prepares those whom he prepares and knows are ready. He
truly knows us all perfectly and knows exactly what we need and when we need it
and it is just up to us to accept those things and act on them and that is
exactly what Mike, Lisa and Kenji did. The gospel of Jesus Christ is truly for
the sinners and not the perfect, for the Broken hearted and not the whole. I
have been able to watch a transformation of a young families life right before
my eyes as. There have been so many miracles I can’t even count. I don’t know,
it is hard for me to put into words how I feel about it all and how to describe
the experience, other than it truly was a miracle and it not only changed their
life but has changed mine as well. About half the ward if not a little more was
there to support them in this decision and it was filled with the spirit. Pictures
will come :)
Longhui and Angelina: So, These two
hadn’t told their dad prior to this week that they were being baptized, and on
Saturday morning they finally approached him and asked him... and he said no.
So when we came later that day with the singles branch president and they told
us that we were definitely a little surprised... but oddly enough I wasn’t all
that worried and I felt inside that it was going to be okay for some reason. So
we asked them if we might be able to come by with a member form the singles
branch who speaks mandarin, who has a very similar background as they have, to
talk with their dad so maybe he could see what we were actually about. So later
that night they asked him if we could come over and meet him and he said no he
didn’t think that was necessary... but the thing is that Angelina had asked him
in English if we could be baptized... and he doesn’t speak English very well...
so he plugged baptism into google translate and when he saw what it actually
was he said "oh, that's what it is.. well yeah you can get baptized."
Lol, who knows what he thought she was asking before but I am glad we got all
of that figured out because it was a mess putting it on hold then replanning
it... But finally it is all settled and everything is well in Zion. I will give
you an update next week of how the baptism goes :)
Bozman fam: We have reviewed most of
the lessons with Jonathan and he is still on track to be baptized this coming Sunday,
We also invited his cousin to sit in on a couple lessons when she was there and
she has been interested in coming to church and actually came with them a week
ago. Her mom is a member but has not been to church in who knows how long but
she has been talking with Jonathan’s mom and said she wants to be baptized as
well.. and for being only 10 she has remembered everything we taught and is
really interested. So hopefully this next week we will meet with her mom and
see if it is alright if her daughter is baptized and comes to church with Jonathan....
we will give you updates on all that next week as well :)
Other: Well, The members have been
very pro active recently about coming teaching with us and we have definitely
seen the fruits of all that. Elder Cortez is still learning lots of English and
teaching more and more of how we need to love everyone. He is a good example
for me even though I am supposed to be training him, he is teaching me. I am very
grateful for all the opportunities and what not that Heavenly father has
blessed me with whether it be here on my mission or back at home.. I truly have
been blessed with so many great things, especially my family and parents, that
I have nothing to complain about when I think things are hard. I hope Y'all
have a great Thanksgiving and can recognize God’s hand in your life.
I would love to hear from You all!
Philippians 4:13
Don’t forget to read your scriptures
and pray daily :)
Love ya!
Elder Frandsen
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