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| Elder Bennett and I with our Michigan and Ohio State ties on. |
Here is the Joke for the week! (Sorry
it is a bit longer)
George W. Bush, in an
airport lobby, noticed a man in a long, flowing, white robe with a long,
flowing, white beard and long, flowing, white hair. The man had a staff in one
hand and some stone tablets under the other arm.
George W., struck by the
man¹s appearance, approached the man and asked, "Aren't you Moses?"
The man ignored George W.
and stared at the ceiling.
George W., unaccustomed
to being ignored, positioned himself more directly in the man's view and asked
again, "Aren't you Moses?"
The man continued staring
at the ceiling.
George W. then tugged at
the man's sleeve and asked once again, "Aren't you Moses?"
The man finally responded
in an irritated voice, "Yes I am."
George W. asked him why
he ignored him and the man replied, "The last time I spoke to a Bush I had
to spend forty years wandering in the desert."
Well here is the story of
the beer and the guns,
One night Elder Bennett
and I got back from proselyting at like 8:30 and since we live so far away from
anywhere we can’t really go out and do anything in the cities where a lot of
our work is so we decided to stop by the only people we teach in Delphos. So we
called and they said we could come by... well when we showed up the door was
wide open and all we could see is
Ben and Carlene’s friend named Eddy sitting there by himself with a large beer
can on one side and 3 guns on the other. Well, we walk in and start talking to
him and he starts to say that we are moving too fast with them and that we
might be of the devil and that he is confused by the whole Book of Mormon
stuff. This didn’t sound like him
and we quickly realized that he was really drunk. Well shortly after that
realization he started to tell us of how he is the greatest man to ever live
and how he was going to lay his hands on us and heal us right there, all the
while there were three large guns sitting right next to him. So then he
suddenly stands up, grabs the back of our heads and puts our heads and his head
right next to each other and said the craziest prayer I have ever heard. Then
he showed us a little pocket bible that had his "saved by Jesus" date
in it that was written in pencil... I guess salvation is erasable? So we slowly
snuck out of the house before he noticed and ran off. Good times.
This past week we also
had Elder Gay of the Seventy come and do a mission tour and talk to us. It was
really awesome to have him come and meet with the mission. The day we went to
hear from him he focused on member missionary work and talked about how a
mission will not reach its full potential unless the members and missionaries
are working together. In order to do that and see more success in the wards we have
to have the bishop on board and be the one to set the example for the rest of
the ward and have the ward council meeting focused on people. Well Elder Cortez
got picked to go up for a role play and his companion wasn’t helping him out at
all and I felt bad for him So Elder Bennett and I volunteered to go up and help
and then Elder Gay decided to make the role play 2x harder for us and at first
we got roasted by him until the end we finally figured it out and made it
through. But it was definitely a new experience getting roasted by a member of
the 70. Some interesting things he said though are:
1. Missionary work is a
principle not a program
2. We have three cultures
in the church, a missionary culture and a member culture but those both need to
be the same and need to be a gospel culture
3. We will get nowhere
with out personal revelation in the Lord’s work.
After that big meeting we
had a special Mission Leadership Conference and he talked about 3 things there:
1. Culture eats purpose
for breakfast.
2. Every breakthrough is
a break.
3.The example of the
brother of jared in ether 2 and 3 the lord will not tell us what to do in all
things, in example of the story of the brother of jared he is given an idea and
expected to figure it out on his own and then to bring his idea before the Lord
with his faith. 1 nephi 3:7 the lord always prepares a way but it is up to us
to find and show by our faith if we are willing to act in faith to find it. Other
scriptures that go along with that are John 7:17 and Ether 12:6 and D&C
9:1-9. Just like Joseph Smith leading up to the first vision, he read the
scriptures, pondered on what he read, and came to a decision and then went to
the lord in prayer along with his faith. Right before the first vision he had a
trial of his faith but he continued forward in diligence and did what was right
and received a witness to the trial of his faith.
I can say I am truly
grateful for being able to learn from Elder Gay.
The other things that
happened this week were:
1. We set a baptismal
date with our investigator Alan for March 19th!
2. We went on exchanges
with the Assistants and learned lots from them.
3. I got to see Charrise
again!
Well, It was another good week here
in The Ohio Cleveland Mission. I am so very grateful for this opportunity to be
serving the Lord full time and for all the many experiences and blessings that
I have had on my mission. I know this is the Lords work. Love you all!
Until Next Week,
Elder Frandsen
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| A picture with Elder Bennett and the assistants |
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| A picture of the trucks we drive. |
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