Shooting Flares

Hey Fam, 

Jokeeeee

Q: How many Young Men does it take to change a light bulb?

A:One. He holds the light bulb in the socket and the whole world revolves around him

Well here is the update for the week:

So you know that story I shared with you last week? well there is an update to it. Rachel got out of the hospital last Friday and talked with a member and she told the member she was still planning on being baptized and what not. So she calls us Saturday night to tell us she still plans on being baptized and that she was coming to church the next day. She also told us about why what happened last week happened the way that it did. She has really bad anxiety and had been using medical marijuana but the day she committed to baptism she stopped and so her anxiety got worse combined with some other things and it all blew up that Sunday. So it was actually a blessing that she was able to go to the hospital to get the help that she needed and plus she had been fasting for 48 hours before it all went down. She is on medicine now and when she came to church she was really mellow and normal. SO we prayed about it that night to know if she really was ready to move forward with this and we both felt that she was. So we met with her on Monday and set up a plan and she is really excited. The ward doesn’t know the full details of what happened but they know that she got the help she needed and are still very willing to help. just another week in Ohio...

This past Sunday I was able to give a recent convert named William the Priesthood! William was baptized two weeks prior to me arriving here and he is the coolest kid. For some reason he chose me to be the one to give him the priesthood and I was honored to, Pretty cool experience. :) We are also going to the temple with him in a couple weeks and were able to get him started on family history work. 

A member took us out to a farm and we got to shoot his flare gun and it was pretty sweet. I would attach the video but sadly these computers are extremely slow.

Yesterday we had mission leadership council with President Brown and there are some changes coming to the mission with exchanges... and they really don’t affect anyone in the mission too much except for me and my companion because we have the biggest zone, area wise, and we now have to bring both missionaries into our area for exchanges instead of splitting so we will have to figure that one out. 

Elder Bennett and I spent a few hours planning one day on how we are going to help the members do their missionary work and getting them out teaching with us. So far the plan has been accepted really well and the members have been willing to work with us! I am excited to see how it goes and watch the members get excited about missionary work. 

Well that is all for this week! Missionary work is awesome... I have come to know over the past year and a half that Jesus Christ is our Savior  and his Atonement is real and it has so much power to change us. I have come to know that God truly does love all of his children no matter the circumstance. Last, but not least, I have come to know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints is God’s Church established here on the earth and that the Book of Mormon is convincing evidence of that. I would invite you all to read the Book of Mormon and test the promise that Moroni makes us in the last chapter of the Book of Mormon. I know it will bless your life because it has blessed mine.

I love you all! Until next week,

Elder Frandsen