Blunts, Fireworks, Parades and some big ole rims.

Happy 4th

Hey Fam,   

  This week was interesting to say the least. I'll start off with a few stories to explain the subject of this email. The other day, Elder McCarrey and I were tracting in the Hood of South Akron and came upon this man who was sitting on his porch looking like he was enjoying the weather. So we went and talked to him and the conversation that proceeded was a good one. We asked how his day was going and what not and then we started talking about how faith In Jesus Christ can help free us from so many of the terrible things in the world. And he said "I know all, about Jesus and the scriptrues and what not... but what I really need is someone that can free me from my electric bill!" Then he paused for a second and asked, "Y'all wanna smoke a blunt with me? cuz I'm gonna smoke a blunt here in a bit." Elder McCarrey isn’t quite used to the whole "Being offered drugs as a missionary thing yet" so his reaction was pretty good. I told him no after laughing for a bit and the guy looked at us both and said well if you ain’t gonna smoke a blunt with me, wanna pay my bills for me? And without waiting for a response he said again" yall are probably just gonna tell me to go and pray about it... I cant tell the electric company that on the phone when they call that they need to go and "pray about it" and the money will appear." Good times... needless to say he wasn’t interested in the Gospel but it still made for a good laugh afterwards.

A picture of the car we saw on the 4th.

     With it being July 4th yesterday there were tons of fireworks everywhere all day long with out fail. We tracted into the one guy who said, "July 4th is my least favorite Holiday because I can never tell the difference between gun shots and fireworks... and they are about as common as the other on July 4th!" Well that gave us lots of comfort as we were walking around all day yesterday hearing big bangs the whole day and night. We went on exchanges as well with the Zone Leaders and we found out that there was going to be a parade near by their house so we decided to go and contact at the parade and see how many cards we could hand out. Only expecting to give out no more than 100 we only brought about that many... well within the first 10 minutes of walking the parade route we had already handed all of those out and luckily Elder Van Orden had some extra differnet types of cards stashed in his bag and we were able to hand out another hundred or so cards and combined with the two companionships + the sisters in the district as well, we probably talked to over 500 people yesterday and sadly but not sadly they were all in the Zone leaders area, but either way it is people being found to teach the gospel to. A little bit later on in the day, Elder Van Orden and I were tracting and this convoy of cars drove by and the front car was a sports car with some HUGE tires and chrome rims and luckily they appeared later on and I was able to get a picture of the car. The car sums up how most of the cars look like here in Akron. 

 Merry Christmas from Elder McCarrey and I with our matching ties

      Tony Chirstie came to Church again this week but sadly, Yesterday moring he texted us and said that he has a new project that his tribe (he is indian) asked him to take on and he is going to be doing that along with working 6 days a week and he said he doesn’t think that he will be able to make it to church and that he will need some time to get this done before being able to progress any further. :( Yes, that was very sad to hear that but in place of that we had a really cool miracle happen! We had an investigator from the Kirtland ward move into our area and the  Kirtland Elders didn’t let us know and the guy showed up to church and looked like a member dressed up in a suit and the whole nine yards. Well he came up to us and informed us that he was an investigator and that he was looking for the gospel principles class... well that is a great thing to hear when you are a missionary. He has been investigating for a year and knew the doctrine relatively well. We got his number and hopefully we will be able to pick up where he left off with the Kirtland Elders. 

Thats it for this week! As my time slowly dwindles out here I get this sense of urgency like there is so much more that I have to be doing and get done before I leave and it is a strange feeling to have. It is good and definitely helps to keep me going day by day even when at times I am tired. God is Good and gives that lending hand to all those that reach out to him for his Hand. I am extremely grateful for all the lessons that I have learned on my mission and the time that I have spent out here in the Service of the Lord. I love you all! Have a great week. 

Stay Cute,

Elder Frandsen

Ghetto cars Pt 2.