Washington DC South Mission, Week 30: March 16, 2015

OURVISIT IN DC TODAY, WE WENT TO SMITHSONIAN, MARTIN LUTHER KING MEMORIAL AND LINCOLN MEMORIAL

MY NEW HAIR CUT

Hi family;

So we had an interesting week. This week we got our new iPads.
The iPad is really nice. I found out that I can talk into it and it
will type me emails out for me. So I'm doing that which is really nice
because it saves so much time. This week we had a few lessons with
Tony and his family it went really well. We did some marriage
counseling with them. They don't have the best relationship and we're
trying to help them. Tony came to church again back to back weeks. He
is still on date and he has been smoke free for 5 days now. We also
went on exchanges which was fun. I played one of the young men in our
ward in a  one on one and he beat me, because I was playing in my suit and
tie. He is a really big kid he's taller then Elder Tesch and he's only 17.

Elder Tesch and I  also tried to catch a squirrel that always sits
right outside our window. I tied some floss to a granola bar and it
actually worked pretty well ha ha.I'll send you the video I made of it.

 Today for P-day we get to go into Washing DC. It's suppose to be 
pretty warm and get up into the 60s. Hopefully we won't have anymore
 snow and it'll just keep getting warmer. 

Things have been going really well here in Mount Vernon ward... We had
interviews with President Riggs this week which was really good. I
asked him for a few favors ha ha. I first told him that I wanted to
train my buddy when he comes out this summer and it sounded like he
was in favor of hooking me up with that. Then I asked him if Elder
Tesch and I could stay together again next transfer which would be 3
in a row. Elder Tesch interviewed first so he already asked him too,
and he just laughed and was like nope! So Elder Tesch will probably be
gone next transfer in April. This is a 7 week transfer too so after
this it will be 13 weeks that we've been together. It's gone by super
fast. Kinda crazy.Well its bee a good week. Sorry I can't write more because
were in DC now. love you, Elder Frew

Washington DC Mission: Week 29: March 9, 2015

The meal Tony made for us after his daughters baptism

The Clements Family: Mt. Vernon, VA

Dear Family;

Elder Tesch and I get along great! This is our second transfer
together and it feels like we have only been companions for one. We both
are really similar. We both like sports, I love being companions with 
Elder Tesch. The time here in Mount Vernon has gone by really fast so far.
The Ward here in Mt. Vernon is really cool. It is so diverse with so many 
different types of people which I really like.

So this last transfer was very interesting. At the beginning of it we tracted a
lot and we found a few new potential investigators to teach. So Elder Tesch 
and I went back to check on one and he lets us in within a few minutes we both
realize that this guy is "not all together". Then he invited his two
roommates to come and listen to us. They walk down the stairs and
we realize that this whole house is full of partially handicapped or very special
 needs people.We listened to a few crazy stories and finally decided none of 
them were accountable.I didn't realize that this was right next door to the 
lady we met last week who was also special needs. I should have put two and two together.

The last transfer (6-weeks) Elder Tesch and I didn't have one
investigator at church. So we've had a big drought. But this
weekend we finally had some luck! So there is a recently baptized lady
in our Ward who's husband isn't a member... Saturday two of their kids
got baptized by Elder Tesch. And I was a Witness at the baptism which was cool. The
kids and the dad absolutely love us mostly because of Elder Tesch though
ha ha. And the dad absolute frustrated with our sister missionaries that are in
our Ward. They "taught" the mom so they go over there all the time and
pretty much just hangout. The dad Tony has been totally against the
church until Elder Tesch and I came into the picture. Tony the dad
absolutely adores Elder Tesch. He always wants to do stuff for us and
goes out of his way to help us. Any way he wanted to have us over for
dinner after the baptism with Steak, shrimp and the works. So he kicked 
his wife out of the kitchen so that he could prepare the whole dinner. 
And it was an awesome dinner, but there was so much food.

After the feast we started talking about the baptism and what he
thought. He said he really liked. And the baptism did go really well.
We then started just talking about baptism and other church topics and
questions that he had.

 They have a little daughter that isn't old enough to be baptized yet that
 asked Tony to baptize her. And Tony told us he knows what he has to 
do so he can baptize his daughter.  As we talked we put him on date to
be baptized on the 28th of this month. It was a really good day for us after
we have had no success in 7-weeks.... So......................................
He came to church yesterday and he liked it. We are setting up a
baptismal calendar tonight with him. There is a lot he needs to know
before he is ready to be baptized, but Tony is going to get baptized for sure.
TIna is his wife's name by the way. They've had struggles in their marriage.
 TIna has changed a lot since she has been baptized and Tony told us some 
stories about her in the past. She text ed us and told us that she realized that
 this "whole thing"(gospel of JC) could save her marriage.

So we finally have someone on date and someone who is progressing.
This week we also have blood, as a district which was fun. One Elder
got into the chair to have blood drawn and saw the bag of blood and
decided he couldn't handle it haha.

 Today we have a zone activity and are going over to
teach the Clements family(Tina and tony). I will send you the dinner
pics.

Love you all
Elder Frew

Washington DC South Mission: Week 28: March 1,2015

Hey family,


So this week was a little bit better than before but not by too much.
We went tracking one of the days for like 2 hours with nothing not
even a potential. 

We had a mission conference which was cool. We're
getting new iPads this week so we were instructed on how to use them.
It was a good meeting. I love mission conferences and seeing everyone
that's not in my zone that I haven't seen in a while.

I have been trying to eat super clean lately. I was eating oatmeal
like twice a day and then Elder Tesch  told me that oatmeal is 
more for bulking because of the carbs. So now I'm just eating
egg whites for breakfast. Talapia fish and chicken for
lunch and Salads between meals. And for dinner the members usually
feed us some lasagna or something like that.

That's super exciting that Dan got into byu-Provo. Ryan might be going to LA for
an internship? What's the details on that?

The weather has been really cold as usual; but today has been pretty warm.
Today for pday were playing basketball at the church with Elder Oyler.

love,
Elder Frew

Washington DC South Mission: Week 27: February 24, 2015

Dear Family;

I have told you and dad thrice now that Tytia got baptized! I didn't
go because I was told the day before about it by Ames and I didn't
feel like driving all the way to lees burg that day.

So this last week it has been really cold and we got a lot of snow. So
elder Tesch and I decided to shovel people's driveways and try and
talk with them that way. It actually was really nice to do it that way
instead of knocking on doors. We got two people who told us to come
back. But yesterday during church we went over there to teach her and
we realized that she has a huge learning disability and she isn't
really all there mentally. I didn't really notice too much the night
before. We probably won't teach her again because she is handicapped
but we will see what happens. I feel really bad for her. So on
Saturday night after we got done shoveling snow for 4 hours we went
back home and were in bed at 10 o'clock when we heard a noise coming
from the phone. I picked it up and a member from the bishopric said
that one of us had to give a talk the next morning. Me and Tesch were
both trying to get out of it and the he sent another saying " elder
frew I need you to do it".... So I told him I would start on the
morning. So I gave a talk on Sunday. I told Tesch that if I gave the
talk that he had to go to ward council ha ha.

We help run this mini mtc thing that our stake was putting on for the
youth this week also. All the youth would learn to teach people with
fake investigators and fake knocking on doors. And we were going to
take the older kids back to our areas do work with us but there was a
blizzard going on so we all just stayed in the church. In a fake door
approach this lady brought up the revelations 20 scripture and after
the fake teaching she gave us scriptures to use I that situation which
was really cool. If you look up "LOST BOOKS" in the bible dictionary
it shows a ton of versus of the bible referencing scriptures in books
that are not in the old or New Testament. And there is a ton of them.
For example look up 1 chronicles 29:29... I didn't realize that there
were that many references of lost books in the bible. Showing us that
the bible is incomplete or it has things missing from it. I already
knew that but seeing how many there was really cool and gave me a new
way for teaching all those people who say the bible is complete and
doesn't need anymore.

This week we have a whole mission conference and we will be getting
the new iPads! We also will not be using face book for proselyting for
sometime because president feels it's not being used correctly. I'm
glad we're getting rid of face book though. It's really unproductive
and a lot times when you get on all you want to do is just browse for
people so I'm glad it's getting taking away. It's too distracting.

Love elder frew

Washington DC South Mission: Week 26: February 16, 2015

Hi Everyone:

So I found out this week that Rob Hild my buddy from BYU got his mission
call and was assigned to serve in the Washington DC South Mission also.
I was super excited to hear that. He was the guy that I have the picture with
the Stadium of Fire concert at BYU over the 4th of July this summer with
Charles Abuou. He will be out here in June the transfer that our new
mission president comes in and President and Sister Riggs go home. We didn't really
have too much success this week. We did a lot of knocking on doors and
didn't have any luck with it.

I got the letter from Ken and Mary Taylor and it had a Chipotle gift card, Thank
YOU TAYLOR FAMILY. Yes, mom I already sent them a thank you note  too.
I also got your Valentine's Day card in the mail too. Thank you!

Transfers are this Thursday so we will find out if Elder Tesch will
stay with me 1 more transfer or going somewhere else. We're thinking that
he will probably stay but you can never know. It has been super cold
here this week. This  morning it was 8 degrees and with wind chills
it's even worse. It's suppose to get down to 3 degrees this week and
probably get snow again.

Today we're playing soccer instead of basketball. I was feeling pretty
sick this morning but I'm feeling a bit better after some Meds. What medical
schools did Derek get into? And where are did they decide to go?

I will let you know what happens at transfers this week.

Love Elder Frew

Washington DC South Mission: Week 25- February 9,2015

Hi Family,

So this week pretty much stunk. We have 5 of our investigators moving
out of town. We really only have 1 left and she's not that solid. So
we are trying to do a lot of finding. No one wants to talk to us. And this
weekend was just the cherry on top. We had three different times where
we were knocking on doors and we were told that 
what we were doing was wrong and that we should go
home and re-think what we are doing. Two of them were people that we tried
to stop by and to teach. So it was not the greatest week.

Nothing to report on this week. Today for p-day we're going to play
basketball at the church and President Riggs is going to play with
us again. Transfers are coming up again on the 19th. This transfer has
gone by really fast. The next one will be my 6 month mark.( February 20)

Yesterday it was in the high 50s which was so nice. I decide that I hate the
cold weather on a mission. I just want it to be warm outside. I just
have to endure another month or so until it gets warm.

Not too much to talk about this week.
Love Elder Frew

(Letter received via snail mail)
Dear Mom and Dad,

I figured that since I wrote Daniel and John a letter that I would write you guys
one too. The only problem was I had to decide if I would use this paper or a
sticky note....hahha

I really love Mount Vernon a lot. I love my companion, Elder Tesch. We don't really
have anyone who is close to a baptism yet. There's a guy here who is ready and
has been for quite sometime but isn't married to his girlfriend and doesn't want
to get married.

Elder Tesch and I have been doing lots of finding. Our most promising investigators
are moving away. I love the ward here however we don't get fed as much as we did
in Lees burg. Although we do have 3 sets of missionaries in our ward boundaries, so
that's pretty understandable. If you want to send me some gift cards to subway or
Chipotle that would be nice.

Thank you for all that you do for me and all that you  have always done for me.
I miss everyone and especially Ofelia. But not like in a bad way.

Love your Son,
Logan

Washington DC South Mission: Week 24: February 2, 2015

JOHN'S BAPTISM : JANUARY 31-LEESBURG, VA

Dear family

Last night was the super bowl and I heard that New England won. Last

night we really had a funny night. So we went to a dinner  at a

members home who's from Siri Leon in Africa named brother and sister

George. We walked in there home and he's got the super bowl playing on he

big screen and Elder Tesch and I are just like "praise the lord"! He

asked us if we were allowed to watch it. And the other elders who were

with us told him that we weren't supposed to watch it. Then he was like

"even on a day like this"? the other elder was like Ya. Then he was

like well you will just have to use your free agency then. Ha ha that

sounded like something I would always say when I was back home. Ha ha

so he kept it on. But we then had dinner and they made some Ghanaian

food for us. And it was super, super strong. I barely could handle it.

I started chocking almost. Our clothes smelled  like the food even

when we left their home that's how strong it was. Well,  anyway the table was

sitting pretty close to the TV so Elder Tesch and I made sure we got

the seats facing the TV so I got to catch quite a few "glimpses " of

the Super Bowl. I saw gronks catch and most of the 1st half.  I

honestly wasn't even listening to most of the dinner conversation and

then Elder George called me out... He looked at me and was like "are

you even listening to me right now? Ha ha he's like looking right at my eyes. He

was just laughing at me hahahah. He didn't even care. This member is

super , super funny. But then the freak in sister missionaries came and

we had to turn it off. Brother George was like "we got caught", when

the sisters came in.... Oh I saw he new Jurassic park trailer too.

That looks super cool.

John was baptized on Saturday. John and his wife had to go to work so

 it was at super early like 8:45 am. We showed 5 min late and they were waiting for us

 because I was giving the talk on baptism. I was a little disappointed. As soon as the 

baptism was over John had to leave for work so I only got like 2 photos. 

There still wasn't a ton of people there either from the ward to support

 him. Probably because it was so Fricken early. And I hardly got to

 even talk with him. His daughter is on date for next week to be baptized.

That's really good. But I'm not sure if I can get permission to go again.

This week for pday Elder Tesch and I stopped by the vitamin shop and

picked up some protein. And now we're playing some ball. I've been

using my George Foreman grill a ton, pretty much everyday. Ha ha good

deal. Things are good. I'm started to really like the ward. I got an

email from kofi today seeing how I've been and was asking about our

family.  (Kofi is one of Logan's good friends he met at BYU. His family is from Ghana and he's currently serving a Spanish speaking mission in Alabama)

Love you all

Elder Frew