Washington DC South: Week 51: August 10, 2015

MY NEW SON, FROM WASHINGTON STATE: ELDER BURLESON

ELDER MATHEWS, ELDER PALMER, ELDER FREW, ELDER OYLER

Hey family,
We had a very surprising week! So I told you last week that Elder
Strawn and I were almost 100% sure that we were going to stay together
for transfers... So I got a call late one night from the assistants
saying that I was going to be training. It totally hit me by surprise
and I wasn't even thinking that was a possibility because Elder Strawn had
only been here for 6 weeks. Anyways so Elder Strawn left and now I am
training a brand new missionary. I have a son! His name is Elder
Burleson from Washington State. It's been good so far. 

Training definitely is making me step up my game with being more diligent with
everything I do. And making sure that I'm setting a good example for
my son. The only downside to training is that you pretty much have to
put the team on your back for awhile. But it's all good. I think God
has been wanting me to change my ways for awhile and he knew the only
way it would happen is if I trained haha. Anyways I do like training
though because it forces me to do the best.

We also went to the Nationals baseball game on Saturday against the
Rockies which was pretty cool. The game went by really fast but it was
really fun. If the Nats scored six runs everyone got free McNuggets at
McDonald's. And they did! It reminded me of beaker...." Free tacos"!!!
We took the metro into the game. And on the way back it was so packed.
Literally thousands of people all trying to get on the metro! But it
was really fun! We ended up getting home at around 12. And then had
church pretty early the next morning. I will try and send photos of
the game next week when we go to the library.

Transfers were a little sad. Elder Robbins went home along with a few
others like Elder Hinton and Palmer that I really liked. Elder Mathews
goes home in 2 weeks and Elder Oyler goes home in October. But in the good
news.. Elder Tesch is the new office Elder so we are in the same zone
now, which is awesome.

We had a funny story happen this week too while we were tracking. A guy
was BBQ-ing on his deck and I asked if he had anything for us? 
jokingly. The guy through a water bottle to me from the deck
down to me and I lunged forward to make the snag but ripped my pants
really bad. It was pretty much from the zipper to a good portion of my
 crack that ripped. So we headed back to our apartment so I
could put some pants on.

Love you all, I will send the baseball game photos later.

Elder Frew

Washington DC South Mission: Week 50: August 3, 2015

WASHINGTON DC, NATIONAL ART GALLARY

Hey family,
You can have all the people that are coming out to DC email me so I
can set up a time to meet them. I haven't had any contact with the
Bradshaws brother or aunt Melinda's sister because they live in McLean
and Herndon. I'm in Burke.


This week went better than the last. We had a lesson with a family
that we tracked into. It was good other than the fact that he said he
didn't believe it and doesn't want to come to church until he reads
the Book of Mormon. But other than that it went pretty well. We got a
referral from a guy who is atheist but does seem like someone we can
work with. We also had a good talk with an investigator named Rocco.
We haven't had any lessons but whenever we stop by we talk for a good
while. We have a lot of stuff going on this coming week.

 Transfers are on Thursday,Elder Strawn and I are almost positive were staying
together. I was hoping that I get transferred out of Burke but I can
probably do one more. On Saturday we have the Nationals game which
should be a lot of fun!


Today Elder Strawn and I are going to DC. We got locked out of our
apartment this week on accident so we had to climb up the balcony. I
will send you a video. Florida sounds like it was a lot of fun. Do you
have any pictures of the fish dad caught when he went deep sea
fishing? I still haven't caught a fish yet here. I've gone twice so
far and haven't had much success.

Another guy came up to us this week while we were talking with Rocco
and wanted to talk to us. He asked me how are we saved?...His intent
was trying to accuse me of not relying on Christ. He said  we rely on
our works too much and that "works" mean nothing. He said how Christ
is the only way we can be saved. And I told him agree 100 percent and
shared Helaman 5:9 with him and told him our works are just a way we
show gratitude. He then told me "then why don't you give the whole
mission thing and come worship with us". After quoting some more bible
scriptures he finally realized... You can't beat the champ! The only
thing he could say after confounding his was "I'm just concerned
for your soul"....I don't get how people can be so dumb? And say your
going to hell because your Mormon. I'm starting to enjoy people trying
to come up to me and trying to say stuff like that  now. Because I will confound
them and then say "have a nice day."

Love Logan
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Washington DC South MIssion: Week 49: July 27,

Zone Conference

Zone Conference

I also went on two exchanges this week. One with the zone leaders who
was the guy sleeping. And then one with the APs which was good.

I got both packages this week thanks a lot.

So I forgot to tell you about a funny turtle story I think. So when weHey family,

moved apartments I had to let the turtle lose so I wouldn't have to

move him to the new apartment. But a couple weeks after we let the

original one go, I found another really cool looking one that was

Orange while we we were tracking. It was sitting in A bush in front of

potential who wasn't home. So I grabbed the little fella and put him

in my back pack and started the bike ride back to our apartment. We

live on the second floor of our apartment so we put him on the deck

and gave him water and food to munch on while we went back to work.

When we came back for dinner however he wasn't on the deck. I was

thinking oh no the turtle committed suicide! I looked over the edge of

the railing expecting to see the turtle smashed to bits. But there

wasn't any carnage. So it mus

t have survived the long drop and went

into the bushes that are beneath us...."don't worry no one dies in his

story.... They only get really big boo-boos....what did I tell you". (this 

is Logan's line from his favorite movie, George of the Jungle).

We got a nice Ford Fusion this week which is great. Now we don't have

to sweat our hides off. It doesn't have a tiwi yet either so it won't

yell at us if we go too fast over a bump or if I go over the speed

limit. We went fishing last week and didn't catch anything. I'm not

used to fishing for bass so the technique is a little different. We

had an investigator tell us some good spots to go and what to use. We

are going to try and have him take us fishing sometime... This week we

were walking on the road and this guys stopped his truck next us as we

were walking and starting going off on us. He quoted some scripture

and said we were teaching false doctrine. Then told us that there was

a nice firey place of brimstone prepared for us and then took off down

the road. That really ticked me off. He didn't even stop so I could go

over and confound him. It's crazy how ridiculous people are! How

can they claim to be Christians? I didn't really bother me though.

Because Christ taught that " by this shall man know that he are my

disciples, if he have love one to another". So he obviously wasn't a

disciple of Christ. I was planning on quoting that scripture to the

guy if he would have stopped all the way.

This week was better than the last but still not great. Tina and tony

took me out to dinner on Saturday which was really good. It was nice

being able to talk with them and see how they've been doing. I need to

get more converts so I can have more people like them that I know.

Love elder frew

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Washington DC South Mission: Week 48: July, 20, 2015

Well today is my 11 month mark! In 30 days I will be half way done! I

can hardly wait to hit my year mark. This week went better than last

week. We had a couple of really good lessons with investigators and

did a lot of lessons with members. Since our teaching pool is pretty

small we've been visiting a lot of the members and trying to get them

involved in the work. We don't have any super solid investigators but

our people that we are starting to work with are improving. We should be

getting a car this week which will be awesome. Not only for the work

but also because it's super hot and humid. When we bike to places were

always super sweaty. So having a car will be great. Burke, VA.  definitely

is my least favorite area. The work here just kinda blows and the area

i

is gigantic to cover on a bike and being the only set of missionaries.

Today for prep day we went fishing at Burke Lake for an hour or so and

didn't even get a bite. Then we had a zone activity at President Huntsman's

home. We had a BBQ and that was pretty much all that we did. Not the

most fun thing to do but whatever. This Saturday Tina and Tony are

going to take me out to dinner dinner which I'm really looking forward to.

.Not too much to talk about this week.

Love Elder Frew

Washington DC South Mission: Week 47- July 13, 2015

Hey family,

Well things aren't going super hot in our area right now. We had our 2

progressing investigators drop us this week which stunk. We did a lot

of tracking this week with a few potentials found but no one super

solid to work with. We've decided we really need to start working with

the members more, I usually don't like to but I don't really have any

other options right now.

This week while we were tracking we had a guy explain to us that Jesus

was black. And that all black people who were brought on the slave

ships are the real Jews and that when Jesus comes again he will redeem

his people (the black people). He was dead serious too. I told him the

only problem with that is that the real Jews don't believe that Jesus

was the son of God, so if he was a real Jew he shouldn't believe that

Jesus was the Son of God(Zechariah 13:6).

After church Sunday the Huntsman's invited Elder Strawn and I over to

their house for a quick lunch which was really nice. They are a very

cool family. It's funny how many girls they have in there family. It

will be super cool to get to know their family and be in the same

Ward. We are going to try and go fishing with their youngest son

Daniel. Sis Huntsman's said that he really likes to go fishing. Sister

Huntsman is extremely nice. Sister Riggs was nice but she wasn't as

outgoing or as friendly.

Not a very eventful week for us. Today for pay day we went to stake

center and played ball. We also went to the vitamin shop and picked up

some more protein. The AP's (missionaries assigned to assist the Mission President) 

 told us we will be getting a car soon which will be really nice. Not much to say this week

Love Elder Frew

Washington DC South Mission: July 6, 2015: Week 46

Hey family,
So this week we lost President Riggs on Tuesday which was really sad.
I loved President Riggs and will really miss him a lot.  A few nights
before he went home we gave his daughter a blessing and then he drove
us home after. I drilled him on a ton of life questions. And got
counsel and advice from him for about hour and a half until he finally
kicked us out of his car.

 We met President Huntsman's and his family. He is very nice along
 with his wife but it's just very different. He had 8 kids and we met 7
 of the 8. His wife is very, very friendly. Especially compared to Sister Riggs.
 Sis Riggs was nice but she definitely wasn't like a super lovey-dove type. I got some great
counsel from President Riggs and he's really affected me a lot. He
would always tell me how we were meant to be in the same mission so he
could "micromanage" me.

Anyway, this week I had a couple really cool experiences. So far on my
mission  I've never had an experience where I felt I needed to
talk to a specific individual. But this week we were biking back to
our apartment and we were waiting at a light. There's a chubby kid
just next to us that reminded me of the kid on the little rascals.
Anyways I asked how he was doing while we were waiting then we went
different directions when the light turned. I crossed and got a big
impression to stop and talk to him. Elder Strawn was far ahead of me
and the kid was going the opposite direction. I was sitting across the
street trying to decide if I should go talk to him of just make sure
I'm close to my companion. As I stopped Elder Strawn eventually
noticed I wasn't close by and came back. Then I told him I needed to
talk to that kid... I went and talked to him and he turned out to be
super nice and loves the bible. We gave him a b.o.m and tried to set
up a time but he was busy with the 4th of July activities. We still haven't 
been able to get a hold of him. But it still was a cool experience.

Another cool experience was that a member posted a photo of us on our
bikes on Facebook and her friend saw the post and right after saw us riding
our bikes and commented and told her that she saw us and was touched.
That same member suggested we tract a certain neighborhood. That night
also. So we took her advice and went to the cherry run homes. The
first door we knock on was a college kid which opens up and hears the first
lesson. He had friends that were Mormon that were in our ward. We
still haven't been able to get a hold of him but it was a good lesson.

Then lastly we tracked in little India the other night and knocked on
a Vietnamese ladies door and asked if she was Christian. She said no
and was shutting the door when her son came and said" I'm
christian". We talked to him on his doorstep for an hour and a bit
about the 1st lesson. He has friends that go to lake Braddock which is
the high school here. He was solid and we're trying to set something
up with him.

In the bad news. One investigator told us every time she reads the
BOM she feels the more it is uninspired. So that stunk. She got into
anti just like everyone does here. There's so much crap here in this
area. Even among the members. The lady who wanted women to have the
priesthood lives close by here in the Vienna area. I think her name
was something Kelly. Even in our ward there has been members who are
apostatizing. They are saying how the prophets today are not inspired
anymore and leading us in the wrong  direction. As we sit in elders
quorum and ward council we see which members are leading it and trying
to recruit. It's all over the DC area.

For the Fourth of July we were not allowed to go into the district due
to the Isis  threats. We had to stay in our areas. So for the
fourth we ended up playing basketball at the gym and playing card
games and whatnot. There were some fireworks pretty close to our house
the day before the fourth which we watched.

I didn't get hardly any sleep last night because a crazy lady kept
calling us in the middle of the night.

Love you all
Elder Frew

Washington DC South Mission: Week 45: June 29, 2015

Elder Strawn: My new companion

Elder Blanchard: My last companion

Hey family ,
I'm still in Burke but they moved us to a new apartment complex. My
new address is
8511 Bauer drive #13
Springfield, VA 22152.

So this week was the last transfer meeting with President Riggs here.
It was a whole mission transfer meeting which was cool. We had a very
good meeting,but it was very emotional. After the meeting was over I
went up to President Riggs and gave him a big long hug. I wanted to
cry really hard. I'm going to really miss President Riggs. He did give
me some really inspiring advice directly to me. I think I've been the
most motivated right now,  then even from the beginning of my mission.
So as far as transfer news... Elder Blanchard went to be zone leader in Ashburn. So
now I am the District leader in Burke. That could be another reason
why I'm so motivated. Now I have more responsibility and I'm the
senior companion. Which doesn't mean anything, I've just been out
longer than my comp. Although I didn't get to train my friend Rob Hild
 I did get to talk with him for awhile which was pretty fun. On
Saturday it will be a year since we both went to the stadium of fire
concert in Utah. 

Anyways so my new companion is Elder Strawn from Cloverfield Utah. He's really cool also. 

I've been blessed  to get good companions. It was really cool seeing all my buddies at transfers.

So on Saturday night we got out of a lesson at 930pm and got a call from
President Riggs, seeing if we could come help him give a blessing to
one of his daughters. So went and did it and then he dropped us off at
our apartment at around 10ish... Once we got to the apartment I asked
him pretty much every question I wanted to ask before he goes home

Tuesday. We just sat in the car for about an hour and a half drilling
him with questions and getting counsel and advice for our own personal
lives. It was really cool. Then at around 12 he kicked us out.

President goes home Tuesday and President Huntsman comes here the same
day. Pres Riggs will show him the mission office and home and then he
leaves. So it going to be a really quick transition. Today for Pday
were playing Ball at the stake center.

Love Logan