Washington DC South Mission: Week 95: June 6, 2016

Hey family,

So this week we didn't have any lessons. But it did go by pretty quick
still. So we had transfers and Elder Abney and I are staying together
for my last full transfer. This will be 5 months together by the end of the
transfer. I was pretty excited because we get along really well and I
didn't want to get some new guy for my last transfer. Elder Blanchard
is an AP still and he saved my butt my suggesting leaving Elder Abney and I
together to President Huntsman. So that was the big stuff.

Elder Tesch goes home on Thursday. He has football camp coming up for Weber state...And elder Anderson went home already. Things are winding down here for me DC. I've had a few sleepless nights just reminiscing on all the
memories that I've had out here both good and bad. It will be hard to
leave all of this after a two year trek but it will be fun to be back
too! So today for PDay we went fishing we saw this biggest carp I've
ever seen. It was at least 3ft long. I tried snagging it for about an
hour before switching back to my lure. The other elders were catching
little beaker fish, so I used the fish they caught and put a hook
through it and caught two nice bass using the live bait. We also
caught a really big snapping turtle. I don't have a picture of it
though. Other than that's about it.

Love you all
Elder Logan Frew

Washington DC South Mission: Week 94: May 30, 2016

Hey Family; 

This week we had a lesson  with our only investigator now named Diana,
the other single mom we were teaching has been avoiding us
unfortunately. But the lesson actually went pretty well. We weren't
really expecting much out of her but she actually asked good
questions. She was an "all paths lead to heaven" the first time and
everything religion is true kind ideology. So that was good. We meet
with her this week too.  We did service a few days this week in the
afternoon. Pretty much just a regular week except for when Sunday
rolled around. We were just getting done with with 2nd hour of church
when I ran into Bahar Motley in the hallway. She is John Motley's wife
who got baptized in my first area (Potomac Crossing). I talked to her
for a little bit and she said John was in the chapel for the Ashburn
Ward sacrament service(I also was in the Ashburn Ward). I went in and
sat with him through the sacrament and talked after the service. I
hadn't seen him since I left Potomac in January of 2015. I also knew
he went less active after I left. So it was a really good day for me
to see him and doing really well in the church. I'm going to go stop
by tonight which will be good. John got into some anti-Mormon stuff after I left
along with some member of the ward making a racist comments which made him
leave for a good while. So I had a lot of joy seeing that he's doing
good and in a solid Ward that will fellowship him. Sunday night we
also went down to the Mount Vernon chapel for a New member fireside
with a less active guy in hot Ward. So Sunday was a good day for me.

Today for PDay Elder Abney and I are going into DC to see the
archives. Thursday will be transfers. So I may have a new companion.
I'm hoping we stay together for my last full transfer. that would be 3
transfers together which doesn't really happen that much.


Love you all,
Elder Logan Frew

Elder Frew ran into Fred Penney in streets of DC on Memorial day with 50,000 people coming out of same restroom! 

Washington DC South Mission: Week 93: May 23, 2016

ELDER  LOGAN  FREW  IN  ER FRIDAY  NIGHT

HEY FAMILY; 
So so mom is probably eagerly waiting to hear why I was in the ER...
Well folks I decided it was TMI, and he's fine now and on antibiotics. 
Thank you for your prayers! 

To top off the disappointing week we tracked it into a pretty good
looking girl who gave us a return appointment for Saturday except when
we showed up she wasn't there and she wasn't there in the afternoon
either and she also didn't answer her phone. But we also had some good
news picking up two new investigators. 

Today for PDay. We went shopping at sports authority which at 60% off the entire store.

Love you all,
Elder Frew

SEE HE IS BACK TO WORK AND DOING WELL

Washington DC South Mission: Week 92: May 16,2016

Hey family,


Well this week we found out that one of our investigators is moving to
South Carolina. This week we also stopped by Elliot and his mom opened
the door and said not to come back. He was actually interested in
learning which sucks. So we lost two of out 3 investigators. We were
able to meet with Lenora either this week because she was busy when we
dropped by Saturday we had 3 lessons set up with members and all
three fell through. So we  didn't have the best week. We did have zone
conference along with a zone training which was actually really good.
President Huntsman talked on how finding is all about your faith.
Other than that nothing too exciting. I got a haircut last week from Elder
Tesch and played ball. Nothing too exciting this week. 

Love you all
Elder Logan Frew

Washington DC South Mission: Week 91: May 9, 2016

Hey family,

It was good to talk with everyone yesterday for the last time. So we had a lesson Saturday with a our investigator with 3 little kids all under 6. The member saved 
that came with us saved us by distracting the kid so we could talk with the mom. 
It was hard to teach with the kids being brats but it would have been way worse if we didn't have our member there. Other than that not much happened. 

We went on exchange with another set of elders which was OK. I'm not really a big fan of
going on exchanges unless it's with a buddy. This next week we have zone conference and zone training. This last week we also met with a part member family. Nothing too exciting to report on. 

Love you all.
Elder Frew

(PS. I gave the little kid my iPad to play with so he'd be quite but he
got into my photo and a took a bunch of photos, hahhaha)

And I had a surprise visit  this week from The Loveland Family 

Washington DC South Mission: Week 90: May 1, 2016

Hey family,

So I will just try and Skype when Daniels doing his which is 7pm East coast time. Are we going to do a google hangout? If so I let me know so I can make an arrangement to Skype at a members rather than just use my IPad. 

(FYI friends, our missionaries get to call home twice a year Christmas and Mothers Day for one hour)

So this week was a pretty good one for us. We were able to have a lesson with our investigator Elliot from the Congo. We read the book of Mormon with him and answered some questions. He said that he would come to church next week which is really good. 

We were not however, able to have a lesson with Lenora or Cat our single moms. Hopefully we can this next week...On Tuesday night we went to a girl from Ethiopia who said we could come back. We started teaching the restroration and as soon as we got to the 1st vision she said "She didn't want to learn any more". My companion and I were super confused. We were using a pamphlet with a picture of God and Christ appearing to Joseph Smith. When she saw the picture she said "that ok I don't need to hear anymore". We were thinking she didn't agree with the Godhood or something. Anyways there was a little bit of a language barrier so we just said ok and left. Elder Abney and I were pretty puzzled afterwards.

 Anyways. Saturday morning we drove down to Burke for Warren Cheeks baptism. His wife's a member of the Burke ward but he never was super interested in God. When Elder Burleson and I were there he did take us golfing, fishing, and out to eat on pdays despite not being super interested in joining our discussion that we had with his wife. We would usually read scriptures with her weekly and he would say hello for a few minutes and go back to his own business. In his talk he said one day he had a "revelation sitting at his desk one morning that there was a God". Anyways so he got baptized and it was super great. All baptisms are big but his was bigger than others. He's someone that will come in and immediately contribute to the church. He's also 60 which is cool. Most people his age are set in their ways. It was also good to see a big piece of fruit from my labors in Burke. As you know I didn't like burke. It was hot, we had a big area on bike during the summer months, and I never saw any success. In fact the whole area I never had an investigator at church and didn't really have any real investigators. just people that we would stop by. So knowing that I did something while I was there felt pretty rewarding. It was also really good to see all the members who were in the burke ward. So that's about all. 

Today for pday were going to the mission home with our zone for a BBQ. I look forward to skyping everyone for the last time on my mission. Love you all, Logan. 

Pray for Elliot, Cat, and Lenora

Washington DC South Mission: Week 89: April 25, 2016

Hey family,

This last week we found in the words of dad the "honey spot". We got 2 new investigators and a lot of potentials from this one area of town homes. Literally everydoor was somewhat interested unless they were from the middle east or Indian. A lot of people from Africa lived in this complex. Places like Ghana, Cameroon, Congo, Togos, Etc. Pretty much all foreigners answered. The two white people who did answer were single moms. We ended up teaching both of them and they became our new investigators this week. 

We are meeting with one on Tuesday and the other Saturday. This week im also going back to Burke to see someone I knew there get baptized which will be good. His names Warren Cheek. He isn't a member but would always take Elder Burleson and I golfing and fishing on pdays. When I was there I wasn't sure if he would ever join. He seemed like the type that would never join. Really nice guy. So it will be good to see the fruits of my labors in Burke. That was by far my least favorite area that I've served in. While I was there I didn't have one investigator at church the whole time. So that should be good. Looking forward to skyping with everyone in a few weeks. Congrats to Ryanfor his graduation from college BYU.

Love,

Logan