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

Washington DC South Mission: Week 44- June 22, 2015

Dear family,


First off Happy Father's Day Dad. Sorry I didn't have time to send you
a book mark but next year I will make sure that I get you a really
nice one. Maybe it will even be laminated.


Anyways this last week our mission got Face book back which was pretty
cool. Except I had some really discouraging news come to me this week.
So I hadn't heard really anything from John Motley and his family (recently baptism family)
since I left Lees burg. I would always message him on Fb and he would
either not answer or just give me one word answers. Well I was looking
at his wall and he posted something about having a great Sunday at
cornerstone chapel which is a huge church that a lot of people go to
in the leesburg- Ashburn area. Anyways I messaged him and asked how he
was doing and he told me that he pretty much doesn't want anything to
do with our church. He said he felt like he was pretended there and
said he didn't agree with what we taught. I asked him what happened
and what were some of the things he didn't agree with.. He replied
"everything" and got really kinda defensive and said "I shouldn't ask
him any questions and just  respect his decision". So that really
stunk to find out. After talking to him some more on Face book he told
me all the things why he left...so he got into pretty much all the
anti-stuff you could think of. I don't want to bother going into it,
but it's just the usual garbage that we run into out here.
To top it off, We also got out car taken away this last week which
blows. Burke is a huge area to cover and it's hot and humid. As soon
as you walk outside your pretty much drenched in sweat. I figured out
a way so that the heat doesn't seem so bad. I cut an old pair of slack
and made some proselyting shorts. Ha ha elder Blanchard insisted I don't
wear them I will send a video.

.. There was a big thunderstorm this last week as we were walking
around and we both got absolutely soaked. We have transfer meeting
this week and Elder Blanchard  will more than likely be
transferred out of here. 

It's been a really quick six weeks with him.
He's a dang good missionary and hopefully I can follow his work ethic
and attitude towards the mission. I will find out later this week if I
will be training or not. So when my last interview with President,he
told me that there was a good chance I could training but we will find
out soon! I also will more than likely be the District leader here in
Burke when Elder Blanchard leaves.

Well we're going to DC today for Pday with Elder miles and Elder
Johnson who both go home this week. So this will be their final time
to see the city. I will let you know what happens with transfers next
week and who my new companion is if Elder Blanchard leaves.


Love Logan

Washington DC South Mission: Week 43: June 7, 2015

Today for P-Day we went to lunch with President Riggs then he took us to Great Falls

To dad: I got an email from a lady who said she went to high school
with you. Her son was in my mission and asked who I was in a picture
I got with him. He said "thats Elder Frew". And she was like "I bet
he's related to delwin frew. Her name is Colleen Sullivan Payne. She
said that you and her went to high school together in Idaho. Her son
Elder Payne was probably the funniest elder out here until he went
home. She lives in Southern California now too. Cool story.

We didn't have the best week. But on Friday we were driving back to
our apartment and I saw this little guy crossing the road. I pulled
over and grabbed him before he got rocked by the cars. He's now living
in our backyard living off the leftovers or food that goes bad in the
back of the fridge. Pday had been pretty frustrating because it took
forever together my email account to work and a couple other things so
I'm not going to write very much. We picked up a couple new
investigators but the people we already have are not progressing very
well and it's super hard to meet with them. But catching the turtle
made up for the frustrating week.

I don't feel like writing too much. Thanks for the pics and I will
talk to you next week.
Love elder frew