It seems to me that after about 48 weeks in the Washington Seattle
Mission my words and letters home are rather repetitive and boring. I
really hope not, but there is a certain concern. My daily schedule is
almost exactly as the day before and on and on and on. Our Mission
Pledge says the day begins at 6:30 am (my time is usually 5:15 because
that is when this crazy body awakens) and then we retire at 10:30pm (but
Sister Carter and I are usually in bed by 10:30 pm). Really,
it is a wonderful way to be organized and to leave the cares of the
world behind but to try and make it more interesting is sometimes hard.
This
week we did a 3 hour service project with the 4 Elders included.
Irene, who is 78, had all of us come about 4 weeks ago and remove all
the upstairs furniture out...or into the basement and then pull up the
carpet and all the pads. It was a very big job (the carpet was
extremely soiled by her 2 dogs and 1 cat....really, there are more
animals in the homes than there are people). Then this week we all went
back to put it all in place. The elders moved the very heavy furniture
and we also moved furniture and we made all the beds and vacuumed the
house as we completed and it was a 'beautiful' gift for her and we loved
doing the work! She also grows kiwi's and since the first frost was
this week, they are now ready to be picked and she needs this 'team of
workers' to come back and pick the fruit, she will put it in a box in
between newspaper and keep it for about 10 days and WaLaa....they will
be ready to eat. We are excited.
As I wrote a
couple of weeks ago our Mission President Choi challenged us to have 20
contacts per day...which we have done. You need to remember we are
working with many less-actives and some new investigators...but not
20/day so this takes much work. As we sat down this evening our count
is 125 people we have visited with this week by knocking on doors. We
are outside and this week, though the sun has been shinning, the
temperature has been between 42-46 degrees (according to Sis. Carter's
Droid). The air is very 'crisp' and a bit cold but really the
experiences of meeting and visiting with this many people has been
incredible. This is a picture of the invitation we leave with them.
Saturday
Greg ad Angela were married by our Bishop Floyd in the Relief Society
room in our ward. This is the second marriage I have seen the bishop
perform and he does a very nice job.
Angela is a non-member
and a beautiful woman and Greg is a member. She has had many lessons by
Elders and also Sister Carter and I but still has some questions so we
hope the time will come that she will join the church. Angela was so
thrilled to see us there, as she walked into the room with the music she
squealed our names with excitement and stopped for hugs from both of
us. She and I feel that we probably knew each other before we came to
earth.
This week Sister Carter and I went to
the temple to do an Endowment Session at 10. Well, the roads were very,
very busy and slow so we arrived in the dressing room at 9:55...too
late. Well, too late for an Endowment Session but such a blessing to do
Initiatory Work. This is the first time I have been in Initiatory
since Dec. 2012 and I have missed it very much. I really love doing
this part of the Temple experience.
Sunday we
had dinner with "The Crockers" and also with Elder Porter (Layton,
Utah) and Elder Griffiths (Holiday, Utah). You would be amazed at the
kind of young men these Elders are and the way they teach and handle
themselves in the homes and how they pray for the members and bless
their homes. It really is a privilege to be with and associate with
them.
Monday Sister Carter and I had dinner with the Foke
Family. This is the Burmese Family that we have 'adopted'. Esther
tells us we are her mothers because her mother died when she was 10.
The three boys call us 'Grandma' and we love them dearly.
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| Foke Family: Foke, Esther, John (20) David (18) and Peter (16) |
We
have also taken it upon ourselves to be the "Bread Delivery Van". The
Methodists have the food bank in their church and a person applies and
is able to partake of the goods with identification that they live in
the area. We do not use this program but outside the building they have RACKS
and RACKS of Franz Bread and it is delicious, especially the 24 Grain
bread. This Food Band is opened three times a week from 11:30 to 10:30 and we often stop and pick up a couple dozen loaves of bread. We give the Elders (2 Companionships) about 4-5/ week. We give
Jack a loaf, Essy upstairs a loaf or two, Irene a loaf, Nancy a loaf, we
take one, and give our Ward Mission Leader who is a struggling student
with a wife and 2 children 4-5 a week. Anyway, we give away as many as
we can. What is not taken will be thrown away...into the dumpster so we
really try to help as many as we can. The Elders give part of their
to a homeless man who does not have enough food and the 'circle of love'
goes around and around and around.
This is
really for Steve but tonight for dinner we went to the Ramirez family
for dinner, our dear Mexican family we love so much, fed us
Pozole....chicken and hominy beans and juice topped with shredded
lettuce, sliced radishes and squeezed limes and crushed oregano in your
hands and sprinkle on top. Soooooooo good!!!!!!!
I
daily see the work of my Heavenly Father in the lives of the people in
this Tukwila and SeaTac area. They are humble and extremely good people
and I love that I have gotten to know so many of them and to feel of
their love. I have learned to love the Book of Mormon more
and more and I know with all my heart that the words of this miraculous
book are true and it proves that Joseph Smith is a Prophet in these
latter days. I know the value of prayer though often it is not
answered when I wish it were so I pray for more patience and things
'just seem to have a way of working out'. Thank you so much for your love and kindness! Thank you for your letters and all you do.
May God be with you and bless you.
All my love,
Sister Frame
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