Last P-Day- 100 Things Learned

100 things I learned on my Mission

(In no particular order)

I decided to send one massive email about all the different things I have learned. So here they are. I wrote this quickly. There were sooo many more. These were just the first 100 or so that came to my mind. 

1. With God everything works out in the end. If it hasn't worked out, it's not the end. (Romans 8:28)
2. No body cares how much you know until they know how much you care. 1 Corinthians 13:1
3. Confidence is have trust that the Lord will support and guide you. Humility is willing to trust the Lord. Confidence=Humility
4. God knows and loves his sheep. (1 Nephi 21:15-16)
5. God qualifies whom he calls (Alma 37:7)
6. Cov pluag tsis yog tim txoj hmoo. Cov tshaib nqhis tsis yog tim qoob loo. The average runner runs until the breath in him is gone, But the champion has the  iron will that makes him carry on. For rest the average runner begs when limp his  muscles grow, But the champion runs on leaden legs. His courage makes him go.   The average man’s complacent when he’s done his best to score, But the champion does his best and then He does a little more. -Vaughn J Featherstone 
7. Do not let the Lord's work fail because others (i.e. Members) fail. 
8. Involve the Lord=Success
9. It is a commandment to have joy (2 Nephi 2:25)
10. Joy comes through repenting (Alma 36:5-21, 3 Nephi 28:10)
11. God has and is preparing people to accept his gospel. (Jacob 5, 2 Nephi 1:6, 1 Nephi 10:14)
12. Heaven will not be Heaven to those who don't live heavenly.
13. Don't deny the atonement
14. F. O. C. U. S. Follow One Course Until Success
15. Read the BoM everyday
16. Put feet on your prayers (Joshua 3:16)
17. Sacrifice brings forth the blessings of Heaven (Hymn 27 Verse 4)
18. Acknowledge your unworthiness before God at all times (Alma 38:14)
19. "True religion is revealed religion; it is not a creation of man’s devising; it comes from God. ​​​​Man did not create God, nor can he redeem himself. No man can resurrect himself or assign himself to an inheritance in a heavenly kingdom. Salvation comes from God, on his terms, and the things men must do to gain it can be known only by revelation." -Bruce R. McConkie
20. Read the Book of Mormon until you feel the spirit, them read a little bit more. 
21. Feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do. (2 Nephi 32:3) All things- not just things in the gospel.
22. By being angry, we are denying ourselves growth. We are denying our divine destiny and potential. 
23. It's not finding, it's finding out if the Lord has prepared them -Elder Poppleton
24. "F. A. I. T. H. Forward All Issues To Heaven" - Poppy 
25. At first, the string looks like it is restricting the kite. When in reality, it is the only thing keeping it in the air. 
26. Faith to serve vs. faith to succeed. Your success is based on your faith. 
27. The gospel is not a checklist
28. I am a representative of Christ. Kuv sawv Yexus cev. Represent-Sawv cev "Stand in body" I literally stand in Christ's body. 
29. Doctrine and Covenants 62:3, 1 Nephi 13:37, Mathew 10:32
30. Philippians 4:13, Ether 12:27
31. True greatness comes not from worldly success but from “thousands of little deeds … of service and sacrifice that constitute the giving, or losing, of one’s life for others and for the Lord. -President Hunter 
32. The adversary's greatest tool is fear. 
33. What is bold today, will not be bold tomorrow. 
34. Overbearance is boldness without love. 
35. "I fear no man!"
36. We are a Book of Mormon mission. We carry it, we testify of it. 
37. "We won’t stop finding. Every time we knock on a door in Denmark, they baptize a convert in Mexico.” It doesn't matter where, but that people are brought to Christ. 
38. "Dressed in White Twice"
39. Do I truly believe the Lord's promises? Yes
• Matthew 7:7-8. Ask and he shall receive 
• D+C 11:21, 84:85 We will know what to say and do
• Ether 12:27 Weakness become strengths
• Etc. etc.
40. A good leader is an even better follower
41. We are unprofitable servants. No matter how much good we do, the Lord will always bless us 100 fold
42. If we want a blessing, find the law associated with that blessing and live it. Doctrine and covenants 130:20-21
43. It's true isn't it? Then what else matters? 
44. If you truly believe it's true you should have no fear proclaiming it - Elder Vang 
45. "A religion that does not require the sacrifice of all things, never has power sufficient to produce the faith necessary unto life and salvation." -Joseph Smith 
46. "If I quit now, people will have to painfully learn what I already know." -Lacy Nevitt
47. "Morning always comes, even after the darkest night" President Eyring
48. My future is equally as bright as my faith -Josh Tupou 
49. Grace shall be as your day
50. There are not two options: Perfection or giving up. Life is about progression. Learning Heaven. 
51. God knows and loves all his children regardless of their knowledge of him. (Sister Hers story)
52. God has an influence in our lives everyday. We just need to open our eyes and see his hand. 
53. I am not ashamed to be a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Live it, own it, share it. It's the truth, isn't it? (3 Nephi 12:10)
54. With every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. The harder you work, the more Satan works on you. The more this work moves forward, the more Satan works on the world.
55. The gift of Tongues is real, the gift of interpretation of Tongues is also real. How else could I learn a language with 8 tones?
56. We all have gifts, use them or lose them. 
57. Is the load I am carrying producing enough spiritual traction? "The unique burdens in each of our lives help us to rely upon the merits, mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah (see 2 Nephi 2:8). I testify and promise the Savior will help us to bear up our burdens with ease (see Mosiah 24:15). As we are yoked with Him through sacred covenants and receive the enabling power of His Atonement in our lives, we increasingly will seek to understand and live according to His will. We also will pray for the strength to learn from, change, or accept our circumstances rather than praying relentlessly for God to change our circumstances according to our will. We will become agents who act rather than objects that are acted upon (see 2 Nephi 2:14). We will be blessed with spiritual traction." -David A. Bednar
58. Today is still a day of miracles
59. You can count the number of seeds in an apple, but you can't count the number of apples in a seed
60. His grace is sufficient for all
61. Remember Lot's wife (Luke 17:32)
62. Only through the Holy Ghost can we see others as God sees them -President Eyring
63. Do we see them, or do we see Christ -Elder Keys (Our charity training)
64. Compared with the savior, we are all piles; then what makes you different then the rest? -Elder Daniel L. Johnson of the seventy
65. The Book of Mormon apparently is the only book you can not read and still have an opinion on it. 
66. God knows what you need, be thankful for what you currently have and he will trust you with additional blessings (3 Nephi 13:32-33)
67. In order to learn [a language] you have to [make] 300,000 mistakes. Now it is up to you to determine how long it will take to make the 300,000 mistakes -Elder Marcos A. Aidukaitis of the Seventy
68. “I was serving as a consultant to the United States government at its National Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia. Once while awaiting a taxi to take me to the airport after our meetings were over, I stretched out on the lawn to soak in a few welcome rays of sunshine before returning to the winter weather of Utah. … Later I received a photograph in the mail taken by a photographer with a telephoto lens, capturing my moment of relaxation on the lawn. Under it was a caption, ‘Governmental consultant at the National Center.’ The picture was true, the caption was true, but the truth was used to promote a false impression." -Russell M. Nelson 
69. Peace is not the absence of trouble, but the presence of Christ.
70. God wants finishers
71. How much has the Book of Mormon gone through you? The evidence is in your countenance. 
72. Learn to serve for the betterment of others, not for the betterment of yourself. 
73. That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do; not that the nature of the thing itself is changed, but that our power to do is increased. -Ralph Waldo Emerson 
74. Spirituality is the consciousness of victory over self, and of communion with the Infinite. Spirituality impels one to conquer difficulties and acquire more and more strength. To feel one’s faculties unfolding and truth expanding the soul is one of life’s sublimest experiences. -David O. McKay
75. Ordinary people who consistently do small and simple things that are right before God, will bring forth extraordinary results. -David A. Bednar
76. "The greater the distance between the giver and the receiver, the more the receiver develops a sense of entitlement." -Elder Wilford W. Anderson. God is the ultimate giver. Stay close to him and you won't be entitled
77. The more we pray, the more we remember Christ and live up to our baptismal covenant. -Alexi Xiong
78. Saint Francis of Assisi: “Preach the gospel at all times and if necessary, use words."
79. Treat everyday like your trying to build a testimony for the first time
80. Everything has merit because of the atonement. Without the atonement we are nothing. (Alma 22:14)
81. The work is God's, therefore the reward is his as well. 
82. Blessed are those who are persecuted for my name
83. Goals, goals, goals
84. How did I see the Hand of the Lord today?
85. If we have hope, Christ can heal us. As though we were dead, if we have hope he can bring us back to life spiritually like he did to Lazarus physically. 
86. There must be works with faith. How foolish it would be to ask the Lord to give us knowledge, but how wise to ask the Lord’s help to acquire knowledge, to study constructively, to think clearly, and to retain things that we have learned...In faith we plant the seed, and soon we see the miracle of the blossoming. Men have often misunderstood and have reversed the process. Many of us want to have health and strength without keeping the health laws. We want to have prosperity without paying our tithes. We want to be close to the Lord but don’t want to fast and pray. We want to have rain in due season and to have peace in the land without observing the Sabbath as a holy day and without keeping the other commandments of the Lord. We must act and the we see the miracle of the blossoming."
87. Do not pray for easy lives.  Pray to be stronger men.  Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers.  Pray for powers equal to your tasks!  Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle----you shall be the miracle.
88. All crosses are easier to carry when we keep moving
89. Christ rules all and he commanded the storms and the seas to have peace. Because he rules all, he can command peace to us in our lives. 
90. If you follow the spirit the first time, you will never be wrong. 
91. What have we received/learned... Truth out of the earth, mercy From heaven, a voice of gladness for the living and the dead, Shall we not go on?
92. "Never deliberately fly into a thunderstorm" 
93. Helaman 3:33 The people in the church may not be perfect, but the church is, and Christ's grace is sufficient enough to run the church despite all our imperfections. 
94. Faith doesn't come by chance but by choice.
95. The Lord rejoices each time we fall down and get back up 
96. The atonement doesn't leave traces or tracks. It cleans and heals. 
97. If you do what you have always done, you will get what you have always gotten -David A. Bednar
98. Whether by me or my servants, it is the same. 
99. Don't wait for miracles, make them happen. 
100. The Book of Mormon is true, Joseph Smith restored Christ's church, the priesthood is back on the earth, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the Lord's kingdom on the earth. 

Bonus

1. God gives us spiritual gifts, some he tells us, others he wants us to find for ourselves. 
2. No good boy or girl trying to do the right thing will go down a wrong path without being warned by the spirit. 
3. "Don't be to critical of the barrier, it is the only thing keeping you alive."
4. God loves us, so he gives us commandments. He also gives us commandments so he can bless us. 
5. "I have never met someone who read the Book of Mormon for 15 minutes a day and committed major sins." -Elder Ardern of the Seventy
6. Dreams don't work unless you do
7. If you believe you can or can't, you're right either way. 
8. Mov hmoov qab tsis cuag li mov nplej. 
9. Hmoob tuag nthi 
10. I don't got friends, I got family! Thank you Hmong branch and everyone else I have met! I love you all!
11. "There is no trainer or trainee, we are companions"
12. "You can date once on your mission......... then you go home" -President Lampert
13. Rule #6
14. Hmoob food for life. 
15. It is a snow machine not a snowmobile (Snowmachine rental story)
16. 2 on 2 off
17. Northern lights make sounds 
18. They aren't that cool from the plane

Love you all! See some of you Thursday. 

Elder Hayden Michael Frey

President Russell M. Nelson's Visit

Pictures

P-Day 102

Nyob zoo!

Sorry... no motivation to write. So I will give a brief summary of the

week: Tracting haha. So I sent some videos of a man we had meet. His

name is Siv Yis. So some backstory, me and my trainer had met him way

back almost 2 years ago.

But Siv Yis is a Hmong folktale. He was the "first shaman." He had

come down and taught the people and healed them. His teachings were

written in a book that cannot be read until he comes again. (Sound

familiar?)

But this man says he is Siv Yis. But he believes in Christianity and

Shaman. He believes that Shamanism is for the Hmong and he is their

savior and Christ is for everyone else. He made some crazy

prophecies..... He talked to me all about the problems in the world

such as snakes and dragons and earthquakes etc. etc. He has some of

the old Hmong Phab Ej's resurrected in a camp in Burma.. It was an

interesting hour on the door step. Elder Hunter, the elder I was on

exchanges with, took some videos of the last few minutes. He should of

taken videos of when I tried to teach Siv Yis. He took over so hard

and kept "prophesying" and asking: "So you still wanna teach me??" It

was an interesting day.

We had a ton of cool miracles on that exchange. We had a lot of return

appointments (from white people. We had a few Hmong people invite us

back too). We had this one lady who was having a bad day but was

trying to be nice. We said the normally hey how are you? And she said

good thanks for coming I am not interested. Elder Hunter asked if we

could pray on her doorstep and she reluctantly agreed so we did. She

definitely felt the spirit and I asked: "Is there anything we can do?

We have done anything from fixing leaky roofs to moving couches. We

will do whatever." She said that she was okay. Well, we go to the next

door and start talking to somebody. She comes back out to talk to us.

While I am talking to the guy, Elder Hunter goes to talk to her and

she says: "I am having a rough time and I am so sorry I was rude.

After you left I started to think that maybe God did send you two and

I was just denying that. So you said something about fixing leaky

roofs, turns out mine is really leaky and needs fixing, can you help

me and teach me about your message?" Well, why yes we can! Cool little

miracle. There were lots more but I am not motivated to email. So if

you really want to know, email me and ask, maybe I will be motivated

then.

The hike last week was good. It was really pretty and I am sending

photos. About the videos last week, ask me in 9 days or so for them.

So now the explanation for my subject. So we were with President Lee

and he told us this story about his wife's brother in law. He was

diagnosed with Thyroid cancer. He didn't want to go through Chemo and

that stuff so he went to see a Hmong herbal medicine man. He said that

the night before that he had a dream about using a Tub Luj (a top

basically) to cure cancer. So he told them to get wood and carve one.

So they did and he used it to massage his neck and temple. The cancer

was gone a month later. His wife's brother in law gave the top to him.

So the whole time Tsakong is just talking down on this story, so now

it became a joke that this is a magical top that can cure anything.

President Lee was sick with a cold and allergies so we tried to

convince him that he needs to use the top. Haha it was funny. So now I

found the cure everybody lololol

But that's the week...

Elder Hayden Frey

P-Day 101 Part 2

Nyob zoo!

Wow, what a week! There was so much going on. I don't even know where

to start...

I guess I'll start with last Pday. So we went on a hike to Mt. Baldy

in Eagle River. It was a really pretty hike. It was raining but that

didn't stop us. We just sang hymns all the way up and it was a blast.

When we were near the top it had stopped raining and we got over the

fog. There were breaks in the fog and we could see the trees and the

fields down below us. It was amazing.

We again had done a lot of service. We helped people move, helped at

the botanical garden and fed the homeless shelter. We also gutted

fish!

Now to the pinnacle event of the week: President Nelson! President

Nelson of the Quorum of the 12 Apostles and President Gong of the

Seventy came up to Alaska and decided to see us missionaries! They had

some trainings to do here and decided to make time for us. It was

amazing. I got to shake both their hands and the spirit was

incredible. They are truly servants of the Lord. When they taught,

they were both incredibly funny and very profound at the same time. It

was amazing!

The subject line comes from President Nelson this week. He was talking

to us about callings and releases. He then turned to President

Robinson (who comes home with me) and said: "Enjoy your release, some

of us have to die to be released." Everybody was laughing and he just

chuckled up on the pulpit.

We had a special Stake Conference and Bishop Davies of the Presiding

Bishopric was president. He talked about the Book of Mormon and

temples. It was amazing! We had 3 investigators there and they felt

the spirit and learned a lot.

We got an investigator on date this week. He has been coming to church

for months but we finally asked him if he was willing to join if we

taught him and he said yes. We set a date for the 24th. He has been

coming for months and listening as we have been teaching some other

investigators. So he will be ready quick. We started officially

teaching him this week and he took it well. Since he is 17, we will

have to get permission from the parents, so I will be trying to teach

them of course too!! They are already Christian so we just have to

help them gain testimonies of the Book of Mormon.

We are going on an 11 mile hike and have no time. Sorry I couldn't

reply back to everyone. I think I got everyone covered with this

email.

Church is true everybody! Have a good week!

Elder Hayden Frey

** Pictures were sent, but wouldn't load. :(