Mother’s Day FaceTime

Sunday afternoon we got “the call”.  It was so good to see his happy smiling HEALTHY face!!  He has been so sick 3-4 times since being in Alaska and I hope he is finally on the mend so he can focus on the work.  He has a new companion- Elder Gentry- fresh from the MTC.

I asked him what his favorite part of missionary work was and he said talking to people.  He loves tracting and meeting new people on the street (although he said the “Americans” are so rude and he misses the Hmong people).  He is still counting on the fact that he will go back to the Hmong branch to end his mission.  He reads the Book of Mormon in Hmong every day and listened to General Conference in Hmong rather than English.  He has been looking for Hmong people to teach/talk to since he got to Wasilla.  I had him bear his testimony in Hmong and recorded it.

Family picture

He gave Garrett a hard time about his long hair.  There were quite a few jokes and one liners throughout the conversation.  Once again he had us laughing the whole time!

He is so happy to be in Alaska and serving the people there.  He loves his mission!

Trainer

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Hi mom,

Things are going good here in Wasilla. Transfer are this Wednesday! Hehehe and for the FaceTime. We have church from 7 am to 2pm here. So anytime after that I'm good. And our apartment has wifi. I'll pay Larry 15 to keep saying jokes! 

We had exchanges this week. I went with Elder Carroll to YSA Ward. That was fun. We taught a bunch of lessons. And stayed up to 3 am talking and then was super tired the next day.  Hope is still progressing well and preparing for baptism! There was not a lot to these week really! Besides transfer calls!

Love you!

Elder Frey

Hello!

This week we received our transfer calls! And drum roll please......... I'm training a brand new missionary! I am excited to train and to help a new missionary adjust to the life of a new missionary. Maybe I can train him as well as mine trained me (Haha thanks Ryan!)

Sister Meade, the lady we did service for last week passed away the day after we did the bonfire. She was happy and smiling with us and showing us her village art. It is unfortunate but a part of life. One day we will all see her again.

Besides transfers and Sister Meade it was a pretty uneventful week.
Hope is still progressing to baptism. We tracted a lot. The only out of the normal thing was exchanges with Elder Carroll. I went over to the YSA Ward. We taught 3 or 4 lessons.

Have a good week!
Elder Hayden Frey

Sister Cathy Knappen

   Sister Knappen lives in one of the Wasilla wards that Elder Frey is currently serving in.   On Wednesday night I received this picture and message from her...
“Our new couches are sooo comfy!  They love to come and relax on them.  Got to have them over for taco salad tonight.  We love having them over!"

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Hi my favorite AZ Mother!

I am doing well! And Wasilla is pretty but the Hmong branch is better! And yes it is (dry enough to go hiking). I kinda have to follow my companion around or he complains so to avoid arguments I just do what he wants to do. So yeah maybe one day. Glad everything is going well at home.  

Hello!

This week we had a ton of service hours. We spent about 6 hours cleaning trash out of abandoned shacks with the zone. Let's just say people are really dirty. Who just dumps diapers in the middle of nowhere... Let alone heroin needles. As well as dead rotten animal carcasses and bones. What a sight it was though. 3 Nissan trucks driving with more trash stacked in them then probably should have been. It was a lot of fun though. 

We also got a call from a lady saying "I need two sheds knocked over." We go over and she gives us sledges hammers and said "knock them down and then burn it." Best. Service. Ever. We knocked down these sheds and had a huge bonfire with the zone and it was service! He had the flames 15 feet high! Only in Alaska can you get away with that. 

We got one investigator on date for May 21st! She's been coming to church for 3 years and reads 4 chapters of the Book of Mormon a day. She knows just about everything. She just finally committed and really wants this. It's sweet!

Besides service, it's pretty much been 3 hours of tracting or more a day. Good thing I love it! Everything is warm. Really warm for this time of year. And it's green! Wow! Alaska is wonderful! Have a good week! 

Love you!

Elder Hayden Frey

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Hi mom!

Hahaha pho*. I've had the reallllllll stuff. So it won't be as good.  Hehehehe but yeah it's all a lie what the Lamperts said 😶 I’m terrible horrible no good very bad.

We had an unfortunate incident with the investigator that went to the temple with the member and she dropped us. (The fellowshipper invited her and she is a little crazy and she knew she couldn't go in but it didn't go through her head right. Wasilla is full of crazies.)  Her heart will be softened one day.

Hope Ronne is still progressing well and we have a lesson today with her. She expressed her plans to enter into the waters of baptism. We are talked with her about prayerfully deciding a date when she feels she is ready. I feel that she may push that off for a few months so we may encourage and talk about her readiness as of right now. But she is
a wonderful, tender mercy from Above.

We had another two investigators experience the humbling moment that has pushed them to meet with us. He was recently laid off from the slope and they want to meet. The Lord's hand is definitely in his work.

Short email this week sorry! Not much happened besides that and chopping a lot of wood. A LOT and zone conference which is a 7 hour meeting... But yeah.

Love you!
Elder Hayden Frey

*Alyssa and I went out to dinner with the Lamperts earlier in the week.  We went to the Vietnamese restaurant that Joanna and I went to last fall and had more pho- a soup that is now one of Hayden’s favorite things. We told him we’ll have to take him when he gets home.

From his general email...

Well this week was pretty uneventful. We had zone conference and we had the opportunity to sit for 7 hours and receive training. Haha not my favorite thing but I got to see one of my favorite elders, Elder Goodsell! We actually did learn a lot about how we can better serve the Lord.

We also chopped a lot of wood. That's what missionaries are for in Wasilla I think... We chop wood! It's a good workout at times and a lot of fun. We got to meet a lot of good people through this service and maybe one day will be open to the gospel.

Our investigators are still progressing well. We have one committed and several solid potentials. Thing seem to be popping with the warm spring weather here. It's been sitting 50-60 degrees and the trees are turning green. This is an abnormally early and warm spring.

Zone Conference

A moose out the window.

When I said I wanted to see him, not a moose, this is what I got.

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Hi Mom!

Oh my gosh when did they go?😜 Haha we had planned that for a long
time! I gave him the time and where it was and we planned it so he
would be there fast Sunday. Mwhahaha we are evil. Hope you enjoyed it
:P and random side note. He doesn't even have the right number :P He
has been texting random other missionaries LOLOLOLOL*

The Hmong people live in Anchorage.** Possibly found a potential Hmong
family in our area though! My shoes are still good. All of them.

This was a tougher week than most but there were several miracles
within it. This was the dreaded “nobody's home" week. We tried and
tried and nothing was coming out of it. As soon as you are about to
give up, that is when the miracle comes. Keep on pushing!

We got a call from one of our wards bishop's wife. She has a friend
that she has been working on and has come to church for the last year
and been reading the Book of Mormon and finally has decided to join
and take the missionary lessons. We went over and taught the
restoration. It was a powerful lesson. She bore her testimony of the
BoM. We didn't need to commit her to read the BoM because she reads
and prays about it. We didn't need to commit her to come to church. So
we went straight for baptism and boom. She said yes. Today we are
prayerfully selecting a date with her.

We also tracted into a solid potential investigator. He is humble and
ready to learn. We taught the restoration and left a Book of Mormon.
We will see this week.

It's been a tough week but me and Elder Christensen are pulling
through and doing our best. Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
might, mind and strength and all will work out. That's what we are
doing. Have a wonderful week and love you!

Elder Hayden Frey

*President Lampert jokingly tried to give me Elder Frey’s phone number.  I said, “NO!  I’m trying to be a good example of obedience!!”

**I had asked if he had met the Hmong people his new bishop is renting to.