Dear Mom, Dad, Lauren, and Ian,
Wow! Sorry I
haven't written the past couple of weeks! All the zone activities that would
take all day decided to take place on Mondays. But anyways, I've got a lot of adventures to
tell you about! Too many, in fact, so I have to condense them. But that's ok!
I'll put in as much detail as I can.
Firstly, I have a new companion, Elder Vazquez. He's an American
from Arizona but both of his parents are Latino, so his Spanish is pretty much
perfect already. But he's a good companion! We work very well together. We're finding a lot of people to teach and are
getting close to baptizing them, some of which have baptismal dates for
February 8th! We're both really excited for them!
The other big piece of news is that my very first baptism
that I performed was this past Saturday! With who? Alexandra's little brother,
Brayan! He's a good kid and Alexandra helped out a lot with teaching him. She's
also come with us to teach other people as well. The converts and investigators
here are so cool! I wish you all could visit the branch here and visit the
people I’ve met. They all want to meet you guys!
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| Meet Brayan, the newest member of our branch! |
Oh! I should write about the next two baptisms we have
planned for the 8th of February! Oh wait, Dad's birthday is this week, I should
greet him happy birthday now so I don't miss it! Happy Birthday, Dad!! I'll
only miss one more of your birthdays and then I'll be home! That actually reminds me something about
Elder Rocha and his dad. They both love, LOVE Band of Brothers. His Dad has all
ten discs in Blu-Ray, just like you!!! Dad,
I'm telling you, you need to be best friends with Elder Rocha's dad! Lol!
Anyway, the youth being baptized on the 8th are Miguel
and Jasmil. They're neighbors, so we were able to teach the both of them
together. They both are very good! One is 13 and the other 14. They both have
come with us to appointments that we’ve had. Miguel enjoyed them more and is very
interested in being a missionary! Wooooo!!
We're so excited for them! Actually for a while, we were a little worried
about baptizing Jasmil because she was scared to ask her dad for permission. So one cita, we decided to help her ask for
permission. Her dad is very
"fuerte" or strong. He could
rip us in half! We were a little scared
too! So to start, we asked Jasmil to offer the opening prayer. Instead, she blurted out "Papi, yo quiero
bautizarme!" Translation: “Dad, I
want to be baptized!” We were surprised
at how suddenly she asked! The dad asked
if she was absolutely sure, and she said yes, and he said, Ok! Of course, there
was a bit more dialogue than that but I can't remember exactly what was said. But wow! What a spiritual moment! When the Spirit wants something said, He will
make sure it happens, whether we expect it or not.
Those are all the significant stories from the past few
weeks. There will be more next week because the Zone Leaders will come down to
interview Jasmil and Miguel. And one
more thing, I saw all the pictures of my big sister's new daughter, Hannah
Claire Dye. She's a beautiful and
healthy baby girl! I can't wait to meet her when I come back! I'll write ya'll
next week! ^_^ I love you and miss you!!
-Elder Froude
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| My new companion, Elder Avarez |
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| Me on the "Super Moto Concho" or motorcycle Taxi. Hehe ^_^ |
Hello!
My name is Lori Dunn.
We just returned yesterday from a trip to the Dominican Republic and we
were lucky enough to meet your son Elder Froude and his companion Elder
Vasquez! What handsome young
Elders! Both were all smiles all the
time. They seem to get along very well
and genuinely like each other. We
attended church last Sunday. We were all
so impressed with your son's bright countenance. There were about 20 of us from our travel
group who were there.
Later in the week we, as a group, painted a school there
in the Dominican. Your son and Elder
Vasquez were tracting nearby and someone told them there were a bunch of white
people painting a school. :) So they
dropped by, and we got to see them again!
This gave those in our group who were unable to attend church a chance
to meet your son. It was an awesome
photo op for those of us who have children currently on missions (and are
missing them so much :).
My husband and I live in Sandy, Utah and are the parents
of five sons. Four are married and we
have two amazing grandkids with another on the way - due next week! Our youngest son is serving his mission in
Madrid, Spain and has been out 7 1/2 months.
He is my fourth missionary. I
know very well what it is like when someone sees my son while he is serving and
then tells me about it :). I just wanted
you to know how impressed we all were with your son. You should be very proud! He is serving cheerfully and is working
hard. The people in the Dominican are
lucky to have him there! And as a further
aside, I would LOVE for my son to serve there!
It is absolutely gorgeous, and the people we met were all so nice and
loving. AWESOME!
I am attaching some photos of your handsome son - a
couple with us as well.
Sincerely,
Lori Dunn
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