Baptism!!! x 2

This week has been awesome! I know I keep saying that in each email but seriously this one was great. Thanks for the emails this week and all the pictures. The Frampton party looked way fun. What was going on on the stage with everyone? Did Grandma make everyone do Zumba again?

Ok so this week and last week we have been helping an old crazy lady dehoard her one room apartment. Seriously so scary. I have never had to work with a legit hoarder before. They are scary. It is a really weird psychological problem. About 20 years ago her aunt passed away and left her with 1/2 a million dollars. Sister Jankowski blew through that money on the Home Shopping Network and bought every "as seen on TV" product known to man. It was ridiculous. I mean it is all really nice stuff that is still in the package. I kept asking her if I could have things and she would get really mad. Haha I shouldn't have enjoyed egging her on. We decided to leave all of the really nice, unopened things but get rid of trinkets and junk. Every time she would turn around we would grab a handful of junk and put it in the garbage bag. We did this for 2 days in a row and we didn't even make a dent. It was depressing. Well on Wednesday we were having family night with Connee, Cory, Chuck and Elder Taylor (He is a service missionary at Kirtland) and Jankowski calls us in the middle of a tantrum because she can't find some dinky knick knack. Yikes!!!!! I knew for a fact that we had thrown it away. So we grabbed the 3 boys and off we went to her apartment complex to dumpster dive. Luckily we found what she was wanting back. This happened 2 more times with her. Her dumpster was emptied on Friday so she's out of luck if she wants anything else back. Yikes!!!! haha

Friday night was the ward Halloween party. It was so much fun! Oh my gosh. Remember that my ward is made up of newly married, mid-20 year olds that are in medical school? There are also a billion children and a billion pregnant moms. We had so much fun. The costumes were really, really creative. I was so impressed. It was also packed. They think probably 150 people came. So many people. Connee and Chuck came. They had a really great time. I just love wards that are solid.

Saturday I woke up feeling really great about the day. I mean who wouldn't feel good about a day full of 2 baptisms? We gathered all of the things that we were going to need for the baptism and off we went to Mayfield. Oh my gosh I totally forgot to mention that Sister Palmer came back in town for the baptism. We drove to Connee's house to pick up Sister Palmer. We went to the church and set everything and filled the font. It was so exciting. Of course I was a stress case but I really wanted it to be nice. I set up all of the refreshments and the tables exactly how mom would have done it. It looked good. Chuck and Connee invited tons of their friends so it was packed with non members. It was awesome. I had met a few of them before which was fun to see their friends again. Cory (Connee's son and Chuck's brother) gave a really great opening prayer. He actually got quite emotion in it. It was really neat. Sister Palmer gave a great talk on the Holy Ghost and Chris (my recent convert who has become good friends with Connee and Chuck) gave a talk on baptism. Oh ya so a few days before the baptism Chuck called me and said that instead of his dad doing the musical number he would really like it if I played the piano. Yikes! Does he know that missionaries don't really have time to practice the piano? I ended up playing the piano and it turned out fine. Brother Miner (one of the ward mission leaders) baptized them. Our ward got a new bishop and he is awesome. He said some really great remarks. The thing that I loved the most was Connee and Chuck's testimonies. Connee talked about Matthew 7 

15 ¶Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
 20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

She is really funny and she said "This church has a lot of really good fruit, and it's the kind of fruit that I like." Chuck's testimony was also really great. He said that while he was meeting with us he was really confused about what he should do so he prayed and Heavenly Father answered him by saying "Be still and ye shall know." So Chuck decided to really listen and he knew that this was the true church. It was an awesome baptism. They were so happy! After we went with them and Sister Palmer to Cheesecake Factory for a celebration. It was so fun and exciting. 
When we got to church on Sunday Bishop pulled us into his office and said that the youth are going to the temple on Saturday to do baptisms (the temple is 3 hours away) and he really wants Chuck and Connee to go with them. In order for that to happen Chuck would have to get the Priesthood right after church. WHOA!!! I was not planning on that but it was awesome. Chuck and Connee were confirmed in Sacrament Meeting and then after church Chuck was given the Priesthood. He was given the Aaronic Priesthood ordained to the office of a Priest. He was so happy and excited. They were both so excited to go to the temple to do baptisms. Yesterday they came to the Visitors' Center and Connee kept saying "ok so how do I get baptized for my dad?" It was so cute. They are so excited for the temple. 
As you have heard President asked if I wanted to extend my mission 7 weeks. After much prayer and talking with people I have decided to come home in March when I am suppose to come home. I love my mission so much but it has to come to an end at some point. Right? I love you all so much! Happy Birthday Mccall yesterday and Happy Birthday Austin on Thursday. If anyone wants to write me a letter my address is 7800 Kirtland Chardon Road Kirtland, OH 44094

Sister Frampton

Baptisms and fame

Thanks for everyone's emails this week. I love opening my emails and seeing so many. Thanks for all of the pictures. That is so fun that Mom, Dad and Austin got to meet all of my Kirtland Friends. I love them and miss them so much! Well remember my email from last week? Well I ended up in the church newspaper. Famous. hahaha! Here is the link to check it outhttp://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/64061/It-is-sacred-ground.html We saw the camera guy and I was like "Hey do you need pictures of Sister Missionaries?" He said "No but I guess I'll take one." Jackpot. The girl on the very left hand side of the picture is Sister Larsen. You met her this weekend. She went home during the summer and came back for the big celebration.

Nothing too exciting or new happened this week. We have been preparing like crazy for Connee and Chuck's baptism. They had their baptismal interview on Friday and they passed with flying colors. I am so proud of their success and how much they have changed. I was really scared when I first met Connee. She laughed at the Book of Mormon and would say some really wacky things like it was ok if someone killed another person as long as they found God along the way. I am glad she is passed all of that. We got them all fitted in their baptismal jumpsuits and they looked good! Their baptism is this Saturday at 1:00. Say a little prayer during that time :) Sister Palmer is coming back for the baptism and I am so excited!

Do you remember my recent convert Chris? He was baptized last month? He is amazing!!! Each month at the Visitors' Center we have a fireside that is directed towards investigators. Chris was asked to speak at it and tell his experience of how he came to know this church was true. He came 30 mins before and he said that he had been fasting all day (Did I mention that he is amazing?) He stood up and for about 7 mins he powerfully said that members of the church need to be more diligent in the faith. He went on to teach us what it means to be diligent. It was so powerful. It was the type of rebuking by the Spirit that Apostles do. He then went on to say that this is a church that loves one another, truly loves one another. He said that his favorite part about the church is that he has opportunities to help others where as in his Catholic church only nuns and priests help others. He bore a really, really powerful testimony. Geez I want him to be my missionary so I can just sit and learn from him. He is reading the Book of Mormon for the 3rd time right now. He finishes school in February and is planning on going back home to New York. I told him that if my family goes to the Sacred Grove in March that he will need to come with us. Oh yeah Chris will be giving a talk at Connee and Chuck's baptism!

On Saturday we went on exchanges. It was a lot of fun. We went with the Sisters that are in our ward. I liked doing that because I already know the area and the members and people that we would be meeting with for the day. It was pouring rain all day long!!!!! It was actually a lot of fun to tract in the rain ( I think it was fun because I have learned how to bundle up and wear my rain gear). When people would open the door they would tell us that we were so crazy to be out in the rain. I enjoyed it. We had a lot of miracles and we were able to give out 4 Book of Mormons. Being a missionary is so much fun.

The Visitors' Center is getting ready for the nativities. It is so weird that this will be my 2nd nativities exhibit. I am excited for Christmas. Christmas at the Visitors' Center is the best. Also we get to SKYPE on Christmas! YAY!

Halloween is coming quick. People don't disappoint in Ohio. They decorate for EVERY holiday. There are so many fun house displays. For Halloween we are going to go to Connee's house and carve pumpkins. President doesn't want us out that night so how perfect that Connee invited us over! She will no longer be marked as "an investigator with a baptismal date" but as "a recent convert."

Being a missionary is awesome. I am excited to come home and help the family become a missionary family. I love this church.

Sister Frampton

KIRKLAND ZONE

AMAZING WEEK (AKA BEST WEEK OF MY LIFE)

Ok I don't even know where to start... This week was the best ever! Oh yeah.. Thanks for all of the emails this week. That's so exciting that both Mickle and Alisha are now real missionaries out of the MTC. Congrats girls! Ok so this week I celebrated my one year mark. It was so weird. Thanks mom for the package. I love the note cards! Sister Ahrendsen took me out to eat for it and we celebrated. Connee, Cory and Chuck also came. They told the waitress that it was my birthday so they came and sang to me. Haha.

This weekend Elder M. Russel Ballard  , Elder Robert Gay  and Walter C. Selden came to Kirtland. It was amazing. This weekend marks the 10 year anniversary of Kirtland being dedicated. Friday night we had a very exclusive VIP party to celebrate. Both city and state government people came as well as local members that have a part at Kirtland. The day before they had some talk with us about making sure that we looked really good and that we were on our best behavior. Sister Gee and I took pictures of our "VIP party" outfits and they are on her computer so when I get those I will send them your way. The party was so much fun. They did a really nice job. We were allowed to wait in line to shake all of their hands. Elder Ballard said that he lived in Holladay and that he knows Grandpa Frampton. That was really cool. After the party we all went to the stake center for a program about Kirtland. Karl Anderson spoke at it. He is basically the most knowledge church historian. He wrote this book.  Elder Sorenson (the visitors' center director) also spoke. He had all the visitors' center sisters stand up and he said some really nice things about us. Elder Ballard them spoke. His great great great grandpa is Hyrum Smith. He talked about him for a minute but then he went on to talk for the rest of the meeting about Parley P. Prattt (my grandpa!!!!). It was really cool. The next morning there was a mile walk and breakfast scheduled at the visitors' center. He told us to choose someone that was here in Kirtland and use the time the next day to walk a mile in their shoes. It was so perfect because that day Grandma Schaar sent me papers about one of my favorite Kirtland Ancestors Harriet Wheeler Decker. I walked in honor of Harriet, Parley and Brigham Young. There was a HUGE turn out Saturday morning. We were really impressed. Saturday night was the adult session of Stake Conference. We got there 2 hours early and it was already packed. We had to sit on hard chairs. Chris (our recent convert) and Chuck (who is getting baptized Oct. 26) came. It was a really powerful meeting. Elder Selden really got mad at everyone. He is the area 70 and used to be the Kirtland Stake President. He said that the members need to repent and be better missionaries. It was so powerful. He gave the members ways that they can help us missionaries. He told everyone to go and buy THIS book. Now I am going to tell each of you to go and buy that book. Everyone out here has been talking about it and they love it. Get doing missionary work peeps!!!! Elder Ballard gave a really spiritual talk about the importance of recognizing spiritual promptings. The Spirit was really strong that night. Sunday morning was stake conference. we also go there 2 hours before it started and it was PACKED!!!!!!! You can always put your  money on an apostle. People will come to church when he is there. I just love the Kirtland Stake. I love that I know so many people in it. I feel really comfortable looking around and saying hi to tons of people. I feel like I am right at home. (For all of you new missionaries: Don't worry in a few short months you will feel right at home in your new stake.) Connee, Judd (her weird husband who lives in a different home) and Chuck all came. The meeting was so spiritual! I loved it!!!
Elder Ballard is amazing. He told everyone how amazing Kirtland is and to take advantage of it. At the end of the meeting he had everyone stand up and put their hand out. He air shook everyone's hand and then he said "Ok now go home and write in your journal that you shook my hand." Love him. Later that night we called Connee to see how she liked stake conference and this is how the conversation went.

Connee: Guess what I am doing right now? Going to the store to buy herbal tea so I won't drink coffee anymore.

Us: Connee that is awesome

Connee: Do you know that this means?

Us: That you are going to get baptized???

Connee: Well now I guess you know what it means.

Us: AHHHHHHHH *SCREAMS* 

Connee: The 26th is Chuck's day so he has to say it's ok that I join him.

Us: Put Chuck on the phone right now!!!!!!!

Us: Chuck and your mom get baptized on the same day as you?

Chuck: YES YES YES

Us: Put your mom back on the phone

Us: CONNEE YOU'RE GETTING BAPTIZED ON THE 26TH. CHUCK SAID IT WAS OK!!

Connee: Ok well I guess that is that. 

Like I said earlier You can always put your money on an apostle. The meeting was so spiritual that she was just blown away by it all. She was able to really receive her answer and truly have the desire to be baptized. We have been working with Connee for SOOOO long. I am so happy that she is finally getting baptized. Connee called Sister Palmer last night and told her the news. Sister Palmer is going to come back for the baptism. I am sooo happy!!!!!

Being a missionary is the best! I love it so much. Thanks for all of the support. I love you all!!

Sister Frampton

ONE YEAR

Hello everyone! Guess what?? This Thursday, October 10th, marks my one year mark. Can you believe that? I remember getting dropped off at the MTC and having no clue what I was even doing. Well It's a year later and I've learned a lot. I've had 2 baptisms. I can walk up to a random person and ask them to be baptized. I can explain the restoration and plan of salvation in 5 minutes. I've read the Book of Mormon twice, the Doctrine and Covenants, the New Testament and I'm half way through the Bible. I can give a tour of Kirtland all by myself and even answer all of the hard questions people ask. I can knock on a door without being scared and confidently talk to them. I've come a long way but I've still got a long way to go. I am excited for these next few months. I found out my exact date that I will be going home. It is March 12th. 5 months!

Sister Neslen went home last week. I actually cried. It was so sad. She has come to be one of my best friends. She was a huge part in helping me become the missionary that I am today. There is a huge hole in Kirtland without her. I am glad that I will be able to see her when I get home.

Transfers were last week. We thought for sure that Sister Esplin and I would stay together. She had only been there form 1 transfer. President always keeps someone in an area for at least 2 transfers. If anything I would be the one that would be getting transferred. Days leading up to it I felt really calm. I did not feel at all like I would be leaving. We were called on Monday night and we were shocked to hear that Sister E was getting transferred. Connee, Chuck and Cory took us out to Cheesecake Factory for a goodbye dinner. Thank you for paying for my dinner! My new companion is Sister Ahrendsen. She has been a good friend of mine so I was excited. She is 19 and really immature. President wrote me an email and explained that the reason that he put us as companions is because she really needs help maturing and buckling down and he knows that I will be able to help her and be a good influence on her. That was really nice of him to trust me. It has been a little bit hard this week. She likes to run around and play tricks on everyone. She is great but we aren't at Disneyland. I have a low tolerance level for 19 year olds. I love her and I am excited to be able to help her.

This week Chuck committed to be baptized Oct. 26th. Chuck has some type of special needs and is slower. He is 36 years old and lives at home and doesn't have a job. He spends his days playing with model trains. We aren't 100% sure that he is ready to  be baptized then. We are going to go over the baptismal questions with him tonight and see where he is at. We have taught all of the lessons to Connee so tonight we are going to tell her that she needs to think really hard about this and if she doesn't want it then we are going to hit the road. Sad but true.

Conference was really good this year. We were able to watch it in the huge theater at the Visitors' Center. Because we were scheduled to work at sites we were on deck if anyone came to take a tour. EEWWW we got called out for 2 tours. Both tours were members. I tried to talk them into watching conference and then going on a tour after but they said no. I was kinda rude on tour but it was rude of them to come in for a tour during conference. haha.

Life is good as a missionary. "Legalized sin is still sin." -Elder Nelson
Well I look forward to everyone sending me presents for my one year mark. haha! Thanks for all the support. I love you all. See you in 5 months!

Sister Frampton

Hey everyone!!! Thanks for the emails this week. No one emailed me their testimony that I could give to Connee soo..... ya. Epic fail. I loved seeing Mccall on TV. I screamed in the chapel when I saw her. It was so fun. I've been on LDS.org pausing the broadcast so I could get a better look. Go to More Holiness Give Me and pause it at 2:41. hahaha.

This week was good. Let me start off by saying that transfers are tomorrow. I am staying in Shaker Heights North . Kylie goes home tomorrow and I am soo sad!! I just love her so much and will miss her a lot.

Ok so last week we met with Carmella. I met with her a lot last transfer but this transfer she has been avoiding us. Last Tuesday we finally were able to meet with her and she started crying and said that she wants to get baptized and she wants it to be on November 23rd because her husband will be in India until then. We were shocked but it was awesome!!! Yippee.. Connee, Cory and Chuck are still pluggin along slowly. My recent convert Chris came teaching with us and he is AMAZING!!! He's been reading preach my gospel and he brought it to the lesson. He found an article onLDS.org that talks about how people can know if the Book of Mormon is true and he brought that for them. It was awesome. Chris's mom is really really strongly Catholic. He had a good talk with her and he told her that he wants to go on a mission and she said that she would support him if he did that. AMAZING!!!! Last night our ward had a fun fall activity. It was for all of the less actives, recent converts and investigators. We had a chili dinner at the visitors' center and then we went on a small hike up to a place on the Morley Farm where Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ appeared and where the first general conference was held. The senior missionaries taught everyone about general conference in prep for this weekend and it was so fun. The air was crispy and the leaves were all orange and red. Connee, Chuck and Carmella came. They loved it. I am so impressed with Connee. The senior missionaries were asking everyone questions like How often does the church have general conference?, where is it broadcasted from?, Who is the current prophet?.... Connee knew all of the answers. She is great. Hopefully she will have a baptismal date soon. She is sooo close. We finally got her to pray specifically about the Book of Mormon. That is huge.

I have been working with two people at the Visitors' Center. Remember Kent? He is amazing. He is still in rehab in Colorado. Meth is a really hard thing to overcome. He has been reading the Book of Mormon. We had a really spiritual lesson via chat a few days ago. I gave him 7 different chapters from the Book of Mormon to read and in a week we are going to discuss them all. He knows this church is true. I have also been calling a 27 year old named Andrew. He is from Wanship, Utah. My only reference to little towns in Utah revolve around three things 1. Bear Lake 2. Lake Powell and 3. St. George. I guess Wanship is on the way to Bear Lake. Andrew is a less active that is coming back to church. I've been working with him for the past 3 weeks. He committed to going to the priesthood session of General Conference. Way cool!

I feel like my emails home are boring and kinda same old same old. Sorry folks. Life as a missionary.

Things are really good here. I enjoy being a missionary. Guess what...???? In 9 days I will have been out on a mission for ONE WHOLE YEAR!!! October 10th. Feel free to send me celebration packages.

I love you all and miss you a lot. Come to Ohio Mccall!!!!!!!! This week please pray for Connee, Cory, Chuck, Carmella, Andrew and Kent!

xoxo

Sister Frampton

Did you know that I love Kirtland? It is such a cool part of my mission. I get to take people on tours and teach them all about Kirtland. In preparation for whoever is going to come pick me up in March (or if you aren't picking me up I still want you to do this) will you read D&C 84-98 & 101? Those sections were all received in the Newel K. Whitney Store. Those sections includ The Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood, The Word of Wisdom, The Olive Leaf, Building the first temple. A bunch of really cool things happened here in Kirtland. It was the first headquarters of the church, the first first presidency was formed in Kirtland, the first quorum of the 12 was formed, the first quorum of the 70 was formed, the first patriarch was called, the first and second bishop were called, the first high council was organized, the first bishop's storehouse was organized, the first mtc was set up, the School of the Prophets was set up, the Pearl of Great Price was written, the Book of Abraham was translated, 1st edition of the Doctrine and Covenants was published, 2nd edition of the Book of Mormon was printed and the inspired translation of the Bible was written. Sorry I know I am just rambling but it is so cool. One last thing, yesterday I went 3 times to the room where Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ have appeared. I love Kirtland. Get out here and visit me :)

This week was good. We had 13 lessons. Wow that is a lot. Yippeee. We are still teaching Connee and her two sons. BIG NEWS!!!!!!!!!!! Connee's ex husband Judd came to church on Sunday. He is super super anti and he actually came to church. He said that he is going to come next week. I was shocked when he showed up. I actually screamed in the middle of Sunday School when he walked in. It was awesome. Connee knows that everything is true but she still will not get baptized. It is kinda annoying. I have an idea! I don't know who reads my emails of if anyone does or if they go straight to your trash can but will everyone that is reading this email me or mail me their testimony and a reason why Connee should be baptized? I will give these to Connee. She will LOVE it. Please will you do this? If you don't know my email address it is Lacee.Frampton@myldsmail.net and my address address is 7800 Kirtland Chardon Road Kirtland, OH 44094. I think this would be so great for her to have. 

We have been trying to find new people to teach this week. It has been kinda hard. No one wants to meet with us but we are trying. We ran into a JW and had a good chat with her. It was a waste of our time. The area I serve in is basically downtown Cleveland. I love how busy it is all the time. It is also heavily populated with Jewish people. It's kinda fun to see them walking around. Does anyone have any advice with converting Jews? #Jewdownthrowdown 

I really love the ward I am serving in. Everyone is successful. Case Western is in my ward boundaries so everyone goes there for dental or medical school. It's a fun environment. Whenever I have anything wrong with me I can just find someone in sacrament meeting and ask them about it with no charge. Seriously though. I would hate that. Well last Sunday I was able to have someone during Sacrament look at my acne for free. Sweet!!

Next week is transfers. CRAZY!!!!!!!!! Kylie goes home. I am going to be so sad! I love her so much. Most likely Sister Esplin and I are going to stay together in this area. It's getting really cold here. I am not excited for winter here. It gets sooo cold! BURRRR.

Ok well I hope everyone has a good week. Don't forget to send me your letter to Connee! I love you all and miss you like crazy. 

PS October 10th is my one year mark

Sister Frampton