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Baptism!

Chris Mikucki! September 14, 2013

Hello friends and family! Thank you so much for the emails this week. If you didn't email me this week that's ok because you have another chance to email me next weekLacee.Frampton@myldsmail.net. :)

This week was really great. First off we had a baptism. Refer to my email entitled The Story of Chris Mikucki. Chris is amazing. He bore a really strong testimony at his baptism. He said that once he started living the word of wisdom he was able to get clear answers as to whether he should be baptized or not. It was really cool. Yesterday he came to the visitors' center and we were able to find 12 of his ancestors and in a few weeks he is going to go to the temple and do baptisms for them. He is so excited about it. Stephanie (the girl I baptized last month) is doing great. She is living in China doing a study abroad. She is attending a branch and loves it. She said that she is really excited because she signed up to do visiting teaching. Amazing!!! 

We are still teaching Connee, Cory and Chuck. Cory and Chuck are not progressing so we decided to have separate lessons with them. The lessons weren't amazing but they weren't bad. Connee however is on fire. Randomly a few nights ago she called us and started bearing her testimony of Joseph Smith. WHAT??? She said that she knows as sure as she knows that Moses and Noah are prophets that Joseph Smith is a prophet. We were shocked. We had a lesson with her and we were reading from Our Search For Happiness (the best book ever) about the apostasy and the restoration and in the middle of it she yelled out "AHHH I get it it!!" This makes so much sense. It was so cool. Her son Cory was trying to argue Joseph Smith with us and she said "Cory you really need to read The teachings from the prophet Joseph Smith and you will understand Joseph Smith." It was amazing. Then in Sunday School the teacher asked if someone could stand up and explain the Restoration and she raised her hand and explained it perfectly. We were proud mamas! For some reason she still will not commit to baptism. It is annoying but it will happen in due time. She is such a great lady.

We aren't teaching anyone new. Finding people has been really hard lately. Hopefully it picks up this week. 

Thanks for everything that you all do. I love you all so much and miss you all like crazy! I only have 6 more months left until I will be home.

Sister Frampton

The story of Chris Mikucki Date: September 3, 2013 9:50:48 AM MDT

Thank you for all of the pictures and emails I got this week. Thanks Austin for the video. I am so excited to see your face at Christmas. Dall and Car- At least your being consistent in not emailing me back. As a missionary I really appreciate consistency so thanks you two.

September 14th we will be baptizing a 19 year old kid named Chris. Ok so about 2 months ago when I was serving in South Euclid my district fasted for someone to find a future bishop. That Sunday Chris walked into church. Chris was getting taught by the Elders in the ward and he was progressing fast. I even got the chance to give him a tour of Kirtland. I got transferred and didn't really hear anything else about Chris. Last month Chris randomly showed up at Stephanie's baptism. I was able to talk with him for a few minutes and I found out that he was no longer meeting with the Elders because he really didn't like them. He said that he had read the whole Book of Mormon and he didn't really understand it so he was re reading it again. He also said that he likes to come up to Kirtland and read the Book of Mormon.  Perfect! I work at Kirtland so why not have a Book of Mormon study together? He came up to Kirtland about 3 weeks ago and we had a really good Book of Mormon study. We asked him what he would do if he knew the Book of Mormon was true. He said that he really wants to live the Word of Wisdom. He said that he hasn't been taught about it but he remembers us talking about it on tour in the School of the Prophets. We took him up to the School of the Prophets and he went in there alone and said a prayer to help him start living the Word of Wisdom. When he a came out he was a little teary and said he had a really great experience in there. At this point he was having a really hard time figuring out if the Book of Mormon was true. Chris is a die hard Catholic. He really likes both religions and feels like he is having an internal battle with making a choice. He is out here for school so his parents have no idea he is thinking about getting baptized. I told him that if he lived the Word of Wisdom that Heavenly Father would answer if this is the true church. The day after he came to Kirtland we went to lunch with Stephanie. We invited Chris to come and Stephanie spent the whole time teaching him and telling him about her experience coming to know that this was the true church. It really helped Chris and I was so proud of my little Stephanie! Chris decided to start meeting with the senior couple that is over the singles' branch. Chris called us last week and told us that he received his answer and that he is going to get baptized. He said that he loves the Word of Wisdom. He also asked how long does he have to wait until he can go on a mission. Every night when he is reading the Book of Mormon he texts us favorite scriptures that he has come across. Chris came to the Visitors' Center yesterday and we studied the Book of Mormon. Then we showed him this really cool video about the temple and family history. He loved it. He has had two grandparents pass away and he loves the idea of getting baptized for them. We took him upstairs to the family history room and got him all set up on Familysearch.org and he loved it!!!! He told everyone that he met that he was getting baptized. He is so excited about it. He really is going to be a bishop one day. Ever since he was little he wanted to become a Catholic Priest or a leader of a church. How appropriate. There really are prepared people just waiting for the Gospel. I am glad that I have been able to be a part of Chris's conversion story. Lately I have been eating a lot of pickles because they are so good and yesterday he brought us a huge jar of pickles as a thank you present. haha

It is getting really cold here. I am so nervous for winter. I don't know why. Probably just because it is coming so early this year. Yikes.

Ok so Elder Ballard is coming in October. It will be the 10th year anniversary of the Visitors' Center. The sisters got an invite to a VIP party with Elder Ballard. The Visitors' Center director told us to look our best because Elder Ballard will be bringing "other" guests. He said that he doesn't want to tell us who because he wants it to be a surprise for us. Is the Prophet coming?????? When Kirtland was dedicated 10 years ago President Hinckley was here so it only makes sense that the Prophet comes. Good think you sent me some really cute blazers mom. I am going to need them for this party.

Sister Neslen goes home in 4 weeks. I am really going to miss her. She is hilarious.

I love you all and thanks for everything!

Sister Frampton #1

Hello family. 

Crazy that Mccall is on a mission. So fun that Sailor is there to keep Austin some what busy. Thanks for all of the emails this week. This week was transfers. Sister Palmer went home. It was so sad. I loved her so much. My new companion is Sister Esplin. This week we were able to teach Connee, Cory and Chuck and Carmella.  Connee is really close to baptism. She will probably get baptized next month. On Saturday Stephanie took us out to lunch. There is a kid named Chris that I taught when I was in Euclid. He has been going to the singles branch so Stephanie knows him. He came to lunch with us also. He wants to get baptized but he is having trouble with the Book of Mormon and with Joseph Smith. Stephanie spent the whole lunch time teaching him and helping him overcome his problems. I basically spent the whole time with my mouth wide open. Stephanie is amazing. Today she left for China. She will be spending 9 months there. She is going to be awesome. She asked me for a whole stack of Mormon.org cards so she could hand them out to people that she meets. Stephanie and a bunch of the kids from the singles branch came out to Kirtland and we gave them a tour and it was so much fun. Our ward mission leader out here is amazing!!! He is 32 and a dermatologist. He was a bishop in Florida so he really knows how to get the work done. He has been working with the Francis family (Connee, Cory and Chuck). The Elders that are in my ward had a baptism this week. So far this month our district has had 3 baptisms. That's the most a district has had this month. Yippeee!!!! So all of the leaves on the trees are bright red and falling off. All of the locals have been freaking out because that means that it is going to be a horrible winter. It is already fall out here and it's still August. YIKES!!! There are only 7 out of the 30 site sisters that are here that have experienced a winter here. None of them have coats or boots. Our ward is getting really nervous for the winter so on Saturday they had a cooking with out power and how to stay warm class. It was actually really cool. Did you know that you can line a cardboard box with tin foil and then put charcoal in it and it becomes an oven? That was pretty cool. I am so glad that I am already ready for the winter. Also dad a few weeks ago I took one of your cousins on tour. I forgot her name sorry. She said that her maiden name is Doxey. She said that she would Facebook you and tell you that she saw me. Also we were at Zone conference and this lady walked up to me and said "You look exactly like Shelley Frampton." What the heck??? Her name is Becky Busath. She lived in San Antonio with us. Now she lives in Ohio. Crazy! I've seen lots of miracles this week! I love being a missionary so much. Thanks for all of your prayers. My bites on my leg are still there and finally this week the infection has gone down. Yippee. Have a good first week of 8th grade Austin. I love you Mccall! The MTC is the best place ever!!!!

Sister Frampton