Bingo Bango- The Lucky Tie...

When I Heard The Ladies Man Was Alive and Well

There are some things that I am really excited about... ex. two new albums by Father John Misty. Ooh baby, that's gonna be good, and reading books, and writing books, and swinging my way into a state of "I'm gonna sit here and chill and paint watercolors and not have a care in the world". Also drinking mate'. I'm excited to do that again. And I want to watch "Soaked in Bleach" the documentary about Kurt Cobain's murder? We were talking with some people in Nairobi about it. 

In fact, here's a couple of things to do:

-movies:

   -Soaked in Bleach

   -Six (it's a series about navy seals or something?)

   -Shot Caller

-music:

   -everything.

-Hike from Draper Temple to Park City (Yes, I still want to do that.)

-Go on the roof and read books (I used to do that a lot before I left.)

-Drink mate and have deep discussions.

-Books:

   -Eternal Man

   -"Exodus" by Leon Uris 

   - "One in Thine Hand" by Gerald Lund

  -"The Book of Mormon" by Mormon(oh... wait.)

-Watercolor, 'cause, yeah i draw out here, but I want to paint again, and watercolor is my favorite.

But apart from that stuff, I am super, super happy out here and MLC was amazing! I loved it and it was super powerful as always. I left on a spiritual high and I'm still feeling it! This past Sunday we had a confirmation for one of our investigators who was baptized and had 3 baptisms for other people and they are all super, super, super amazing people! Being on a mission is an amazing experience! I love it out here! 

And I love you all, talk to you later and have a good week,

-Elder Fraga

California Knows How to Party

It looks like California was a nice place. I'm glad you had fun together. 

On my side, I have been happy. As of late I have, noticed the hand of the Lord in all aspects of my missionary work. I have been feeling the spirit guide. I have been feeling very comfortable with my position here, and together with my companion we have really been having great teaching opportunities. I am very excited about the progress we have been seeing and I am beyond excited to see where these things go. We have a number of investigators who are very serious about the gospel, and it is an amazing thing to see the conversion in them. I am eager to participate in the upcoming MLC to reevaluate our zone, and together with the other leaders, find answers and solutions to the  current concerns that affect us and our work. I know God has good plans for this mission and this people, and my testimony is firm that these blessings only come in and through the gospel of Jesus Christ. 

Other than that, I have been very pleased with the direction that God has been giving me through personal revelation and scripture study, and I am happy and evermore prepared to go on in this great work. 

I love you all! Have a great week. 

elder fraga

FRAJHA

Going Back Home

July 23, 2018

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I don't want to go home. And I don't have much to write about this week.  We spent it all in Nairobi 'cause we had to show that we aren't illegal. We had some few open days because they didn't want to accept my documents, so me and my homeboy Elder Nyanhamo were able to go back to the stomping grounds, Lucky Summer and Zimmerman, and see the place again. It was amazing. Nice to see my home again, and talk to the people I used to interact with everyday. Lady I used to buy veggies from was very excited to see me, and a lady who has a small hotel (restaurant) across from my old apartment just about fell out of her chair. The moment I walked in the old compound, one of the little kids playing in the parking lot dropped her skateboard and immediately ran up to me and gave me a hug. It was nice. 

Something spiritual that happened over there: Contacted a guy when we were in line at the immigration center and found out he was from the Zimmerman area, gave him the phone number of the sisters in Zimmerman. We went to Zimmerman in a place called trm and when we were about to walk into a store, I was like, wait a second, I got a funny feeling that we oughta go over here first, cause I want to check if one of my old friends is still working over here. They weren't, but when we were walking back to the store we were gonna go in, who do I run into? The guy from the immigration center, and he is like, "Yeah now for sure I'm gonna call those sisters! Wow!" and then he called them on the spot and they have an appointment to meet, so woohoo! 

Love you all,

elder fraga

Hello Fam

July 16, 2018

Just a small update this week. It's transfer day and things are always a little tricky when that happens... But things are good! I'm stickin' around El-d for another transfer, and I am very happy about it. Crazy for me to think that I got one more round of transfer news left... 

This next week we are going to Nairobi for some foreigner paperwork which shouldn't be too bad. Hoping to try Pizza Hut's all you can eat thing while we are over there. 

Things in the Huruma branch are good. Although we were to have some baptisms this last Sunday, but because of polygamist problems, that has all been canceled... It's sad. But in good news, the family that was supposed to be baptized are super strong, with awesome testimonies, and we are really hoping they can stay strong even though they've got this tough trial at this time. When we broke the news to them, their reaction broke our hearts. We were told the next day at church that the kids refused to eat that night and cried themselves to sleep. Super bummer... Love em though.  If you could keep them in your prayers so that they will stay strong, "Ruth's family". Man, I wish you could hear their testimonies. So strong. 

I don't have much to report on this week, but maybe I have a couple pics that I can send your way... I think that's the only one I got right now. That was when I was with Elder Mahanzu. From left to right: me, Elder Merz, President Kogo (district president), Elder Mahanzu, Elder Limu. That was just after a meeting we had with the president over Eldoret and Kitale. Me and Elder Merz came in the same group. 

But yeah! That's what I got this week! Love you! 

Wait maybe I can tell you what I've studied lately. I have been doing something interesting. I call it "culture vs legacy" just thinking about what will happen after mission. I have been studying the final words of the Book of Mormon prophets, their perspective in the end. I would highly recommend it! It's a really interesting exercise! You can ask yourself, "Who do I most relate to?" is it Lehi, or Nephi? The ones who left their comfortable life with the promise of a greater one? Jacob? Who was born in tribulation and seemingly without a place to call home? Or maybe Enos, who after seeing the change the gospel made in his life, labored up until the end of his days teaching it? It is really, really interesting! A lot you can learn from it! So please, if you don't already have something you are working on study wise, try it out. It's cool. And if anyone is comfortable sharing, let me know what you learn. 

Anyways, love you all, 

elder fraga