Elder Jonathan Fraley: Birthday Celebrations

Being 20 feels just like being 19! I didn't get any birthday cake but Elder Gill bought me some frosties from Wendy's, and the next day we ate at the Mumfords and they got me some cupcakes. My knee is alright! Not oozing anymore but last Monday I dislocated my left knee again. It's okay now I'm used to it. I was wearing my brace too so idk. But I'm fine. My bike is still broken. To get it fully fixed I would need a new tire rim. Mine is bent so whenever I patch my tire it scrapes the tube and pops it after a while. It'll start to cool off around October/ November time.

Last Monday was good. We cleaned and shopped, then played at the church. We played basketball for a while and then chair soccer. That's when I dislocated it. I guess my brace slipped down a bit and my knee popped out. But oh well. It happens

Tuesday was ehh. Nothing special. We went on splits with some ward members to help them with their home teaching. Their home teaching is in the single digits and real bad.

Wednesday was pretty good. We had Zone conference real early in the morning at 8 and it was in Summerwood. That's the rich part a few miles up the beltway. It was good and interviews with president were awesome. We had some pizza too. It's called MOD pizza and it's kind of a create your own and super good!

Thursday we had a lesson with this guy named Jerry that went really well. He's a good guy but doesn't have much of anything. We tried lots of people and weekly planned at the apartment. That's when we got frosties. We went to an investigators house and they had new kittensrunning around. They were crazy. It was a pretty normal day though. Nothing really cool happened.

Friday was pretty fun. We were up in Tidwell, which is like 20 minutes north of our apartment. We tried a bunch of people and it was good. We got some new investigators. We were talking to a friend of ours named Archie at his friends June bugs house. He is cool. He was telling us how to be like a black man and called us "Soul Brothers". So I guess I'm an honorary soul brother. We ate dinner with the Mumfords! They made me chicken wrapped bacon stuff and had cupcakes with ice cream. It was good! They got me two giant things of hand sanitizer for my birthday and a cows head wall decoration as a joke haha. Everybody knows I'm a germaphobe... but those will last me for forever.

Saturday was nothing special. We were up in Tidwell again and taught a ton of lessons. We met some vicious dogs too. They were nice to us though.

Sunday was the good day and highlight of the week. Church was good and we had three investigators at sacrament. They all enjoyed it. We were supposed to have ten there but only three of them came. After church we baptized Tiana. I got to baptize her and it was so awesome. She really loved it and felt so good afterwards. The Channel View Elders baptized too. They cover our ward as well. It was Elder Bowers first baptism too. He's new just got here. Afterwards we went to Sister Freeman's house all together and ate like every week. It's the worst though because I'm with Elder Latu and we eat a ton!! Every time I'm with him I forget to control what I eat haha. We just pound food. Haha. He's a big guy too and I ate more than him yesterday haha. It was good, but not good at the same time because when I put on my baptismal pants earlier today they were kinda tight! Ever since I went English I've gained like five pounds and I'm filling out a bit. Not good!

This week was good and we had fun! Hope y'all have a good week and I love you guys! Happy birthday mom! Love you!