elder franson's first p-day

Ok first of all, sorry about last Thursday. I thought they would let me write and have an actual P-day but since we had just gotten there on Wednesday they didn't. So I´ve been going crazy this week wanting to tell you all about my adventures!! 

 

So the temple is every Thursday, our district goes at 10 so we just barely got back. I absolutely love that temple, definitely my new favorite. The inside is even more beautiful than the outside! The celestial room is incredible, I can´t even explain what it's like. Just so peaceful and so happy. I cannot wait until I can go again. 

 

Sounds like you guys are having a lot of fun!! The pool sounds awesome, it can get pretty hot here and even when we´re in our sport clothes i sweat like crazy! 

 

For our sports, we have a couple options like basketball, volleyball, futbol, or just go on a run or something. But it's at 5pm so it's super hot! Anyways, we go to that cement soccer stadium that is just like a block away and play soccer. I LOVE it. Porter, you would have the time of your life! Imagine walking along the sidewalk and then it just drops down into a sweet soccer field! We usually have 3 teams of about 7ish and play 3 or 4 games. SO MUCH FUN! I will take as many pictures as i can (by the way, they won´t let me upload photos onto the MTC computers here so I'll have to wait until I get to the mission home :( also the keyboard is different and I have been making a lot of stupid errors, so Kayla -- feel free to fix some of these up before you put them on the blog. So lets see... Thank you SO much for the package. Holy smokes I love you guys so much! On thurday we went to go check for mail and I saw a packagae and did a double take because I was totally not expecting an awesome package from you!! Genius. You all know how to make me happy ;) I love the goldfish and chocolate, muy bien!

 

In my room there are 6 elders, basically just our district (we have 4 sisters). And on the first day, they called me to be the district leader!! I was super excited when I found out. basically all I do though is pick up the mail for our district, talk to President Sitterud (of the MTC) about how its going , and make sure they're all following the rules.There are some pretty cool elders with me. My companion, like I said before is Elder Cahoon, and he always is making references to "The Best Two Years," like 'Should I write that down?' haha. I'm having a great time here with them. We are pretty sure we're in the beginner Spanish Class, and for the first couple of days we felt like everybody else was in the advanced class. So a little inside joke with us is that we are the special education class haha. I have learned a lot and can understand a lot, but there are some in the class that are moving so much slower than I am. It can be frustrating at times. 

 

We have fake investigators that we teach everyday and I want to tell you a little about that. When I heard about MTCs doing that i always thought it was kind of stupid and wouldn't help me at all, but when we started teaching them in Spanish and sharing our testimony...I can't really say how it feels. I just know I  am teaching the right messgae and that I'm doing the right thing out here. We challenged ´Maria Isabel´ to read the Book of Mormon and she accepted, and that felt so good! I'm probably sounding like a dork haha, but it was a really cool experience. 

 

 You guys want to know about the food I know haha, well it wasn't as good as I was hoping, but it's not too bad. There has been a lot of sea food (the other day we had shark and squid!, sounds cool to say but didn´t taste the best haha), but I am always full after a meal. They have fruit, pudding, juice, yogurt, stuff for sandwiches, so if I don't like the main dish, I'll be fine. Sorry for all the commas, I have a pretty good feeling that Leah is cringing while reading this haha. 

 

There are 82 missionaries here I think...so it isn't too crowded. Our class and bedroom aren't crowded at all so it isn't that bad. 

 

Every Saturday we go to the park, Parque de Retiro I think it's called. We get in companionships and go talk to people! I was sort of nervous for the first time but I knew I wasnt alone as I found people to talk to. Many of the people here aren't as friendly as americans. They don't say hi back. But I found a guy who recognized us and told me that if I ever wanted to talk with him and go eat, to just call him and he'll take us out to eat somewhere. Pretty cool!! haha. I will be taking lots of pictures of inside the park, because it is gorgeous. Mom, remember on the mish pres wife's instagram where she posted the pic of the garden? I remember showing it to you, but that is part of the park that I went to! I walked past that place and recognized it. Very very beautiful. 

 

Sorry for the horrible spelling and everthing else.We are in a rush and I want to read all of your emails and reply. 

 

So adios for today! I love you all SO SO much!! I want you all to know that. I have the best family in the world, and no one can compete with that. 

 

Thanks for the letters and package (I've been wrtiting you all back whenever I get time today) and thanks for the emails and love and prayers.

 

I love you so much, thank you for everything. 

 

Love Elder Franson. 

 

P.S. Sorry for the short goodbyes at the airport, I started crying and didn't want to stay there and make it harder to leave. But thanks for taking me to the airport at such an early hour. Love you all!