We had the best week--I can´t even believe how amazing it
was. And now I´m so excited to share the miracles we had with all of
you!
We started the week off in a trio becuase Elder Eskelson
left and his companion was waiting for his new comp--Elder Bohne from Alpine--for a couple days. So it was tough for those first few days,
just because we had to combine both of our areas and teach both of our
investigators. But anyway, one of the first miracles that I want to
write about was incredible! Remember Paco? Our investigator from about 2
months ago. Elder Pugh and I were teaching him, had a baptismal fecha
and was on track and super ready. The only problem was his wife. He told
us he wanted to get a divorce before he got baptized becuase she hates
this church and does not what him to be a part of if it. (And I think
they were having a lot of other problems as well). But anway, he called
us!!!!! After 2 months of never answering his phone, not having any
contact with him, he called us! I picked up the phone and was
speechless. He seemed a little different, not as excited to hear my
voice as I was to hear his. But the first thing he did was ask me if we
had time on Tuesday to talk at our usual bench in El Parque
de Constitución. We set it up and then said goodbye. I have no idea what
changed in him to make him call us back after 2 months, maybe he got a
divorce. Maybe something happened with him, who knows. But I do know
that the Lord works in mysterious ways and that he knows everything. All
I am here to do is to be his hands.
Second miracle was a member reference from Romina Cozzolino (she
was the returned missionary who has I think been in a couple of my
pictures, and I think she said something about adding you, mom, on Facebook) anyway, she was at the church and started talking to a guy who
had stopped and was looking at the church. Long story short, we met
with him a couple days later at the chapel with Romina. He is from
Poland, his hame is Miguel, has lived here for 18 months, knows Polish, German, English, and Spanish. He was telling us that he had a great
friend in the military back in Poland who was Mormon and really helped
him out, and had given Miguel a Book of Mormon too. However, he lost
the book and lost contact with his friend. So for many years he was
blindly searching for it again but couldn´t find it, until he walked
past our church and recognized the plaque in front that says ¨La Iglesia
de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días¨. Cool huh? So we
taught him in the chapel and the spirit was already so strong. At the
end, we asked him if he would give the closing prayer to which he told
us it had been years since he´d prayed and he didn´t feel good enough to
pray. I was thinking for a second, a little worried about how we could
get him to feel comfortable and know that he can always pray to our
Heavenly Father. We paused for a second and then Romina asked him what
some of the things were that he was grateful for in his life. After he
said a couple things she asked him what he wanted to ask God for. She
then told him she would say the prayer with the things he had just told
her and he could repeat it after her. We all scooted out chairs a little
closer together and she began the prayer, saying the things he told us
he was grateful for. It was so spititual in the there, I felt the spirit
so so strong. I think from that, my appreciation for prayer and
knowledge that God really is there listening to your prayers grew quite a
bit.
I am so thankful for prayer and the comfort and peace it brings
into my life. Since being on my mission my prayers have become so much
more meaningful.
At church yesterday we had 3 of our
investigators come! Fani, Pilar, and Miguel. Super super awesome. It has
hardly ever been that much. But I think it was because we went around
inviting our investigators to church Saturday
with brownies Elder Wilson and I made. Brownies are the key! haha Elder Wilson´s mom sent him 4 or 5 boxes of brownie mix to make for our
investigators in a huge box for his birthday.
A couple more things for this week and then I gotta go. Silverio,
with the family that got in a car crash in Wyoming--turns out they live
in Cokeville!! Can you imagine that?! Small world.
Its been
tough this week because we are working on the university campus
basically and all of the students have finals...and all of our
investigators are students. haha
Ok, I love you all. I´m having a great time out
here. Its weird how its almost Christmas and I´m not doing all those fun
things with the fam, but I´m so grateful to be here.
Elder Franson
P.s!! This morning I swear it was snowing!! It had been raining but I started to see
little things wafting around in the air. Awesome!
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