My eyes
have been opened this week to the reality of blessing coming through
service. I´ve realized how beneficial it really is, not only to the
person you are serving, but to the one who is doing the service. We were
helping Beatriz and Edison (a family here in the branch that is our
second family for here in Alcorcon) move to a different piso and at one
point we were had to take a heavy washing machine down 3 flights of
stairs, then over to their other piso building. It was pretty heavy, not
going to lie, and we were kind of struggling haha. Well this guy rushes
over to us and starts helping us carry it down. His name is Jorge and
is from Peru, and he was in the process of moving as well. We were able
to help carry some things for him to help out and he was really
grateful. The conversation quickly turned to religion and what we did,
he asked about what we did because he was so surprised we were willing
to help him move and carry stuff. Sorry, long story short, we were able
to meet the next day and start teaching him, get to know him a bit, and
in the middle of the lesson he asked us what he needs to do to become a Mormon! I was pretty surprised, didn´t really expect that one. He also
came to church which was pretty amazing. I´m counting my blessings and
thanking the Lord for all that he has done for me, and for blessing us
with this experience--all because we were serving.
Today we went to Madrid to a big park (the big park
we went to in the MTC to proselyte on Saturdays) for a little farewell
to Chelsey who is going home in 3 weeks! I can´t believe it. It was
pretty fun though, we rented bikes and rode around the park, then had a
little picnic. It was pretty nice, fun to talk to her about the potato
gun wars, Scrabble, Settlers of Catan, all those fun memories, haha. She
is still a little bitter when I mentioned Settlers of Catan, didn´t like
it too much when Steph kept winning.
The work is going forward, and is doing great. I
know there is no such thing as a hard area or mission, it can all change
with our attitude and faith. And its the same in life as well, you can
always make your life better, always get more happiness and joy, that is
what the Lord wants to do.
Have a great week! Love you all so much.
Elder Franson
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