Hello everyone,
Running out of first liners.
This week was great, like always, full of highs and of course some lows, but it´s easier to remember the highs.
Our investigator, Mariela, is getting all ready for her baptism which is coming up. We´ve been trying to keep daily contact with her so that she will be spiritually prepared and ready for her baptism. I´m so excited for her. She is the lady whose kids are all members now, except for 1 or 2, her in-laws as well, but she´s just been a little scared. I think her main concern is making that covenant and then having the possibility of making a mistake and breaking it. I think that is a really good concern to have, lots of times I forget about the real importance and significance of our baptismal covenant. Yeah, we´re not perfect, but that shouldn´t keep us from keeping in mind that that promise we made was real, and we need to do our best every day to have His name upon us. It´s tough, but Mariela taught me a little lesson, or maybe just reminded me of that. It´s good that she knows it is something serious and that she needs to try her hardest, but we also need to know that there is no limit to sincere repentance. The Lord loves us and wants us to be happy. Never think that you can´t repent or change, because it is always possible.
Yesterday at church we were standing by the front door greeting people as they came in, and guess who just walked up without any notice?! Tad R. Callister!!!! What??? Crazy, still can´t really believe it. The story is that our ward mission leader, who is American, married Callister´s daughter, and our WML's son is getting baptized this week so they came up for it. BUT the story gets even better. I only got to talk a little bit to him there at the door, but in the Sunday school class he came up to me and asked if I could translate the class for him! Can you believe that? I got to sit in the back right next to him translating the class for him, haha I was so excited. A bit nervous of course, and felt weird since he probably knows better than anyone in that room did of the lesson topic, but it was a really cool experience. Just be ready for a story or experience when he gives a talk at conference one of these times and talks about a missionary who helped him translate :) haha just kidding.
Ok, not much time today, but to finish up I just wanted to thank everyone for all of your help and love. You all mean so much to me.
Love Elder Franson
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