new companion, new investigators

Hey family and friends!

We´re progressing really well, my companion and I and with our investigators. I´ve been so impressed with him and have already learned just so much. I can tell he really wants to work his hardest and do his best.

This last week wasn´t as funny nor interesting as was last week with all of those funny stories, but there were of course many little miracles and blessings we saw.

Those Brazilians that I told you about are doing really well, Ivonne is the main lady´s name, and she's so sweet and nice. We´re actually meeting with her tonight to teach the Plan of Salvation. They seem to take good interest n our message and show potential. Hopefully we can set a baptismal date with them for the 1 of November.

It takes some adjusting to get used to teaching with a brand new companion, just because they are so new they don´t have that experience first of all, and with the Spanish as well. But we´ve been working together and I can see lots of improvment already. I have been trying to give him things to do--have him contact the people in the street and do more talking, then later I had him use the phone and call them. He was pretty nervous but has been doing so great! I´m very impressed.

So we contacted a guy in the street- African named Sambu--and set up an appointment for a couple days later. When we walked into the house, we found ourselves sitting in a squished couch in between 7 other HUGE african guys. I was really intimidated. Haha my companion was too, and since he wasn´t able to understand what they say I think that made it a bit worse haha. We came to find out that they are really really nice guys, and were very welcoming to us. They are Muslims, (oh and from the DR of the Congo), and can´t read...so we weren´t able to give them a Book of Mormon but we are wanting to just read a bit in the Book of Mormon with them and hopefully the spirit can be there to touch their hearts.

I don´t know if you guys remember, but the Cozzolino family from La Laguna (one of my favorite families I´ve met here on the mission), well the one girl Romina who got back from her mission while I was there, just got married! I was able to talk to her for a second and she´s doing really great. I miss that family a lot--they are expecting my return some day so mom we definitely need to plan something haha. You guys would love them, they are from Argentina and are really really awesome.

I´m doing super good here, very happy and blessed. Thank you for your love and prayers, The Lord has taken good care of me here and is helping me each day.

Love you all!!

Elder Franson