serving someone who needed a friend

Hey everyone! :)

Life is good. I honestly can´t really write and explain the complete impact, the change I´ve had, the blessings I´ve received, all from choosing to serve a mission. I would encourage everyone to serve a mission if they can, I know there are so many things that are preparing me for the trials and steps I will have later on in life. It´s time we´re giving back to the Lord, but he gives us so much more in return. 

We´ve had multiple investigators fall off the face of the earth a bit haha, some aren´t answering their phones anymore, some aren´t doing anything and don´t quite have the desires to change right now. So we´ve been contacting a lot, walking in the busy streets here in Madrid. I love it! We´ve found some people with some good potential- one family caught my eye in our area book, so we passed by their house and they were home AND had some time to let us in! It was really cool, I love Brazilians so much, that country is awesome haha. Andy is pretty lucky. We have a return appointment for tonight so we´re really excited.

A couple days ago we were walking and saw an old lady in a wheelchair who stopped us and seemed a little deprived of a friend to talk to. We ended up pushing her along the road for a bit, listening to her tell us story after story. I love service, I feel bad for all of those times I did it grudgingly, or complained about having to go out and help you, Dad. I was stupid. Don´t worry though because i´ve changed :)

We have another new investigator named Giovanna (pronounced like yobana) from Bolivia. She is really cool and has already read in the Book of Mormon and the pamphlets, and is super interested. It is so weird going to her house though because every time I see her I get a strong feeling that I´ve seen her before, or knew her before. Who knows, the spirit world? Not sure, but it´s a cool thought.

There is an 11-year-old boy we´ve been teaching (mom is a strong member but his father is pretty against the Church) and he´ll be getting baptized this Saturday! For a long time his dad wouldn´t give him permission but now his heart has been touched and softened by the Lord, and he is letting Joshua get baptized! I´m praying that all will go well and then maybe one day his dad's heart will continue to soften and he'll join with his family in this Church.

Thanks for everything, Spain is doing really well and I'm so happy to be here.

Love Elder Franson