Hey Mom and Dad and everybody!
Week 1 went really well here in Fuenlabrada. To fill in more information that I forgot last time. My companion is from Utah, went to Timpanogas High School and he´s Polynesian and I love it. He´s so chill and awesome. He´s a lot like Helaman and we get along great :) His name is Elder Schwenke (sounds like shwenky).
We had a super good week, have some great people here and some great potential. I hear about Elder Wilson a lot, he really made an impact on these people. Makes me really miss our time we had together in La Laguna--feels like forever ago now.
Ok so there´s this little boy in the branch, 10 years old, cutest little thing. He likes to sing for us in English--songs from Jason Derulo (no idea how to spell his last name) and others, and it´s the best. Well the other day we had a ward family home evening and long story short, he was blindfolded walking around trying to find a specific person when he ran into a little cement curb thing that scraped up his shins. The really funny part was that like 45 min later when we left to walk home, he started limping really bad, going a centimeter an hour almost haha. Reminded me a lot of those funny times when Porter gimps around the house after a minor scratch. Don´t worry bud, I still love you more than anyone.
One of those Jason Derulo songs they have and played once was the song Whatcha Say, which brought back lots of fun memories of the backwards video we made with Lauren, Lexi, Natalie, and Cady and Porter. So funnnn haha.
There are some members here in the branch who are in charge of the music and hymns here and take it so seriously. First of all, there are about 50 members who come to church each week max, and it makes me regret not being better at the piano so I could help play the hymns because they use just a CD player haha. The director is so funny, remind me to demonstrate it when we Skype for Christmas.
By the way, I just wanted to say that I LOVE working in branches. Wards are great, and I love that so many members go, but there is something different in branches. I feel like they typically work a lot more with the missionaries. This branch is so unique and diverse, it's awesome! People from all over in Africa, China, South America, and other countries in Europe.
There is an awesome family here that continues to amazing me with their dedication and love for the Gospel. And get this, they were baptized just a couple weeks ago. They´re awesome!
Missionary work is the greatest people, I love it so much and feel so blessed to be here right now.
I hope you all will continue to pray for opportunities for missionary service. We have this thing that is so crucial and important in this life. I´ll always remember an experience that Bishop Harris taught us about this. He said he had a friend, not a member, and he didn´t really invite him to church or to hear more about it, and not long later his friend past away. He shared with us how he knows his friend is going to come up to him after this life, and ask him ´Why didn´t you ever invite me to your church if you knew it was the true church?¨. I feel the same, I don´t want to fear man here, and then face them after knowing I didn´t help at least give them an opportunity to know more. That´s our obligation as members, and I dont want to forget it. Thank you for your great examples mom and dad, you´ve been amazing guides for me. You are amazing.
Love you all so much!
Elder Franson
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