I feel like I was honestly just here writing... these weeks are passing by way too fast.
Today we´ve gotten a lot done, I had to go do somethings to renew my residency card here, which actually is in my last area, and I was able to go visit that one Peruvian family again and say hi, do you remember my talking about Roger and Anelis? It´s so amazing to be able to see people again from previous areas, It just fills me with such happiness seeing them again, remember how big of an impact they had on me. There are so many things that a mission does for someone, but and one really big one is all of the friendships and ´second families´ that you find. I´ve found some amazing people, I hope that someday you will be able to meet them too.
Remember how I always talked about been so full when I was in La Laguna? We just got fed so much, every day. Well here in Fuenlabrada we also get fed a lot, not as much, but almost each day we have a meal with the members. On Tuesday, we didn´t have a meal planned so we went with the other elders here to Pizza Hut--they have a deal where you pay like 7 or 8 bucks and can eat as much pizza and pop as you want. I think we were scaring them a bit because after the 4th or 5th they told us we couldn´t order any more, they´re excuse was that the buffet ended at 3:30...how rude. But maybe it was a blessing in disguise because I waddled out of that place and we began working. About 4 hours later, we visited a less active man, really cool African guy, who gave us each a HUGE plate of spicy pasta with meat and vegetables. I had a little bit left on my plate but I wasn´t sure if I could do it. I shoved a bunch in my mouth, I think with the hopes to make it disappear from my plate faster, but I swear, I came so close to gagging. Ha I was so scared, my eyes probably got super wide for a second. I´m not sure how i did it, but i ended up finishing the plate. I haven´t gotten that full in a long time haha.
Our Investigator Esperanza, the one who is like 60 and has multiple great grandkids already, told us the other day that she rethought the whole baptism thing and decided she couldn´t do it (we had invited her to be baptized on the 28 of Feb.). She said she doesn´t want to be mocking God by being baptized again, and just wants to keep it the same. But the lesson we had went really good, as we talked about the importance of finding the truth, and following the correct path. She agreed to put in a better effort to read and pray about this message, about the Book of Mormon. We both are full of faith knowing that if she does put in her part, then the right answer will come. We´ll be meeting with her again on Tuesday to follow up on that. Pray for her please!
A less active member that we visit, named Angel, came to church on Sunday for the first time in a really long time! He´s about 35 I´d say, and was baptized when he was 17. Now he´s got a big problem with tobacco, and We always leave his house smelling like smoke. But after church (he stayed all three hours!) he quietly came up to us and said ¨I don´t feel the urge to smoke now. I feel so much better.¨ That´s the power of the sacrament and church.
Not much more happened, got a hair cut today. Drank a nice cup of hot chocolate as it is cloudy and rainy outside.
I´m doing really good, staying happy and healthy :) I hope you all are as well.
Love
Elder Franson
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