finding those searching for the truth

Hello :)

Well, we had a lot of great things happen this week, And it went by super fast. Of course, we had a great time on Tuesday because we went to the Real Madrid game at night and it was so fun! Definitely a once in a lifetime experience, and I´m so grateful for that.

We are continuing with that Ecuadorian family that I was telling you about before, Samuel and Irene, and their two sons David and Joshua. They´re so great, and continue to show lots of potential. They weren´t able to come to church on Sunday though :( but I´m sure this next week they´ll come. On Wednesday they invited us over for a very nice dinner (and actually fed us deer meat which was a change haha). They´re reading in the Book of Mormon and it seems like they´re really enjoying it too.

That really cool investigator, the miracle, Antonio, just moved to another ward in Madrid...with his girlfriend. A little sad, but I´m really excited to hear from them about his progress and to see if they're able to make an eternal family. It was really fun teaching him though, he is 24 years old and seemed to take it all seriously. He´d have his Book of Mormon open and a pencil to mark things in it when we´d arrive.

We found this really really cool Colombian family last night!! I´m really excited, although it´s still really new, and we´ll have to see how it goes. The mom seemed really excited and happy to have found us. She´s got two daughters. We´re striving hard to continue to find those who are searching for the truth. It can be easy at times for missionaries to get discouraged with so many rejections and obstacles, but I´m trying my best to stay happy and motivated--my companion and I are doing well with that.

The branch here has had a huge history of problems, people getting offended, hard feelings, whatever it be. And although it seems to be improving, there have still been some difficulties. But we´re working with them and trying to help and do our best haha. It´s hard to bring investigators to the church when some of the members that are already there can´t stand to have a normal conversation with the other.

We´re doing really great here, we´ve been pretty exhausted these last couple of days from walking and contacting a lot, but it´s going well. We´re slowly but surely finding those people who are ready. 

With all my love,

Elder Franson