new companion from france

Hello everybody!!

Some big news to start off, with the transfers I´m staying here in Fuenlabrada but getting a new companion--Elder Schwenke left for a big ward in the center of Madrid. My new companion´s name is Elder Ziane--he´s from France! And actually I served a bit with him while I was in B9. We weren´t companions but we served in the same ward in seperate companionships. He´s amazing, and I´m really really excited for this next transfer. I think this change will be good, hopefully we´ll be able to really spark up some new growth in this area.

Dad--thanks for those BYU things you sent me, I really liked them. It got me excited as I thought about it, and made me feel really good about the choice of going to BYU. For now I´ll stick with BYU, who knows if in the future I feel like I need to change, but for now I´m feeling BYU.

Justo, the Spanish investigator that we have, is doing really well. Although did I tell you about how he´s been looking up a crazy amount of information? He is in a true search for the truth, and knows it's not in the Catholic church. And as we´ve been talking about baptism with him, He´s been thinking and pondering on it a lot, but wants to be completely sure of what he´s doing. And so what he does is look up everything; the details about the endowment session, the garments, and other things. It´s a bit weird at times, but he knows it´s sacred for us and has been respecting that. I just hope he continues to look at good and true information, and not false/anti stuff.

Antonio and his girlfriend are doing really well, although it was his birthday on Friday (I gave him some goldfish and soap haha and he loved it). We met with them on saturday and set everything up for them to come to church, they were super set. But come Sunday, they never arrived. Found out that they went to a party and stayed out until 7:00 a.m. and didn´t wake up in time for 10:30 church. Pretty extreme. I´m not worried though, I´m sure they´ll come next week, if the adversary doesn´t throw another dang curve ball. Dad--I bought an Iberian Jamon leg!! I´m so proud of myself, and excited. I got the upper leg, instead of the hind leg that can cost up to 100 euros or more. Now I´ve got to get a knife for it as well to be able to cut it good. I´ll send you lots of pictures later, but for now I only have a couple. I´m sure you´d love this stuff dad, it would go so amazing with your bread that you make.

That´s about it for now, with the changes and everything it took out some time in our pday. I´m doing well and really excited for this new adventure. I love you all so much, and am so grateful for everything that you´ve done for me. I hope you have a great week as well!

Love Elder Franson