So many things happened this week, making it a bit longer. For me, the first week in a new area and with a new companion always go by a little bit slower. Not because they´re bad, just I guess getting used to the new things. My companion is just fantastic, doing really really well. He Spanish is pretty good for not having taken it in high school and just starting here, and his desire to be the best he can be are very inspiring to me.
So here is the history of Toledo, church wise. It hasn´t had missionaries in it for a long time, maybe a little over a year and a half or around there. It is a ward but technically should be a branch. The branch I just left, Fuenlabrada, had its record set my last Sunday there with 90 people in sacrament meeting, and Toledo has about 40ish. The members here though are just great, I can tell they are great people and have great testimonies. The thing is though, that they´re kind of appear to be sleeping....What I mean is that some of them don´t seem to be very eager to do much more than the very minimum. I feel like a lot of responsablitiy is upon my shoulders being here, but I do realize that after all, it is after the trial that we get strengthened and are able to learn. There is so much potential here though, there are great people in the street and we´ve got couple good investigators. One of them is Krystina, who is from Ecuador and is actually 15 years old but honestly acts more like a 25 year old. If all goes well, she should be getting baptized in a couple weeks.
There are noticeably less people on the street and less people to talk to. we walk and contact a ton and I usually arrive home with feet that just ache and hurt, it takes quite an effort to find members to use in lessons, but amidst all of that, somehow my companion and I continue super happy and are having a great time.
I had been praying really hard to be able to receive a miracle like we had just a few weeks ago in my last area when we met Jose who was just a made made of freaking gold. He´ll be baptized in a couple weeks. I didn´t want to sound needy to Heavenly Father, but I remember asking for the spiritual guidance that I needed to find those that were looking and searching for Him. On Saturday, I was praying really hard for that during the morning, and after we had been out of the house for an hour or two we saw this guy walking with his son and in my head I just felt like I needed to stop him. I did, and he turned out to be just an incredible Spanish guy, married to a Dominican lady, and is very family oriented. I was just flipping out inside as we talked to him. He didn´t give us his number to contact him, but he´s going to come to english class this week and we´ll be able to talk some more. What a cool and quick answer to our prayers. Sometimes in smaller cities like this, there are fewer experiences like that, but sometimes they seem even bigger than before.
Jess wrote me a really good email this week which really inspired me for these last couple of months. I can´t quote the entire email, but it was all really really good. thanks Jess for that, it was a great email.
I love working in smaller cities and branches so much, I think I´ve said that a lot haha.
I love you all so much, thanks so much for all that you do, I am so grateful for you. Have a great week :)
Love Elder Franson
I know I'm not just here for the view, but it is definitely a plus :)
It's like I'm just living in a mythical world all the time...I mean, you guys know me, I'm a sucker for those medieval movies in castles and old cities, and how lucky am I to be able to live here?!
My comp and I :)
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