This week.... what happened. It went by so quickly honestly.
It´s definitely cooling off here, just so bitter. Yesterday we didn´t have time to drop our suit jackets off and get our coats, so we just went throughout the rest of the afternoon and night with our suit jackets and scarves and it was so painful. I mean, I grew up in Idaho winters, you´d think I´d be able to endure a little bit of cold, but I think my body is getting used to warmer weather. I bought nice little gloves though for super cheap which will help a ton.
On Saturday we ended up attending a big activity in Mosoles--a neighboring town--for a big open house thing. Our zone went there and divided up with members, doing splits, to contact a ton of people and invite everyone to the chapel. Honestly, we talked to literally everyone that we passed for two and a half hours. I was exhausted by the end but so motivated and excited to continue working. We returned to our town and I tried to bring that same excitement back. We´ve seen lots of good things, and hopefully we´ll be able to continue with that.
We walked into a rec center the other day to figure out if we could go there to play some tennis or something one pday, and as soon as I walked in the door I smelled the chlorine from the pool and I about started crying--I miss swimming! Haha it brought back a ton of memories from swim team.
We taught a girl from Egypt this week!! Super cool, I mean she looked very similar to those people from Morocco, but it´s really cool to say I taught someone from Egypt. She´s Muslim, but listened to us and is really interested in our English classes as well. You never know what can happen! Sambou from last area--Muslim from Mali--is doing really well I´ve heard and has been going to church! Pray for these people please, they need lots of help.
This Sunday was the primary program for the branch and it was so cute, they have a decent number of kids, and did very well. One little boy started sleeping with his head put back on the chair, mouth open and everything, and when they tapped him on the shoulder for his turn to get up and say his little line, he rolled his head forward and just had the most depressed/discouraged face, I imagine it´s very similar to the face Porter makes sometimes, for example, Leah woke him up and said he had 30 minutes to get ready for church and he just got so stressed haha. The members ended up escorting the poor boy down off the stand to his mom, he looked pretty tired haha. I love primary programs.
One really cool thing we had happen was 2 less actives that we´ve been visiting came to church! I was just so happy when I saw them walk through the door. One of them, Mike, doesn´t speak Spanish really well, and so we had to translate for him. He just moved here as well from a couple different countries that he´s lived in, including Austria (!). He´s got a nice quad scripture set, little English hymn book, and some other things. It was so weird to look through that hymn book, so many hymns that I´ve forgotten about! The Spanish one only has 209 songs.
Well I can´t think of much else to write about, sorry it wasn´t the most eventful/funny week.
I hope you all have a great week continue working on the little things that will help strength and fortify your testimonies. I love you all so much, thanks for your support and love for me, I appreciate and rely on it so much.
Love Elder Franson
Monday, November 17, 2014
Monday, November 10, 2014
polynesian chants and the cups song
Family and Friends,
Hey everyone! This week was great, and it all started with a super awesome meeting we had at the mission home with the other leaders and President, I learned so much and left with a much bigger desire to work my hardest, living up to my potential, and to help other missionaries accomplish the same. In my mission we have some amazing leaders and I have so much to learn from them.
We´ve been kind of slow on finding new people these last couple of weeks, and our investigator pool not super big, but we´ve been talking about how we can do better this week so I´m excited to get to work :) sometimes I get a bit overwhelmed thinking about how many people are here that we need to stop and help.
I can´t remember how much I´ve told you of some of our investigators, so I´ll explain a bit. Andrea is one of the most promising, is a 21 year old girl, she´s a member of the family that was baptized just a month ago. She just doesn´t want to go super fast and make the big decision to be baptized, but we have a baptismal date with her for the 6th of December and she´s progressing. She sings super well, and her sister Diana (who is baptized, and reminds me a lot of Lauren for some reason). They´re an awesome family, I love them so much. They´re always full of jokes and stories.
Another investigator we have is Paloma, who is from Guinea Equitorial, and is pregnant (with only like 5 weeks or something). She´s really cool, but basically doesn´t move. She took the doctors advice a little too literally of being on rest in these few months. She doesn´t even leave the house hardly haha. BUT, she did come to the branch´s talent show on Saturday miraculously and loved it! even started dancing a little bit afterwards. We also have a date with her but we´re going little by little.
That talent show was super fun, I had a blast. I participated in singing a song with a member and the other elders, then us elderes did the Haka (those Polynesian chants they do, like in Forever Strong?), then we also did the Cups song with those 2 sisters--Diana and Andrea. Those hours of practicing with Cady and Porter really paid off haha. When they found out my companion and I could do it they asked us to do it with them. We didn´t sing, but just did the cup part. I´m pretty sure all of the members have the videos of all of them on YouTube/Facebook, they loved the activity so much. I love ward/branch activities, they are so great. I think it´s really important for investigators to see that we´re normal people, and that we have good clean fun. One girl said she had no idea she´d have such a fun night without alcohol and clubs and things like that. Ok the relief society sisters´ talent (there were 5 of them) was a dance to Elvis´s song that goes like ´Ain't nothin but a hound dog´, and it was HILARIOUS! hahaha there was one sister, she´s like in her later 40´s, that went all out--whipping her hair and everything. I have a video of it, and can not wait to show it to you guys.
Besides that, the mission life and work is going great, I love it. I want you all to continue to pray and look for missionary opportunities. And also, family, to get a copy of Preach My Gospel and have it at home :)
Love you all so much!
Elder Franson
Elder Wilson and me again!
Hey everyone! This week was great, and it all started with a super awesome meeting we had at the mission home with the other leaders and President, I learned so much and left with a much bigger desire to work my hardest, living up to my potential, and to help other missionaries accomplish the same. In my mission we have some amazing leaders and I have so much to learn from them.
We´ve been kind of slow on finding new people these last couple of weeks, and our investigator pool not super big, but we´ve been talking about how we can do better this week so I´m excited to get to work :) sometimes I get a bit overwhelmed thinking about how many people are here that we need to stop and help.
I can´t remember how much I´ve told you of some of our investigators, so I´ll explain a bit. Andrea is one of the most promising, is a 21 year old girl, she´s a member of the family that was baptized just a month ago. She just doesn´t want to go super fast and make the big decision to be baptized, but we have a baptismal date with her for the 6th of December and she´s progressing. She sings super well, and her sister Diana (who is baptized, and reminds me a lot of Lauren for some reason). They´re an awesome family, I love them so much. They´re always full of jokes and stories.
Another investigator we have is Paloma, who is from Guinea Equitorial, and is pregnant (with only like 5 weeks or something). She´s really cool, but basically doesn´t move. She took the doctors advice a little too literally of being on rest in these few months. She doesn´t even leave the house hardly haha. BUT, she did come to the branch´s talent show on Saturday miraculously and loved it! even started dancing a little bit afterwards. We also have a date with her but we´re going little by little.
That talent show was super fun, I had a blast. I participated in singing a song with a member and the other elders, then us elderes did the Haka (those Polynesian chants they do, like in Forever Strong?), then we also did the Cups song with those 2 sisters--Diana and Andrea. Those hours of practicing with Cady and Porter really paid off haha. When they found out my companion and I could do it they asked us to do it with them. We didn´t sing, but just did the cup part. I´m pretty sure all of the members have the videos of all of them on YouTube/Facebook, they loved the activity so much. I love ward/branch activities, they are so great. I think it´s really important for investigators to see that we´re normal people, and that we have good clean fun. One girl said she had no idea she´d have such a fun night without alcohol and clubs and things like that. Ok the relief society sisters´ talent (there were 5 of them) was a dance to Elvis´s song that goes like ´Ain't nothin but a hound dog´, and it was HILARIOUS! hahaha there was one sister, she´s like in her later 40´s, that went all out--whipping her hair and everything. I have a video of it, and can not wait to show it to you guys.
Besides that, the mission life and work is going great, I love it. I want you all to continue to pray and look for missionary opportunities. And also, family, to get a copy of Preach My Gospel and have it at home :)
Love you all so much!
Elder Franson
Elder Wilson and me again!
Monday, November 3, 2014
share the gospel while you can
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
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
Monday, October 27, 2014
transferred to fuenlabrada
Hello Everyone!
We finished the transfer really well, working really hard with Elder Boone. However, we found out on Saturday night that i´m getting transferred! To Fuenlabrada (it´s actually where elder Wilson served not too long ago, which is exciting haha, I love that guy. By the way, did I tell you guys that he´s the AP? So awesome!)
Our address is
Calle Tulipanes 4, 4´C
28941 Fuenlabrada
Madrid España
But remember, that with the main bigger stuff, you can send that to the mission office.
Our investigators are doing well, Sambu went to the ward´s FHE last Monday and loved it, I really do think that one day he will be baptized. Jari is still awesome, and has started to read a bit more. It confuses me a lot with him, he loves this stuff and visiting with us, but he´s not progressing...we finally got it out of him that he wants to be more prepared to be baptized, to learn more. So we´ll see.
On Sunday we had a lot of goodbye appointments with members and investigators, we were honestly running from house to house. We said goodbye to Roger and Analis--a family there that is amazing and so special. Roger especially has made a huge impact on me. They hope to visit the states one day and come visit us and see our horses and cows haha. He loves seeing pictures and hearing stories about our hobby farm.
Another family that was really hard to say goodbye to was one that has a little boy about Porter´s age, who I got attached to over these last couple of weeks. He loved, by the way, the goldfish and jam haha, couldn´t stop eating them. Thank you mom for sending that, it was perfect. At the end I gave him a big hug and he couldn´t let go, started crying saying that his favorite elder is leaving. It broke my heart! His mom said that since it was his dad who baptized him and everything, he didn´t really have any special ´missionaries´ like many converts have with those who taught them. But that I kind of became that elder for him. He wanted me to promise that I´d come back and visit him later, which I am totally down for, mom haha.
I´m excited for this change though, it´ll help me grow a lot i think. Thank you so much for your emails and prayers. I am praying for you all the time and hope everything is going well!
Love Elder Franson
We finished the transfer really well, working really hard with Elder Boone. However, we found out on Saturday night that i´m getting transferred! To Fuenlabrada (it´s actually where elder Wilson served not too long ago, which is exciting haha, I love that guy. By the way, did I tell you guys that he´s the AP? So awesome!)
Our address is
Calle Tulipanes 4, 4´C
28941 Fuenlabrada
Madrid España
But remember, that with the main bigger stuff, you can send that to the mission office.
Our investigators are doing well, Sambu went to the ward´s FHE last Monday and loved it, I really do think that one day he will be baptized. Jari is still awesome, and has started to read a bit more. It confuses me a lot with him, he loves this stuff and visiting with us, but he´s not progressing...we finally got it out of him that he wants to be more prepared to be baptized, to learn more. So we´ll see.
On Sunday we had a lot of goodbye appointments with members and investigators, we were honestly running from house to house. We said goodbye to Roger and Analis--a family there that is amazing and so special. Roger especially has made a huge impact on me. They hope to visit the states one day and come visit us and see our horses and cows haha. He loves seeing pictures and hearing stories about our hobby farm.
Another family that was really hard to say goodbye to was one that has a little boy about Porter´s age, who I got attached to over these last couple of weeks. He loved, by the way, the goldfish and jam haha, couldn´t stop eating them. Thank you mom for sending that, it was perfect. At the end I gave him a big hug and he couldn´t let go, started crying saying that his favorite elder is leaving. It broke my heart! His mom said that since it was his dad who baptized him and everything, he didn´t really have any special ´missionaries´ like many converts have with those who taught them. But that I kind of became that elder for him. He wanted me to promise that I´d come back and visit him later, which I am totally down for, mom haha.
I´m excited for this change though, it´ll help me grow a lot i think. Thank you so much for your emails and prayers. I am praying for you all the time and hope everything is going well!
Love Elder Franson
With Roger
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
teaching a muslim
Well, This week has been an interesting one haha. I´m sitting here looking at the amazing pictures from Leah´s wedding, so happy for her and excited. That day was a weird one for me haha, I kept looking at the clock and my mind was constantly just calculating the time for back home and wondering what you all were doing. Probably not the best thing I could have done, but I missed you guys a lot more on that day. I´m sad to have missed it but I´m so happy for her and Todd. Wow, can´t believe they´re actually marrieddddd.
Ok, bringing my mind back to Spain. We had some really cool miracles! We have that investigator from Mali--Sambu--and he is awesome!! So he is Muslim (isn´t the first time I´ve taught a Muslim), and he´s from the very very poor part of Mali where the kids grow up on the field without any schooling. He is very slow at reading, but has told us that he takes the Book of Mormon with him everywhere he goes and reads it when he can which is really cool. THEN, he told us after I asked him what he thought about the book (because Muslims don´t believe in Jesus Christ like we do and I was a bit nervous), and he said he likes it more than the Koran (their 'bible')!! I´m so happy. He´s showing some great potential and we´re hoping he continues. Pray for him please, he´ll need it.
Jari isn´t really reading the B.o.M, and isn´t progressing at all which is a big bummer. He is super good and I love him, but he´s not putting in his part at all. He´ll also need some extra prayers. We continue to work with him and push him down the right road haha.
Just so you know, this is the last week of transfers, this Saturday we´ll find out the changes. I´m hoping I won´t leave, so many good things going here! And Elder Boone and I are doing great together.
Today was cool, we went to this huge forest area right next to Madrid, and did a cool little hike/walk to the place where Elder Romney dedicated Spain for the preaching of the Gospel. Took some pictures, and then read the dedicatory prayer. Pretty spiritual. I can´t tell that many people here have been prepared by the Lord.
Then, we went to a store called Taste of America. Yep. It´s got American stuff haha. Lots of things there that I didn´t realize they don´t sell here. I found Goldfish there! But they were pretty expensive and I knew you were going to send me some, so I didn´t buy them. They were from Pepperidge Farm though! I did buy some Fruit Loops and a Dr. Pepper since it´s been over a year since I´ve had those haha.
Oh yeah, and have you found anything Idaho or America related that I could give to this one amazing member family here? Like a fridge magnet or something, I think he´d love it.
Thanks for everything you guys, I love you so much. I love you Mom and Daddddddd and Leah! AHHHHH gosh, this is so crazy. Ok well have a great week and take care!
Love Elder Franson
Ok, bringing my mind back to Spain. We had some really cool miracles! We have that investigator from Mali--Sambu--and he is awesome!! So he is Muslim (isn´t the first time I´ve taught a Muslim), and he´s from the very very poor part of Mali where the kids grow up on the field without any schooling. He is very slow at reading, but has told us that he takes the Book of Mormon with him everywhere he goes and reads it when he can which is really cool. THEN, he told us after I asked him what he thought about the book (because Muslims don´t believe in Jesus Christ like we do and I was a bit nervous), and he said he likes it more than the Koran (their 'bible')!! I´m so happy. He´s showing some great potential and we´re hoping he continues. Pray for him please, he´ll need it.
Jari isn´t really reading the B.o.M, and isn´t progressing at all which is a big bummer. He is super good and I love him, but he´s not putting in his part at all. He´ll also need some extra prayers. We continue to work with him and push him down the right road haha.
Just so you know, this is the last week of transfers, this Saturday we´ll find out the changes. I´m hoping I won´t leave, so many good things going here! And Elder Boone and I are doing great together.
Today was cool, we went to this huge forest area right next to Madrid, and did a cool little hike/walk to the place where Elder Romney dedicated Spain for the preaching of the Gospel. Took some pictures, and then read the dedicatory prayer. Pretty spiritual. I can´t tell that many people here have been prepared by the Lord.
Then, we went to a store called Taste of America. Yep. It´s got American stuff haha. Lots of things there that I didn´t realize they don´t sell here. I found Goldfish there! But they were pretty expensive and I knew you were going to send me some, so I didn´t buy them. They were from Pepperidge Farm though! I did buy some Fruit Loops and a Dr. Pepper since it´s been over a year since I´ve had those haha.
Oh yeah, and have you found anything Idaho or America related that I could give to this one amazing member family here? Like a fridge magnet or something, I think he´d love it.
Thanks for everything you guys, I love you so much. I love you Mom and Daddddddd and Leah! AHHHHH gosh, this is so crazy. Ok well have a great week and take care!
Love Elder Franson
Monday, October 13, 2014
the cotton-eyed joe
Hello everyone!
This week was SO great! So many great moments that have brought me to a higher level of happiness.
Okay so one of the greatest moments was the huge activity our ward put on on Saturday that celebrated each country and culture that our ward has here. Spain, Ecuador, Peru, the Domincan Republic, Bolivia, and the States. The Latin groups each prepared great dances with complete costumes to represent their culture, which was really cool to see. We as missionaries wanted to do something for our country, so a couple weeks ago I was thinking about country line dancing, something pretty typical right? Haha so we started planning and decided to do the Cotton-Eyed Joe dance for them, and it turned out so good! They all started getting excited and clapping and yelling, pretty awesome :) Jessica, our investigator, filmed it and put in on YouTube so you guys could all watch it. Okay actually I just called her and she said it´s not working right, so she´s going to send it to me. We´ll see, but some day you guys will be able to watch it haha. There were some really cool dances and things from the other countries. I just love those countries and people.
Other great news, it´s been raining quite a bit here too, which is nice. I mean it does make contacting a bit more difficult when it´s pouring, but always makes for a great story. On the way home from the activity, we were walking home with some other missionaries with plates full of food and out of nowhere tons and tons of water just comes falling down! Haha we found shelter in a little bus stop and decided to wait there for a bus. I also found out my shoes have a hidden hole in the bottom, when I realized my toes were sloshing around in water haha. Pretty great. The Nordic skis have a little crack in the bottom I guess.
Jessica is doing really well. Now that she has work she only has 1 day off, and so she came to the activity this last week, and this week she´s going to come to church! She´s a great person, and even though we weren´t progressing a whole lot when we were meeting regularly, I think she will in the future and be baptized someday.
The work is doing really great, I´m doing great out here and loving life :) I hope you guys are all doing great! I´m praying for you every day.
Love, Elder Franson
This week was SO great! So many great moments that have brought me to a higher level of happiness.
Okay so one of the greatest moments was the huge activity our ward put on on Saturday that celebrated each country and culture that our ward has here. Spain, Ecuador, Peru, the Domincan Republic, Bolivia, and the States. The Latin groups each prepared great dances with complete costumes to represent their culture, which was really cool to see. We as missionaries wanted to do something for our country, so a couple weeks ago I was thinking about country line dancing, something pretty typical right? Haha so we started planning and decided to do the Cotton-Eyed Joe dance for them, and it turned out so good! They all started getting excited and clapping and yelling, pretty awesome :) Jessica, our investigator, filmed it and put in on YouTube so you guys could all watch it. Okay actually I just called her and she said it´s not working right, so she´s going to send it to me. We´ll see, but some day you guys will be able to watch it haha. There were some really cool dances and things from the other countries. I just love those countries and people.
Other great news, it´s been raining quite a bit here too, which is nice. I mean it does make contacting a bit more difficult when it´s pouring, but always makes for a great story. On the way home from the activity, we were walking home with some other missionaries with plates full of food and out of nowhere tons and tons of water just comes falling down! Haha we found shelter in a little bus stop and decided to wait there for a bus. I also found out my shoes have a hidden hole in the bottom, when I realized my toes were sloshing around in water haha. Pretty great. The Nordic skis have a little crack in the bottom I guess.
Jessica is doing really well. Now that she has work she only has 1 day off, and so she came to the activity this last week, and this week she´s going to come to church! She´s a great person, and even though we weren´t progressing a whole lot when we were meeting regularly, I think she will in the future and be baptized someday.
The work is doing really great, I´m doing great out here and loving life :) I hope you guys are all doing great! I´m praying for you every day.
Love, Elder Franson
Monday, October 6, 2014
when nice miracles fall into your lap
Hey!
Well conference was just great, and although I miss being able to watch it with you guys in my pjs in the living room, it was great to be with other missionaries and members at the temple/stake center. I especially loved Elder Uchtdorf´s talking about getting an answer, and focusing on the basic requirements. I wish Jari and all of the other investigators could have heard that (yeah all of the investigators were punks and couldn´t). We did however have a nice miracle fall into our lap--Elder Boone´s teacher from the MTC had a friend who lives in our area, and brought him for the last session and we went and sat with him. He´s great, got a lot of questions, but has some potential. Member references are the best, one of the greatest surprise gifts you could give a missionary. We don´t get many here, but the ones we do get are great.
I was able to see Logan just for a second! haha I knew he was there, he left a little note with Hermana Hadley (Leah knows her) who lives around there, for me. So I saw him while I was down by the temple, and he was inside in the stairwell and I got all excited haha. They are pretty strict on us missionaries not getting anywhere near the MTC missionaries, but somehow Chelsey found a way haha. I´ll try to see what I can do, I´m sure there´s a way. He looked happy and good, as far as I could tell down from the temple grounds looking up to the glass stairway.
You asked about Sambu, mom--he´s doing good, the other elders I guess saw him walking around the city with his Book of Mormon tightly held with him. He is the only one out of them that can somewhat read, he reads fine but it is just really slow. He ran up to them and showed them the book, telling them he reads it whenever he has a moment :)
The Brazilian lady invited us over to eat some Brazilian food--rice beans and some chicken haha, it was so good. She seems to accept the gospel really well and doesn't have many problems or objections.
Jari is great, haven´t met with him since Tuesday, but he´s awesome. We´re just working with him now to help him be more active, he´s only come to church twice and it´s been a while.
Thanks for everything you guys, thank you mom. I wish I could show you guys more love and appreciation than what words on a computer allow me.
Have another great week!
Love Elder Franson
Well conference was just great, and although I miss being able to watch it with you guys in my pjs in the living room, it was great to be with other missionaries and members at the temple/stake center. I especially loved Elder Uchtdorf´s talking about getting an answer, and focusing on the basic requirements. I wish Jari and all of the other investigators could have heard that (yeah all of the investigators were punks and couldn´t). We did however have a nice miracle fall into our lap--Elder Boone´s teacher from the MTC had a friend who lives in our area, and brought him for the last session and we went and sat with him. He´s great, got a lot of questions, but has some potential. Member references are the best, one of the greatest surprise gifts you could give a missionary. We don´t get many here, but the ones we do get are great.
I was able to see Logan just for a second! haha I knew he was there, he left a little note with Hermana Hadley (Leah knows her) who lives around there, for me. So I saw him while I was down by the temple, and he was inside in the stairwell and I got all excited haha. They are pretty strict on us missionaries not getting anywhere near the MTC missionaries, but somehow Chelsey found a way haha. I´ll try to see what I can do, I´m sure there´s a way. He looked happy and good, as far as I could tell down from the temple grounds looking up to the glass stairway.
You asked about Sambu, mom--he´s doing good, the other elders I guess saw him walking around the city with his Book of Mormon tightly held with him. He is the only one out of them that can somewhat read, he reads fine but it is just really slow. He ran up to them and showed them the book, telling them he reads it whenever he has a moment :)
The Brazilian lady invited us over to eat some Brazilian food--rice beans and some chicken haha, it was so good. She seems to accept the gospel really well and doesn't have many problems or objections.
Jari is great, haven´t met with him since Tuesday, but he´s awesome. We´re just working with him now to help him be more active, he´s only come to church twice and it´s been a while.
Thanks for everything you guys, thank you mom. I wish I could show you guys more love and appreciation than what words on a computer allow me.
Have another great week!
Love Elder Franson
The cinnamon rolls turned out great, Mom! Thanks for the recipe.
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