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Thought
some of my siblings and friends would get a crack out of that. Well
this week has been INSANE. But good at the same time. I'm still here and
no one got lost so that's good. Lets see how much of this last week I
remember...
So
on Monday we woke up early and all of my plans started going into effect. Missionaries meeting missionaries in train stations,
missionaries flying in from the Canaries, missionaries coming down from
the north, etc. What I did though was first we headed down to the temple
and met with all of the missionaries that were going home and we took
all of their bags to the mission home. From there, we grabbed all of the
missionaries bags that were coming into Madrid from the Islands and
headed to the airport. We picked up missionaries there and then drove
them to the train station called Chamartín. Then we went back to the
mission home and dropped off some stuff we had and then went and had
like 2 hours of a p day. After that back to the airport to pick up some
more missionaries and drop them off at Chamartín and then back to the
airport one more time and I got to pick up my old companion Elder
Beuden! It was good to see him again. Then we went to the mission home
again and met with all of the missionaries that were going home then. We
had to get some stuff from them so we did that and then I let them know
all about their travel home arrangements. Then we went back to our piso
and went to sleep excited to wake up early the next day.
Tuesday,
wake up early, go to the mission home, grab the missionaries going
home, take them to the airport. One story/miracle about this is that we
were there in Terminal 4 of the Madrid Barajas airport and I am dropping
off some missionaries with Elder Ward and I get a call from President
Jackson saying that there is a sister missionary who needs to pay for
her luggage and she doesn't have enough money. Oh and that her plane was
leaving in 15 minutes. I look up her name, realized that she is in the
same terminal that I am in and 6'7 Elder Ward and I start running
through the airport searching for her. We turn the corner and she is
standing right there at the front of the line. I run up, paid her ticket
and a security guard came and took her directly to her flight. Heavenly
Father really helped me out on that one! After that we got to meet the
NEW MISSIONARIES!!! Back in the mission home, we take them to the temple
chapel and we explain what we do as office elders. I felt the Spirit
really strongly while I was bearing my testimony to them about the
church, the mission, and President Jackson. It was awesome. Then, to
another train station called Atocha to drop off a sweeeet portuguese
elder named Elder Ávila. Then back to our area for an hour or so and
then to bed.
Wednesday,
wake up early, off to the airport. We dropped off Elder Howard who was
going to the Canary Islands. He is a stud missionary and will be a goood
one for sure. Then back to Chamartín, drop off Elder Dugan who is
getting trained by my MTC companion, Elder Dunn. Everything smooth with
that. Then to District meeting in. And then to Office meeting back in
the office. Everything went well and I figured out more about what I
needed to do. After that we had a ton of stuff to get caught up on in
the office and so we worked hard and had a lesson that night with Felipe
and Isabel which went great. We met Isabel's friend Eva actually and
she wants to visit with us! It was a great day.
At
this point in the week we had no food but we had the van and so we woke
up early, went to the mission home and switched cars, and then bought
some food. After that we had weekly planning and then worked hard in the
office. In the afternoon we had a great lesson with Valdimir. He is
honestly soo prepared and so ready to get baptized but he just doesn't
realize it yet. He needs to start coming to church more often as well so
we are working more on that.
Friday!
Finally a normal day. We went to the bank in the morning to figure out
what was up with our mission card because it stopped working in the
middle of transfers and found out it would be working on the first of
July so we had to head down to Chamartín to buy some train tickets for
some missionaries that needed to go home to get their residency cards.
Then we had correlation which was sweet and then we hit the streets
finally! I honestly love and appreciate missionary work so much more
now. We had family home evening which was awesome. Isabel and Felipe
came as well as Vladimir. Good night.
Saturday,
back to Chamartín to buy some more tickets by hand. Then we went to the
office and I got a ton of stuff done which was good. It has been
both good and weird to be here without Elder Rockwood but I am adjusting. After
we passed by a few houses and then we had a baptism in the temple
chapel. Our chapel doesn't have a baptismal font and since we have 8
missionaries serving here we have to go to other areas for baptisms. It
was great though and the girl getting baptized was really wonderful.
After we had a great lesson with Guillermo and he is so excited about
everything! He is getting closer and closer but still needs to come to
church. I have seen his attitude change a lot since we have started
teaching him and it just grows my testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Sunday
was great. We had a good time at church and then we had some great
lessons in the afternoon as well. All in all it was just awesome. I have
learned so much this week about the mission, about Heavenly Father and
about myself. I know that this Church is true. I know that Jesus Christ
is our Savior. I know that I have been called by a prophet of God to be
here in Spain. know that I am away from all of you but I know that
this is where I need to be. I truly miss you all and hope and pray for
the best for you. ¡Sigan adelante y nunca se desvien del camino de Dios!
Os quiero mucho. Estáis en mi corazón.
Élder Franklyn
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