10-28-12

Salutations!
Not a ton for this week unfortunately. Really this week mostly I was sick.  It was the suckiest.  I got sick early in the week and it wasn't until like Friday that I started feeling better.  I was just like throwing up and having stomach problems--it was lame.  But I'm good now though, so it's cool.  It was probably just something I ate. The only other thing that happened this week is that we were able to visit Fran.  We found out that she had been reading the Book of Mormon, but she hadn't been praying.  So that was good/a bummer.  So we talked to her about the priesthood and stuff because she had questions, and then we talked about the importance of prayer.  And then on Sunday she came to church--I was stoked.  We had a chance to talk to her for awhile afterward.  She really enjoyed it.  She said she especially liked the talks that were given.  So I thought that was good.  She is, however, incredibly perceptive.  She picks up on every little detail of things.  Like she said, she didn't like how hardly anyone was paying attention when the people were giving their talks.  She didn't like how some of the girls came with messy hair and didn't look neat and like a bunch of stuff like that.  She was right too--it just reminds us that we don't know who's watching and that we should look and act our best at church.  Fran is also really beginning to open up to us and to trust us.  Apparently the member lady she lives with is causing her problems and actually pushing her away.  It's kind of a bummer cause there's not much me and my companion can do about it.  But we just told Fran to be patient and to talk to her about things.  


Fran continues to tell us that she doesn't believe the church is true, yet I can see a testimony growing in her.  She's grown to really love our visits, and she said she doesn't confide in anyone, not even her husband.  Yet she trusts us enough to confide in us.  I have a really strong feeling about Fran.  She could be a strong member of the church someday.  But, like I said before, she still has a long way to go too.  She smokes and drinks and stuff and that's something we haven't even talked about yet.  It was interesting though, on Sunday when we were visiting with her she said she wants to turn a new page and go back to the "old Fran" she used to be before she got into smoking and drinking and those sorts of things.  So that's awesome.  


It's good though.  It's been really cool to have been working with Fran these past few weeks.  It's cool to come out on a mission and have the opportunity to help people like this, and to see the progression in their lives.  I'll let you know next week if she prays and receives an answer.  I'm really hoping she does.


Anyways, "The sun's not yellow, it's chicken."


Elder Johansen
The Freshest Prince of Samoa