Franco, Matthew

Dear friends and Family! This week, a lot didn't happen but it was still a great week. We had 3 of our friends come to church and one of them, Sabrina, is going to be baptized on September 10th! Keep her in your prayers, she is a really awesome person! Saturday, we got a call from President Lamprecht and he told us that we are being emergency transferred. An elder is going home and they need an Elder in Berbice. He prayed and chose Elder Christensen to fill the spot. I'm going to still be in Diamond but as a Trio with Elders Jackson and Morrison. Im no longer going to be the district leader and we will be apart of the Garden Park district for the remainer of the transfer. Its crazy! Im ending in a trio. Overall, it was a good spiritual week. I was able to watch the funreal service for My Grandpa, it was a spiritual service and I was touched by my grandpas story and all the speakers who spoke! Spiritual thought: I was listening to a talk by Elder Bednar, Called to the Work. He t...

Dear friends and family, This week has been a great week and a wet one haha. We biked hard and taught our friends and members the restored gospel. We were able to have a big miracle this week when our friend Sabrina accepted a baptismal date for September 10th! We are super excited for her and she is looking to be on track for her baptism. We were able to have a potluck yesterday at church and it was super fun! I love the incredible work the relief society sisters did to setup everything. Spiritual thought: somethings never change is the title of this letter and its true. Our love for our family and others stay the same as we continue to live the gospel in our lives. I recently learned that my Grandfather on my Fathers side has passed away this past week, and todays spiritual thought is a tribute to him. I got the news during a dinner appointment with a member family and my body language didnt show but I was saddened to hear the news. I rode bike with my companion and i sat pondering. ...

Dear friends and family, This week has been amazing! We grinded and had a good time doing it! This week we got transfer news and I'm staying with Elder Christensen in Diamond. I'm also going to be the district leader which is a great way to end the mission. This is the beginning of the last transfer in and the mission and I plan to grind out every second. I love the mission soooo much and I testify that is the best work in the entire world! In the name of christ, Amen! Sincerely, Elder Franco

Dear Friends and Family, This week we saw small and simple things lead to great things! We were able to teach with the spirit to our friends and they were touched by it. We went by our friend Yolanda early in the week and shared about the plan of salvation and how god is in every moment of our lives. We invited her to church to hear what god needs her to hear. She accepted and shared with us her testimony of gods hand in her life. We later saw her at church( which was Amazing!) And she was touched by the spirit powerfully during the second hour class. We were talking about Job in the come follow me and she started to cry. She pulled us aside and said that she was super touched by the lesson because she was going through some of the problems similar to job. She asked us for a blessing and Elder Christensen and I were able to give it and testify to her that Christ is with her every step of the way. Elder Hallstrom our district leader told her that it wasnt by chance that she came for the...

Dear friends and family, This week has been another great week! We Grinded hard to help people come closer to Jesus Christ and help them progress. We saw miracles because of our efforts!  We were able to reach our finding goal of 3 people this week and it was the first in a couple of weeks that we reached our goal. These people, are Vani, Lisa, and Yolanda! They are super awesome and commited to learn more. We were able to have 2 of our friends make it to church this week! This area struggles with having friends come to church because something comes up last minute but the miracle happened. Our friends David and Vani came. It made me super happy!! Overall the week was good! Spiritual thought: I posted this video on facebook from the church called "The Hope of Gods Light". Its the story of Todd Sylvester and it is wonderful, I invite you all to watch and see what you can do to find gods light! Sincerely, Elder Franco