November 12

Mother,
How is it going?? Welll It sounds like you guys had quite a good week. I also had a good week too. I am so glad that you were able to go to the Zolls. They are awesome people and they really helped out the Kumasi and Cape coast mission so much. He is the reason why I came to South Africa, and I am so grateful for that, because I really know this is where I need to be. My rash has gotten a ton better, but most of all I have grown so so so much since I have been here!!! The way I have loved my mission has increased so much since I have been here. I don’t know why it is but I am just loving it. I love the Gospel, and I have become so much closer to the Savior and our Heavenly Father. I have so much Joy!!! I love it!! I met Lexi and the Brother once they came to our District meeting!! I knew elder Alba, I know most of those people in that picture. I love those guys Alba is a nice guy, but I know elder Briggs the most!
So yeah we had a good week we worked hard, we had some cool experiences. WE actually were able to go to a school this week, we taught like 12 to 13 year olds about the For Strength of Youth. They really loved it especially the teachers, and actually one of the teachers invited us over for dinner on Tuesday so hopefully, something will happen out of that even though she Hindu. This week we set up an interview with the newspaper, so next week we are going to have an article in the paper of us! So we are really working hard trying to find some people to teach and get this area going. I am so close to all the members they love us!! We are just really working hard in this area trying to get things going because we love the gospel and know it can bless so many lives. The members really trust us a lot cause they have seen our hard work, so I think that they are really going to start helping the work a lot they already have its awesome, I wish to stay in this area for a while I want to see it grow I know it will!!!! I am sooooo happyyyyyyy!!! I have been so happy since I have been in South Africa!! It’s incredible, my life has totally changed, my desires my everything!! I just love teaching the gospel so much, I can’t even imagine my mission ever ending!! It won’t! So yeah anyway it’s crazy I feel like this every single day so happy!! Even through the hard times I try and stay happy!! It’s amazing what the gospel can do in your life. This is truly true happiness I have never felt this way in my entire life!!
Well talking about this just makes me so happy!! Anyway I get my new companion today he is from South Africa he is fairly new on mission. He is a good guy he is such a nice guy. So Yeah I am loving my mission and I am so happy!! I don’t really need anything for Christmas, maybe just like a small envelope of candy. When is Thanksgiving anyway? have a good week.

Love 

Elder Francoma 

October 29

Hello Mother, 

Well we had a pretty good week things are going well. I guess I will tell you first some things that went on this week. Well we had a zone conference this week!! It was incredible.  It was so good and just gave all of the missionaries a strong desire to be better and evaluate our selves. So President talked about a few things that really stuck out me. He talked about the Anti Nephi Leis how when they were converted they never fell away again. And the reason why they never fell away again, is because they buried there weapons of rebellion. Which in their case was the sword they buried there sword, and never took it back again even when the Lamanites came they just stayed back and let them slay them, but it was a sign to God that they truly repented and were converted. It is incredible the faith and the strong desires they had to do good, even to just lay back and let them kill them. In our lives we need to do the same, we need to bury the weapons of our rebellion. We all know what those things are, if we have a problem falling in sin, we need to do everything we can to stop every single way we can fall into that. Or as missionaries we have problems and we are not being as good as we should we need to fix those things in our lives, and lay those things down and replace them with something else. When, I think about that, someone like the Anti Nephi lehis they were truly converted in all that they did. It is so hard to be like that, we all have worldly things that are kind of weighing us down that really we need to get rid of but just can’t seem to do it. But to be truly converted and humble, we must lay these things down and change and repent. So I really loved the message we learned, there was much more, but that is the thing that really got to me the most. It really got me thinking of things I really need to improve on this year so that when I come back, I will have these things buried and they won’t be a distraction in my life and in my goals. Well the missionary work is going really slow. The good thing is I am super determined to help this area out so we are really working hard. This week we have like 5 appointments with members to help the work going. Right now we are trying to start a bible study class and we are trying to get it in the paper as an advertisement, so we are working on that one, and also trying to get an article on us, me and my companion to help people know what we do, and stuff. Then we are working on starting to have like assemblies at schools, at a high school. The students really have bad habits with drugs, stealing, drinking and all sorts of crap, so we are kind of trying to get through the kids to get to the parents, with the strength for the youth. All the schools would really be willing to have us come cause it is a serious problem. So are working on coordinating that and other things. Here in Chatsworth you can’t just go and knock on doors and try and be successful it’s not that easy, kinda have to think outside the box. So that is what we are trying we are still knocking and stuff but just trying to get some other good finding ideas and stuff so I will let you know how that goes. The last recent convert that was baptized that is now active was 10 years ago!!! And that is the Bishop!! So yeah we are enjoying out here!! hahah But anyway well this next transfer I know my comp he is a white guy from south Africa we get together next week, and our areas are combining cause both of our areas are just suffering and don’t have too much workHello Mother, 

Well we had a pretty good week things are going well. I guess I will tell you first some things that went on this week. Well we had a zone conference this week!! It was incredible. I have never seen something organized like that before on my mission. It was so good and just gave all of the missionaries a strong desire to be better and evaluate our selves. So President talked about a few things that really stuck out me. He talked about the Anti Nephi Leis how when they were converted they never fell away again. And the reason why they never fell away again, is because they buried there weapons of rebellion. Which in their case was the sword they buried there sword, and never took it back again even when the lamanites came they just stayed back and let them slay them, but it was a sign to God that they truly repented and were converted. It is incredible the faith and the strong desires they had to do good, even to just lay back and let them kill them. In our lives we need to do the same, we need to bury the weapons of our rebellion. We all know what those things are, if we have a problem falling in sin, we need to do everything we can to stop every single way we can fall into that. Or as missionaries we have problems and we are not being as good as we should we need to fix those things in our lives, and lay those things down and replace them with something else. When, I think about that, someone like the Anti Nephi lehis they were truly converted in all that they did. It is so hard to be like that, we all have worldly things that are kind of weighing us down that really we need to get rid of but just can’t seem to do it. But to be truly converted and humble, we must lay these things down and change and repent. So I really loved the message we learned, there was much more, but that is the thing that really got to me the most. It really got me thinking of things I really need to improve on this year so that when I come back, I will have these things buried and they won’t be a distraction in my life and in my goals. Well the missionary work is going really slow. But the good thing is I am super determined to help this area out so we are really working hard. Its crazy the ward hasn’t helped the missionaries out, but it seems like we are getting them more and more excited and they are really willing to help we just have to find the ways they can and want to. This week we have like 5 appointments with members to help the work going. Right now we are trying to start a bible study class and we are trying to get it in the paper as an advertisement, so we are working on that one, and also trying to get an article on us, me and my companion to help people know what we do, and stuff. Then we are working on starting to have like assemblies at schools, at a high school. The students really have bad habits with drugs, stealing, drinking and all sorts of crap, so we are kind of trying to get through the kids to get to the parents, with the strength for the youth. All the schools would really be willing to have us come cause it is a serious problem. So are working on coordinating that and other things. Here in Chatsworth you can’t just go and knock on doors and try and be successful it’s not that easy, kinda have to think outside the box. So that is what we are trying we are still knocking and stuff but just trying to get some other good finding ideas and stuff so I will let you know how that goes. The last recent convert that was baptized that is now active was 10 years ago!!! And that is the Bishop!! We get fed quite a bit which is nice, I have had so many different types of food on my mission, and right now I am eating all Indian food which it is quite nice. But yeah that is pretty much how the week went it sounds like you are having fun with Anna and Shawn, I am so excited to talk on Christmas it is much better then emailing anyway have a good week Love you!