hey familia! 

pretty sure i say this every week but we saw so many miracles, heavenly father is blessing us so much. where to start? 

i guess i will begin with the most exciting news. we set a baptismal date!! her name is drew, and she is like 60. she and her boyfriend came to church a couple weeks ago (he is a member but just not active) and she's not a member. she commented in gospel principles and wore her cross and is just super religious. we got her number and went over on wednesday with sister tucker and taught her the restoration. she nodded her head the whole time and just agreed that it all made sense. toward the end of the lesson my heart was beating really hard and loud (like when i know i should bear my testimony at church) and i knew i needed to invite her to baptism. so i waited for sister call to finish her thought and then i bore testimony and invited her to be baptized. she's like sure i will definitely do that. i couldn't help but smile! it was so great! we are meeting with her again tomorrow and i am so excited to see her learn more and more about this wonderful gospel :) 

another great thing that happened this week was ronnie. he came to church yesterday and the elders told us that in priesthood when he introduced himself he said that he hoped to be here many more sundays. he is so cool. last night we went over and taught him and his nephew jay the restoration and again they just nod (or say amen cause he's ronnie) and agree that it all makes sense. i'm excited for them too. they both agreed to read 2 nephi 31 and i know they both felt the spirit so strong! 

next cool thing from this amazing week was debbie. we knocked into her a couple weeks ago. it was actually kind of cool. there was a car and in my mind for some reason i said if they pull into that house we'll go knock it. sure enough thats where she pulled in. so i told sister call and we walked over. she talked to us forever and was just so nice and invited us back. so this week we went over with a sister in our ward who served her mission in new york. after the first vision, she shared her testimony about how cool it was standing in that very grove and how she could never deny that joseph smith was a prophet. it was so powerful and we were all crying. i cry a lot more ever since i've been out here. not sure how i feel about that but whatever, i guess i'll just have to accept it :) 

transfers are this week and me and sister call got the call last night that we are both staying here! we were both super excited to hear that because of the progress we have been making together in mustang. this place is so great, i love it. i know i'm supposed to be here, and i absolutely love the ward! they love the missionaries and love being able to share the missionary moments they have too. we visit quite a few less actives every week and i love/hate it. haha i feel like we are helping but majority of them have testimonies but just dont see the need for chuch.. which i have a hard time understanding because i love church! but i need to remember that i am here to invite others to come unto christ. so grateful for this work, it is amazing. thank you for your prayers and support. i have never felt so loved :) and i hope you know i pray for you guys just as much, and hope you feel of my love because its never been stronger. sorry i didn't plan very well today and am out of time just like that. i hope you guys have an incredible week! 

xo sister franklin

Our zone leader that goes home this week Elder Bueno

                                                late night selfie in the streets (aka 8:30)