5 month mark!

I hit my 5 month mark!!!!! Missionaries always say that the time flies & I used to think they were crazy! but now I'm saying it! Because it's true! 

The mission came out with a new expectation for each missionary and companionship called OYM 10/20. It stands for open your mouth, and each companionship needs to speak to 20 new people everyday. Some days have been easier than others but as we have committed to do this we have seen so many miracles and doors being opened to us. 

We got transfer calls! My sweet trainer is leaving to Palmdale and I will miss her so much! My new companion is Hermana Ruelas from the San Fernando mission. Both Santa Clarita and Valencia from that mission were added to ours so we got a whole bunch of new missionaries. There's going to be a lot of changes this transfer! Our ward/district had 4 companionships including two trios but now there'll just be 2 and hna ruelas & I will cover all of wasco! 

Our investigator Anthony is in Texas right now but he called us and was so excited to tell us he was being a missionary too! All because he was able to testify to his cousin who is around his same age (15), who is going through a hard time and who is still figuring herself out, of God's love for her! He was able to share a lot about what he's learned. He didn't think that God loved him before he met us because he is Bisexual, everyone told him that God hates people like him and that he would go to hell. But we've been able to teach him that God loves all of his children and we've also been able to help him experience God's love! As he strengthens his relationship with his Heavenly Father by reading The Book of Mormon, by praying everyday and by coming to church he has been able to feel and learn how much God loves him and cares about him, no matter what! I too can truly testify that God loves us so so much! More than we will ever comprehend. I am here right now because of the love that's changed me, the love that came from my Savior and from my Heavenly Father! I want people to know, just like Anthony, that He loves us and has a perfect plan for us. We may not be perfect, but His love for us is, and with that, anything is possible. We are more than conquerors! 

Here's one of my most favorite scriptures that we shared with Anthony:

Romans 8:35-39
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Hope you all have a great pioneer day!! 
Con mucho amor,
Hermana Frank