I'm going to be a mom!

Hello!  So I know this is late but... I hope ya'll had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I am so thankful for each & every one of you && this amazing Gospel!  We had thanksgiving with the Pleitez family and we ate a traditional Salvadorean meal called Panes Rellenos! Nope no pie & no turkey! But it was sooo yummy & they shared lots of cool mission stories with us! &&& Hermana Pleitez gave us those cool color changing sequin pillows.

Exciting news: I'm a mom!! Im training! My trainee is Hermana Meldrum from Meridian Idaho! She is literally the cutest person you could ever meet and she is 5'9 so I feel a little short sometimes...

We have seen so many miracles!  Wednesday was the coldest day of pouring rain & lots of wind!! & we did not want to go proselyting in this weather but we DID and we met SO MANY cool people!!

We approached one door & just as we were knocking the door burst open! A big friendly guy named Al opened the door & it seemed like he had been standing on the inside of the door waiting for us! Hermana Meldrum pulled out a plan of salvation pamphlet and we shared a message with him.  When we finished he told us he had just lost his Father & brother in law.  He said he and his wife were discussing/wondering if there was really life after death when we knocked on his door... wow. So cool!

Safety first! 

We met this CRAZY family who were so incredibly worried about us walking around in the streets without a weapon.  They gave us safety tips, taught us some defensive moves AND gave us pepper spray! We shared a the light the world video with them && they loved it!!

So... I cannot eat anymore food.  We are offered food almost every lesson & many first contacts and the members feed us like crazy!! & yes I am that one missionary who carries a Ziploc gallon bag in my bag to put food in when the members are not looking. I know, it's terrible!! One day after we had just had a big dinner with some members, we had a family home evening activity with a less active family. It was amazing! We taught the Plan of salvation and we all colored the Plan (pictured below) and we ate some brownies we brought for the kids.  When we got up to leave Hermana Rebollar said hold on! She gave us huge cups of hot chocolate and sweet bread, we thought we would die. When we got up to leave I barely made it to the porch.. the door shut and I puked in the bush... I know, another one of those stories, so sorry lol

but we will no longer have member dinners!  A couple different places in the states are testing it out.  We are sad but we know this will help to move forward the work.  We will be eating dinner from 4-5 and working from 5-9 and we'll visit the members everyday and teach them a principle from preach my gospel and ask for referrals. This change is starting today!

Alsooo we had dinner at our favorite members house, the Serranos, on Saturday who literally live in the mountains in the middle of no where.  It was our first time going to their house because they usually just buy us food because they live so far!  We got so so lost and almost drove off a cliff & we were stuck on the mountain for an hour and we had to wait for them to come find us & my poor companion was crying.  Ahhh I think it was a lil funny but still scary! Then we finally got there & ate yummy ribs.

 Okay no more time and this email has been all over the place!  So sorry but I hope all of you will check out #lighttheworld and look for ways that you can light the world this Christmas season!!

Much love, 

Hermana Frank