Hermana Aubrey Frank / Nicaragua Managua South Mission

Hi everyone(: my weekly group email has quickly turned into a monthly email and I truly apologize whoops. the past couple weeks have been super awesome out here in the Lord's vineyard. & so I will apologize again because this email will probably be on the long side! ALSO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY FAVORITE LITTLE BROTHER((: milagro: Hermana Ruelas & I met Jose Tellez as we were walking down the street. It was a super hot day & no one had opened the door to us yet nor had we seen anyone in the caille. A couple blocks down we saw a man crossing the street towards his house. We leaped at this opportunity to finally talk to someone, anyone. We called out to him and ran over. He seemed uninterested but we were persistent and he somewhat reluctantly agreed to listen to our message. It went wonderfully and when the lesson was over he asked when we could come back. He later told us that when we first contacted him he was returning home from work & was very tired; he was n...

Hey friends & fam! The past two weeks have been a blast! My new comp, Hermana Ruelas is from Texas and she actually started her mission in Guatemla for 6 months! Due to her knees she was sent home early and after 9 months she came back out to the mission field. She was called to the San Fernando mission which is now part of our mission. She has so much faith & her scripture knowledge is insaneeeee, I am learning SO much. We are working so hard out here and have seen sooo many miracles.  We have made quite of few hard decisions to drop a few investigators who weren't progressing but the Lord has opened new doors for us. So not a ton has happened for us this week but we're working to find more prepared people. It's super weird to be doing both English work and Spanish work but it's been a lot of fun. The people here are amazing, everyone offers us water and a lot are willing to listen.  This week I read in Jacob 5 and I love the comparison of the gathering of s...

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 Te...

Okay it's been a couple weeks! We've been super busy! I will soon hit 5 months, so that's crazy! We went to the LA temple and we stayed at the STLs apartment in Bakersfield the night before to be able to ride up with them. So so grateful for the opportunity to visit the temple. 4 months without a visit to the temple had felt like an eternity! I couldn't help but think of the wonderful people of Nicaragua who will soon be blessed to have a temple. We are so blessed to live so close to temples & have the opportunity to visit the house of the Lord.  All the missionaries and several members went to help a less active member move from one house to another that was just a couple streets over. When we arrived ready to load the Uhaul we quickly realized that almost nothing was packed into boxes yet. This particular member had quite the collection of.. well just about everything. In the backyard there was a big old shed. She told us (specifically the sisters) that she hadn...

¡Feliz dia de padres! to everyone and especially my dad! Im wishing they'd let us call home fathers day too pero no podemos.  Other than that Sunday was good! I was excited that the sacrament meeting was in Spanish but slightly disappointed when some of the English members complained about having to wear headphones (when the Hispanics are wearing headphones almost every week).  We had dinner with our investigator, Emelia, that we just met on Friday.  She has a long history with missionaries and the church and she is a little crazy but she loves us and when she met us she immediately invited us over for dinner.  She actually happens to be from Nicaragua, which was really cool because I could understand her Spanish better than others here in Wasco.  I was so happy to be eating Nica food once again.  She already invited us over again for breakfast this week and we're looking forward to that.  We're hoping to be able to share something a little m...

Another awesome week in Cali and things just keep getting better.  My training has been on "pause" since we left Nicaragua but now that we're having transfers here tomorrow ill be able to finish my last six weeks of training with Hermana Ruiz! So now I have two mommas!! Hermana Melendez (my other comp) is going home to Texas and I am so so sad because I'm going to miss her so much!  Two of our investigators Jenny and Anthony came to church this Sunday and loved it! Jenny is so so smart& spiritual and basically takes over gospel doctrine class at church.  She missed her last baptism date but we're hoping to set a new one soon!  Anthony is 15 and he is the best!! He is progressing but very slowly, he reads prays and comes to church but has a little trouble understanding everything. He's bisexual but has committed to keep the law of chastity, which has been hard for him but a huge step forward. Our investigator Roxanne is pregnant and wants to raise her ba...