Hermana Aubrey Frank / Nicaragua Managua South Mission

Oh hello!! Not too much has happened.. just Thanksgiving, Christmas, new years, my 10 month mark AND our temple trip! Hermana Meldrum & I are having a literal blast.  We are SToKED to finally be wearing pants & the mish gave us 100 bucks to purchase them. M Russell Ballard is visiting us on January 13th wowowo so exciting!   The light the world initiative was amazinggg this Christmas season.  For one day of service we raked leaves because a lot of people have leaves & they just don't rake em.  We met some of the coolest people who were just so excited that we would rake random peoples lawns for free. For a cute family who is less active, we wrapped all the pieces of a nativity & left each one on thier doorstep everyday leading up to Christmas.  We left a part of the story of Jesus' birth from the bible with every piece. & then finished with Jesus on Christmas day. As we were walking down the street we ran into...

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 ...

Hello!! I am still alive & I now have 8 months in the mission! I got transferred to the Esperanza ward, which is also in Palmdale & now I'm with Hermana W oolums! She is literally the cutest & she is from Brigham City Utah!  This week we did service for a wonderful member who asked us to sort dirt... She gave us a broken screen door & a pair of gloves. so we had good ole time sifting dirt by shaking it through a screen door.. quite the experience. Right now we are teaching Ana who is dating Hermano Figaroa (a member of the church) & it is incredible how quickly she is progressing! Ana has come to church every Sunday since we've begun teaching her. She is getting baptized on November 10th & we are so excited for her! :) Hermano Figaroa is kind of the coolest because he is sending the missionaries referrals left & right. He owns a tire company & one of his workers, Ivan, is getting baptized this Saturday! It has been so cool to find and teach th...

Hey guys! soo its been another couple weeks and SO much has happened! Ive been transfered out of Wasco & it broke my heart a little to leave such amazing investigators and members behind. PLUS i left my companion, hna ruelas, who i learned so so much from and i just loved working with that sweet girl!! The transfer started out a little rough but the Lord knew exactly what he was doing when he stuck us together... we cried when we found out I was leaving! HOWEVER i have been truly blessed with another amazing companion, hna greenwood, who also started her mission in Nicaragua! Now there are 4 missionaries from the Nicaragua mission in our zone.. Nicas unite!!  Also get this: I'm now serving in Palmdale, CA &&& my grandparents plus other various family members live about 20 minutes from our apartment ... WEIRD RIGHT? randomly throughout the week I'll notice a water park or a mall that I have definitely been to multiple times when visiting family in the past. Wei...

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...