Week 34 (December 31, 2014)

Hola mi familia,

It was so great to see you this week. I love you all so much. 

This week has been a little crazy with all the fiestas. And you know today and yesterday its only been like 120 degrees. Yea this is not a joke!!!! 

Yesterday we were watching the thermometer and before when it wasn't in the sun in our apartment it was around 96 then we put it in the sun and in 15 to 20 minutes it got to 121 degrees. I'm not even kidding my head hurts so bad right now from all the heat. I think my insides are melting. I feel like one of those delicious walmart chickens that being roasted in the roaster. 

Toady i made me and my companion cinnamon apple pancakes which were super delicious! Today we had p day well i don't really know why but asi es. 

After we went to a museum that was pretty cool. Then we went and ate at a members house and then it was really super hot so we came to the church to study because there is air conditioner here. I don't really know what we are going to do tonight. but whatever it is it will be a blast because we cant leave the apartment because everyone will be drinking.:) 

What are your plans? 

Està por llover!!

Yesterday we went and bought a air conditioner and we got free cds!!!! woohoo! Mel look up axel, yes axel. Creo en ti!! Yep its good. I didn't listen to the cd. We heard this song in the store.......

We are still working with the familia casanueva. They are doing awesome. Everything good up in the hood. Wow so Brennan's going to get married . That is great that he has a desire to be married for time and all eternity. its a little hard for me because i mean its almost been 2 and a half years  but we will support him. I love you all and hope you all have a great week!!! 

 

Do you see what tempature it is?

Week 33 (December 22, 2014)

Hello my beautiful wonderful Family. I am so thankful for my family. I love you all so much. 

This week we had our zone conference and it went really good we learned alot and we ate alot and we did white elephant gifts. I got a bar of chocolate and a cute little notebook. It was really fun. Today i went shopping with hermana hererra to buy presents for our companions.I love hermana herrera!!! yesterday we had a activity in the church. It was so cute all the missionaries in our zone sang throughout the whole things. and all the little kids were dressed up like shepard's and angels and it was just really fun.. 

We have all been a little sick but hopefully we will be better before Christmas. 

We found a new family this week and they are so great. Nicolas is a member less active and he is living with his girlfriend Maria ojeña) and their child (tiago). But the came to church yesterday and the came to the activity yesterday. It is the family Casanueva. I really want Maria to get baptized and yesterday they were talking to the Bishop he told us after that they want to get married. Then she can get baptized. We are so excited. Please pray for them. The other day we went to their house and she had facturas and juice for us. She said she was going to make us a cake but she didn't have time. 

Really they are great. 

My companion and i are doing good. She is a really good missionary. She studies all the time. Which is a good thing but also i sometimes think its to make me feel bad. I don't know why but at least she is studying. So that is good.

I really love Argentina and i love being a missionary. but i am really excited to see all your beautiful faces!! this Thursday!! 

Love you all so much!!!!!!!!!! With all my heart!!! 

Con mucho amor, Hermana Franks 

Merry Christmas from Argentina

Christmas Party with the zone

Christmas Party with the zone

Week 32 (December 15, 2014)

Hola mi familia como esta todos? How is the nice freezing weather. I'm so excited to be able to talk to you all. We are doing good here in Argentina. Mi hijita is doing well. Its a little hard because she is really competitive and she likes things her way and sometimes she gets a little ahead of the game. But we are getting better. Tomorrow we have a conferencia for our zone so that will be really fun. This week it has been super nice but that just means its will be super hot this next week. We had a really fun family home evening with the family of one of our investiagor and it was so funny. Because the word for sucker in ecuador means binky here and so she was trying to get all the kids to listen and she said we have a binky for all those who listen good. and all the kids just sat there looking at here like why would we want that.... And me and our investigaodra just started laughing then she explained to my compañion the difference and then we were all laughing. it was very funny. 

Nothing to new here still just working hard and learning everyday. i hope you are well and that You all have all the things that you need! love and miss you all!!!!!

les amo!!!

Hermana Franks

Week 31 (December 8, 2014)

hola,  como esta?

how is everyone. so my companion is from Ecuador. We are doing really good its been really hot the last few days and we still do not have air conditioner but we are working on it. we are really close to moving and we will know in the next few days if we can move up to floor 14. 

There is just one thing i want you guys to do look up the video he is the gift on you tube. then think as a family things that we can do to remember the reason for the season this year. In what ways can we serve others.

Love you all so much. 

Love from Argentina, Hermana Franks

Week 30 (December 1, 2014)

Hola mi hermosa familia,

So things here are great. I really am doing good. Today was transfers and yes i am staying here in Santiago. I´m going to be a TRAINER!!!! oh i am so excited. Really I am a little nervous but i know that God will help to teach mi hija the things she needs to learn. I hope i can be a good example and that I will enjoy every minute, which i am sure i will. We didn´t do anything for thanksgiving. Oh well we had lunch with members and hermana herrera and i were telling the about thanksgiving and  we went around the table and told one thing that we are thankful for. It was fun.

This week has been a little hard. I have felt really inferior this week but i feel so much better now.I believe in the power of prayer. 

How are things with everyone. Hermana Herrera and i are very excited for Christmas.

Today we cleaned our apartment in preparations for our new companions and let me just say that our apartment was sooo disgusting. But its all cleaned and nice now. We probably aren't going to move because we need to find an apartment with air conditioner but we cant seem to find one. The weather here is so strange. The other day it was sooooo hot and when it is really hot then it usually rains right after. Well the other day it was so hot and in the night it was crazy the wind blew so hard and here there are  not mountains its all flat so its a whole lot of wind and a whole lot of dirt. Then after we got to the apartment it started to rain. Then the next day it was cold and today is pretty nice.

If its colder then people don't come to church.. i don't know why so we didn't have any investigadores in the iglesisa yesterday. But we are working hard.

Yesterday since it was the last day of hermana baquedano we visited the people she wanted to. One of our recent converts is named leticia. I want to tell you a little about her. She has lots of different problems like, depression, and Parkinson's and she doesn't have family. only a few cousins but they don't really take care of her. She is starting to lose her memory and sometimes she thinks she hears things or she thinks there are people outside her house. This is because she cant really walk very well and sometimes she falls and hits her head alot. She lives alone and the only people that really help her is us and her neighbor and sometimes her family. but she is strong. She has such a desire to learn of the Gospel and to love others. we have to pass for her house almost everyday or else she is really depressed and she just doesn't have a desire to do things. But she always buys things for us so that when we come to here house we can have a little party. So we always cook when we are at her house yesterday we had pizza and the other day we made empanadas. which were really good. She is such a angel. I feel so blessed to be able to know her. She has all these problems is her life and she still finds the energy to come to church. I know this church is true. I know that we have a father in heaven that loves us and that he loved us enough to send his son. I am so thankful for this opportunities that i have to be a part of this marvelous work and i am thankful for the family and friends that i have that support me and that have the desire to share this gospel with others also. love you all so much! Thank you and i miss you!!!!

Much love from Argentina, 

Hermana Franks 

She did not send any pictures this week, but a great letter.

Week 29 (November 24, 2014)

Hola mi familia, ¿como estan? 

Well this week has been very busy and very good. We are working with alot of good investigadores that are preparing for baptism. We had 5 investigadores in the church yesterday. I still have a ton of blisters on my feet but hey it all part of the experience. Really I love Argentina. And i love Santiago!! Menos the heat. I am serious i am dying. It is so hot!!! But you learn to love it.....bueno not really. There is no love in hot. Oh Mel i saw a shirt the other day that said there is no us in food. Or something like that. It made me think of you. Because really we share a passion a passion for food;)  did i mention the bread here is super delicioso. 

How is everything? what are the plans for thanksgiving?

So the time here doesn't change. so we are the same time here as before but you guys are a different hour. Dad this is why you are in PE when i write. And also i really liked your letter to the paper. 

This is the last week for my companion. She is finishing her mission. And transfers are next monday. Dec 1. Wow i cant believe its already dec!!!! Que loco.

well love you all so much happy thanksgiving!!!! 

Much love from Argentina. 

hermana Franks

Pictures of Santiago my companions last week.