Hey mom,

I`m sorry to hear that you are sick but thanks for the letter. I hope you feel better!!! I had quite the scare this morning. We actually started writing at 7 this morning because were going to Picacho (a huge statue of Christ) and we have so many missionaries that need to write. Since we are one of the closest set of missionaries, we got the joy of waking up ealier and writing super early. But when I got here and opened my email, I didn`t have anything. So I made one of the Elders start because I just had the faith that if I wrote later I would have an email from you guys. And it worked!!! I am super glad I got an email eventhough you aren`t feeling the best. Thanks :) Dad told me about the funeral and everything. I am glad to know that it went good. I hope that the family is all good. I can only imagine how hard that would be but thanks to the plan of salvation that the Lord has given us, we have the hope to see her again. That is such a blessing and I hope her family feels the love the Lord has for each of them in this hard time. He has given us so much. It really is incredible to me. Haha, tell Nicole thanks for the blog. Well I guess I can just tell her because if she is incharge of my blog she will look at my emails. Thanks Nicole!!! It`s super cute. I love it! And I will send more pictures. I know I am so bad at that. I need to figure out a way that works better because we just don`t have a lot of time to write and send and do everything. But I will get better at it. Next week I will send some pictures. I promise! So this week was good. I am actually really enjoying being in a trio. Maybe because the girls are good missionaries and we just get along. We still haven`t heard anything about her VISA so I am guessing she will be here with us longer than President thought. But that`s all good with me. We had a lot of good lessons and we just had a lot of success. We have 3 baptisms for this weekend and they are so awesome! Finally David is going to be baptized! I am so excited for this. And then we are baptizing 2 kids that are 13. Normally I don`t like baptizing kids because they just don`t have the support from the family but these 2 kids are so awesome and so cute! And the YM`s president is working really hard with us to make sure they are good and are attending church, mutual and all the other activities that go on. So I actually don`t worry about them too much. We also have a few dates for April but they aren`t as positive. But you never know. If I have learned anything is that Heavenly Father can do anything and make anything happen. We just have to be willing to let Him mold and change us. Yesterday was a pretty good day. We had our stake conference and Elder Clayton, Elder Clark, Sister Dibb, and President Packer were the speakers. The 2 Elders spoke in Spanish and the other 2 had voice overs. The conference was pretty good. It was something that I needed. I learned a lot of things that can help me become better and change some things I need to change. I learned about virtue and how to be more virtous and the importance of being virtous. I learned about how we can find the lost sheep of Christ. And needless to say, that had an impact because as missionaries, that is what we are trying to do. It was just a spiritual experience and I loved it. And now I can`t wait for General Conference!! It was just really awesome to me that the 2 Elders were still speaking Spanish. I so want that to happen. I want to be able to speak for the rest of my life. I was actually thinking about being able to speak Spanish a few days ago. It really is such a blessing of God that I can speak Spanish. Of course there are some things that I still need to better and I need to expand my vocabulary and practice, but it`s amazing to me that I can understand almost everything that people say. I can really feel the Lord`s hand in my ability to speak and understand Spanish in just 9 months. On Friday it was my comps birthday, Hna Manutai and it was a pretty fun day. We made lunch with a member and you will never guess what I made her for her "cake"... I made chocolate chip cookies!!! Well we baked it as a cake but still, it was so awesome. I never thought I would ever make that during my mission. It was quite a hit too! The family wants the recipe and absolutely loved it. Little do they know that I just used the recipe from the chocolate chip bag. But I actually do want the recipe that we use to make cookies. When you are feeling better, could you please send me the recipe? Please and thank you. I sure do miss eating the cookies we make. I would sure love it if I could have some when I get home... (hint hint) haha. Who would have thought I would have missed eating those stinking cookies? I mean we only ate them every single sunday because someone at home... Dad... can`t go a week without eating his chocolate chips cookies that he doesn`t even make... Haha but yes, I do miss them. So yeah, I hope her birthday was fun. I tried to make it good because we`re so far from home and the birthday is just different in the mission. I had fun and it wasn`t even my birthday. Anyways, that was about my week. It was pretty good. We have people that are progressing and we are finding new people. We just can`t put a break on the work. I realized it`s really easy to kind of put a break on the work when we have people to teach. Like not work as hard as we can. But that`s just not the way it works. It reminds me of how easy it is to not remember the hand of the Lord in our lives when everything is going well. Then we fall and we remember that He is there and so we turn to Him and humble ourselves and go through the process again. We really are as stubborn as the people in the Book of Mormon sometimes. But just because things are good doens`t mean we don`t need Him in our lives. And just because I have people to teach and that we are doing pretty good doesn`t mean that I should work less. I still need to remember that I still need to work just as hard as I was when I was trying to find these people we are teaching. I hope that makes sense. I understand but I don`t know if I explained it well. Anyways, I love you all. Hope you are all having a good day. Have a good week. Remember the Lord loves us and that He knows us. He is always standing at the door waiting for us to open it and let Him into our lives. He can`t open it for us. Choose the right and remember who you are and what you stand for. (Yes, I know I totally just sounded like mom, but it`s true. These are her words of wisdom for us kids. Listen to her). I miss you all and love you!
Love ya!
Hermana Kylee Fronk

Hey daddio,

Thanks so much for the letter. I opened up my email early but didn`t have anything from you guys. I actually thought for a minute you guys weren`t going to write me. It was quiet the scare. But thanks for the email. I know I can count on getting an email from you guys every week. It`s interesting because now that I am in the mission, I have realized that I have never really talked to you about your mission. I know of a few things but not a whole lot. You better believe that when I get home, we will be sharing some mission stories. I would love to know more about your time and the experiences you had and everything about your time. So be prepared. You have a few months to prepare. I am glad to hear the funeral went well. It`s sad that she is gone but I completely agree with what you shared abuot the plan of salvation. It`s so true and I am so glad for the knowledge that we have as members of this gospel. We have the hope and knowledge of seeing them again. We can live with them if we are righteous. Also, thanks for answering my questions. I don`t have this week but I will continue to have some. Can you send them through dear elder? I know we don`t have all the answers to all the questions that we have but I think that`s what makes life interesting. Plus, when we die we will know more things and our knowledge would increase. I think now we don`t know everything because it`s not time for us to learn or we just wouldn`t understand it. But thanks for trying to answering them. I know this isn`t a very long letter but thanks for the letter. I really do appreciate everything you guys do for me eventhough I am so far from you guys. I can feel your prayers, thoughts, and help all the way down here, in Honduras. The mission is pretty fun, exciting and rewarding. I never thought I would enjoy something like this so much. And I never understood how people could say it was the best 2 year or 18 months of their lives. I never thought I would understand this when I first started but I can see how people say that. I know this will be something I will say when I get home. It is the best time of a persons life because it is the time they grow the most and build a relationship with the Lord. I am truly thankful for this time and for the trust and confidence the Lord has in me.
Love you lots!
Kyles

Hey familia! I am seriously so excited for Karson!!!!!!!! He is going to love his mission. I was a little bummed that I couldn´t actually see it but that´s okay. He made me scroll down for about 5 minutes before I actually found out. He´s the Karson we love. Haha but I am way happy. And I am happy that he is so excited. He is going to be an amazing missionary. It´s interesting because I try to imagine him as a missionary and what type he will be and I can only imagine him being one of the best. I can´t wait to talk to him about all the experiences that I have had and that he will have. It will be interesting when he is finally out. I was surprised that he isn´t leaving until July but I guess that means he has plenty of time to prepare. That was about how long I waited to go. I am just super super excited for him!!!! He will be pretty cold though. And I had to laugh just thinking about what you said about his mission being the safest and mine being one of the most dangerous. I was just talking to my comp about it and we were saying how we don´t really think it is one of the most dangerous. We don´t feel like we are in danger or anything. Sometimes I feel like I am still in the states. But I never really feel I am in danger. I guess that´s a good thing though. But he will definitely be a lot colder than me too. Haha we are just going to opposite missions. It´s interesting how that happens. But I am really happy and excited for him. So the Luau! It was so good! Probably one of the most stressful things I have done and will do in the mission but it was pretty good. Our hard work did pay off and we have more support and trust from the members. We think. And we have a few more investigadors so that is a good thing too. And they are very positive. Yesterday we had like 7 people at church. We are now working with 2 families and 5 or 6 other people. It was pretty awesome. I took some videos and I will try to send them but we will see if they work. We are all trying to send them. We had all the missionaries from the zone in the drama and man, they were great. We all danced and then an elder from New Hampshire did a fire thing. It was awesome. I was so happy it worked and that people enjoyed it. It would be awesome to do it again but I don´t know if I ever could. One, I won´t be with her in another area and two, way too much stress. But I can officially say that I put together a Luau in Honduras of all places. The people just absolutely loved it. We also made a bread smothered in coco milk that none of us got to enjoy :( we apparently didn´t make enough and so none of the Elders really got to try it. Only the members and their friends. But I guess that was all that really mattered. It was a success and I am so happy to have it all done with. I didn´t really the stress that goes into these activities. I will definitely always try to be better at helping people put together these activities. And the ironic thing about it was that the day after, the person over the missionary work in the stake asked if we could help him put together a drama of the restoration for the stake. So we are helping him do a musical drama thing for the stake that will happen in april. The thing is I really want to be here but well see because we have changes next wed and the chances of me leaving are pretty high. But we will see. So we were supposed to have baptisms this last Saturday but they all feel through. I am really trying not to be so down and discouraged but it is really frustrating. Especially when you know the people know they need to be baptized but just won´t put their faith into being baptized. It´s also hard not to feel like you are doing something wrong. We keep setting dates and everything with our investigators and they accept but then when they are in the baptism interview or it´s a week away, they all fall through and no one wants to actually go through with it. It is really discouraging. I have truly had my faith tried. I feel that I am doing everything I can but yet, I still can´t have the success I want to have. I know everything is in the Lords time and everything but sometimes it´s really hard to accept the Lords timing. That has actually been something that I have struggled with these last few changes. And I would really like to have another change here because we have a lot of positive people and I have been working with a lot of people that I know will get baptized this month. Or at least, I have faith they will. I don´t want to change yet. This area sure has been hard but I love it. Maybe becasue I have grown so much and seen miracles. Also the hardest times in our lives are the ones we remember and the ones we love. I am sure that is why i love this area. But I am trying to stay strong and positive and keep the faith going. Anyways, thanks for the prayers and the support and the letters. I got the letter you sent me mom this last week. I really liked remembering some of those stories. Although I don´t remember always asking questions but that´s okay. It wouldn´t surprise me. I do have a lot of questions. Also, thanks for the package. I loved what you sent me. And I love the clothes. They are super cute. And the Christmas picture. LOVED IT!!!! Also, we are loving the soup and food you put in there. I am definitely enjoying it all. Thanks for it. LOVE YOU!!!! Kylee So no one can get the video to work and I actually don´t have time to send it. I am getting in trouble by one of the ZLs. They are killing me. So I should probably get off. But I will try to send it next week. Love you again. And thanks for everything you guys do for me eventhough I am hunderds of miles away. I can feel your prayers and everything here. Keep up the good work and never lose the faith. This is truly the only true church in the world. And we are so blessed to be members of it and to be able to share it with others

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Hey family,

Tell Wyatt that his prayers have been answered! I got the package this morning. Well, I think it is mine. It says Kylee Fonk and Kely Fonk so everyone is pretty sure it´s mine. I guess the paper that is normally in there disappeared. But I am pretty sure that it is mine. And I am so excited to open it up! It is going to be just awesome. I thought it was so cute that he prayed about it and it just makes me know that Heavenly Father is always aware of us. Even if it is a simple prayer about a package. Obviously Wyatt needed this prayer to be answered just to know that Heavenly Father listens. It´s so cute. I sure love all of you guys and for your prayers.

And can I just tell you, I am so excited for Karson. I can´t wait for him to send me that email telling me where he is will go. And I know he´s going to tease me a little in the email just to make me wait. But I would greatly appreciate it if you could figure out a way to record it so that I could see it. But if you can´t, I will just be happy to recieve the email. I am so excited for him. Just being out in the mission, I know he will be one of the best elders and that he will enjoy it so much! I am so excited that he will have this opportunity to serve his mission and have this time to serve the Lord. He will just love it. And I know it will be the best 2 years he will have just because I know him.

Also, tell Grandpa Ken happy birthday for me. And Grandma Lucy (I don´t remember if I told her but just in case). Also everyone else that had birthdays or who will have them. I am pretty forgetful this year.

So this last week was pretty crazy. Yes, there was a fire that burned down a prison but it´s actually a little ways away. So don´t worry about me. I am totally fine. I know you probably aren´t but still. Just in case, I am still alive and we are super safe. We didn´t end up having any baptisms :( I was pretty disappointed. Esthefani´s mom won´t give her permission and Nestor´s girlfriends dads arm is hurt so he couldn´t baptize him. But we are hoping to end this month awesome. We are hoping for 3 baptisms. Nestor, David (who has just made us so happy. He is truly changing his life and he came to church again yesterday and is making the right changes and everything!) and esthefany (she is definitely an act of faith for us). But I so hope they all get baptized. I am sure getting bummed that I haven´t had a baptism for 2 months. I know that's not what the mission is all about but it is really hard sometimes when all the other missionaries in the zone are having success and I can´t seem to get a person to stay interested. But that´s just one of the many trials I have. I just need to be patient because the Lord knows what I need when I need it. And I just have to remember that people have the agency. That has got to be one of the hardest and most frustrating thing about the mission. Holy cow. I know I will never understand how the Lord feels but I sure feel like I understand just a little of it. Haha agency is always good when we do what we should do and it just is lame when we don´t follow the commandments and make mistakes. But I am sure grateful for it.

So our Luau is this Friday! And oh man, we have so much to do for it. We are pretty stressed out just thinking about it all. But the ward or at least some of the members are really supporting us and also the missionaries. We are doing a show or a drama of Johnny Lingo and there will be some dances in between. The young women learned one, the relief society, the young men have something and the missionaries in the zone are doing a dance. It is going to be awesome and we are just praying that everything works out well and that people have fun. It is so stressful to plan something like this! We also have a lot of support from our ward mission leader who has just been called and hasn´t even served a mission yet! But he is pretty awesome and he is helping animate the members to come and bring investigators. I am pretty sure this whole week will just be dedicated to this activity. And then if we have a baptism! Holy cow. But we are going to end this month on fire! Haha hopefully not literally. But we are having fun planning this whole thing. And I guess it´s like a miracle that everyone is as into the activity as they are. One of the members told us that it is like a miracle to see half these people so interested in something. Usually when an activity is planned, the ward members won´t do anything. The ward really has major problems, well not together but just with the Bishop. So we are so happy that everyone is supporting us and that they are excited. I think we will have some new investigators from this and I know they will be positive because they are usually positive if they are references from the ward members. Just wish us luck and keep us in your prayers please this week. We are going to be running around like chickens with our heads cut off! But it will be a success.

I hope you all have a great week! Have fun with Karson opening his call. It brings back so many good memories of my day! Remember I love you all and miss you even more! But I know this is right where I am supposed to be no matter how hard it is sometimes. I wouldn´t change my time here for anything. I am so grateful that the Lord has this much trust in me to let me be able to be one of His full time servants. I love this work and know that the church is true. I have definitely felt my testimony be strengthened here about every aspect of the gospel and the principles that are here. Thank you for your examples and for your support! I love you all!

Love you
Kylee

P.S. One of the elders that just came into the mission was the Latin comp of Elder Braden Tenney! He was showing us some pictures of the CCM and then Braden popped up! So I thought I would just tell you. I can´t believe he is already on his mission. The time really went by fast.
P.S.S. Sorry for bugging you about all the addresses but I would like 2 more. Can you get me the addresses of Tressa and Jilian? I just want to see how they are doing in their missions. Please and thank you! Love you again!

Hey there!

Thanks for the birthday wishes! And thanks for the stories. Haha they were pretty funny. Although I did get a little teary eyed with Karsons. But it only lasted a second. I can`t cry right now in front of everyone. I am holding that back for the time Karson has his mission call. I am almost positive that I will cry than. And I don`t want the elders to tease me too much about crying. But anyways, I really appreciate knowing that people still think about me eventhough I am super super far away! It isn`t making me too homesick. I thought I would have been a little homesick yesterday but I actually wasn`t. It just felt like any other day in the mission. It just makes me realize that right now, isn`t my time. I am definitely on the Lord`s errand. My comp was super cute though and wrote a list of 22 things she liked about me, made me a "cake" out of chocolate kisses (that I ate all last night), made me banana pancakes, one of the members gave me some cute earrings and another one made me a slice of cake. So it was a pretty good day. And the Bishops wife is going to make me a cake tonight. So I guess that`s all I can ask for. And I am going to be praying that my package gets to me. I told my ZLs about it and they said they would check up on it. So hopefully!

This week was pretty good. We have 2 dates for this Saturday and we are going to have a baptism as a stake. There are going to be a lot of people getting baptized this Saturday. We have a girl who is about 16 named Esthefany and a guy named Nestor. She goes to seminary every day and she is coming to church and everything. So she is positive. And Nestor is awesome! His girlfriend is a member but he isn`t going to get baptized for her. He has a pretty good testimony of the gospel and is reading the Book of Mormon and everything! So this Saturday will be a good day! We also had someone but we couldn`t get him to come to church with us so he will probably be baptized the Saturday after. His name is David and he is pretty solid. He was baptized like 8 years ago but never confirmed so he`s not a member. Yesterday a miracle happened that I have been waiting for. He wouldn`t come to church with us because he didn`t have a desire or just had excuses. Yesterday we went by his house in the morning and knocked but nothing. So we just left and then 2 or 3 minutes before church started he walked in! We were so dang excited! It even made my comp cry. It was just something that we needed. And he even stayed the whole time. I know he knows its true. He knows we know he knows its true. Now he just needs to have a little faith and make a decision to be baptized. He would be a good member. He just needs to make this step of faith. He`s a little lazy so I think he may have committment issues or something. And I think that may be why he hasn`t come to church before or decided to be baptized. But now it will just be a matter of time. And he will be baptized.

So this change is literally just flying by. We are already in the 4th week of the change. I think it`s because we are really working hard, were planning this activity and I am having a good time with my comp. I do feel like the changes just go by a lot faster now. It`s crazy! I am ready to have a change but I also don`t want to at the same time because I like the area. There are some good members and investigators right now. And plus, after this activity I know we will just have that many more people. At least that is what we are hoping for. We are having this activity to get more investigators and I just hope that enough members bring investigators. Although if they don`t at least the ward will be more unified and they will know that we are trying really hard. So we will see. And tell the family thanks for the extra money. I appreciate it a lot. And I won`t make too many transactions so that it won`t be charged too much. Thanks for that.

Well, I honestly don`t have a lot to say this week. It was a good week and I am enjoying myself out here. I would strongly encourage anyone who is thinking about the mission to just do it. Well for the girls but for the guys, they better go. You really grow so much in such a short amount of time. And you learn so much about yourself and about how much God loves you. You realize that you have a lot of potential and that you can be stretched a lot more than you thought you could be. I love the gospel and I have no doubt that it is true. No matter what people say, it`s true. Nothing can and nothing will change that fact. And nothing could change my beliefs. I just hope I can always serve the Lord even when my time ends. I have the goal to always help the missionaries in anyway possible. I know how much it`s appreciated. Anyways, miss you all but love you even more. Thanks for the support and for the prayers. I can feel that you are all trying to help me in this work! Thanks and love you.

Hermana Fronk

Hey mom,

So I would actually like you to send me one thing. I would like the new Relief Society book in English. I have it in Spanish but I would like to read it in my own language. Also, can you put a little extra money in my card? I feel kind of bad asking for this, but we are having an activity on the 24 and we want it to be awesome and the ward can`t help us. So we are going to us a little bit of our own money for this. If you don`t agree with this, just tell me and I wont do it.

Thanks for the song in English. I am actually singing songs with my comp right now because she can sing and wants to sing so that`s what we are doing. And the songs in Spanish are good but man, they are so much better in English. We were singing one of the songs and we started laughing because it was so different. It is pretty awesome that I can actually understand this language. I remember when I started and I thought I would never be able to learn Spanish good enough to speak to people but amazingly I can.

So you do remember the family Rinaldo from my first area? The family that Hermana Chavez and I taught a lot? Well, I hope you do remember the name. I called Hna Chavez Tuesday for her birthday and she told me something awesome. She told me they finally decided to get baptized! So I got permission to go to their baptism Saturday. It was one of the best baptisms I have been too. I was so excited and happy for them. They all got baptized! Out of a family of 6, 5 were baptized. So I went with Hna Manutai and it was awesome. I have some pictures but no one has their cord :( And they were so happy that I went. They told me that although they didn`t decide to get baptized with us, we were still their missionaries. That sure makes a missionary feel pretty good abuot the work we are doing here. I knew they would get baptized but I didn`t think they would get baptized while I was in the mission but I am so happy they finally made the decision and it`s even better that I was able to be apart of their special day. That was one of the first times that I have really seen the fruits of what I am doing here. That was something that I really needed.

So I have some more addresses that I would like to have if you could get them for me. Brittney McGetrick and Coach Soles. Please and thank you!

I can`t believe that Karson is most likely going to have his call by this next week. Holy cow! Please video tape it and send it so that I can see it. I would greatly appreciate it. And send me everyones guesses just so that I can feel a little more apart of it.

So this week was pretty good. Aside from the fact that I saw one of the first families I taught be baptized, we have a few dates ourselves for this month. And if they would just get baptized, they would be awesome members! David has shame or something like that because he knows the church is true but was baptized and never comfirmed. So he just has to let go of his pride and just get baptized. Then his brother Victor likes the church but doesn`t like big groups or religions but he does like what we are teaching him. The hard thing is that he is in school and is gone all day long. So we can only meet with him on Saturdays and Sundays. And some of his tests will be on Sunday. Only in Honduras do the schools have tests on Sundays. It drives me nuts. We also have Nestor who is just fine. His girlfriend is in our ward and he is so happy to be learning. We taught him yesterday and you could just feel his joy and happiness in the lesson. We have someone named Aryery who likes what we are teaching but her husband has a ton of control over her. He was taught by the missionaries last year and doesn`t want her to read the Book of Mormon because they have their religion and it will just confuse her because she doesn`t know the Bible very well and just a bunch of other excuses. I know that if we want them to be baptized, we have to convert him first and then we can get her. I just don`t know how we can get to him. That`s going to be our challenge. BUt this month is going to be awesome. We are going to have a big baptism on the 18 of this month with all the missionaries in our stake. It has 2 zones and about 14 companionships. So that will be sweet. We just have to pray and fast that the dates that we have won`t fall. We have a super awesome zone meeting with President and his wife. We talked about who are our angels and how we are angels for the people here. It was pretty awesome. We all shared who they were. I couldn`t quite pick on of you so I just said my family. You are all my angles and have helped me so much in my life. I am where I am because of your example and your help. We also shared our testimonies. It was probably one of the most spiritual meetings I have had here in the mission. I absolutely loved it and it was awesome. We also decided to fast every Wed while we are in the zone together. But I am going to make it a goal to fast every Wed. Also, we are waking up a little earlier to say our prayers so that they can be more meaningful. I have done it since Thrus and I can already feel the difference. I realized that I was getting to casual in my prayers and I wasn`t really thinking baout the things that I was saying. It is true that we are different in the mission and that we have this power and authority. It amazes me that the Lord puts his trust in the young men of this world. The weak ones are the ones that are changing the world and the lives of the people. But the Elders are pretty strong young men. But it is still pretty amazing. I love the trust he has in us! I have grown so much in these short 8 months.

I love you and miss you all! Thanks for everything and for your examples. Have a great week! Know that you are in my prayers all the time. Tell everyone hi for me!!

Kylee

Hey mom,

How are you all doing? I knew that my Bishop talked to you because he told me. So I wasn't too surprised. But I am glad you are able to see pictures on way or another because I am horrible with the whole sending pictures thing. Sorry.

And hey, will you send me Tess's address? I would really like to send her something. That's super cute what she wrote on Facebook. I actually thought she forgot about me or that I was here. But that makes me feel good that she remembers me. And when I saw the 10 months, Holy Cow! Can you believe that? Like I know I only have 10 months left but it hit me a little different today. 10 months and I will back to life. Anyways, I don't want to think about that because I still have this time in the mission and just don't want to think about it.

So we had changes and I am still in my same area. But I think this will be my last change here. I will enjoy it though. I also have a new comp and she is pretty awesome. She is from Hawaii. Hermana Manutai. And yes, she is a gringa and yes, we are speaking way too much English. We are each others first comp that speak English so I think we are just both really excited that we can speak English. But we are going to have a lot of success. We have a few good and solid investigators and we are going to have baptisms. We really have some solid people that have dates. We just need to find a family that we can teach and baptize. We are also planning a Luau for the ward. We are going to teach some hawaiian dances to each of the organizations and people are pretty excited. We are praying that this will help the members be more animated and that we will have some more investigators from this. That is our goal. I know it will work. It will just be a bummer because I think the ward will help us but I am think I will be gone when we see the fruits of all the work we are doing. So that will be sad because I won't really be able to see it. But that's okay. At least we will be helping. And we are going to be gaining a lot of weight. Yesterday, we ate so much stinking food! I was so sick. Neither one of us could sleep last night because our stomachs hurt so bad. I was dying. I am pretty sure I ate more food yesterday than I have on Thanksgiving. It was terrible. But I guess if we have success, it won't really matter how much food we eat or not. We will just be happy.

Anyways, this has been my week. It is going to be a good change. I And I am super excited for the success we are going to have. Haha I sure hope I am not jyxning this. And I will turn 22 in like 2 weeks! Wow. That's crazy. So I love you all. Thank you for the prayers and for the support. Have a good week! Know that I am thinking and praying for you all. And don't forget to send me where everyone guesses for Karson's mission! I am so excited for him to get his call. He will be one of the best missionaries! I love you!

Love ya!
Kylee

Hey daddio,

Thanks for the letter. I really appreciated what you said. I never thought getting letters would be so exciting but it´s definitely something that I look forward to doing. So thank you!

I am trying to do something that I should have done in my first 2 changes with my trainer but I didn´t. I am memorizing a scripture and 2 other references for each section of the 5 chapters. It is kind of difficult because the wording in Spanish is definitely different than English but I am hoping this will improve my Spanish and improve the lessons that I teach. And this will be good because I need to be better at using the scriptures. I use them but not like I could be using them. It´s going a little slow only because it´s hard to find the time but at least I am doing it. My goal is to have all the scriptures and their references memorized by the end of the next change. Wish me luck!

So I am having a little bit of a hard time with the area and everything but I was reading in Doctrine and Covenants about when Joseph Smith was in Liberty jail and the section made me feel a lot better. I know other people go through trials and have their hard times but when we are in our "Liberty Jail" or our own Gethsemane we never realize that other people around us are going through things just as difficult if not more difficult. It also helps to know that someone as faithful and righteous as the Prophet sometimes felt alone and felt abandoned by the Lord. I know we are never abandoned by the Lord but I know we all feel like it sometimes. The thing we have to remember is that God is always right there with us waiting for us to humble ourselves and turn unto Him. He truly knows how to comfort us because He has suffered more than anyone of us can imagine. Yet He did it because He loves us and wanted to know how to help us. He did the will of the Father just as we are trying to do while we are in our bodies so that we can live with our families forever. This makes me do what I do. I want to live with you and mom and the kids forever. And with my own family when I have one (but don´t worry. It won´t be for a while. We´ve got time before that actually happens). But that is definitely one of the greatest motivations that I have to make right choices here.

Well I love you and thanks for the letter again! I am praying that you will find a full time job that is fairly close to home. I know it will happen soon! We will be receiving double the blessings when Karson leaves!

Love you dad!

Kyles

Hey mom and everyone else!

I hope everything is going good. Things are going. This week was pretty good. We have changes this Wednesday and I thought I wouldn´t be taken out but the word is that the Elders that are in the area right next to mine will take over my area. I thought I would be relieved because the area is difficult but we actually have investigators right now that are progressing and we are working with the members. So if I have a change, I will be kind of disappointed. But the Lord knows what He is doing. Also, I am expecting it because we need 5 more Hermanas. We have 3 minis right now, 3 that will leave this change and 1 that will come in. So we are short. So they have to close areas or do something. And the Elders have a really small area and they use the same chapel as us so they may just combine the 2. But we will just have to wait and find out. Changes always make me a little nervous. I kind of want to have a Gringa because they are all super nice and sometimes I am jealous when people can talk in English with their comps. I haven´t has that experience yet and maybe I won´t. I know it wouldn´t help me with my Spanish very much so maybe I will regret having these feelings if I actually get a Gringa. Oh changes. They are so wonderful!

So this week was better. We have a lot of positive and progressing people. We have 3 people with baptism dates and we´re working with 3 families. So it really would be a bummer to leave now. We are also working with the members more and they are starting to help us more. We are actually recieving more references. Not as many as I would like but it´s at least a start. I just have to be more patient. My comp is good and I am learning a lot but she is definitely ready to go back to her real life. She is baggy or trunky. She sometimes goes to the bathroom for 20 or 30 minutes just so she can listen to "worldly" music. It makes it really hard to stay focused. And when we go to the members homes we are there for way too long because they all just want to talk about the stake and the people they know and everything. I try to leave but they just won´t stop talking. So that has been a struggle. And for that we didn´t hit all the mission goals for the week because we were with the members for way too long. But really, I don´t have a lot to complain about. I have learned quite a lot from her and from her experience. It´s interesting to know how different the missions are. But for me, my mission is the best mission in the world!

I just have to say, I am pretty surprised to hear that Wyatt made the cookies all by himself. He has a project to do when I get home. I want to try his cookies one of the first days I am home. I think Dad has brainwashed us all because I would really like some homemade cookies. But that´s pretty dang impressive. Look at all the things he can do know that he is 12 years old.

Hey when is Brittany getting married? I know you probably told me but I don´t remember. And to who again?

I know exactly how Jillian feels. It was pretty difficult but the thing that helped me was just remembering that my time with her would end. It may have felt like a life time but it ended and I think I am stronger now. She will be a lot stronger and she will be able to help her comp. The changes in the mission do end. Sometimes they take forever and the time goes by so slow but they end. Maybe the Lord is just preparing her for something. Don´t tell her I said that because if the Lord is preparing her, that means she may have an even worse comp and I don´t want to jynx her. Doesn´t she hit a year soon? Holy cow! The time has gone by pretty fast.

Well, thanks for the letter. I really appreciate it. Know that you are always in my prayers. I love you all and am grateful for you. You guys are such examples and I couldn´t ask for a better family.

Love you! And have a great week. Can you believe we are almost done with the month of January? I felt like I just talked to you guys and it´s almost been a month! Love you

Kylee.

Hey family!
Holy cow! I loved the pictures and everything! I cannot believe he (Wyatt) is 12 years old and has the priesthood and passed the sacrament and is young mens and holy cow! That is so stinking awesome and I know this is where I need to be but its a little sad I missed all this. But that´s okay. One day I will get to see him pass the sacrament and all. I will just be patient. But thanks for the pictures. They are so nice. And you are right. Karson really does look like a missionary. I can´t believe he almost has his call and will almost go on his mission. Man, we are growing up too fast. I was thinking about how old I feel now that Kars will have his call, Brenna is driving and Wyatt is 12 years old. And than I thought, if I feel old, I wonder if you guys feel old too! (not Eric, just Janine =) ) Haha. I hope his Birthday was great and that he has a good day. How was Sunday? Tell him I would really like to know how his birthday was and how it feels to have the priesthood and be in young mens. I will be waiting for a letter from him this next Monday :) And I am so proud of him for not being ashamed to share the gospel in his little way. It´s pretty stinking cute that he did that with his teacher. Not many 12 year olds have the guts to do something like that but hes pretty cute. I also loved the part about him telling his teacher he couldn´t read a book because it said a bad word. He will be a pretty good missionary too. And it´s good that he is practicing about standing up for his beliefs now and not being ashamed. I have realized there is great power in that. Not to brag or anything but I have some pretty amazing siblings. And you have some pretty good kids. I know you know it but I just wanted to remind you.
This week was a little better. We worked with some of the members this week and I think they are going to help us find some more families. We found a less active person and taught his wife and her mom and sister. So we have 2 new families that we are working with and we are going to try and find the sisters husband so we can make it 3. I am a little sad because I am almost positive we are not going to have any baptisms this month so that is a bummer. But I know we will have more success in February! And of course because it is the best month of the year. But we definitely have new investigators which is awesome. And there are a few that are positive. So we will be working really hard with them. We also are working with the less actives. Or going to start. We finally got a list of the members in the ward! I am pretty excited about it. I have been bugging and bugging my bishop for it. And he wasn´t even the one to give it to us. His son was (which I have an interesting story about him in a minute) because the stake mission leader spoke in our ward yesterday and got a list for us. So we are going to start working with that. Also, we have changes coming up again. I felt like we just have them. Granted, I just did but another 6 weeks is almost over. The time does go by pretty fast. And I have some goals that I am trying to work on! I am going to memorize a scripture for every section for everything lesson. It´s like 50 scriptures or something. and I know this will be hard but it will help me with my Spanish and in teaching. So here I go! Also, I am going to read the BOM in spanish at least once before I come home and I want to read the Bible. At least the New Testament completely through. In english. I think. I still haven´t decided. Also, I want to fit into my jeans... Yes, I know that might be kind of dumb but hey, it´s a goal I have. I don´t know how probable it is being a missionary because we can´t do alot when people give us food but I am going to do all I can do. Which reminds me of something. Yesterday, after church, we were starving and so we went home and started cooking something for lunch. And I was munching on a few things because I was starving. We are in the middle of cooking when someone starts calling my name. So we look to see how it was. It was our bishops wife wondering why we weren´t at her house... I guess the Bishop forgot to tell us that we were invited for lunch. So we put all of our food on hold. It is still in our house uncooked. So we go to the Bishops house for lunch. And what makes it even better, his son brought his girlfriend over. For the first time. We all met her yesterday. They invited us over while they were meeting their son´s gf for the first time! It was a little uncomfortable at first because this is kind of a family thing. And she was nervous and I just felt bad for her. I felt like we were intruding on their little bonding moment. It was weird. Please don´t do that with any of us. Haha. Anyways, so we ate and such and the food was great. And I was pretty full. Then we went to a persons house because he needed help talking to his daugther. She lives in Canada and doesnt know any spanish. And he lives here and cant write anything in English. He can knid of talk in some but not a whole lot. So I was helping them communicate. Then, they decided to feed us dinner. It was a soup that is super good but they gave us tortillas and rice. And they kept asking if we liked it because we werent eating a lot. Haha I felt so bad, but I was so full! This is one thing that kills me in the mission. I have vowed that when I have the missionaries over I will not make them eat something they don´t want to or if they don´t like it, they don´t have to eat it. But I was so stinking full yesterday. I couldn´t even think about food without feeling sick.
Also, I think I might go back to Idaho... I know I still have more time to think about it but there is an elder here who is going and he is trying to convince me its the best choice. And he is pretty excited about going so it is helping me be a little more excited. And there are a lot of ex missionaries from here that are there or will go there so we would get together every once in a while. So that would be fun to talk to other people about the mission and get to know more people. Also, it would be pretty fun to live with Elyse. Granted, only if she wants to live with me. If I go, I am hoping we could live together so I could at least know someone. Since everyone is married! I won´t have any friends. I don´t know but I am pretty sure that´s what I will end up doing.
Got a question. Do you know where my medallon is? I know I have it somewhere but I can´t remember where it is. Could you maybe look for it if you have some free time? :) Please and thank you.
Well, this is all I can think of. I love you all and think you are all amazing. i hope you had a great weekend! I am sad I missed it but I was there in Spirit. Love you! Have a great week!!!!
Hermana Kylee Fronk

Hey momma,

Yeah, yesterday was my 7 months in the mission. The time does go by pretty fast. Although, this last week was a pretty slow week. I think this will be one of the harder changes I have. I know my first change was pretty difficult but this has been too. In a different way though. We have absolutely nothing. Well one possible investigator. But this week was pretty bad. First, I didn`t hit the mission goals, which made me feel just sick. I don`t know why because we are working but I just don`t like it. Second, I have a new comp... My comp left Wed for her mission in Mexico. And I am now with an ex missionary. She is awesome and all but it`s just different. She doens`t have the calling like me and I don`t really know how to describe it. It`s just different. And it`s a little difficult because she has her phone with her and she talks to her family and such. So that`s a little hard. And everyone asks her about her life and her family and I don`t know. It`s just different and a little hard. Also, she is from the stake. So everyone and their mothers know her. All the members. Which may help us work with our working our members. But I don`t know. We are really having a hard time. Well I am. Mainly because we don`t have a whole lot going on. We are trying different ways to open the mouth and I think they will work. She has been telling me stories about her mission and things that she did and that worked so we are trying to apply them to the area. We are also working with the members this week. We are going to go knock on doors with them and they are going to introduce us to people they know who are either members and less active or who aren`t members. So I am praying it works out! I don`t know what else to do. It is a pretty difficult area. And our goal for baptisms this month is 3 and I don`t have a single one. I have one but I am almost positive he won`t be baptized. All of the baptisms or investigators we had fell this week. And all this happened in 3 days. Thrusady through Saturday. It was a few pretty rough days. And we had an investigator with a baptism date that got mad at us. It was one of the weirdest experiences I have had in the mission. He has always had doubts that the church is true but he wants to be a member because he likes the people and wants to hold the priesthood and such. In all our lessons with him he asks us the same questions. And for some reason, on Friday, he finally understood the answers. They sunk into his head. And let me tell you, he wasn`t too happy with the answers we told him. He asked if all the people will live in heaven and we explained the answer and everything and he wasn`t too happy with the answer. And then he asked why we thought that and we again explained it too him. Then he flat out told us he doesn`t believe in the church. He`s Christian and his family is and that they will all live in heaven and this and that. And then he stood up before we could even end and asked for the keys (we were in the church and I had the keys) and we all asked him to let us finish the lesson with a prayer but he wouldn`t let us. It was the weirdest thing because he came into the lesson really friendly and has always been super nice with us and such. But during the lesson his whole demeanor changed. It was pretty strange. And now he won`t acknowledge our existence or anything. I know there is nothing I can do but I hate the way I felt afterwards. Also, this day, one of the boys we were teaching told us he didn`t want us to teach him. He doesn`t like us. He wants Elders to teach us. And that Maria Fernanda only got baptized because of her uncle. I will tell you, I was pretty sad this day and I just haven`t had the desire to work as hard as I should. And I hate feeling this way. It is so hard when things fall and people don`t like you or act in ways taht are nasty. I am just hoping and praying that this weel will be a ton better. I am hoping that working with the members will halpe us and that we will have some success. I need to baptize 3 people this month and I don`t even have 3 names of people and we only have 3 more Saturdays in the month. I am sure I will be praying and fasting and working harder. I sure need to do this.

Anyways, other than this my week was fine. It started out alright. I will just have a better attitude this week. I don`t really know what else I can do. But anyways thanks for the letter and the news. I actually am reading the Book of Mormon in Spanish right now. I just started Sat night and I am in 1 Nefi 5. So last night I actually read chapter 4. I love that verse. I think right now it is one of my favorites. I just need to remember that things happen for a reason and that I need to be patient and things will work out. Everything happens for a reason and all happens in the timing of the Lord. Patience is something that I am learning. And I hope I will be more patient during the rest of my mission and afterwards.
I loved hearing about everyone. Tell Brenna thanks for the letter. And tell Wyatt HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!! I am pretty sad that I am missing his 12th birthday and that I can`t watch him pass the sacrament but I will see it kind of soon. Not too soon though. I hope he has a good day and everything. Tell him to write me and tell me how his day goes.

I can`t believe that Kristy is engaged. Well i can but I can`t. When you know about the guy let me know about him. I hope he is a good guy and everything.

And my interview with Pres was good. I just had some questions and I needed his cousel. So it was good. I asked for the interview because I was having some pretty hard days with my comp and everything I was trying wasn`t working and I needed his advice with how I can help the members in the area. So it was a good interview. He is a pretty awesome person and I am grateful that he is our President.

And you should take Janae`s letter. I would really like to have one :)

Anyways, I hope everything goes good this week with school starting and all. I love you all and miss you. Thanks for the letters and for the examples and everything. Keep up the good work and tell everyone hi for me. The church is true and I love being a member. Although we have hard times in our life, the Lord knows us and what we need and when we need it. It`s amazing how well he knows us. And I am grateful that I can talk to him because sometimes he`s the only one I can talk to and He understands me perfectly. I love the scriptures and all of you guys. I am so happy that you can all be in my family!
LOVE YOU ALL!!!
Hermana Kylee Fronk

Hey mom,
Do you know that I can say I will be home by the end of this year? Granted, we will have the whole year but I can still say it. How crazy is that? The time is going by fast when I look at how many months I have out. In less than a week, I will have 7 months. Craziness.
I was looking at the pictures dad sent me and I saw one of Grandma Fronk. How is she doing? Obviously she is still alive but I haven't heard anything about her which probably means she is doing alright. And where were you guys when you took the pictures as a family? I don't recognize it. And I do have to say, I have a pretty awesome family. We are all really good looking. All you need to do with the photo is photoshop me in :) Which reminds me what did you guys do for the pictures this year and for the Christmas card? And tell Brenna I love her outfit with my boots and the shirt and I can't tell if those are my jeans or not but I think so. It looks really nice on her.
So this week was honestly not too exciting. The month of December is pretty hard because no one want to receive us or they are all with their family or they aren't home. So it's been kind of difficult but I am hoping things will settle down this week and that we will have success. This week my comp got her VISA for Mexico. We still don't know when she is leaving because they haven't given us the date. I am guessing my President knows but of course we never know until we need to know. So we are waiting for the date. I have realized that the mission includes a lot of waiting. I have definitely become a lot more patient in the mission. Hey, do you have any ideas how I can serve my comp? I know that as we serve, we love the people but I am having a hard time finding ways to serve. If anyone has an idea or things that they did for their comps during the mission I would love to hear about them. Please and thank you.
We do have 3 baptism dates. One is for sure. He is the brother of Maria Fernanda (the girl we just baptized) and he is 11 years old and loves the church. We went by his house yesterday and he was still sleeping so he thought he wouldn't come. Well about 20 minutes into Sacrament, he walked in. He came to church alone! I was pretty excited. His older brother also has a date but he has no desire to do anything or read or pray so we'll have to work slower with him. And the other date is Moises. He is one complicated guy. I am almost positive he knows the church is true but he has these doubts and his mom isn't the biggest fan of the church. His older brother is a member but less active. So he is pretty hard. And he has been taught by a lot of missionaries. But maybe he will make up his mind with us. Who knows. I have definitely come to know that through the Lord anything is possibly and that he can help change anyone. We have a lot of possible investigators that we are going to meet with this week. One of them is ready to hear the gospel. I just know it!
And yes, I have thought of just finishing school too up there. Who knows. Maybe I will end up doing that and just going to Utah after. I don't know. I know that would be the most logical choice. I just don't want to freeze. But maybe I will be dying for cold weather after my year here. It is going to be crazy hot! And I am almost positive I will be in the hottest areas in the hottest times because it's in the south. And I have been in the city for almost 6 months. I am bound to go down there soon. Honestly I will probably end up doing that because it would be the smartest choice. I just don't want to be old! This is really my biggest excuse. But maybe if Elyse is still there I could room with her or something to make me feel a little better about my age. Haha that's definitely not an excuse. But I still have time to think about it.
And this next time I will write you about my goals. I am running late for an interview I have with President and that is not good. So i need to go. BUt I love you all and miss you. Hope you have a great time for the Holidays. Get home safe!
LOVE YOU
Kylee

And here are some more. There are some pictures of my last baptism, my new comp, me making tortillas, my old comp, my bishop and his wife (and okay, when I said yesterday that she looks like mom, I meant more that she reminds me of mom), a radom cow that was walking down the street where I live, the missionaries that came in with me 6 months ago, and I don't remember what else. But I hope you like them all. I will get better at sending you pictures. I promise. I know I have been pretty bad with that but I will get better. I just need to start taking more pictures. But enjoy. Oh and how is my blog going... :)

LOVE YOU

Hey!!!

I love love love the pictures. Thank you so much for them. I was able to see all. It looked like you had fun these last few days. I really missed you guys but it was seriously so nice to be able to talk to you all. It was like an energy boost. As hard as it is and was to talk to you, I see the wisdom in why we can only write and call home 2 times a year. If I could talk to you all the time, I couldn't focus like I need to. So although it was the best thing about the day yesterday, I am grateful I can't talk to you all the time. And surprisingly after I hung up, I didn't cry very much. I was just super tired and my eyes hurt. And today, my eyes are puffy and they still hurt. But I am already looking forward to talking to you guys in May. And okay, Mom when did your hair get so long. Holy cow. I was really surprised but it is really pretty. And Brenna, I like the jacket. I am hoping that will still be around when I come back. But I am glad it's not just hanging up in a closet. Also, this is random but I was thinking about my heels. Do you still have all them? Like the brown and black ones because I am really hoping to have those when I get home also. And the kids are all so big. The Boise Fronk girls have really grown up. They are taller and older looking. I don't even want to imagine what everyone will look like when I get home. Everyone will be so huge! And the two youngest cousins, Edwin and Dallin (I think?) are so stinking cute and huge! I especially liked that Edwin has his teeth growing in. The gaps are pretty cute. Thanks so much for the albums. I think I will have to buy a CD or USB cord so that I can have them all. I love them.

Well, I have some pictures to send you guys. I don't think this letter will be very long because we pretty much talked about my last 6 months in 3 hours yesterday. Which was actually not very much time. There were some Elders who talked for 6 or 7 hours with their families. BUt anyways, I have some pictures for you guys too! Not all because I forgot my other memory cord at the house but I at least have these pictures.

Oh and thanks for singing the song in Spanish. It really meant a lot and I will always think of you guys singing me that song. Whether I hear it in English or Spanish, I will always think about yesterday.

I love you all and miss you like usually but just think, this time next year, I will be home with you all celebrating the Savior's birth! Less than one year! Know that I know this church is true and that I am so grateful for the opportunity to be serving the Lord. I expect all the boys in both families to serve and some of the girls. It is truly a once in a lifetime experience and as my CCM president said, it's school for your life. It's where you learn all the things you need to learn about life and how to be successful in the Lord's kingdom here on earth. Thanks for your examples. I really wouldn't be hear without all you guys and your support and everything. Thank you for your testimonies and the love you have for the Lord and His gospel. It is awesome to see people's lives change and its even better to say you were apart of it. And remember, all members are missionaries! Help the missionaries in your wards. Hope I don't sound too preachy but trust me, you will be happier! I love you all again and think you are all the best. Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!

LOVE YOU.

Hermana Kylee Fronk

Which reminds me, it was pretty interesting to hear my name and my nicknames yesterday. Haha I am just glad everyone still remembers

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Hey familia!!!

So you will never guess what I am doing right now??? You know how I wrote about my feelings a few weeks ago about the upcoming change that just passed... Well, my feelings were right. I am training!!! Who would have thought with only 3 changes in the mission! But I guess the time doesn`t matter a whole lot to the Lord. Because I am training. And so is Hermana De Leon, my last companion. I don`t know if I will be training for the whole 3 months because this actually isn`t her mission. She`s waiting for her VISA for Mexico and she had been waiting for almost 5 months. So they sent her here. She`s really nice. But really quiet. She reminds me of myself and the first little bit of my mission. I definitely don`t feel prepared to be a trainer. But it`s amazing what the Lord does for us. I have so much more confidence in myself and can start a conversation with just about anyone and can give a lesson. I am better at giving lesson one better than the others but with time, they will come. My testimony has definitely been strengthened these last few days. I had a really awesome experience this past week while we were out knocking doors. I think it was on Friday. So we were knocking and everything and we got to a door and I started introducing us and everything and then asked if we could come in and share a message with them. And surprisingly they said yes. So we went in and I started talking about the Restoration. I know for a fact that the Spirit was the one teaching and that I was blessed with gift of tongues because everyone was amazed and how well I was speaking. And I can`t remember anything that I said. I only remember that I was teaching about the first lesson. It was awesome. We are going back this next week to teach them more. It would be great if they got baptized but even if they don`t, the experience is something that I will always remember and hold dear to my heart. It was incredible. My companion was pretty shocked. I think she thinks I know a lot more than I know. And granted, I think I know a whole lot more than I will let myself believe. So yeah, my spiritual experience for the week. I am still pretty shocked that I am training. And I am nervous because the trainer makes all the difference. I definitely learned what I want to do and what I don`t want to do. And something that I know I will like because I like it right now is that I am in charge. I didn`t know how much of a control freak I was before my mission. I just am excited that I get to decide what time we leave, how long we are in a house and such. It makes me feel a lot better and I am happier. And this means, I will probably be a senior comp for the rest of my mission which is just fine with me :)

Yesterday, I did something that I would never have done in any other place and that I bet you guys will be shocked to hear. I sang a song with my bishops wife in a stake activity... Surprised or what?! I wish I could see your guys face. And it was just the two of us. It`s pretty incredible to see how much more confidence I have in myself. We sang Away in a Manger. And it was in Spanish. I don`t think it was very good because you can`t really hear me like you can hear her. But people told me I was good so who knows. I have a video so sometime I will have to either send it or you will just have to wait another year. No, I am going to buy a cable for my camera today so next week, there will be more pictures. Hopefully :)
I will say, it`s pretty incredible to have so many missionaries out in the mission. 1/3 is from our ward alone? Wow. That is awesome. I can`t believe Cort comes home this week. And I am so excited to hear that Andrew is about to go out. Doesn`t Braden Tenney leave soon or is he gone? And Braeden Kale is going to serve? That is really sweet. That means he is serious about the church.

So, I just asked my ZL`s about calling with Skype and unfortunately we can`t use it. And it`s actually Sunday we can call. So I will be calling Sunday not Saturday. And I actually think it is cheaper for me to call you guys. Well, obviously I will be calling you guys. But I don`t know if you guys have to buy anything for me to talk and all. But than again, I trust Dad and his knowledge. He`s done this stuff before so just do what you are going to do. But know I will call Sunday sometime. I have church in the morning so sometime after that. I am pretty excited to hear from you guys!!! Just don`t be too hard on me because I know for a fact, I will cry. Haha I am getting teary-eyed just thinking about it.

Anyways, I don`t have a lot of time. I know there are more things that I can tell you but I can`t remember. Oh and think of questions you want to ask me before. I know the time will go by fast because I have 6 months of stories for you guys.

Oh I can`t believe I forgot to put this in before now. I have a baptism this week! The 23. Her name is Fernanda and she`s 13 years old. Her grandma and uncle and aunt are in the ward and she lives with them. We were teaching the members and they invited her to come down and listen to us and then we set up an appointment with her. We taught her for the first time Thrusday and challenged her to baptism. And my comp was so excited she put the date for this last Saturday. And she actually agreed to it. But then I was talking with hna Fabregas and explained that we have to teach more and such so we decided to change the date. And luckily, it was okay with Fernanda because she had to go to a wedding. But she is really excited and happy about her decision as are we. She had been taught by other missionaries but I guess she was waiting for us. I was looking through the area book and other Elders wrote about her but said she wasn`t a positive investigator and such and so they dropped her.
But she is positive with us and super excited. And what a great way to celebrate Christmas!

Anyways, I love you all and am thinking about you a lot. Even more with this time of year. I am so thankful for each and everyone of you. And I cannot wait to call you guys!!!
LOVE YOU ALL!!!
Kylee

Hey momma dear,

Thanks so much for the package!!! I got it today... And I already opened it. I was just really excited to get one and couldn't wait. But I love it all. The shirt is probably my favorite. Or the pj pants. Thanks so much. I started to tear up when I saw it. And I loved the photos that you sent me. I did also start to tear up at that too. But I love it. And it was pretty funny because I didn't know where the money was and I said something to my companion about it and she said maybe it's in your album. But I thought why on earth would it be in there. Then I read this and told her and she just started to laugh. I forgot that you need to hide some things. But I found all the money. Tell grandma and aunt janae thanks. I really appreciate it. And thanks for the ipod and speakers. I am definitely going to enjoy them. My comp was pretty excited because we have been suffering without music. But now we have some. And whose are you using? Because I know it's your old one. Thanks thanks thanks for the packages :) It was really nice to get something from you guys.

Thanks for the news about everyone. It's all good that you haven't finished the blanket. I know you have been pretty busy and not in the best health. So it's all good. And I cannot believe that Brenna has her permit. When did she grow up? She's not allowed to have her permit. She's so little. But she's growing up pretty fast. How is she at driving? As crazy as Karson was when he first got his permit? Does she like driving? And I know I say this every week but I will send pictures next week. I either have my camera and no one has a cord I can use or I forget my camera when everyone has their cable. So I am sorry but I am hoping this next Monday someone will have a cable I can use. I will be sure to bring my camera. I have tons of pictures I want to send home. Especially because today we went to Valle de Angeles. It's like a big tourist place in Tegucigapla and it's awesome because it's in our zone!!! It's really pretty. But it was kind of weird because I felt like I was in the states. We went to a waterfall and went on a hike. It was pretty and I have some pretty pictures that I would love to send.

So this week was good. We still don't have a lot of success but we're working harder. We both want to work harder and so we have some motivation. We also had a meeting with President Hernandez on Thrusday. It was really good and I loved it. It was a little long (about 6 hours) but it was really good. He is truly called of God and has the keys for this mission. He talked about the law of chastity. That was a little weird but it was actually really good. The mission has been having some problems with this which is so sad. So he felt like we needed to talk about it. It was something that, although I dont have problems with, I could definitely relate to my mission. And he said something that really stuck out to me. He said when we make a mistake we offend our ancestors, our family right now and our future family. I also offend my investigators and my converts. Wow. That is a lot of people. I have been thinking about this alot because I don't want to offend them. None of them. And if it wouldn't be too hard, I would like you to send me some more stories about our ancestors. It can be a few week thing but I would really appreciate it. Making my family, those before, now and in the future, proud is a hige goal I have. I don't want anyone not to be proud of me. He also said that we can't let our past ruin our future and that Heavenly Father never shuts the doors to repentance. The doors are always open and He is waiting for us to come to. It was a really good lesson.

Oh I had a migrane Friday morning. Wow. That was pretty bad. It was interesting because I started to have this little dot in my eye. I couldn't figure out what was going on until I remembered the last time I had a migrane. And I hurried and took meds but I didn't quite beat it. I was in pain for a few hours. But the Elders gave me a blessing (in Spanish which I understood) and I felt better. I was just glad I could go out and work afterwards. And my comp was really good to me too. She made sure I ate, she told me to sleep and she was quite. I was really appreciative. I only hope my husband can be good to me too.

Thanks for the thought about the missionaries. I was actually just reading about that this last week. I realized that my mission isn't anything like theirs. We do have a few things in common though. Every missionary has their trials and hard times but we just need to rely on the Lord and remember Him. Have faith and He will help us through everything. I love reading their stories. I learn so much from them.

So yesterday was the christmas meeting. Did you watch it? It was really good. I didn't get to watch it in English because we watched it wat a members home but it was still good. I am amazed that I can listen to it in Spanish and understand the jist of what they are saying. And I can still receive revelation. I love it. I am truly blessed and the Lord is blessing me with the gift of tongues a little at a time.

Also, we have changes in 1 1/2 weeks (already!) and I am pretty sure my comp is leaving the area and there's a chance I will train. I feel like I will. I sure don't want too because I don't feel prepared but I will accept whatever the President has in store for me. Also, my 6 month mark is this Thrusday. 6 months in the mission already. Wow. I can almost say I will be home by the end of the year. Just have to wait 4 more weeks.

I love you and think you are all great. I miss you. Thanks again for the package. And dad, I told the my ZL's about the package and they said they would check. This elder works in the office and I know who he is so they are going to make sure I get it. I'll let you know what happens. I am pretty sure it is in the office. It has to be. I don't know where else it would be.

Also, if you have time give me some ideas about food. We eat the same things every day. Or at least I feel like it. I am going to buy peanut butter and wheat bread today though. It has been way too long and I am craving it.

I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!

Kyles

Hey mom!!!
So, a lot has happened this last week. I did get changed :) And I feel a lot more comfortable in this area already. It`s really weird to explain but I feel like I have more confidence to talk with people. I am still kind of nervous about making mistakes but I feel a little better. And yes, I have a new companion. Hermana De Leon. She`s from Guatemala and is really nice. She actually has the same amount of time that I do in the mission. It`s kind of hard to have a senior companion that has less time than I do but she doesn't make me feel less than her. She really tries to include me in everything and gives me time to talk in the lessons and actually corrects me when I make mistakes. It`s really good. And she wants to obey all the rules. So this may be why I have more confidence in this area because I feel like I am actually doing all I am supposed to be doing. I am in an area called Santa Maria and it`s still in the city but it`s not at the same time. It`s barely outside the city. And I feel like it`s a close knit group. It`s a fairly large area and there are so many hills but it`s really pretty. And I can still see the temple. It`s kind of small but on good days, I can still see it.
Speaking of the temple, I had the coolest experience on Friday. I got to go to the temple to see them put the Angel Moroni on the temple!!! It was awesome. The members are so excited to have a temple in Honduras and the Spirit was so strong! The temple is outside the mission but we got the permission of President Hernandez to go because we brought investigators. They are a family that are going to baptized this next Sunday. And they are really awesome. They have a little girl who is about 3 years old and she loves me :) Sometimes I feel more comfortable with the kids and so I seem to have better relationships with them. Haha and she calls me Hermana Fronko. She`s cute. I`ll send a picture of her this next Monday. But it was pretty cool to be able to see them put the Angel Moroni on the temple. Not everyone gets to watch that. I was really excited.
So this area is great and I do like it but the ward doesn`t really help. The Bishop... I seriously have no words for him. He is good but he is kind of prideful. I feel bad saying this but he has to remind us that he is the Bishop and how hard it is to be a bishop. He says he wants to help us but actually doesn`t end up helping at all. Everything is done on his time and if he wants something done, it will be done. And oh, the members are split. Big time. Half of the members can`t stand him and others just kind of deal with him. It`s so complicated. The ward is kind of a mess right now. And I know we won`t receive a lot of help from them. I am pretty positive about this. And yesterday at church he pretty much yelled during sacrament meeting. There is a meeting this Thrusday for the adults who have received their endownments and everyone was kind of loud. And then he kind of raised his voice. I think I am going to have a few problems with him. But I am trying to remember that he is called of God and there is a reason why he is the Bishop in this ward. So I will support him but I know he will be a stumbling block for me.
And holy cow, so many people can speak English in this area. Or at least kind of. There are a lot of returned missionaries and they all learned on their missions. So right now, I am going to teach Hermana De Leon. She doesn`t really want to learn because it`s hard but I am going to try to teach her something. It`s a really good opportunity. But the Bishop and his wife can speak English. Our mission leader David (who is kind of a pain too. He has been home 2 months from his mission so I thought he would be great but I am discovering that he is kind of like the Bishop) can speak English and a few other people. It`s kind of nice but hard too. I am grateful that I have another native companion who can`t speak a lot. They will talk to me in English and I am trying to respond in Spanish.
Hermana Chavez gave me a teddy bear when I left. It`s kind of weird to have a stuffed animal but it`s pretty common for the Latinas to have them. And it`s a nice thought. She really was a good comp but I was so ready for a change. And I am grateful for the change. It`s going to be nice. I just hope I stay in this area for Christmas because I don`t want to change right before. Changes are like a week and a half before Christmas and I don`t want to go to another area. But it`s not up to me. And people are already putting up their trees and lights :( I am pretty sure this will be the hardest part of my mission but I will try to make the best of it. I am pretty happy though because in my new zone, half of the missionaries are north americans so we get to have Thanksgiving. I am pretty excited.
Anyways, that is about all that has happened this last week. Right now we don`t have a lot of investigators. Actually we only have 3 and 2 are getting baptized this next weekend. So we need to find more. And soon. Which means we will be contacting a lot. Because I don`t know how many people will give us referneces. We`re also working with the recent converts which i really like and the inactive members. In La Joya, we never did this but I have realized how important it can be. I know I can learn so much from this ward, area, and Hermana De Leon. I am excited to see how much I can learn. I really want to be a senior companion or trainer by the next 2 or 3 changes so I have a lot of work to do and a lot to learn. But I can do it!
Thanks for the thought. I really appreciate it. I really liked it and I can`t wait to be able to read this whole talk. Thanks for the prayers and everything. I think everyday, it gets a little eaiser.
A few ending things: I shower everday with a bucket of cold water, ice cold water. The bathroom isn`t connected to the house. It`s outside. And my apartment is big! I love it. And part of the area is really poor and they don`t have anything. So I am being humbled by the lack of things that people have. Also, this is the 3rd change that sisters have been in this area. I know some Elders that served in this area. It`s kind of interesting. My stake center is a bus drive away. And I don`t know what else. I think that is it. BUt I thought you would like to know I shower with a bucket. All I can say is life is very very very different here. Sometimes a good different and sometimes a hard different. I think the first thing I want to do after getting home and eating, is take a warm shower.
And a sister in the ward sent me a card with letters from the kids in her primary class. Tell her thanks. She teaches kylee, a tenney, and I can`t remember who else. I really only remember kylee because she has my name. But it was really sweet and I loved it. And tell her that I think her cousin is actually in a different mission. She said she thinks he is in mine but no one knows the name. And I don`t either. And Lisa Spencer was one of my companions in the MTC and she knows the member in our ward. Small world!
I will continue to work hard and make all you guys proud.
Love you all!!!
Kylee :)