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.