Thank You

So, I didn't write last week.  Sorry about that....  I sent pictures and then totally forgot that you'd all probably need explanations to know what was happening.... ha!

I want to do my letter a little bit different this week. I just want to testify and tell you all what I think of my mission and what I've learned.  I hope you will feel the spirit as I testify of these things.

This place is the best.  I love my mission so much.  Teaching the truths of the gospel.  I heard that missions were the best all the time from leaders, family, dad, friends.  It's something you have to experience to understand though.  My mission means everything to me.  Everybody and anybody that is even giving a smidgen of a thought to maybe going on a mission.  Here's my opinion.  Go on a mission.  The Lord will bless you in ways that you won't ever be able to explain.  The things I've seen and gone through so far on my mission have helped me realize so many things:  My divine potential.  What I'm supposed to be doing with the rest of my life.  How to become a true disciple of Jesus Christ.  What true repentance is.  What conversion really means and how I can get it.  And most of all: How the Atonement of Jesus Christ is truly the center of everything and how to apply that in my life.  That's the biggest thing we try to get people to do.  Learn to apply the atonement in their lives.  That's our life quest.  Applying the Atonement of Jesus Christ to the extent that we become the person that our Heavenly Father knows we can be.

I know that Jesus Christ lives.  I know that the power of His Atonement is real.  It can lift the lowest of lives.  It can change the hardest of habits.  It is an infinite power that Christ has gifted to us.  God knows our potential. The only way to realize that potential is through applying the atonement every moment.  Listen to the promptings of the Holy Ghost.  Change.  Become.

I love you all. I love my mission.  I love my savior Jesus Christ.

Thank you so much for the influence that each and every single one of you has had in my life.  It's helped me get to this point and I'm so grateful for that.

Elder Frame

What do you want in your book of life?

Well, if you haven’t noticed I love Mormon ads. I saw one this week and it made me really think. What is it that I want to have written? Oh what joy I have had in the decision to add this wonderful mission in Peru Cusco to one of my chapters. I feel full of joy and love every bit of it. Even though in a few years it will seem like a dream I know that I will never forget really how I feel and what I have done here to not only help others come unto Christ but myself.

As I was able to be with Hermana Tango for her last few weeks in the mission I have really understood what a privilege it is to be here. She is incredible. Before my time with her I was afraid. I didn’t know if I would get along with her, I didn’t have any clue and was listening to everyone else’s opinion. This girl is incredible. She is a convert to the church, she was baptized when she was 16 and has made the decision that living the gospel is all that matters. I wish I could go on and on about her, but she has made a lasting impression on me, and what a blessing it was to realize that she was exactly who I needed in the time I needed it. She left just this last Saturday and I shed a few tears. Tears of joy and sadness as I knew we wouldn’t see each other for a while. But what a good chapter to add, and what a blessing she was to me.

This week I found out my new companion is Hermana Solar! SO EXCITED! She is a Latina from Chile! She has about the same time as me and just was in my last sector in Quillabamba! Yay! We will have so much to chat about! 

Well, think about the things you want written in your book and make it happen. Have a great week!

Hermana Frame

Pics

We enjoyed making tacos with Elder Miranda that is from Mexico!

 I was in heaven, but have had diarrhea for 4 days straight. Don’t tell him!

The sisters had a baptism! Wahoo! 

She is an incredible convert and she loves the missionaries

 so of course we snapped a picture!

My convert Shanaly and her daughter Evangeline! 

They both are doing so well! I am so blessed to be here and to be a part their lives.

An update day to day

Well, I am just doing awesome! I am enjoying my last and final week with Hermana Tango as she will be ending her mission. Wow! This is my second companion that I have been with when they finished! But I decided you might want an itinerary for this last week and a few details.

Monday! We traveled to Cusco and had a great pday there! We went to the cristo blanco with my daughter here in the mission and it was the second time I have been. The first was when I had my first day in the field and then now a year later. Made me feel like time went so fast! That night we traveled to Urubamba for more visits!

Tuesday we worked with the sisters there and they are doing well! The sacred valley is so pretty and I love every time we visit, and yes we met a family from Trujillo that were members going to maccu piccu. Crazy how it happens! But it was fun! I went with Hermana David

Wednesday we went to piccu and served with the sisters there, what a blessing. Right smack dab in the middle of Cusco. There was a paro (riot) and so we stayed up in the hills to work. It can get dangerous with people throwing rocks and everything but yeah we did not even see any of it!

Thursday! We stayed in Cusco, which was not our plan… because of the riot. There were no busses to go back so we worked with the Hermana leaders in ttio! Their sector is so little and they are all so rich! But it was good….

Friday we came back and I ALMOST puked on the drive. So grateful I didn’t. But the trips can be a Little bit rough in the mission. And I don’t get car sick so that tells you something. But we went to one of the members houses that night and made ceviche! We can’t eat it in the mission but I learned how they do it. It is with raw fish lots of lime, and other great Peruvian herbs they put in it! I also learned how they do canchita. So good! It is corn that they fry in oil just as the Incans did hundreds of years before.

Saturday we had a lot of visits and a normal day finally in my sector! What a beautiful sector we have and a lot of work to do! We found 2 new investigators that day, and visited many of the people that were in need of a lift so I was so grateful.

Sunday, well we had a conference with Peru and Bolivia and Heard from Elder Christoferson which was a thumbs up!

And today, so deeply grateful for the mission and how it as changed me. I really have learned so much. I wanted to share a scripture from Matt 16:25, yes Reading the bible in Spanish is the best thing ever… ha-ha. It is sarcastic. But it has taught me so much. I have found my life here in the mission. I know my purpose and it is to LOSE MY LIFE IN SERVING THE LORD. I find happiness, true lasting joy. I desire to help others, and my testimony has grown so much. I know there is reason for everything and for all of you…. I just want you to study this scripture. The footnotes and all. See what you can do to lose yourself in the work of the lord. You will NEVER regret it.

Well, have to go! Sorry no description of pictures! Forgive me, and when I get back I am sure I will be happy as ever to explain. Haha!

Hermana Frame

Vale la Pena Luchar por lo que Vale la Pena Tener

Vale la pena luchar por lo que vale la pena tener.  Or in english: It's worth it to fight for what has worth to have.

It makes more sense in Spanish.  I love that quote though and use it all the time in my lessons!  It's so worth it to fight for the things that we teach!  Worthiness. Peace of Mind. United and eternal families. Self-control. A belief in a loving father in heaven.  There is an endless list. It's awesome and I get to offer that to somebody every day!  It's like handing out an endless amount of gold bars to people on the street and if they reject it, that's a pretty big loss for them.

I love my mission.  I love the people I'm serving.  I love my savior Jesus Christ.  It all might sound cliche but I don't really care.  This is the best thing I've done with my life so far and I'm taking advantage of every second I have as a set apart representative of the Lord.  You feel the difference when anything reminds you of home.  It floors me how far I've come and how much I've grown since then and I just feel all the more motivated to be able to do this for a whole year more!

Love you all!  Keep on keeping on!

Vale la pena luchar por lo que vale la pena tener!

Elder Frame

The Farmersville District! We're losing the missionaries on the ends!

The Sister's backing up camera as we follow the rule

 to back them up out of their parking spot.

Auxilio! SOS!

 This means SOS in Spanish! My companion was yelling it at the top of her lungs while standing on the corner of the bed yelling there is a RAT! And mind you this is at 4:45 this morning as we were getting ready to come to Cusco. HAHA! Yes we have a rat in the house. For two days.

 I WANT TO KILL IT SO BAD.

But this morning I was so sick of it and I went to try and open the door and it ran right across our desks right at me and I freaked.  Haha my companion was mortified and yes, we left with the door unlocked so the elders can come and take care of it. Thought I was all tough to kill it but no, it was huge! Not just a little rat… a RAT. EW!

Anyways… I am in Cusco and we will be doing more visits this week in Urubamba and here in the sector of Piccu so I am all geared up and we get to spend p-day in Cusco so I am happy!

This week what I want to share with you all is that I love being able to be surrounded by amazing people here in the mission. It is a blessing to be a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day saints because we can become better people, love serving, and participate in the wonderful blessings that come from being a part of the Lords work. As I have been able to visit with Hermanas I have been able to learn about their lives, talk with them and love to get to know their desires, love for the work, and why they came.

This week I was able to have a great experience as Hermana Tango and I were able to share with them how good they are doing and concerns that we can help with and also those things that we all can work on. In these 15 minutes that I was with them, I had the spirit touch my heart. Well, it was actually the kind that made my chest just feel like it was going to come out of my chest. I know that I needed to testify to them of the love that our Heavenly Father had for them and that He was so proud to see them working so hard, despite all of the hardships they were going through. I won’t lie; sometimes when I hear from the leaders of how they feel of the love the lord has for me I always just think…. Um how? Well, duh it’s the spirit. I felt it. It was real. I started to cry (surprise, NOT) and told them exactly what came to my mind. It was incredible. I testified that we as the sisters were supposed to be there together in the companionships we are in and it is for a reason. It was great.

I love my calling. I love letting the spirit work through me. It is a time that I have been able to recognize the many ways it does. What a blessing it is to be a member, to share of the Lords love and to be here in Peru doing it. I love this work!

Thank you for all of you. Each one of you that has taken part in my journey. I can’t express my thanks enough. Well, have to go!

Have a great week!

Hermana Frame

This week was the first anniversary of our pension

 and we heart attacked their door and brought a cake!

 It was so fun and I will always love being a part of their lives

 for this short moment! Haha

 from the pics you can tell I thoroughly am enjoying my mission.

We have a dog. Against the mission rules. Haha!

 No, it is the owner’s dog and I LOVE IT TO DEATH!

 Haha if you can’t tell from the pics. My companion just rolls her eyes 

each night as I am so excited to see Sophia. Haha!

We had a conference with president this week! 

What an uplifting experience!

 I am so grateful for the missionaries I am serving with. 

We sure have a good time.

 The sisters are incredible and BASICALLY I JUST LOVE MY MISSION.

And my wonderful companion.

 It has been two of the best transfers because of her.

 What a blessing.

These are bread babies that they make here in Peru. 

They make them for Halloween and the first of November. 

It is kind of funny to me… But they taste good!

 The bread here is incredible!

A big thank you to my companion!

This week was crazy! We had a lot of visits and well, welcome to the Hermana Leaders in Abancay. All the companionships of hermana leaders are like... we are so glad you guys travel as much as you do and not us Haha GRACIAS! 

But...... we have fun! Helping the hermanas has brought so much happiness. I love doing the work not only in my sector but also in Cusco with the hermanas. 

This week I just want to say that I had a really spiritual experience during studies this week with my companion and the hermana leaders. They asked us to choose two scriptures that described my companion and she would choose two as well. I was SO ready with my scriptures and so ready to tell her where mine were. It went well and wow, she blew me away with the ones she chose. The first was the first scripture in the Book of Mormon. She said..... Well, we all know that Hermana Frame loves her family... Not in a trunky way but I think in every lesson we have had she always has such a strong testimony of how the gospel has helped her family through the happy times and the hard times. I was blown away.... Wow. I didn’t realize HOW blessed I was. I am born of goodly parents, and I love them as Nephi did. He was grateful. I am grateful.

She went on saying that I have seen the mysteries of the Lord and I have relied on Him even though I have had the gospel my whole life I have chosen to follow him. It made me realize so much. She said that I have loved the Lord, chosen to find a testimony, and my conversion is strong. I started crying. Haha I AM SO EMOTIONAL!

But it made me realize how my conversion story is important. I have had so many companions that have these crazy amazing stories of how they found the gospel and wow I was feeling so out of it here in the mission. But it is true. The small and simple decisions I have made have really impacted who I am and the testimony I have.

To all those who feel unimportant because you grew up with the gospel and it’s not something new, or you just need a pick me up. Pray, and just know that no matter HOW you received your testimony it is YOUR testimony. A treasure that is worth more than anyother thing in this world. I love the gospel and I need to go.

Thank you to all who have loved me, and helped me get to this point in my life. Find a scripture that describes you or another person and send it to them! It will make their day! Have a great day!

Hermana Frame

This week I was able to translate again and it was super fun! It was when we were on exchanges with the Hermana leaders in Vista Allegre! I spent half the day translating for a company that gathered optometrists from all over the world. It was interesting to see how ENGLISH was the language they all used to communicate even though they were from Japan, France, Paraguay, everywhere!

The sisters had a baptism and it was crazy getting them all ready. Yes, it as a cute abuelita that I was actually able to visit on my visits with Hermana Cooper, and it was such a sweet moment. Made me miss my cute abuelitos in Quillabamba. But it was fun heating water on gas stoves and putting it in right before. Haha welcome to Peru!

We went to AMPAY today and yes it was SO fun but SO long! We had an adventure scaling up mountains because we got lost. DONT WORRY MOM it wasn’t bad. Haha! No, we were totally fine. 

But it took us 4 hours to get up there but it was a laguna and so worth it! So pretty to see! There was a small and big laguna so it was interesting to see the difference. So much worth it to hike the 2 more hours to see the big one. But I am loving the sisters in my district. We get along so well and my companion is so cute with us north americans. She understands a lot of Spanish so she is so good.

The sister leaders from Ttio came to visit us this Friday and it was crazy but let’s just say prayers were answered and I had a great day with Hermana Salas. We had fun and worked hard. But we were pooped from our trips and then getting back to our sector with other Hermana leaders visiting us. But everything is so worth it!