Mision Chile Osorno-Reunion en Puerto Mont

The conference with Elder Texeria...so amazing!

Merry Christmas!!!

I love you all!! I hoep your Christmas this year is filled with peace, joy, and love...and the real spirit of Christmas which is Christ. :) I miss you all and i hope that you all enjoy your holiday with family and loved ones! Enjoy it!

Alma 5:12, 19, 38

Through our faith in Jesus Christ, a mighty change is wrought upon our hearts which helps us to have a pure heart adn cleanhands...so that the image of God is engraven upon our countenances.

He calls unto all..hearken to His voice becasue by doing so, you will be safe and happy within His fold.

I invite you all to pray for one thing that you can do to help someone this Christmas to be able to feel the love of God and to find hope and joy...adn one thing that you can become better at....

Once you receive your answer, act on your faith and just do it! I love you all!! xoxoxoxox

Baptism of Rodrigo Cid and Other Exciting News

Well as promised, the baptism of Rodrigo Cid was beautiful adn even though his family didnt support him, he stayed strong! He got confirmed yesterday a member of teh church of Jesus Christ and therefore receoved the beautiful gift of the Holy Ghost. He was nervous before but after he explained to us that he felt so much peace and power. It was adorable. He will be receiving an interview very soon to start preparing to receive the Priesthood. I fell so grateful to be a part in such a beautiful miracle! He started out as a smoker and inmediately got a testimony of teh Book fo Mormnon as he read it. The second that he read it, he had no more desires to smoke adn hasnt smoked since. His family at first accepted the message with joy but then rejected it becasue they didt want to make changes but he still stayed strong in his testimony. He is so excited and is now talking and sharing his thoughts and questions in the classes. Its been a beautiful experience to see his conversion process. He has so much light.. adn so much joy. Which only happens when we apply the gospel in our lives. :)

Also update, my lip healed!!! What a miracle!!

Añso i got huge new yesterday....Im going to train!!!!!! Im so excited and so nervous..i really hope that i dont mess up. Her name is Hermana Cook and she is from Oklahoma...yaya! She sounds like shes from teh country..like me! I hope i dont mess up but i know that i can do all things wiht teh Lord. :) I love you all! I miss you all!! Also my companion Hermana Valle is leaving the sector and going to Pucon which is the furthesplace north that one can serve here in teh Mission of Chile Osorno. Crazy! But im going to miss her..we have become so close and had suhc a great companionship.

xoxoxoxxo chau!

Fotitos Poh

Puerto Montt 2 Zone!! My last zone. :)

Oha dn really funny story...i got impailed by a rusted, metal roof panel 2 days ago..if you look really close in the picture you will be able to see a white cotton ball. I got seriosuly impailed onthe inside of my lip in 3 different places..what an adventure! 

Rodrigos baptism was so beautiful!!! The nest week I will tel you all how it went becasue i dont have much time but here are a few pictures. :) I love you all!! xooxox Miss you!

Happy Thanksgiving!

This week has been excellent! And our inestigador is looking forward to being baptized this Sunday! His name is Rodrigo Ced and he is a policeman and a man of great faith! He is so excited and studys the Book of Mormon daily and prays like crazy. His wife didint want anything with us but we finally cleared up her doubts and even though she still doesnt want anything..she is letting him excercise his agency. :) Such a beautiful miracle! I love you all! and remember always that miracles happen daily! Look for them anf thank Heavenly Father for them daily! xoxoxo I love you all and miss you!

Love, Hermana Brown

I made a pumpkin pie to celebrate..even though i was sick so couldnt eat it! haha

Our investigadors: Eliana, Maria Paz, Maria Belen :)

Scripture Power and My Second Visa!! Crazy!

This week has been great! We ahve been working hard and getting a lot of things done. :) However our investigador Camila smoked and therefore cant be baptised so we are trrying to help her break the addiction...but Jorge her stepdad made a committment to stop drinking coffee and tea adn set goals to accomplish it! We were so proud! :) We feel though that Camila doesnt want to set goals because she probably doesnt have a firm testimony about the Book of Mormon so we´ve been woprkinga lot with her so that she can start reading daily instead of every other day. IT helps a lot! There is a huge reason why the primary song talks about scripture power! I really have notivçced the difference in my own life and in the lives of those whom i serve. We tend to have more peace, comfort, happiness, perfect advice and revelation when we read daily. I can notice the big difference when i read and dont due to meetings but i always  try to squeeze in the time even when we cant because it makes a huge difference in the day. I invite all of you to do the same! Scripture study brings scripture power into out lives that is unlike any other. :) Study them! They were given to us for more than one reason! I love you all!! xoxoxxoxox Miss you tons!

Oh and coolest thing over..today i had to do my seoncd visa paperwork and so my companion and i traveled to osorno to do it. I got to see everyone!! The biggest adn greatest surprise ever! I love them all!!

I love you all and pray fr you daily! Miss you tons. Go to God, He answers our prayers..in His perfect way. Study the scriptures, they are the portal in order to receive personal revelation. :) Love you!! xoxoxoxox

On our way to Osorno... Gotta love the long bus rides.

Pivotal moment... I received my carta moroni this week... Im officially old n the mission..but not trunkie lol. :)

This week has been great!

I am with my new companion Hna Valle who is from Washington but was brn in Honduras! She is awesome! We wrok really well together and are trying new thigngs to help the work progress. Our sector is Pichi Pelluco in Puerto Montt and its beautiful! We ahve 6 people with a baptismal date and are progressing! Camila will be baptised this following week on the 22nd of November. Her dad Jorge has a date but he isnt progressing so we might have to drop him but we are tryignt o find out what he needs. Eliana we found yesterday adn accepted a baptisdmal date for december! She is amazing! She has serisouly been prepared by angels. :) I love my sector and im excited to be here and to help teh ward a lot. :) I ask all of you that havent yet participated in missionary work that you do so now. We need your help.. We are sent to help YOU with the work. I love you all! I miss you all tons!! xoxoxox Also i wanted to share with you guys somthings i learned this week in my studies and scriptures that really helped me and touched my heart:

We are like diamonds; afflictions and furnaces of fire refines us (1 Nephi 20:10)

"Awake, my soul! No longer droop in sin. Rejoice, O my heart, and give place for the enemy of my soul" (2 nephi 4:28). It was talking about how we have experienced so amny great and marvelous things and that even though we need to be humble, we need to rejoice and be happy becasue the Lord is at our side. We may fall but we can get back up again. :)

I love and miss you all! Keep your heads up! You´re doing better than you think. :) Keep trying and keep persevering while enjoying!

Yesterday as i was observing how beautiful is Gods creations and the skies, I realized that when we are with our heads down...we tend to not see all of the blessings and beautiful creations that surround us..we may see some but our sight is limited but whe we keep our head high, trusting in the Lord we see a lot more beauty in the Earth and more blessigns that flood our lives adn fill them with JOY! Afterall God created us so that we may have JOY! I love you all and I know that God does too! xoxoxox Always remember that! xoxoxoxo

Coolest and Best Week Ever!

This week i was able to see Ricardo get baptized and Sntonia! Both of which i had the great blessing of teaching. IT was the most beautiful thing ive ever seen. They were both so excited. Ricardo was a reference from the Yefe Family when i was in Colón in Puerto Varas. We were able to teach them a few times then we had transfers and the Elders had the great blessing of finishing the lessons. We were all so grateful to see him take such a great step to follow the Lord and obey His commandments. It was beautiful. Then after I said goodbye to everyone and all the memebers that were there. This time I had the feeling that it was for real becasue i felt like i was going to get transfered out of Puerto Varas...which i figured out yesterday that it was true. Then we got to witness Antonia get baptized. She has 8 years old and is a little angel. Seriosuly... and she understadn everything so well. Her baptism was also very beautiful and reminded me of my own. It was a very beautiful experience. We were able to teach her the lessons and create fun new ideas in order to help her understand. :)

So like i stated earlier. i am getting transfered out of my sector in Imperial I in Puerto Varas to Pichipilluco 2 (I have no idea how to spell it) in Puerto Montt. :) Im excited for a new adventure and to help the people there. I will miss everyone here but i know that everything will be fine because everything is guided by revelation to help the people progress and receive and love the gospel more fully. Danitza stil has a bapstismal date for the 21st of November, please pray for her to be brave and to continue to progress. Im so grateful for the opportunity i had to be here. I love the people here..adn especially in Puerto Varas. Theyll always have a big piece of my heart!

 I love you all!! xoxoxo I miss you tons!

Love, Hermana Brown

Witnessing So Many People Change Their Lives

Hey family and friends, I hope you are all doing well. I love you all so much. I hope all is well between everyone and with everyone. You guys are the best family i could have vever asked for. I love you all soooo much! Its a whole bunch of mixed emotions...i get my carta moroni tomorrow. Crazy.

This week was the coolest thing ever. We have founds a bunch of new investigadores!! They are super prepared for the gospel. Our new investiogador accepted a baptismal date!! She is goping to be baptized the 21s of November, her name is Danitza. Her mom is softening her heart a little to teh message which is so neat!! She assisted this last Sunday...was the coolest and most amazing thing evcer!! Haha luckily we talked with na fmaily so that they xcan sit with them becasue we were at the pulpit giving talks. Im happy to say that they are becoming a little more easier for me...jsut a little. haah I gave a talk on the renewal of our baptismal covenants throught eh sacrament..and what it is really that we are promising our Father. I learned so much while `reparing..seriously. Thats the highlight of preparing lessons or talks..we also learn a lot in the process. :)

Anyways off topic...so during our last lesson wiht her she understood perfectly the restuaration and it was so cute because the lesson before whenw e taught the plan of salvation, she started crying. We then asked her what she was feeling at that moment and she said that she jsut feels so sad because all of a sudden all oif her past sins and trnasgressions entered her mind. We explained that we didnt want her to feel bad then asked her if she felt a strogner desire to follow Chirst more in her life. She explained that she has a strogn desire now...it was so beautiful. We explained hopw the spirit works. She lvoed it and expained that she was definately feeling that and that moment. Oh and this last time that we taught her, she explained that she has been asking God why we came now..and how we knew that she was readya dn needed it... it was seriously sucha  beautiful lesson...los dos. :) Im so grateful.

It has been a huge blessing to be able to witness so many people change their lives and become more happier in this life as they have and do accepot teh gospel. Its been a great experience and to have their testimonies add to mine, and to all the servants of God before them that Christ really does live and that His church is upon the Earth at this time. WE are a very blessed people. :) I love you all!!

xoxoxox Hermana Brown.

Never Too Late or Too Early

I dont have much time but I just wanted to share this awesome quote form the book Jesus The Christ

"We [are] delivered out of the hands of our enemies so that we might serve Him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life"

We really are so blessed to have tribulations because they help us become like Christ and to trust Him. He has always freed us and always will. Let us remember Him and His works.

Never forget that He also always has his arms of mercy extended towards us to help us up when we fall. It is never too late or too early to repent, to turn to Him, and to trust Him.

I love and miss you all!! Love Hermana Brown

On the Great Vessel of Zion

I really love the story of the brother of Jared adn the people becasue it shows that the Lord will and has always prepared the way in which we can have light in our lives and on our journey to exaltation like He did for His people with the rocks. But somethign that i find very interesting is that this travel wasnt all too easy. They also were buried many times in the depths of the seaadn had all different kinds of opposition. I would like to relation this with the trials in life. Even when we are on the great Vessel of Zion we wil still have tests and tribulations but the difference is that we will not be destroyed. IF we stay on the great vessel and are obedient like they were to the commandments of God, we will be safe no matter what comes because the vessel will not break. Like these vessels , that hit the sea floor, God will lift us up..over and over again. Like their destination was the promised ladn..aka Gods promises, our destination is exaltation and Eternal Life and our journey...like theirs...is discipleship. The great vessel of Zion will always move forward, like the vessels of the people of Jared moved forward, to thepromised goal and gift from our Heavenly Father. But during thte journey let us not forget to sing praises to the Lord like they did and when we arrive, let us not cease to praise and thank Him for all our blessings and be humble to have His spirit and light with us.

9 And they did sing praises unto the Lord; yea, the brother of Jared did sing praises unto the Lord, and he did thank and praise the Lord all the day long; and when the night came, they did not cease to praise the Lord.

12And they did land upon the shore of the promised land. And when they had set their feet upon the shores of the promised land they bowed themselves down upon the face of the land, and did humble themselves before the Lord, and did shed tears of joy before the Lord, because of the multitude of his... 

I love you all and dont ever forget that we can trust in every promise form our Heavenly Father. I miss you all!

Love Hermana Brown

Our celebration of the independence day of Chile!! My companion Hermana Espinoza and I!

Creating Personal Scriptures

This week i learned the importance of keeping a journal...for all of you that do so..give yourslef a good pat on the back.. I on teh other hand havent been very good at it. oops.. haha. Anyways this week i learned the importnace of doing so as I was studying in the book of 3 Nephi 23. In the verses 9-12 it is explaining about when Christ was in America and was teachiong the Nephites. He asked them to keep anad write another record of scriptures adn explained to them teh importance of doing so to show the world that the Lord fulfills His words. So how exactly doe sthat apply to journal writing. you may ask? We need  tow rite in our journals of the things that happen in our life and the blessings fromthe Lord during adn after.  Also because they can show the future generations our difficulties and tribulations but that Heavenly FAther has freed adn given us the help we needed during each of those times. When we pray fro things specific or have specific worries, we need to write about these things and our feelings regarding them so we can see and later write about how the Lord answered our prayers, how He helped us through them adn what we learned by having that. If we do so, journal writing will become much more than we thoguht it was and will become like our personal scriptures becasue if theya re the words of the Spirit, which are from God, adn they will be there to be basically another testament that He lives and that He loves us.

3 Nephi 23:9-12;
"Verily I say unto you, I commanded my servant Samuel , the Lamanite, that he should testify unto this people, that at the day that the Father should glorify his name in me that there were many saints who should arise from the dead, and should appear unto many, and should minister unto them. And...

10And his disciples answered him and said: Yea, Lord, Samuel did prophesy according to thy words, and they were all fulfilled.

11And Jesus said unto them: How be it that ye have not written this thing, that many saints did arise and appear unto many and did minister unto them?

12And it came to pass that Nephi remembered that this thing had not been written."

I dont know if any of that made sense becasue i was tryignt o translate it from my study journal that was written in Spanish. Hope it made sense and that along with me, we can all start or continue writing in our journals about our lives wiht more frecuency... :) I love you all! Miss you tons!

Also this week we have transfers! My companion Hermana Espinoza and I are getting separated after 1 short transfer together. So sad but all is well.. She is lñeaveing for Rio Negro close to Osorno and Im staying here. Well kind of...I am staying in the same house but the Elders are receiving our sector and My new companion and I are receivng their. Whats funny is that the companion that im receivng is Hermana Terceross, the smae Hermana that i stayed 3 days with on a intertrasnfer. lol. haha this shall be interesting! :) Im sure we will have fun. :)

Love, Hermana Talitha Brown

Esperar

In the Spanish language the word "esperar" has 2 very different meanings. The word "esperar" signifies to hope and to wait. When I learned this word at the beginning of my mission I didnt understand why until a little while back. I learned that they are the same. They are directly connected, cant have one without the other. Hope is an expectation and the faith that everything will eventually (wait) work out for the better, that is if you keep doing your part and having the faith necessary or the hope.
In the Bible, Romans 15:4, its says,

"For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning , that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope ."

Therefore to wait is related to the patience. Through daily scripture study and having patience and faith as you wait...you will find the peace throughout whatever trial youre going through. I promise each one of you that if you do so, you will find peace and direction in your life. I love you all. Please dont worry about what will happen. Do something today to help change it for the better. Pray for guidance. Study and really study the scriptures and meditate on their words. They will guide you. Be happy! All will be well. Let´s all have faith and do our part becasue faith without works is dead (James 2:17-18). YOU ALL CAN DO IT WITH HIS HELP!!! I love you!! Each and every single one of you! I miss you all! Trust in Him. :)

Love, Hermana Talitha Brown

"Where we can find real happiness"

This week has been great! We hav found new investigadors and are working really hard in order to help them progress. We finally got to contact our referencia Luis A. who is a less active. He is great! He said that he didnt feel a desire to obtain eternal life for such a long time and he cant feel anyting. We explained a lot about the atonement and what he can do in order to feel again.We explained that the Lord adn Heavenly Father love him adn thats why we were there. He felt like it might be time to return. His countenance changed during the visit as the Spirit filled the room. It was honestly a very beautiful experience and since this appointment he has been praying and reading the scriptures. Plus he assisted the sacramental meeting yesterday! My joy was really full when I saw him there and how he was happier.

Really the gospel is what brings us reall happiness. As a missionary ive seen so many case of people falling away and they think they are happy until they realize that they arent. Theres alwyas a pattern right before they fally away..they stop doing the important and making the tiny what seems to be microscopic coorect decisions daily that can desviarles. Its importnat that we take more priority to the small decisions daily to help keep us on teh straight and narrow or to get us there. ITs where we can find real happiness. I love and miss you all! Keep on keeping on!

Love
Hermana Brown

Some Pictures!

Hermana Ralph and I

Bishop Alvarado y Hermano Jara

Pale and Balding at 9 Months; His Promises Are Real

So this past couple days and weeks have been an adventure...my companion was told, by our spunky old lady investigador Hayde, that she was going bald and needed to stop putting her hair up so tight... and i was asked by several members if i was sick..in which i replied ever so directly back to them ahah "no..im just not wearing makeup." lol.. nice right? haha My companion is going bald with a receeding hairline and i look sick without makeup. hahahaha we were laughing pretty hard. Gotta love hw direct people can get here. hahah nah but in all fairness i was actually overcoming from a bacteria from the food here. my face was super pale and my companions hair is bleach blonde adn pulled ina  tight ponytail can look that way. so we enjoyed some good laughs abut the comments from our peeps. lol Plus i lost my agenda for the first time after my companion lost hers for a week. haha but he got it back after a specific prayer so i said a specific pryer and i believe ill be getting it back soon. hhahaah Plus i took some pretty hilarious pregnancy photos celebrating my 9 months in the mission. Yes it is a tradition in the mission that you take a pregnacny photo at 9 months for the sisters.

Then we are proselyting in Ensenada which is near the Volcanos and its pretty neat because we have found excellent people there!! Plus each time we go up there we end up saying a specific prayer about something which ends up strengthening our faith significantly. Its a great experience!

Now as fro the verification.... did you guys make your goals? I hope you all did because it really helps greatly your progression! ☺

"Now, the decrees of God are unalterable ; therefore, the way is prepared that whosoever will may walk therein and be saved" (Alma 41:8). I love this scripture beause its true. The way is prepared for eternal life but we need to choose.  We have the gift of agency so He will never force us. The life is a test of priorites. What are yours? It is about time that we set our priorities straight. Its not easy but we can do it! The more time I study the scriptures and d the little things and the more time I have in the mission the more I realize that we really can receive all that the Father has...but its up to us to choose it. There is so many times that as human beings we dont think a promise applies to us or we are missing the faith...but it is true that HIS PROMISES ARE REAL!. We really can receive all that He has but WE need to believe and follow Him. Our Savior has provided the way that we can do so..trust in Him and His promises. He always keeps His promises and His words. "For he will fulfil all his promises which he shall make unto you, for he has fulfilled his promises which he has made unto our fathers" (Alma 37:17). Through seeing the experiences of others and having our own we can see that its true like this scripture says. He keeps His promises.

I love and miss you all! Please make the changes necessary to set your priorities straight. Set goals, make plans and do them! You have to want it to receive it!

Love,
Hermana Brown

Proud 9 months!

haha only in Chile...an evacuation course for a volcano... hilarious

Being SMART & Reaching My 9 Month Mark!

There is no such thing as standing still. If you are not continually progressing, you are declining. Now is the time to change. Dont procrastinate. If you are doing anything that isnt in harmony with Gods will for you, change it.

In Helaman 13:29 it asks the following questions and i ask you all to do the same..
"....how long will ye suppose that the Lord will suffer you? Yea, how long will ye suffer yourselves to be led by foolish and blind guides? Yea, how long will ye choose darkness rather than light?"
If you have felt at one point that you need to change something in your life, now is the time. Do it now. He counsels us all to change those aspects or thigns that we feel we need to.. but often times we wonder how or where do we begin?

First we need to start by figuring out why we do those things..as we begin really searching we will be able to find the roots of why. Those are called are necessities. Then we need to make goals. What is our goal to change based on our necessities. These goals should follow the SMART plan:

Specific

Measurable

Alcanzable (i dont remembe the word in english..but its basically reachable)

Relative

Time 

All the goals that we set to be efficient need to be based on this priniciple. Then we need to make plans to carry aout these weekly goals. What are we going to do today to reach our goal so that wqe are fixing the real necessity..not the surface problem..but the real problem.

As doing so and applying the atonement to help us change and use that divine gift tha we have been given we can reach the end result. We can reach that true happiness. But just remember that opposition will turn up. "opposition turns up almost any pace that something good has ever happened... with any major decision there are cautions and considerations to make, but once there has been illumination, beware the tempation to retreat from a good thing. If it was right when you prayed about it and trusted it adn lived for it, it is right now. Dont give up when the pressure mounts" (Elder Holland).

I know that as we strive to put Heavenly Father really first in our lives, wqe can change and receive enduring happiness. It takes effort but we receive blessings. Strive to follow the pattern and i know that change is reachable. The time is now!

I love you all and miss you all!

Love
Hermana Brown


Wow 9 months in the mission this Wednesday. Half way..Im so shocked. Time flies by so fast.

4th of July in Chile and a Win for the History Books!

This week has been great! we have found new people to teach and on of them Miriam is amazing and really receptive! Happy belated 4th of July to all of you! I love you a bunch! I hope you guys can feel and see the great blessings that we have in our lives. Its really the little things that can help us see the hands of God in our lives. And its most often than not the little things we can do daily to show our gratitude and become like Him. Im truly grateful for all of you.

Well for Independence DAy we sang the Nationbal Anthem in a Zone meeting and it was beautiful. Then later on we were given permission to watch the Cup because it was the finals and because Chile made it, nobody was in the street. So we watched the Cup with Hermana Beti who didnt have anybody to watch it with becasue all of her family membners were working. It was fun. Chile won!! It was the first time in history that Chile won the cup. It was very interesting to watch it. haha talk aboiut stress! I think my body was cramped up after lol. Nahbut it was neat.

We were really excited also becasue we thought that this wouldbe our first independence day with out seing fire works but nope.. the Lord works in mysterious ways. hah But seriuously it was nice. Hna Beti was so happy and after explained to us how ghrateful she was because her son is on the mission and it felt as if he was there. It was adorable. She was so happy and on Sunday she was just gleaming. hehe it was adorable. I believe that was the highlight of my Independence day celebrations. I hope you guys enjoyed your Independence day! I love you all! I miss you tons!

Oh and something I learned this week more clarified that I want to share with you guys is that God is powerful and mighty but He is also powerful to forgive and love. If we apply the atonement mor ein our lives we can obtain this forgiveness and peace. It is real peace and reall happiness that can only beobtained through applying the atonement more in our daily lives. Also here is a quote from PMG that i wanted to share with you guys. "You follow the example of Christ, or so be it, develop His attributes, action by action and decision by decision." I dont know if thats exactly how it goes because i had to translate it from Spanish but the meaning is still there. Let us all strive a bit harder this week to become like Him and put Him first ...by each decision and thing we do. If we have desires to do something good, He´ll help us obtain it.

I love you all!

P.s. This picture was taken after the Cup. Me, Hna Ralph, Hna Beti, and Carlos ( the grandson of Hna Beti that showed up after). They are such special people. I love them so much.

 Facials!

Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire

Well long time no writing right? These past few weeks have been adventurous and have been very blesed. and of course funny. haah quick funny story.. get this we were walking with a member Hna Paola when we over hear this preacher hooked up to this speacker..just preaching adn then we sdont say anything but keep on walking .. But then here it comes..yep teh Preacher starts talking about us sayign how over there are two blondes that spread lies. haha at this point i was questioning my spanish thinking that i need to get better and clean out my earsa until our member starts laughing and says that those blondes over there preaching haha. At this point we all started laughing because of the shock that hed say that lie over a speaker! hah it was funny.

Anyways these couple weeks weve found a lot of people toteach and have two investigators with a baptismal date adn have fouhnd many less actives. In fact I felt like we needed to knock this door so we did and this woman starts telling us that she was once a member but not anymore.. then i asked if she has read the Boof of Mormon, she admitted that she hadnt but that she didnt need anymore Bible so then i asked if we  could share a scripture with her. So i shared the scripture that i believ is in 2 nefi about the people that tink that they dont nee3d any more scriptures than ther bible. She invited us in and so we share4d it adn teh 5 minutes turned into a whole lesson. I cant say mcuha boutt his visit but we have never felt like more instruments in the Lords hands like we did in that moment. My companion and i left that lesson feeling like Alma. It was amazing. We were toucvhed beyond words can describe. Miracles still happen to this day and i know that the Restoration of the Gospel happended. I knew it before that mome4nt adn everyday it gets reconfirmed to me.

I counsel each one of you to constantly search opportunities to serve your neighbor adn grow your testimony each day. Also i know that prayer works and that the God is still a God of Miracles. If we arent having miracles one we arent looking or two we are laxcking faith. I lvoe you all adn i know that the gospel briongs happiness to every persons lives that acceopt teh message and that if we really love God and our neighbors..we need to share it.

I love you and miss you all!

Love
Hermana Brown

if you look closely you can see the volcano in the background

Love and Forgiveness

I would like to apologize to all of you for not showing genuine love for each one of you. Real and pure love is the Love of Christ. I woulod like to officially ask you all for forgiveness for not being loving and forgiving. We all make mistakes and our job is to love people through them.. and permit them to try again. I ask all opf you to also try a bit harder to be more forgiving and loving to others. Like the story of the Prodigal son, we need to pray and love those who have made mistakes. Showing genuine love, praying, adn being a true ejample of a disciple of Chirst if how we can help others to become better. IU was studying the other day in Mosiah 27 and i found in verse 14 is talks specifically how we must be and what we must to do for those you have lost their way. WE have all been lost sheep in one way or another and its our time to take a stand and be better then we were and help those who are still lost to return. My heart was so greatly touched by this verse that felt like i needed to share it with you guys. Now is our time to really strive to be real servant of God if we ever want to help this world and our relationaships to become better. WE need to pray for those that have hurt us or are fallen away and if it takes a great miracle in order to help this person...the Lord will perform them. Now its still up to the people to accept but its our responsibility to love their process..as well as our own. We need to be real saints of God and TRY....but also permit others to do so also. I can promise you will all my heart that as you do so...you will find more peace and happiness in this life than youve ever known before.

I love you all and i hope that you all will forgive me of my mistakes and unloving ways. Take care and be safe.

Love Hermana Brown

Got Transferred! From Little to Grande; Members and My Falling Arches

I got transfers!! I am now in Puerto Varas!! My new comapnion is Hermana Ralph. Shes great! Oh and guess what??? The Volcan Calbuko that exploded iis in my sector! Crazy huh? Butno worries.. its has snow which is a good sign. I love it here. Its so beautiful and rains A LOT. we have seen so many miracles. Its amazing.

Ive learned how great transfers are these past few transfers becasue its whnyou leave your companion or your sector, that you can start to really apply and remember what it is exactly that you learned form each one. Always remember... Each person that you meet a long thw way. You can learn something great from them. Its the litte things that proceed the grandes. (DYC 64:33-34) ..i think thats the scripture.

The people here ar super receptive and sooo nice. We have been teaching many lessons in the street and in basically every place possible. We have two investigators with a baptismal date (Anna Maria and Clara)  and we have founbd many lost sheep that havent been found in the records for a lont time. We taught a great lesson to this wonderful lady Ideth who has a Atheist husband. He is super nice also. We taught her about the gospel of Jesus Christ and she loved it. He walked in for the last part and sat and listened. He didnt say much but he was curious. She wants to go t church on Sunday befor ewe even invited her. What a miracle! Seriously. :)

The members her are fantastic! They are such great helpers for the work. Remeber wwe are all missionaries and we all need to fulfill our roles. :) Each role is divine and important! We dont have a pensionist here.,..we have many. haha no but every day we go and eat lunch at a different members house. Its enjoyable. Tha way we can share with them more about teh gospel and learn form each other. Plus this way we can get to know them better. Sincerely, they are all great. I love it here.

Oh and im not doing therapy anymore becasue there isnt a place here but its okay becasue im wrapping my feet which corrects the problem from the source.. my falling arches. :) Im doing really good. I love you all so much and please take care all of you. Oh and this week i invbite all of you to give a Referenc to the missionaries an even if you can.,.have a FHe with them. It works great and that way all your loved ones can have the option to accept or reject the gospel. :)

I love you all. xoxoxoxo

Hermana Brown

Zona de Osorno :)

Baptism Dates; Bed Rest; Being Productive; Transfers Today

This week went pretty well. We have Juan Carlos and Carlos Felipe with a baptismal date!1 WE are so excited and they are!! They are so great! They really have sincere great desires to follow the Lord. I love teaching.

Well its a great miracle this week considering that we have to stay in the house. Im on bed rest hhaaha for 5 days!1 Its terrible and extremely boring. I only get to leave the house for therapy and to eat lunch at our Mamitas house. It turns out that i have Facitis Plantar and instability in my feetadn have more liquid in my knees thewn i should have which is proof that my knees are in the wrong place hhah. Plus my neck is more curved then is should be. So ive been enjoying therapy ad bed rest. We figure this all out becasue i got xrays done. Which mom youd bee very pleased to know that all my dones are healthy adn in correct alignment minus my neck. But its just a tad bit off.  haha Im really tryig to have a good attitude about this. lol.

Well it is good becasue ive finished the book Our Search for happiness by M. Russell Ballard and i organized my scriptures and found new scriptures for sharing during lessons. Ive been trying to stay productive in whatever way that i can. So yep thats been my week! But believe it or not i accomplished a lot. hhaa

Also today is transfers!! Well its the day that we are going to figure out transfers. Wednesday is transfers. We are all so excited and nervous. So next week ill let you know what were my transfers. hah

Well i love you all and miss you a monton!!

Love Hermana Brown

Volcano Eruption On My 6 Mth Mark! Emergency Preparedness

This week was great. We found a lot of possible new investigators with the time we have. This week we have been going to therapy for Hna. Jopia. She has problems with her legs and knees so we have to stay in the house at least 2 days a week and take it easy. But nevertheless, we found new people and we still had adventures. hahah.

This week we were walking home from Osorno when the Volcano erupted. hahaha It started off looking like a really weird mushroom cloud and in 20 minutes it grew, no joke, 20 times its size. hahah Happy 6 months in the mission!! hahaha Yep it happened on nmy 6 month mark in the mission. The earth was celebrating also apperently. hahaha We still ended up working at within the hour we had the prettiesty red sunset of my life. hashah and sadly i dont have any pictures of it, haha yep left my camera in the house and Hna Jopia left the keys in the house so we couldnt enter until the Hermanas arrived that night. It was pretty crazy and the people were freaking out also. haha not much more to say about that. But when we finally arrived at the house, we had to fill up all the containers and bath tubs in our house with water because the officials said that they were goinig to turn off our water at 10 that night becasue of the smoke frommthe volvano that can pollute the water systems. haha Mom, you would have been proud. We acted like pros. hahahaha no not really but we acted fast. hahahaa Anywasy what i learned from this is that we have to be prepared at all times for when tought things or cough cough natural diasters happen. hahah We need to have keys, food, water, masks, googles, and the Spirit of course. hahah Its was crazy but funny. Oh and jsut a heads up the phones dont work when theres a vocanis erruption. Anyways i hope that story made sense. Im sure it didnt because i have a spanglish brain and i dont know how to talk in English anymore. hahaah Well i love you all so much and miss you!!! Remember to be prepared in all things for when things happen you have the spirit for guidance and you dont have to run to the store. hahah

xoxxoxoxo
Love Hermana Brown

"6 months in the mission!! haha before the volcano erupted"

"the farewell of Hna. Poulsen. Relief Society"

 Eruption of the Calbuco volcano

Learning the Dance Steps and Hearing the Music

Wow this week we saw many miracles but im just going to telly ou about one of them. So for the past week and a half we have been giving the Mardones family space to breathe and to decide what they really wnat ad so they can feel the difference of the Spirit and nothing. We actually decided it together in Ward Council. Wednesday, i felt like we shouldnt visit them but my companion insisted so we planned them but it didnt work out...Thursday, same thing but this time we both decided to visit them...fell through. By Friday we felt likeit was officially the time because the other days didnt work out. We finally went over with Hno. Inzulza and for the first minute the parents werent there. We waitied for serioucly no longer than 1 minute while we were talking to Claris the daughter throught the window. They arrived and were super excited to see us. Invited us in and began to explain to us that they thought that we werent going to visit them ever againa dn all their feelings. They also explained that that morning separately they prayed for guidance in their lifes and how they need to raise their children and what path they should follow. Which i might just say is a miralce becasue Johnny never once prayed separtely becasue he felt ridiculous asking for things. We explained the last time that he needs to begin asking for simple things and help that he needs in order to see and feel as his prayers are being answered by his Heavenly Father. So Johnny anf Guisela said that they finally tried it and the same day we showed up, as their eyes were tearing up. The Spirit was so strong in the room that their is so way that someone could not feel it. They then explained many times that they feel like they received their answer and that they have plans to assist the church this Sunday. We continued teaching while also being taught. It was really honestly a beautiful experience. I enjoyed it very much.

The next day we passed by to invite them to a baptism that was happening in Francke, they explained that they cant this time only becasue they are preparing everything for church so thatthey can attend the next day.Theyalso read way more of the Book of Mormon than we gave them. However they explained that for sure next time there is a baptism they would like to go to see how it is. Claris the daughte was just about touching the ceiling jumping for excitement. hahah It was so adorable. Sunday came promptly and they all showed up...and thats right in their Sunday best!! I love them so much!! I have loved watching them progress and grow closer to the Lord.

Something I learned is that never should we get to the point where we are just going through the motions of the gospel. Like the Elder who gave the talk on listening to the music. WE can learn the dance steps but we need to be able to feel and listen to the music. Always find time to listen. Most of this family never had the gospel in their lifes before but they are in the process of learning the dance moves and listening to the music. Let us all remember to do the dance steps while listening. I love and miss you all. xxoxoxo

Love, Hermana Brown

Hna Otilia, "Oh little one... You should change that right away."

This week has been great!! We left with the old ladys in our barrio for our citas and haha well i am just going to tell you about one of them. Their is this sweet viajita en our barrio that left her family and served a mission when she had 60 years. Okay so she is one spunky, sweet old lady. We called her this week to see if she could visit a less avtice that we are reactivating, Sebastian. She said that she is still in her bed but that shed be ready for us when we came. So the hour quickly came in which we needed to go to her house in order to walk with her to Sebastians house. We knocked her door and she quicky opened the door, shhh-ed us and said to be quiet becasue she was sneaking out of her house and she didnt want her daughter to know. (Her daughter lives right next to her). hahah she quickly and very quietly shut the door and locked it. mean while explaining that she left the television on to keep her family thinking that she was still there in her house resting. hahaha it was the most funniest asn inspiring things ive ever seen in my life!!! Here is this little old lady who is determined to share the gospel and serve others. hahaha sneaking out of her house. Now i am not saying that we should all sneak out of our house but i am saying that we all should be commited to serve others.

Hahah anyways so we made it to the house of Sebastian and he wasnt there.. Which we found odd becasue we literally talked to him on the phone 15 minutes eralier. Commited and assured we waited outside knowing that he wqould show up but that he was probably running a quick errand before. Plus we were 15 min utes early. hahah Okay so his sister asnswers the door and she explains that Sebastian isnt there.. etc. Then Hna Otilia starts talking to her about the gospel and if she believed in Jesucristo. She explained that she believed and then Hna Otilia says so then what are ya? Do you go to church? haha The sister explains that she doesnt and that she hates the church but not just our but everyuones. Then sweet and bold Hna Otilia asks why?? The sister doenst havbe answer and then hna otilia explains to her oh little one... you should change that right away. You need to go to church and you need to grow your faith. The church is vital for our calsation...etc. haah Hna Jopia and i found oursleves with ur mouths hitting the floor. Here is hna Otilia still acting like a missionary at 84 years and being bold as ever! Hahah WE LOVE HNA OTILIA!!!

I am going to attach a photo of her adn i in our house after. Dont mind me... I look terrible. hahah Anyways shortly after Sebastian showed up and we had a great lecion with him. haha I love you all! Remember stand up for what you believe in and never judge who is ready for the gospel. Share what you believe. Its in the sharing of your testimony that is grows and you realize how precious and importante the gospel is in your life.

Love you and miss you all! Love Hermana Brown

Here is hna Otilia at 84 years!

Feliz día de Pascua!!!

 Feliz día de Pascua (part 2)!!!

 First time i get to spend a full day in the rain!!! Whoo hoo!! hahah always an adventure here in Chile

 Hna Jopis and i at the Easter concierto!

 Intercambio con Hna Breton

 Service Project with Familia Mardones

part 2 of service project

Together in Orsono! More Than Part of Us, True Sincerity

Here in Osorno!! Hahah yay! Herman Jopiua ad i received our transfers today and we get to spend another transfer together here in Osorno. We are super excited. We get alongh really well and teach really well together becasue we have different ways of teaching and together we teach what it is that they need to uderstand. Its really neat. Im still a work and progress here in the mission of Chile Osorno. hahah

Anywqays this week we taught a lot of lessons that we were basically not at all in the street. During our lesson with Johnny and Guisela we were teaching a bit more about Pray, Read, and assist. I ended up learning somthing really neat that i never thought before even though it came out of my mouth. ahah Its very nteresting and beautiful when you are guided by the Spirit becasue you end up learning more than you had before. Which i found interesting because in General Conference they spoke about this exact hing. When you teach it and xshare your te4stimony and knowledge with others , tyou will learn more becasue the Spirit will be guiding you and testifying to you that its true. Share what you believe. We will be far more likely to love something when it becomes something more than a part of us but us. Our path should be the Lords path. For He can make us more filled with happiness and knowledge than we can. WE were talking about prayer cards  and memorized prayera and i felt to describe a little bit of an anology.. or whtever its called. Anywasy i said, how would you feel if everyday your daughter came in adn said the exact same thing to you daily andf everytime she talked to you. Would you believe her? Would you feel liek she´s being sincere? My question is to all of you, Are we talking to our Father in Heaven sincerely? Would we as parents feel like our child is being sincere if they said to us what we say to our Heavenly Father? Always remember to be sincere in your prayers. All we need to do is remember the natural relationship that exists between us and our loving Heavenly Father. When we do, prayer really becomes sincere and a real communication.

I love you all and miss you!! Love Hermana Brown

Future Missionary, Service, Every Effort Is Important, Conducting Music=Epic Fail, Successful Ward Activity

This week we visited Huayup a less active and ended up figuring out that he wants to serve a mision!! yay!! and he said that he took it as a sign that we came at that time. He is only being held back becasue his parents are supportive right now. We hope to help him to do what he feels is the right decision for his life.

We taught Johnny and Guisela about the word of wisdom. They loved it and accepted it right off the bat! yay! haha i love seeing their desires to do what the Lord wants for them. We also did sevice for them this week. They are building on to their house and it was nice to work with them on that. It reminded me that i actually have talents. haha and that i love serving.

Life here is going great. We lost Cecilia and Daniel. Still havent been able to talk to them about thier answer due to our week being crazy. We have been super busy in the work and i lvoe it. But we definitely need to visit them this week! We were runnning everywhere yesterday trying to fit in all of our appointments. haha it was fun. We have been working hard and learned a humbling lesson that we cannot do this work with out the members. It seriously takes every member striving to build up the kigdom of God for it to work out. Strive to fulfill your callings and covenants. Strive to serve others and help the obra misional. Es muy importante!! I love you all. This week has been great. For those who have been wondering...I am healthy! hahaah No worries. I love you all. I miss you all. Thank you for your prayers and for all you do to edify the Lords Kingdom.

Love, Hermana Brown

P.S.
haha I had to lead the music in sacrament and i totally failed!! hahah It turns out that i should have tooken the chance to learn how to lead music from Herman Latham. Yep she offered and was more than willing to teach me and i was like...oh no im good. haha theyre never going to call on me to do it becasue i dont know how so its all good. NOT!!! hahaha yepo so attempted to lead the music in sacrament and wow was i off. hahahahahahaha Ive never dreaded every song we sang ever in my life but man did i when i had to lead it. Ha! yep so i learned my lesson...when somebody offers to teach you a life long skill...take it!! and sadly they still want me to leads the music. I better become better at this. hahah Hermana Beecroft was like... you started off a novice and ended up a pro. Not true. haha everyone was very nice about it but man..they were not being honest. ha yep. The best song was the last one becasue we had two instruments ( Elder  Crotzer playing the violin and Hna Karin at the organ) which helped to drown out me which was good. haha it was honestly very funny. Also we had a ward activity this week with sports and amazingly enough 7 people showed up!! EXITO!!! SUCCESS!! YAY! They all seemed to enjoy themselves. I love our ward.

Well, got to go.

 Love Hermana Brown

Progress, Not About Baptisms, Being Guided, Forgiveness

This week has been great! Johnny, Guisela, and their family came to church after we had a great lesson with them on Tuesday about the priesthood. They loved it! Any doubts that they had were settled and Guisela has a baptismal date!!!!!! For the 28 of this month. We are super excited and have been teaching them a lot. haha everytime she had a doubt we taught that principle and she kept saying wow...its perfect. We have beenpraying like crazy to help her feel prepared and have no fear at all. hah I love seeing their progress. Its beautiful! Today we have a FHE with them and President and Hermana Obeso in the mission home. This last time Johnny was there which was a huge miracle because we works so much. He works over 16 hour days. its crazy and admirable. ha :) They are such a great family, i lvoe them sooo much! So yep they are progressing.

Daniel and Cecilia are also progressing. We taught them about baptism and Hermana Inzulza was there. They all became instant friends which is a GIGANTIC blessing. They are really studying the scriptures and wanted to come to church this past Sunday but couldnt because they were out of town. We have a lesson with them on Wednesday. Yay! Maybe theyll have a baptism date this week. You never know!! hahah Nah something ive really learned in the mission in that the mission isnt about baptisms. Its about bringing souls to come to Christ and yes baptism is one of the steps but no the only step. But we very blessed in the mission and in our sector. We found 3 less actives this week which was a miracle. What never seems to stop amazing me is that we find them randomly in the most random ways. hahah For instance, Hermana Latham and i searched for all these less actives and all of a sudden we will be walking and we get the feeling to turn around. So we turn around and there is this less active named Hardy and later we end up figuring out that he is a member. We also finally found Nivaldo and he needed service. We found Hernan whose wife passed away 2 months ago and now he wants to know more. We taught him a little about the plan de salvacion and he was crying. it was such a bitter sweet moment because we were all sad becasue he lost his wife but happy that he can see her again and that shes not lost. Its quite beautiful that Heavenly Father thought through everything!!! We wants us all to return to Him so He provided us with a plan..a plan where we can find happiness.

We taught Raquel and Monsarrat yesterday after church. It was beautiful. She is a less active and she has a daughter, Monsarrat. I feel like i just said this..haha anyways. They are super sweet and are having difficulties right now and are finding peace now. This week they are going to look for the blessings they have Gracias a El. Thanks to Jesus Christ. This week has been filled with miracles. Hermana Jopia are doing great. We are learning how to coordinate our teaching and now we are on fire. haha whoo! We are enjoying to work and have seen much success. This week we learned a lot about the Atonement of Jesus Christ and thanks to Him we can overcome 2 things in this life. Spiritual and physical death. We all are given the gift of inmortality after this life but when we do our part and receive His grace, we can overcome spiritual death. Its really beautiful. I also learned the importance of forgiveness. It is important for all of us to forgive one another. Thanks to the atonement and Jesus´ perfect example we dont have to carry grudges around with us. Its amazing that all those things that happened to us or that we did, we can be forgiven for, give forgiveness, and grow. Let us all confront our own dandelions in our front yard instead of looking at our neightbors yard. I know that as we do so that we will be more happier and be able to see our blessings and feel the presence of the Spirit more in our lifes.

I love you all. Nos vemos!

Love Hermana Brown

Hermana Jopia and I

Investigator Progression, Non-Stop Spanish, Putting God First

Lifes great here in Chile… just saying. Haha our investigators, Cecilia and Daniel came to church this week!! They are so great! They feel like they have found the right church and are progressing. Their kids loved the classes and my little folder of ictures was quite useful for the kids during sacrament. I also have a new companion! Her name is Hermana Jopia and is great!

So ive been speakingin spanish non stop for almost a week now. Its been fun and different. Whats a huge blessing is that i havenbt gotten a huge migraine! Hahaa im blessed. Anyways Johnny and Guisela are also progressing! There doubts were settled during our last lesson with them and Hno. Gonzalo y Hna Karina (miembros). Its been great! Haha Johnny said that if we cant find his records he wants to be baptized again and Guisel wants to be baptized but doesnt want to set a date just yet. They have grown so much since the fist lesson. I love seeing their progress. My joy is full. They have so much more lighht in their eyes and happiness and tranquilidad. Their kids also love the classes in the church and every Sunday want to go! Hehe i love our sector.

Sebastian, our menos activo is progressing a lot and is going nto have an interview this week and prepare to receive the priesthood. Its beautiful. Our class of historia familiar went great! We had 7 members show up not incluiding the missionaries which is a great turn out! Really.. haha Plus many more plan on coming nest time which is the Friday after this Friday. Alot of people are getting excited about the class which is grwat. We are also starting to plan activities for the jovencitos. We have two young woman but they are many more in ouir stake so we are thingking of having a stake dance of activity for them to stregthnen them so they dont feel alone.

Something that ive learned this past week is how important the commandments and laws of God are. They really are a blessing and when we are obedient our faith grows because we receive the blessings the our promised by the Lord.  Its beautiful because He wants to bless us but He also wants us to return and live with Him but no unclean can live with Him. So when we put Him first in our lifes and obey His laws, our faith in increased, we are obviouly blessed, our relationship with Him becomes stronger, and in the end… we get to spend the rest of eternity with Him and our Savior. It really in beautiful! I love you all and miss you tons! I know that all of us need blessings so let us all thrust with our sickle in His work and be obedient. I know that the blessings will rain upon us.

Love Hermana Brown

New Casa, No Gas/Mold, Transfer, Training Ending

This week we moved casa. hah talka bout a crazy week! We now live like 4 blocks down from our old house in new apartments. hahha but we dont have gas still. So we have been showering with cold water..and havent been able to cook on the stove  but they are going to fix it hopefully today or tomorrow. However we still love our apartment. its very clean and doesnt have mold which is a huge plus! haha

Today we figured out transfers! Duh dah duh! Im staying here in Centro 2 and my companion is finishing her mission. haha nah lo siento.. but i am staying and im getting Hermana Jopia as my new companion on Wednesday! I am so excited! Ive heard such great things about her and everyone has flipped out everytime they figure out so i am supèr excited. Im excited to work hard and see miracles in our sector. however, i will miss Hermana Latham a lot! she´s amazing. She is so tender and sweet. We have had such great times and so many adventures...and have seen so many miracles happen.

This week, despite our move, we saw many milagros., one of which is that Johnny and Guisela went to church with their 5 kids!! So amazing! Our joy was full! We figured out that they dont understand the Restauración so we will teach them from the beginning but they are progressing! Also Hermana Lathams grandma died this week. That was and still is very hard for her. Whast amazing is that we were able to see the tender mercies of the Lord preparing her. We have been studying familoy history work in order to get people excited and to understand the importancia of it. It helped her cope because we learned a lot about the temple and the saving ordinances that the Restauración brings. No one is lost. Also we were ale to see alot of other tyender mercies..alot that were preparing her. She was given the option to go home early ad she still decided to stay. Shes a great example. She feels peaceful with the death of her grandma even though she is sd to not see her for a long time because of the peace of the gospel. ALSO, we have 4 appoinments tomorrow with investigadores. We are so excited. They are all our golden investigadores. Oh i forgot to mention that my new companion is Chilean so my spanish will get better. I am finding it easier to explain myself better. Oh and i finish my training tomorrow!!! Woo!! heheh then ill offically be a real missionary. hehe im excited.

I love you all and miss you dearly!

Love, Hermana Brown

Happy Valentine's Day, God's Greatest Work...

The work is going great here in Chile! We had a lesson with Guisela with the Poulsens. My companion and i were feeling like their need was that they didnt understand how the gospel and family doesnt have to be separate. That she can apply the doctrine in her family life and thats what helps your conversion process unto the Lord. So before and during the lesson, ElderPoulsen was able to help Guisela feel like she can have th gospel in her family life by giving her examples of his own life. She loved and and now wants to incorporate more things in her family life. It was such a miracle because we were able to see the light in her eyes brighten a bit more. She was able to relate the gospel more in her life which is important. The gospel of Jesucristo is to help us become the people that we can become, to love the our Savior and Jesus Christ more, and to help us feel the haapiness in this life and in the next that God feels. The gospel is such a blessing in my life and in each persons life that lets the message into their heart. We all are given opportunities to change and become better people and when we grasp onto the Lord we can see His hand in our lifes guidingf us and can can feel the happiness that He feels. The Lords purpose is to bring about the Salvation and Eternal Lif of man...that includes every single one of us. Everything that was created and will be created is for us to be able to choose Christ and become the happiest people that we can become. As we all strive to become like Him in our lifes, as we put our will in His, our home on Earth will be happier and so will our situations. Also we have golden investigators. Daniel and Cecilia love the gospel! They said that they feel like theyve had their eyes covered and now are beoming uncovered through the teachings of Jesus Christ and His Restoration. They said that they were content and happy with life before but now that they have been being taught by us, they feel much more happier and peaceful. They feel like Jesucristo is showing them the way. It was a beautiful lesson and they have been sharing with their family members. They are amazing. Also for Valentines Day we made valentines with a scripture on it )1John 4.8 and gave it to the people that we saw along with candy. Talk about the biggest smile on peoples faces. We made a lot of people smile jsut by sharing a little bit of Gods love with others. I love you. I miss you all.

Love,
Hermana Brown.....oh and just know that Gods greatest work is YOU!

House Hunting, Progress in the Ward

Haha okay so funny story. We are in the process of being kicked out of our house so this past week we havent spent a lot of time in our sector because we´ve been searching for a house.  Haha and you guys may no tknow this but it is very difficult to find a house here in Chile! Ha yeah..well after much prayer and having faith that the Lord would provide if we did our part, WE FOUND A HOUSE!!! Yay! However the Elders are still deciding if its good for us or not. Well if they decide against it thats okay because the Lord will provide. He always does.

This week we did not find any more people to teach and all our appointments fell through so we didnt get to teach a lot of people. BUT  we did make a lot of progress in our Ward and with our members.  Our Bishop now has a first counselor and we had a training from the Stake President for the whole stake on how consejo de barrio should run and amazingly enough several of the leaders in our barrio showed up! They explained how important Ward council is and how it revolves around our Ward misión plan. Plus we are teaching Hermana Obeso english weekly. We are so blessed to be in this area. Its progressing daily. The members are progressing rapidly. Id have to say one of the highlights of the wek was that we were able to teach Hermana Zelma and help her with her doubts by teaching by the Spirit. We have been trying to meet with her for the past 2 months. She is one of our less actives. We were able to share our own experiences and scriptures that helped her. She commited to come to church and although she did not come to church her eyes lit up a bit more and you could see her sorrows start to slowly melt away. I still feel like she will come back.

I love you all! Xoxo I miss you!

Teaching Guisela with the  Poulsens and my companion, Hermana Latham.

Upcoming Baptism, Helping Each Other, Ward Mission Plan

Im loving life here in the mission field. So we have a family and they are doing great. They didnt make it to church yesterday which was a bummer becasue they have a baptismal date!!! Im so excited but now we have to push it back a week. Guisela is praying about the date and they are so great! I love them so much!

Okay so last week we had a lesson with her becasue her husband was working and we brought the matrimonio misioneros and it was a blessing! She had so much respect for them and asked them some questions. Hna Poulsen thoguh she doesnt speak spanish she was able to relate a story that she had when her brother date at age 17 in a car accident right after she joined the church. But becasue she had a testimony she prayed about it and received a great peace and was told at that instant that he had passed away which nobody knew at that moment. But becasue she was able to receive that peace and comfort from the Holy Ghost she was able to comfort her family and be there for them. She is amazing! And Elder Poulsen is also amazing and translated the whole story because he served here in Chile como 30 anos ago. It was awesome.

The gospel is such a blessing to hav in my life. I love this gospel. I love seeing the light that comes to peoples eyes as their testimonys grow and they look forward with faith and hope. Well it ended in the Poulsens inciting them over for a noche de hogar which was a blesingª Friednships all around.

We also have a lady named Karin that is doing great. She has such great faith and is amazing. She is willing to do whatsoever Heavenly Fatrher tells her to. So we are praying.

Also while we were in a lesson con un menos activo I had a stron impression to tell him that we needed him to meet our family and that we could really use his help with them and he just lit up. hahah it was amazing. He got super excited and started going off and how he would love to help and what time he is available and his baptism. Also how he feels like he knows why he feel away. He felt that because he didnt read his scriptures and pray is why he fell away fromt eh church so he is going to start doing that. It awas amazinfgª It was the first time that i saw him light up like that. It was beautiful. He keeps attendign church but yesterday he brought his daughter. Wow is she just a precious lil thing.

Also we finally created a mission plan for the wardª hahaah it was actually funny how it came to be. Anyways so i felt like i should tell him that many people are interestedin family history and how it could help them strengthen and reactivate. Then all of a sudden everyone got super excited and becasue my spanish is terrible abd i was able tog et that across to him he felt that it was an action that we needed to take. hahah if you all were there you would have understood why it was so funny. First he slammed my spanish bu then explained that he felt that becasue i could say that that i was more sensitive to the spirit becasue im limited. haha well i thought it was funny.. especially becasue i understood the whole meeting. Well it ended p great becasue now everyones excited and pumped for the mission plan of the ward and we also added in visitng teacher sand that they needed to be held accountable by who they visited so that theyd visit. Yayª Our efforts paid offª Its been a great week and month. It is the greatest feeling when you feel like youre startng to be able to help people by striving to be an instrument in the Lords hands. The people here are greatª I love them so much. I feel like my hearts outside of my chest haaha but at the same timew i feel so full. It beautiful. And each one of you are a missionary tooª Enjoy it. Youll never regret helping people. Everyone has a part. Cling to the rod ¿1 nefi 8. Love youªª

Love Hermana Brown.
P.s sorry for all teh typing errors. I miss you allªª