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
Monday, March 16, 2015
Monday, March 9, 2015
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
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
Monday, March 2, 2015
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
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
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