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!