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From: Thomas Michael Brown
Date: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 3:37 PM
Subject: HOLA!

HOLA FAMILIA!!!
haha I love you all soo much thanks for the email and thanks for the gmails and stuff. I get them fast cuz they can print them off on tuesday and give me them the same day haha. Well I dont have a lot of time because it rained all day and Uruguay doesnt work on rainy days so we just finally found an open cyber to do email and we have a lesson in 10 mins and my comp still has to write. Really Im just learning a ton right now about patience with the people here. We have been getting alot of rejection this week and its been interesting but we are working a ton and hard.

I do love it a ton here and I loved the envelope. The vegas shirt i loved! Im glad you were able to see Elder Snowden…. well i guess not elder anymore thats weird. Ill see if i can get a peñarol jersey for him. Tell Mikey and Cari Beal thanks for the letters and Hi for me.
Well I LOVE YOU ALL A TON.
CON AMOR
Elder Brown

From: Thomas Michael Brown
Date: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 3:54 PM
Subject: Forgot

Sorry forgot something that went really well this week. We had a talent show on Saturday that was awesome. A lot of people came and we had like 3 investigators there that are incomplete families. One was Ismael with his family that are members and we are working a ton with them. We have a lesson with them right now haha…. but Ismael and his wife, Adela, did a rock dance and they are like 40 but it was soooo funny and good. They did like swing to old rock but yah was awesome. Reminded me alot of you mom and dad. They remind me alot of you guys. I was asked to play backstreet boys by request which was fun. Its embarrassing but always a good time and everyone knew the song and all asked me to do another after yelling to do another but…. i dont know any others haha so couldnt. There were a ton of talents and a good time. youll see the photos if i can send them next week. Dont have them with me today but someday youll see them haha. well just wanted to let you know of something good this week. Was a really good activity and the investigators loved it and the ward supported it alot.
once again love you all
COn AMOR
Elder brown.

From: Thomas Michael Brown Add to Addresses Block Sender
Date: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 7:59 AM
Subject: Changes!

Hola FAMILIA!!!

Well its been going great. Another week just flew by which scares me a ton. It was another interesting week with alot of rejection but thats alright. Everything is teaching me a ton here with… patience haha. I love it though. We had changes and I’m staying in Buceo which makes me really happy but my comp is going off to 33 but not to my old area but im excited for him. I loved 33. My new comp will be Elder Sosa from Paraguay. Its cool cuz all my comps have been from different places. Im stoked for something new.

So I had to give a talk on Sunday in church which still makes me so nervous to do haha. It was a good experience though and was on Charity and how it helps in preaching the gospel. I learned a ton on the love of our savior for us and the Pure love of Christ. There is a scripture that really sums it all up in sharing with others the gospel with love. Its in 1 Corinthians 13:1-2. I loved it. It was so weird i was soooo nervous up there… even though we talk with people all day and in conferences and stuff it still scares me gettin up in front of people to talk… but as i was up there talking i could just feel the love for this ward and for the people ive met in the mission preaching the gospel. It was the best feeling ever and just swept over me.

So we had this Huge activity with a famous childs song writer here in Uruguay as a stake primary activity and we had to go because it was in our building. WAS AWESOME! the best part is all the wards came and Lomas de Solymar was there. I walked in and got this like HUGE hug from Rodrigo the grandkid of Lilian that we were teaching there and taking to english classes and all. It was good to see him and everyone from Lomas there after such a hard week. Then on Sunday there was a conference with Elder Arnold for the stake for all investigators and Recent converts and i got to see all the people from Lomas again and this time Lilian was there and she came up to me just cryin and we talked about baptism and she is gonna get baptized now haha. She is an amazing woman i hope she gets baptized while im here still in Uruguay. Then i saw Adolfo too who got baptized the week i left. He is doing awesome. Its soo good to see people that youve taught and baptized doing good and firm in the gospel.

Im sending some photos of the activity with the famous “Roy Berocay” and an asado with Gabriel our investigator and Esteven a kid goin on a mission soon… if we can help him haha. And also with the Jovenes from Lomas that i saw at the activity. Just a few random pics haha.
Well we are trying to find alot of people. Its been rough with a few people we been teaching this week but it will all work out alright. I just love it here.

Well sorry if i didnt mention anything last week i thought i did. I loved the emails from everyone and thanks for all the support and stories and love. I miss you all alot and cant wait to play a little soccer with Alexa and go to the farm with everyone and play in the river with Gabriel haha. I Love it here though and its hard to think that ill have to leave here soon… but i still got alot of time

CON AMOR.
Elder Brown.

From: Thomas Michael Brown
Date: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 11:01 AM
Subject: HOOOLLLLAA

Hey FAMILIA!
Well its going good here. Was kinda a rough week with stuff goin on with some investigators but the work is always good. I am just learning a ton which is amazing about the gospel is that there is ALWAYS something more to learn. We got permission to read “The Infinite Attonement” and Elder Walbeck who lives with us is letting me borrow his. It is truely amazing the book. The attonement is just something so special for all of us and the reason for being here.

So we had interviews this last week which went really good. They were really fast in that we just went and had interviews and then left instead of being capacitated and all but its always awesome to talk with President DaSilva. He is just an amazing guy. This week we have a Conference with Elder Arnold the President of the Area Seventy here. He just got called so it will be cool to hear his first conference with us.

So the area is going alright. Gabriel is going to church and just changing and changing. Every time I´m more and more surprised in what hes doing. He just feels it and wants to have this change in him. He had an interview with the Bishop which helped a ton. He was doing alright but not progressing much but the Bishop really hit him hard. He told him something that i LOVE… “Time lost you cant recuperate.” Really makes you think in time that we waste. Made me think of stuff i was wasting time on and that time i dont get back….. I can only change now to make my time be of use. EVERY moment of our lives is valuable. Thanks to you guys for always being there for me even when i was a bugger and not doing the greatest stuff. Its the reason Im here and even though i wont get that time back Imma try to be better. Well thats all off subject but it made Gabriel think alot and he has been going to church even on the ugly days which is a miracle with him haha. He is a really good guy but sooo strange.

Well Ana y Juan we actually didnt get to see them this last week but i did call them and they have been having difficulties in work and stuff but still are so greatful and happy to talk to us. Juan is just a great guy and they didnt go to church which was a bummer but i called them again last night and they are doing alright. Its gonna be hard to visit them again this week cuz they have alot of stuff going on and we have the Arnold Conference but they are gonna have a FHE with the Rizzo and Martinez Family who are both return missionaries and have awesome families.

So here are some photos of a service we did with a guy, Fernando. He got baptized in Argentina but went inactive and started smoking and drinking and then got divorced and everything just fell apart for him so he came back to Uruguay where he is from. Just goes to show that the commandments are meant to be kept and if we dont keep them… well we dont receive the promised blessings and happiness. Thanks to the attonement though he can change and come back. Hes a cool guy and we helped him out with his boat. Was fun even though he was half drunk and didnt use the most sofisticated stuff to build the boat but it was good. Also a photo of the District we have here… which is us and the office elders. Then some random ones just down by the beach with the guayan flag and a cannon from the naval museum here. Was pretty cool there.

Well there is alot that is just being formed now in the area but hard times always pass and its the Lords work so everything will come out well. Im just happy to be out and able to work I did get the pics of baby Trey. Thanks. Hes a cute little guy. Also CONGRATS TO ELDER CARLSON! haha…
LOVE YOU ALL SOOOO MUCH!

CON AMOR.
Elder Brown

From: Thomas Michael Brown Add to Addresses Block Sender
Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 6:52 AM
Subject: ANOTHER WEEK!

HOLA FAMILIA!
Well its going great here Sadly weve had to push back a few baptismal dates but they are doing good we just need to prepare them a little more. Mabel and Jorge are still doing good. So Sunday Ana y Juan went with their kids to church and loved it. We had a really good lesson with Juan on Wednesday. We did a division and i went with the 2nd counselor in the bishopric. Juan talked really open with us which was great and he says Ana is having troubles but he wants to help her. He loves how he has a role in the family as Patriarch and he is ready to help his family live the gospel.

Well sorry i didnt get much time to write today cuz i had to arrange some pics but i will do better next week love you all a ton!
CON AMOR.
Elder Brown.

From: Thomas Michael Brown
Date: Tuesday, August 3, 2010 11:05 AM
Subject: WONDERFUL BUCEO!

Well HOLA FAMILIA!

Its going great here in Buceo. Its been crazy with people getting sick and hurt in our district and weve had to kinda fill in for different companionships but its been an experience this week and not to mention the miracles we saw in our own area. So to start Jorge ended up stepping on a nail and couldnt get his foot wet so we had to postpone his baptism but there is a reason… dont know what yet but he has quit smoking completely. He is doing Awesome but we havent seen him for a while because he left to Melo on Thursday and has been there since. We going to visit him today.

Well we had a huge experience with Ana y Juan this week. We were gonna have that FHE like i said on Friday and Friday as we were planning we were trying to figure out what we could do for them and if we should put a baptismal date with them at the FHE. We couldnt figure out how to do it cuz we were gonna have our WML (ward mission leader) with us, Hno Rizzo, and all his family to watch a movie about the church and we couldnt figure out how to do the invitation so we decided to pray about it. We prayed about it and felt we should put the date with them and teach the 3rd lesson with them so we still werent sure how that was gonna work with the movie but we thought that well we would just watch the movie and then share the 3rd lesson. Well we left with that and went out to work and it started raining and raining and raining….. was fun haha. We got to their house which was the last lesson of the day and when we got in they told us that the Rizzo Family called and couldnt come because their son got sick in the rain. Something you gotta know of Hno Rizzo is that he doesnt fail us…. ever…. he is always where we need him. Well when we heard they werent coming we knew it was for a reason. We ended up not having the FHE and watching the movie and were able to focus on the 3rd lesson as we planned and set the date. It was truely a blessing. They were also able to open up to alot of stuff without the Rizzo Family there which was cool. When we finished singing and after the opening prayer Juan just started expressing all his feelings for the gospel and how he knew that it was the true path. It was amazing. He talked of the peace he had had this last week and that it was a huge difference in him. He also expressed that it has to be something from God because every time he knows we are coming he gets excited. We had planned for this lesson and he said that all day he was just so excited waiting for us. Ana has been having a little bit harder time. She really tries to analyze everything which is what she does for work and she says that its her problem. She feels its true but she just wants to be sure its the only truth. She then started expressing the changes in Juan and how he comes to her to have studies and prayers together every night. To think he had never read the bible before nor gave attention to God at all before. He now studies alone and with Ana and they are just so great. They are gonna be just a great help in the ward. They are awesome.

Well thats about all thats going on here. We gonna go make some terryaki bowls (i cant spell) now in our appartment us 4 so that should be fun. We just got done with District Meeting and they asked me and my comp to help out the other mission and take pictures to be their logo haha. So we went to do it and well my suit jacket is missing a button so they took another missionary while we were there. Woulda been cool haha but i guess i need to keep up with my sewing About Freddy and Estella…. yah write them and tell them HOLA! for me. If you wanna send my emails to them its cool with me. I miss them alot But I love you all a ton and miss you a ton and yah…… CHAU!

Con Amor
Elder Brown

From: Thomas Michael Brown
Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 12:09 PM
Subject: BUCEO!!

Hola Familia
Well its going great here in Buceo. Well first of all it was hard but in end Laura and Adolfo dont want any more…. but with time they will come back. Maybe with the baptism of Mabel in a few weeks.

So first of all Juan and Ana went to church with the whole family and LOVED IT! They invited us over to have a FHE in their house so of course we gonna do it this Friday. They are just doing amazing.

So on Sunday we found this 16 year old kid who is amazing named Cristian. He is really just a special kid and we had a great lesson with him but the best part was the end when we went to say the prayer. We asked to kneel to say the prayer and as we kneeled we taught him to do the prayer and invited him to do it. When we arrived he wasnt to sure if God even existed but he did the prayer and the spirit just filled the room. He said it so sincere searching an answer and after we asked how he felt and he was just so touched and felt a peace and love that was amazing. He said he felt free. We going back but we have to wait till next Sunday because of his studies which is a bummer but it really was a cool experience.

Well the last but best thing was really a miracle this week. So with Jorge… dont know if you remember him… but he works here but his family is in Melo and is an awesome guy but he smoked 2 packs a day when we found him and he put his efforts in and got down to 3 cigarrettes a day which is amazing but we couldnt get him to finish and he just couldnt do it. So we fasted and prayed a ton and well he needed to stop smoking by the 24th and his baptism is the 31st of July. Well last weekend it was the same old story of he couldnt stop but on Monday he got really sick in his throat and it would hurt if he smoked so he stopped smoking for the 3 days he was sick… but then just kept going and hasnt smoked since so he met the goal of not smoking the 24th and this Saturday will be his baptism. It truely was amazing and was a huge help because after what happened with Adolfo and Laura really hurt us but the Lord always has his reasons and his time and his way.

The work is truely going well here even with all that has happened with Elder Walbeck being sick and we have to kinda split our time with their area and ours but now hes pretty much better so it should start going alot better again.

Well thats about all for here I love you all a ton and yes i got the package and loved it. THANKS FOR THE M&Ms JEFFERY AND MARY…. everyone ate them in our 4 elder house so they all say thanks too haha. I woke up and most of them were gone…. Well I love you all a ton…. CHAU!

CON AMOR.
Elder Brown

PS Alexa dont worry havent forgotten bout you either and loved your drawings that i just got in a little card. THANKS!

From: Thomas Michael Brown
Date: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 9:51 AM

Subject: HAPPY FATHERS DAY! from Uruguay

HOLA FAMILIA!!!
Its great to hear all thats going on there in Vegas! Its been a very crazy weekend here in Buceo. One of the Assistants that we live with got some bad headaches and had to go to the hospital. My comp went with him there and Ive been with the other assistant this weekend basically. There was a big conference with the President and we had to do a few things and cancel alot of stuff in our area but its just been crazy and an experience haha. Well stuff with Laura and Adolfo isnt going too great unfortunately. With all that came up we got to visit them once on Monday last week and we had a really good charla but they started questioning the Book of Mormon and alot of stuff. We had a good charla but we didnt get to visit them again till Sunday night! It was a crazy day Sunday running around in the rain ALL DAY! We were really excited to go to the charla with them because they didnt go to church and we had a member text them and they said they didnt go cuz of a dinner they were gonna have with their dad but i knew something more was up. Wasnt sure if it was gonna be good or bad but i was excited to find out. We went with our Ward mission Leader who left on fathers day here to help us! He is soooo awesome. But we get there and only Adolfo was home and invites us in but before we could sit down told us he didnt wanna fool us and tell us before we started what was up…. He told us that him and Laura dont want any more of anything with the church and denied EVERYTHING that he had felt… unfortunately we didnt get to talk with Laura too but he says Mabel still wants to get baptized but him and Laura dont want anymore and said the Book of Mormon isnt true and just everything… Was sad. He told us he wasnt reading or praying and well i know thats why all this happened. He just stopped in the middle of the gospel path basically. We with Hermano Rizzo just bore our testimonies and thats all we could do really. Hopefully they will realize the blessings and the importance of the gospel again. They had felt something before and changed a ton…. but we really dont know what happened. Tonight we are gonna visit Mabel and hopefully we can find out a bit more. But yah thats whats going on with them. Its sad cuz their baptism was going to be this weekend but its better to know now than after the baptism.

Well thats the sad part of our week… now for the good part haha There is always good parts in the mission which i LOVE! So we been working with Ana and Juan this week. They are doing AWESOME! We had a FHE on Friday at the Rizzo Home with them and it went amazing. We watched “Together Forever” and they loved it. Was awkward at first cuz when we arrived they told us that on Sunday they wouldnt be able to go to church cuz they were going to be going to see a pastor that their friend invited them to that is really famous and they were sincere with us that they were in search for the truth and want to see everything soooo was a little weird to start… but then we watched the movie. I just dont know how to explain the charlas with them cuz i dont even remember what we say or what goes on but they just feel so good. Was interesting cuz at the end Ana was crying and i look over and so was Juan…. and after they just said that it touched them and then we talked and they just kept saying how good they felt. Ana felt something really strong in one part a lady says “I dont have all the answers… but i know where to find them” and Ana realized in her self that she had been analyzing everything so much that she wasnt getting her answer that she just needed to pray sincerely…. she put it alot better than i could haha. Then Hermano Rizzo walked out and i was like uhhh… ok and he comes back with a photo of the Temple and talked about how the temple made it possible that we could be together forever and… then invited them to the temple Saturday because the ward just happened to be going Saturday, the day after the FHE, to do baptisms for the dead and they were excited to go! At that moment the Kids all ran out of the play room yelling for food and changed the whole environment and we were like its ok we are finishing up and they went back into the playroom and we were like alright well can we end with a prayer?… right then Hermana Rizzo was like hold on… I wanna say something and Im not even kidding before she said anything the room just filled right back up soooooo strong with the spirit…. It was one of the strongest moments ive felt in the mission and she then just started crying and really just bore her testimony of the family and her love for Ana and Juan and how much she wants them to have all these blessings in their family and she was bawling and her husband and Ana and Juan and everyone was just bawling and i was just like…. whoa this is weird. But was the best end to a charla EVER! Was an amazing Night… Oh and then we went to the temple on Saturday and they went and LOVED IT!

heres some photos we took at the temple and in the FHE with them. Alot of people went and like 4 of our recent converts went to do baptisms for the dead which was amazing to see them all go. Ok to know who is Juan and Ana… in the photo where we are all sitting down at the temple… Juan and Ana and their kids are on the Right and the Hermana Rizzo is on the left with her kids and Lauras(recent convert) son. It was great.

Well Im doing good here. I dont think i need anything done at home. Maybe just look for a job haha. Ill do anything really just gonna need something for when i get back. Not too worried about it though.

About the beanies i wanted to send all the photos together so thats why you havent gotten anything about them yet but i gave them all out and got photos but one of the photos is with my old comp Elder Griffiths. Sorry. And if you want to email Freddy and Estella… thats cool im sure theyd love to hear from yall. They are hilarious and Freddy speaks English so its good. I miss that family so tell them HI

Well love you all and DAD… HAPPY URUGUAYAN FATHERS DAY!!!
CON AMOR
Elder Brown

Date: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 10:45 AM

Subject: BEANIES

Well here is what happened with these photos and all went to families in Lomas de Solymar.
Photo 1- This is the Schnickemberger Family. Yah dont know if its spelt right but i love them. Shes pregnant now with their first child that will be a girl. She is really excited and they will be awesome. Daniel, the dad, would cook american food for us and Dee, the wife, was hilarious. They both speak english and we always had a blast in their lunches haha.

Photo 2 and 3- This is the Ayala Family who just had their daughter like a week before this picture was taken. The dad wasnt there cuz he works a ton to support the family with 2 jobs but served his mission in Argentina.

Photo 4- This is one of my favorite families in Lomas de Solymar. Me and Elder Fry reactivated them and they were one of our 5 families. They hadnt gone in like 20 years and now they go like every week even in the rain haha Elsa is the grandma, Beatriz the mom and her son Agustine. They loved the beanie and really need it with the way they live. Its really hard for them and live in the “ghetto” part of Lomas de Solymar. Awesome family.

Photo 5- This is Silvias Family. Silvia is a single mom of 4 with the new little guy, Bruno. She lives a really hard life too. Her ex husband ran off with another lady and used to beat them and she has like nothing but works a ton doing little jobs to support her kids. Ive talked about them before. Her kids are MONSTERS but Bruno is cool haha and liked the Beanie.

Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 9:14 AM
Subject: STAYIN!

HOLA FAMILIA!!
Well me and my comp are staying together in Buceo and Im really excited bout it. I love it here. The ward is just amazing and we are seeing a ton of miracles in the work. The Lord is truely blessing us. We had an awesome first change and im stoked for this next one.

Mom about the BYU stuff i think im just gonna wait to go the next semester. The truth is i dont remember my AIM stuff for BYU and i dont remember my Facebook stuff but if you wanna put somethin up its fine with me. I thought i left the info with like Alyssa or someone haha but i dont remember.

So it really is going great here. We had a little sad moment with some baptisms we were gonna have this week. This Saturday we were gonna have 3 baptisms but they have been getting anti mormon stuff from some JW´s so its been interesting. The mom, Mabel, is gonna give it a week to see what her kids do but she wants to get baptised. She has her date now for the 24th and well see what happens with Laura and Adolfo and hopefully the 3 will get baptised together. Laura is awesome but she is having a few doubts but is going to the single adults activities and reads and everything with church she does but she says she doesnt feel ready but last night we had a really good lesson wth them and watched “together forever” and it helped them alot. Was a really spiritual lesson and Laura and Adolfo really opened up.

Gabriel is doing great also. We are having lessons with him that are just amazing and i never expected it. He is very open about his sins and is one of those guys who youd never think would get baptized. He has been going to church on his own and just loves it. He says how he is changing and is actually happy now and helps his neighbors and all. Its very similar with what happened to Adolfo. Just an amazing story. I heard Adolfo is doing good too. I heard at changes too that Josefa is doing good and its still pretty rough in Sauce but the missionaries say she feeds them well and she is awesome and always goes to church so that made me feel really good. Also I heard from Tatiana and Nelly in Treinta y Tres. They arent doing too great and Tatiana just had her baby… dont know if i told you she was pregnant but the Elders over there say they just past something rough and well see if they can come out ok now that the baby came. Their letter made me miss them a ton and i hope they can come back. They really need the gospel again in their lives.

So here are a few pics. One is at a famous yacht port in my area. Its way cool and i guess its pretty popular. Heres the photo from Cholas baptism too. I dont think i ever sent you it and also one of when Uruguay beat Ghana. We went to pick up the member for a Lesson like 5 mins after the game ended and he was freaking out and face painted and we had to leave to the lesson.. Was pretty funny. Theres a pic of our district too which is the offices… and us haha. And then a random photo of what the city of Montevideo is like… yah thats a trash picker upper… by horse in the middle of one of the busy Montevideo streets. Its what its like here haha.

Well thats about it. I love you all a ton and hope you passed you B-day well mom I liked the pics with baby trey and alexa. Tell them both hi from their long lost uncle…. LOVE YA!

CON AMOR.
Elder Brown

Date: Tuesday, July 6, 2010 12:28 PM
Subject: FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS!

FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS MOM!!!

love you a ton. Sorry i dont have much time to write. Its been an awesome week and its just going great here. i love it! So sorry mom cant write much on your birthday but i love you a ton and I feel sooooo bad! But love you chau!

CON AMOR
ELDER BROWN

From: Thomas Michael Brown
Date: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 1:32 PM
Subject: HOLA

HOLA FAMILIA!
Well Trey finally got there? Thats awesome! CONGRATULATIONS KT AND WILL its gonna be fun haha. So yah people told me i was crazy too mom when i told them i was happy that the states lost. I was all for them till i saw that we would play Uruguay and it all changed. Its crazy here in Uruguay with the World Cup. Its been so long since they got this far and its such a small country that everything just shuts down on the game days. No one goes to work or school and after the games everyone goes crazy. If they win all day people are driving around yelling and honking their horns. So about the temple mom… no i wont get to go to any converts. There are a few that will be going but the mission here now doesnt go to the temple with converts. Dont know why but its a new rule with President DaSilva because he wants us more focused in our Areas now than in past converts and areas which is good but it is kinda a bummer too.

Well the work is going great here. We had Chola’s baptism on Saturday and it went great. She was just sooo happy. We had it with the other ward in our chapel and they had 2 primary kids get baptised. Elder Cuevas and I were the witnesses and i felt so bad cuz one of the kids had to get baptized like 3 times cuz the Hermano wouldnt dunk him far enough. But it all came out good in the end. So Laura and her brother Adolfo are doing great. Dont know if ive told you bout them but they have baptismal dates for the 17th of July. They are just doing amazing. Laura is trying to get in to knitt with the Relief Society on a big project they are doing and is really excited about it.

So a cool little experience… We did splits with Enzo, got baptized 2 weeks ago, and Bryan, Chola’s nephew who was inactive for years, and it went great! My comp went with Bryan to some lessons and I went with Enzo to…. well go talk with the people haha. Enzo is a recent convert and hes already ready to leave on a mission. Him and Bryan and both 15 and Enzo just blew me away. Bryan was with my comp but he told me he did great too. Enzo was so excited to just talk to people about the gospel. We started and I went and knocked a door and told Enzo we wanna share the gospel and when I turned around he had ran into the middle of the street and started talking to a lady in the middle of the street trying to get the direction to her house and he didnt really know what to say after so i ran to go help him in the middle of the road and i start talking to the lady and out of nowhere the guy from the house answers the door and Enzo runs over to him and starts sharing his testimony with him and I was just sooo amazed with the excitement he had to share the gospel. He is so awesome.

It was kinda a bummer on Sunday because Elder Baker who lives with us got sick so after church I had to stay with him all day and Elder Cuevas went out with Enzo all day. I really wanted to go out with Enzo again but…i had to stay in. It seems like it would be cool cuz its like a day off…. but its not. It was horrible and I just wanted to leave the whole time and just go work. I realized how much the work really means to me and how much Im gonna miss it. Just gotta live it to the most right now but really it was a big eye opener….

But yah its been going really well. Oh we had another lesson with Ana and Juan and they are just amazing! We shared the Book of Mormon with Juan and they both said that they feel that its true just from the little that we read from it. Ana has been reading for awhile but it was the first time for Juan and he already knows its true. They couldnt go to church cuz of sick kids but I called them and they wanted to go soooo bad and are reading and were Ana said that Juan has been talking about the lesson we had with them on the Book of Mormon since the day we left. We have another lesson with them tomorrow which im really excited about.

Well thats about it for here. There is alot going on but not enough time to write it all. I wanna send some pics but the computer isnt working and dont know why. Hope you liked the pics from last week. Love you all!

Con Amor.
Elder Brown