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