From: Thomas Michael Brown
Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 6:56 AM
Subject: SPRINTIN!

HOLA FAMILIA!

Well i love hearing about all at home. Sorry i didnt write which Andersons but its Rick and Carrie. Thanks for giving it to them. Well good to hear that all is going good at home. Hope you all feel better cuz being sick is the worst. Ive gotten better and its been amazing. I never realized how much it changes to have good health and man am i gonna keep good health all my life…. or do all i can to.

So its been an amazing week. Sorry dad about that story with the lady the truth is her appartment is always locked up so we havent been able to get back in haha. Shoulda gotten her telephone number but the Lord will provide and one of these days shell be found again. She has what she needs to start the process and Im positive that she will find the missionaries in the future because all that are prepared are never forgotten. So Ana y Juan we havent been able to visit. Its sad but its for a reason. It was a big trial with what happened with my comp. He doesnt get along with alot of people but if they can pass this they can pass anything. The truth is the word of God touches people no matter who it comes from and they are still going to church they just dont want my comp to visit them.

But thats all the depressing news haha. Best news is GABRIEL!! Man he is just an amazing man and has a lot of good things waiting for him. Hes getting baptized this Saturday and we just came from a lesson with him and its just incredible his testimony. You have to know him to understand all that hes overcome to reach this day. Ive never seen such a change. It reminds me alot of what happened with Alfredo in Lomas de Solymar. Gabriel will probly be my last baptism which is sad to think on the mission. I just love it though here and Im gonna miss it a ton.

We also found Mabel again this week! dont know if you remember her but she was gonna get baptized along time ago but her sister passed away and we lost contact with all that was going on. It was so hard for me when we lost contact but this week she called and it was like 10:30 at night so i was thinking it was another missionary so i answer in english acting like me and i realize its her…. we talked on the phone and she was just sooo sad. Wasnt the same Mabel that i had known. So gave her a scripture to read and she asked us to come by and we went back the other day and she had a new tone her it voice and was happy. She has kept reading and praying all this time even though we lost contact. She has been really sad with what happened to her sister but after we talked she was just like “wow i feel so peaceful which i havent felt for awhile.” She felt the spirit and she really needed it. Was interesting cuz without knowing it we actually fell on her doorstep that day which was her birthday and she said it was her best present. Felt so good to see her again and made me happy to see her better. She will be getting baptized soon once these pains heal with her sister but real soon she will be ready. She still has the goal to be baptized and hasnt lost sight of it… just gotten a little postponed.

Well that has been our week. Its been good with health and work. Just loving the work and like you said… trying to “Sprint” to the finish cuz if not…. its just a boring race haha. Love you all a ton.

Con Amor.
Elder Brown