we're not in kansas anymore 15 September 2010

Hello my loverly family!

Well, as always i was very excited to hear from you all and hear that everything is going normal and well. Spencer it was great to hear from you, and i hope that everything is going well with your wedding plans. Crazy how time flies. Tell Jill i say hello and I want you to send me a pic of you engagements over email sometime if you can.

I have to apologize. I am like the worst sister and daughter ever. I totally thought about your birthdays and knew they were coming up, and was very excited for you and everything, but i just totally forget to say happy birthday in my email. So sorry...but late Happy birthday dad, rhen, and grandpa!!! I love you all!

And, i totally want to cry right now, i saw that picture of the family and those GORGEOUS pictures of angela, and everyone is growing up so fast!!! Wait wait, wait for me! But seriously, ange, DANG GIRL!!! those pictures are beautiful. Good job kate! and angela you are just growin up like a bean stalk. Try not to steal all the boys ok, leave some for me! But seriously, it is amazing what 7 months can do and how weird it is to see everyone changing. I'm still the same, so yall don't have to worry.

So this week we have just been up to the usual! We had zone conference again on monday with president and his wife, and also with President Lawrence and his wife, a new member of the 70 over this area. They gave some really great talks and some really great advice. It was fun to hear from them. He was a mission president in Novosobirsk Russia a few years back. Sister Lawrence talked all about the tribes of israel, and it was awesome! because I had been thinking about that about a week ago and realized that I really didn't understand much, and I talked to Elder Lowry a little about it, but then Monday Sis. Lawrence talked a ton about it and answered all my questions! so it was pretty sweet and very interesting. I realized that even before I was born I covenanted to share the gospel...So that is pretty cool that that is what I am doing now. Everyone morning me and Sis. Gorkanveko head out the door and when we contact we think..."ok, lets find the house of Israel!!" Another couple in the branch here had a wedding on sat., and then went to the temple to be sealed. So that was pretty awesome. It is always wonderful to hear about the ward members going to the temple and making covenants there. Me and sis. Gorkavenko also had some training with the ap's and zone leaders this week, so I learned a lot of things that I can improve. So im trying to set some good goals and striving to have the will to accomplish them.

This week I have received about 5 comments that I look like a pure russian girl...and about 10 more that I speak horrible russian!! It's funny, people just don't hold back on anything they say. Whatever they think, it always comes out. It is definitely different, and an adjustment i will have to make so that i don't get offended every time someone says something somewhat blunt to me. This week i did get kinda down on myself about the language. It is tough, because if i were to compare myself to others and how they speak the language, (which i would never do by the way! hehe) I would find myself somewhat falling behind on the scales. And at times i feel like people treat me like a child and don't listen or pay attention to what I say or my testimony, because im just a 21 year old girl whose from america and has had it all good and doesn't know how to speak. BUT...i know that's not always true (or at least i hope, ha). So, when i get down on myself and frustrated, I just try to think my best about how the Lord thinks of me. I try to do all that I can, and then just pray that that is enough. It doesn't matter if i get praises from the world or not (even though often times we want to world to recognize and praise us for the hard things we have done and our doing...well i don't know about you but at least i feel like that sometimes. Like when i see someone getting praised like "oh look what see did!", "look at how amazing they are!" "aren't they just the best!"...I think wait wait, what about me?!) But i know that doesn't matter one bit. I was reading the other day in 2 Nephi chapter 4. And i always love the verse where Nephi talks about how he will not put his trust in the arm of flesh. And for some reason I just thought about how the arm of flesh and the thoughts of man and the world don't matter. Whether or not we trust in God is what matters. We don't do things to please the world. When we have done all that we can, we know that Heavenly Father is proud of us. And that should be enough. So, when i ever get down on myself, I just do my best to work harder, and remember that the Lord is always on my side.

Family and friends, I love you. Keep up the good work. You are in my prayers. Have a wonderful week and keep doing what's right!! All my love and hugs and kisses! Until next week!

Sister Brown

wow! 8 September 2010

Hello my loves!

Wow, well it sounds like another busy and just life-livin week in the Brown household. Seriously, does it ever stop?! I know this is horrible, but i have to admit that I thought about you all saturday evening when i assumed that you all would be getting ready for the big game back in america. Im glad to hear that the game went well and that everyone played well. And i am also upset myself to hear about the camera. Im not even there but honestly? honestly!? I swear there is like some creepy curse in our household, or some monster, that steals our cameras, and then goes and sells them for money. He is gonna get pretty rich if he still keeps this up! Seriously though, you and dad have broken a few. I don't know where the heck mine went, and then yours, and now dallins?! wow. WEIRD is all i can say. and mom, like you said, when i think about it it just makes me crazy. so best not to think about it.

So, dad had quite a few questions this week, so lets see if i can get all those answered in one quick shot. Who knew you were all so interested in my life? So yes, it was my companions birthday last p-day, she turned 23, and we had a fun time. We got fed breakfast, lunch, and dinner by the people here. It was cool at first but then by the time our dinner appointment came around we were like "ah, please no, i can't eat anymore!!" ps...just a little side note. One lucky thing about being a sister here in russia rather then an elder is that they don't push the food as hard on you. Of course they are like come on eat, eat. You're missionaries and you need to eat. But with the elders its like pretty intense. The elders will be like no no i can't eat i will explode. and they will be like whatever thats not true and they will just keep putting food on their plates until literally the elders are sick. its kinda funny, but not. anyways. Yes, i think sis. Gorkavenka had a fun birthday. I made her a little birthday cake so that was fun. And yes dad, they do have birthday cakes here. They sell a lot of small birthday type cakes in the stores too. I don't know how popular the colored icing and all that jazz is, and I haven't seen candles around here yet but I haven't really looked and Im sure they have them. So we just pretended we had candles with sis. Gorkavnenko.

So monday and tues. of this week we helped put together some more kits for the people affected by the fires. And yesterday we took our trip out there and delivered them. As always, the people were very grateful. But yesterday was rainy and very wet and cold. And let me tell you, i did not really dress appropriately for the occasion. And i thought to myself wow, its like only 45 degrees now, and in the winter on average it will get down to -30. I think i will die. and if not lose a toe or a nose or ear or something! No not really. But it was cold. And i will just say that I am not to excited to experience a cold Russian winter. And dad, yes mostly i think that people have good feelings here about americans.

In answer to your question about the Kiev temple dedication, yes, it was live, and in the actual temple they had a translator to speak in russian when the prophet was speaking in english and things. And then us american missionaries were in another room in the church where we had the english translations channel turned on for when people only spoke in russian. I was very glad for that to because my russian is no where near to understanding that well. The people are very excited about the temple, and now it is probably about a day train ride or something to get there. And no, the school schedule here is a little different i think. Sis. Gorkavenko told me that every school starts on the 1st of Sept., and that they all end on the same day too. And, i learned yesterday that schools here don't have names or mascots. They are just numbers. like, "I go to school number 32" "Oh, really, I go to school number 17" Different right?

So we continue to work with our investigators. Our investigator now has a baptism for the 18th of sept. So we continue to really work with her. And we are really trying to pick up our finding and trying to do more contacting so that we can find those people that are really prepared by the Lord to accept baptism. It really is an act of faith here. I think I need some more of that.

Well family, enough for this week. I love you and pray for you. I hope school and work and play is going well for everyone. Keep up the good work and keep doing whats right and following the guidance of the spirit. There is an awesome mormon message video on lds.org about listening to the spirit. Watch it. It's GREAT!! Until next week!

With lots of love and hugs and kisses!

Sister Brown

ps....maybe a good idea would be for your to just duck tape your camera to yourself so it would be with you at all times and you would always know where it was...no questions.

hello hello!

Dear Family!!!

Hello my loves! First of all those pictures of the dolls were so cute and hilarious! how fun! We really laughed at the one of me with the awesome missionary nametag...the outfit was pretty rockin too! Well sounds like everyone is just busy as ever with school starting and jobs and football. I hope everyone is enjoyin it! By the way ange, i am in the process of writing a letter to you, so hopefully once i get it out it should be getting to you soon.

So this past week was a good one. Yes, i was sad that i didn't hear from you, but its all good. cause now ive heard from you! So i am still in voronezh with sister gorkavenko. Two of our elders in the district left, and then we are having another greenie from the mtc come in! so that should be fun. It is actually sister gorkavenko's birthday today, so elder and sister lowry are going to feed us breakfast. Sweet!!

so the humanitarian stuff went really well. We spent Thursday putting all the kits together. And then friday we drove three hours in the awesome popular and well known little yellow marshrootka to a small village where the fires had hit. We got there and there were a lot of people there, and as their family names were called they got to come up and we gave them all their kits. It was fun, and I think they were all very grateful. They knew that we were from america because Elder and Sister Lowry have worked on some projects there before, and I guess some of them were like surprised and like "hey, this is all products from russia, i thought they were going to give us products from america!" So i thought that was a little funny. but overall it was a great experience. It was amazing too to hear about some of the lives of these old babooskas that are here. It is honestly crazy how much stuff these people have been through, time and time again, and now their homes get burned down. But through all of this they still stay strong and do what they need to do to survive. Honestly, it is amazing to me how strong some of the people are out here. After all that they have been through, they still never give up. One thing that made me a little sad is that there was not enough kits for everyone on the list (thats why we are going back there again). But one of the people that did not get humanitarian kits that day was like "that's ok that's ok...I have never seen american's before and I am just glad I was able to come and see their beautiful faces, even if i didn't get anything." It really shocked me. And made me realize that honestly, I don't think we realize much of the time how blessed we are. So, count your many blessings.

No, our baptism did not happen on Saturday. so that was a little disappointing. We were all ready to go and then at the last minute that morning, things didn't quite come through as we had hoped or planned. But we are still working with her, and hope that she can be baptized this sat. I just think that she is scared and nervous, which is understandable. It is a big decision.

Sunday was the temple dedication and it was wonderful! I really loved it! It was great to hear the prophet speak. And i know that he is called of God. He is hilarious too. He even sang us a little song, and went on and on about how wonderful his family is. It was so cute. I am also very excited that the saints here have a temple that is much closer for them. I know it will be a huge blessing to them.

Well, i think that is it for the week. I love you all and as always love hearing from you. Thank you for everything and as always you are in my prayers. Hope school and work and everything is going good. Love you! Until next week!

oh ps...we have not had hot water for the past 3 weeks, and as it has been cooling down a little bit we were getting nervous and the cold showers were getting old. So sister gorkavenko told me that for her birthday all she wanted was hot water. And guess what, our little miracle. Yesterday we got home at night after a really long and tiring day, and there was HOT WATER!!! and there still was this morning! It was amazing, and we are happy!

oh pss...yesterday was the first day of school for everyone here in russia, and it is also a holiday. They come to school all dressed up in black and white and all beautiful, and they watch a concert and play and stuff like that. Today is there first day of actually learning. But this holiday is called day of knowledge. So....Happy Day of Knowledge!!!!!!

Sister Brown

another week!

Hello my loves!!

Well, i sit here and i open my email, and what do i see......nothing...haha. did you forget about me this week?? just kidding. We are writing today because we have switched our pday this week because of some work tomorrow. So i expected my email to be empty, because usually you don't write till tomorrow i believe. But that's ok! I'll just write you an awesome email right now and then hear from you all next week.

So first of all the reason we are writing today is because tomorrow we have some humanitarian work that i am very excited about! Elder and sister Lowry have worked with some people and tomorrow we will be putting humanitarian kits together all day for the victims of the fires around here. And then as missionaries, friday we get to go to the villages, and deliver them by hand!! I am very excited that something worked out and that we are able to help in some way. And this week is also especially special here because Sunday is the temple dedication of the Kiev Temple. So we are all very excited for that. I am excited to email next week and let you know how it all turns out.

We find out transfers this week, so you will find out next week if I'm in a new area or not. It is funny how big these transfers become in the life of a missionary. But seriously, this is like our life! It's like will i stay, will i go? i don't know! So its always kinda exciting around this time to see where your life will take you next!

So we continue to work with our investigators and do our best to invite people to be baptized. We actually have a baptism this saturday! But i am just a little bit worried because she did not show up to our meeting yesterday. And we know that her sister she lives with is very against the church. So we continue to pray for her and pray that she has the strength to do what she knows is right.

Well family, sorry i don't have more to write. This writing on wednesday thing has just kinda thrown me off a little bit and I don't know what else to write about. Oh the weather cooled down a little bit in the last week! This past weekend was beautiful! it was actually a little bit chilly, and just the smell of the air totally reminded me of fall. I love fall! I never thought i would say this, but now is the time that everyone is getting all ready for school....and i miss it. haha. When ever this weather comes around i think of school and friends and new classes and football games!, etc. But yea, i never thought in my life that I would say that i missed the feeling of a new school year starting but, now I'm saying it!!

ps..my companion wanted me to write and tell you that she is the bestest missionary in the world...and that she says hello!

well, i love you all and i hope that this week went very well for everyone. Remember that you are in my thoughts and prayers. I love you! and remember...God loves you!!! Until next week!

Sister Brown

mission fun

This is what you do for fun as a missionary. We had our zone training and before it started we decided we would be a bob sled team, with me being the leader. Here are some pictures from that. (and don't worry, my compaion is there. she is the one taking the picture) and as you probably have noticed, that was my hair before the hair cut ordeal!!

One Fine Day

Hello Family!!

Wow, how fun it was to see those cute pictures of the cute kids at the pool. My fav was of all of them and joe is all excited and doing the little peace out sign with his hands. who taught him how to do that?? wow, i kinda feel like those little babies have all grown up and i don't even know them anymore. I am glad everyone had a wonderful week though. And man dman and ange, you are just the partiers arn't you? That article about terence was good. thanks for sending it. That is one thing i will def miss this fall...seeing my awesome bros play some sweet football. And mom and dad. Everything sounds like it is going well and for that i am glad. I continue to pray that you both will be happy and enjoy your jobs and that everything will turn out.

Well this week was another pretty good one. Saturday evening they had a little activity for pioneer day. And dad, im not quite sure why they had it now. Maybe they just couldn't do it on the 24th or something. i don't know. People here don't know much about the history of the pioneers, so brother and sister lowry put most of it on for everyone. And as the missionaries we helped and the picture is us after we acted out a story of indians and bro. lowry's pioneer ancestors. I think the ward members that were there enjoyed it. Monday and tues. were both days that president was here and we had training all day. We were trained in this new program or whatever you would call it that the missionary department is putting out. It was good and we had a lot of practice, and we are ready to put it to work. We continue to work with our investigators, and as we do so we pray we can work with the spirit as we invite others to come unto Christ and be baptized.

This week has kinda been a harder week for me as far as the language goes. I don't know for some reason it just kinda goes like that. One week your feelin pretty good, and then one week it's just a hard one. And then you try so hard and then people on the streets tell you you can't talk. That always puts a little damper on things too. But, i continue to pray that with time my language skills will continue to improve. I assume too that my personal language study is not as good as it could be, i just don't know where to start! Having a russian companion has helped me a ton because it has forced me to speak, and for that i am very grateful!! Some times i feel like i am starting all over again, like in elementary school. I remember i was always very quiet and never liked to talk and was always nervous and always worried about what was coming out of my mouth. As time went on and especially when i went to college, i felt like i had overcome that. And now, learning a new language, i feel like it has started all over again! Like it takes a lot of courage to just say something in Russian. In lessons i always want to make sure that i am saying things correctly. But i know that as i just open my mouth it will come, whether its understandable or not. I know that the Lord just wants me to open my mouth, and even if I am not understandable, I know that the people we are teaching will be able to feel the spirit. It is very hard to just open up and express myself too. I didn't learn those kinda words in the mtc, haha, only gospel words. Sometimes it can get so frustrated trying to explain myself that i just think "ahhhhh...is anyone around that i can just have a conversation in english with?!" BUT...enough of the complaining...its all good. And i know i am not the first or the last person that will feel that way trying to learn the russian language. I just gotta keep moving forward and taking everything one day at a time, one baby step at a time.

I just asked my companion what happened this week that i can write more about. We can't really think of much. But, i do kinda have a funny (and to me kinda sad) story for the week. It happened yesterday. Yesterday all together was just a WEIRD day. But anyways, the story is that i went to get my haircut. And i came out wanting to cry. I have been wanting to grow my hair out, because i have never really done that before, and it was like honestly one of my goals. I told myself ok, i am finally gonna grow my hair out. i can do this. And it was finally getting kinda long for me, and i was very excited. And mom, you know how slow my hair grows, and I was just really proud of myself for getting it that long. And so we went and i couldn't explain in russian why i only wanted a little taken off and my whole reasoning behind it, but i just told her that i wanted a tiny bit taken off. Well, she decided that i would look better with a different haircut. So i took my glasses off and couldn't really see what she was doing, but after a while i noticed she just kept on cutting and cutting and cutting. And i didn't know what to say to get her to stop without hurting her feelings or being rude. So she just kept cutting and cutting. And ended up taking off like 5 more inches than i wanted. And not only that, my hair is now like 3 different lengths, with the shortest length in the front and the longest in the back. My companion says that she honestly thinks it looks really good. But i just wanted to cry. I can barely put it in a ponytail, and i can't braid it anymore. All that hard work, gone. And with my hair, it is gonna take forever to grow it out so that i can cut it all off at one length again, so it doesn't have these layers that greatly enhance my already round face. I was very sad about it yesterday. But im tryin to get over it. My hair is just very precious to me, haha, and i wanted all that i could get. Because ever since i have been in russia, my hair has actually started falling out. Every day my hair is less and less, and i think now it is actually about half the thickness it was before. crazy right. I just keep praying it won't all fall out. And if it does i guess i could find a wig somewhere! So that is my funny story for the week. And if i come home with no hair, just don't be alarmed, ok!!!?

Well family, i love you. Keep up the good work and you all are wonderful. I continue to pray for you all and hope everything is working out. I love you, i miss you, and can't wait to hear from you again next week. And remember: say your prayers, read your scriptures, go to church, attend the temple, have family home evening, etc. Just remember to keep doing those things that keep us on the straight and narrow, and keep the spirit in our daily lives. I love you!! until next week!

With all my heart,

Sister Brown

hot hot hot

Family!

It is great to hear from you as always. I love you! and yes, joe and noelle i wanted to wish you a happy birthday next wed! that is so crazy! yall will be 7! wow, everyone is just growing up so fast. Have fun and don't eat to much cake! Oh and Gma, yes i meant to tell you last week that i did get your little package and that little book. Thank you! Wow, i can't believe that school is starting up again for the kids. Fun stuff!

So we are surviving the hottest summer in Russia in 130 years is what i heard. Kinda crazy! And on average here in voronezh the highs are 20 degrees above normal! 20! The days always usually get above the 100's. I am always so nasty and sweaty it is just crazy, but if i think about it too much then it kinda makes me want to cry and miss the nice conveniences of an air conditioned place. Oh well, soon enough im sure the heat will calm down, and the cold will start coming in. I also heard that this winter is supposed to be really cold and a really bad one. Yea!!! I think the fires are calming down, but we don't watch the news or anything so im not really sure. But we don't really seem to smell the smoke anymore (or maybe were are just used to it!) I think if people would just stop smoking around hear a lot of the fires would not happen. Me and my companion were walking around street contacting yesterday evening and someone had just finishing smoking a cigarette and had thrown it in a little brush, and it was already starting a little tiny fire right there in the middle of the city. Sometimes i am just like, Come on people!!! Don't you see what you are doing!!!!! So the humanitarian couple here are working on getting stuff put together for us to do some really awesome service for all the fires and stuff. I was really excited about it and it all sounded like a great idea and we thought that it was going to go all through, but the last thing i heard from sis. Lowry was that that organization here in Russia is not letting us help. I think the Lowry's are looking for some other ins, so we will see. But I was quite disappointed when i heard that. You have fires destroying your city and some people offer to help with their time and money and you don't let them. Cool, Just cool!! So dad, congrats on getting your license. I continue to pray for you and think about you and hope everything is going well and everything works out well with your jobs. I hope you are enjoying it. Oh and you also talked about writing my experiences in my journal. I remember before i left on my mission i heard people talk about how at times it was hard and they didn't write in their journal a ton on their mission, and thought "what! ok i am going to be so good and write in my journal everyday! How can i not?!" And here i find myself on my mission not really accomplishing my goal. In the mtc i was very good about it, but there i didn't really have much to write about investigators or anything like that. And i try really hard here but somehow once we get home and get our planning done, that 30 min. to get ready for bed just flies by, and there went my journal writing opportunity. But i do probably get to write in my journal at least once a week. But the hard thing is that on a mission so much stuff goes on in just one day that by the time i write in my journal i forget what i wanted to say and i forget what happened...the days just seem to blend together. But yes, I do want to have those experiences in my journal, so i am working on it.

The work continues to move along with our investigators. The contacting has been more difficult with the heat and things. Nobody seems to want to be outside, and if they are they don't want to listen. But, the work still moves along. Slowly but surely. It was kinda funny because we had training the other week with president and they have some new videos of "the district". It is some mission training stuff. And the mission is in California. And we just watched it and enjoyed it, but all had to laugh too because of the amazing differences between that mission and ours. It is pretty crazy. But even though the work gets really difficult here at times, im still very excited to be here. And i know the Lord would not have the missionaries here in this mission anywhere else at this time.

So the other night before bed when me and my companion where both saying our prayers, i thought of something that i never really thought of before. We were both praying at the same time, which meant that Heavenly Father was listening to us both. At the same time. And He was hearing her prayer in Russian, and mine in English. And when i really thought about it i was just like wow, how does he do that! I don't know. But i know that God hears our prayers. Not only was He hearing me and my companions prayer at the same time in russian and english, but He was listening to millions of prayers around the world, in hundreds of languages all at that same time. It is so hard for my weak little human mind to comprehend how it is all possible. But i have a testimony that Heavenly Father hears our prayers. And i know that He answers our sincere prayers, but always in His own way and in His own time. We just need to be still and pay attention to those promptings of the spirit that He ALWAYS sends our way. Out of many many things that i have learned, that is one thing that i have learned so far on my mission. That God hears our prayers and He wants us to pray to Him. Prayer is a wonderful gift that we have been given, and the peace that comes through prayer is a gift like no other.

Well family. That is about it for this week. I love you all and never forget it. It sounds like everyone is doing pretty well and for that i am very happy. Have a wonderful week and until next!

All my love,

Sister Brown

hello my loves

Hello family!!

Good to hear from you all! I love you! This week has been pretty normal and good as usual. And yes, I guess you have heard about all the fires. But we are all good. The fires have been in the outer skirts of the city surrounding the city. But there were a lot i tell you! I didn't think that you would have heard about it because you are in America, but i guess you have. I honestly didn't hear a ton myself, because the russian language was a barrier, but i just know that there were lots of fires and heavy smoke in the whole city for a day or two. Last P-day we finished writing home and then went to the store, and on our way out the wind was blowing so crazy!!!! It was like a blizzard of dirt and sticks instead of snow. (i don't know why but the wind here always tends to blow pretty hard sometimes, its crazy). But anyways the wind was blowing really hard and as we got closer to our apt. we noticed big clouds of smoke and that is when we found out the fires had started. I guess it is because it has just been so hot, and it hadn't rained for a while, and the wind helped to fuel it. But i heard what helped start it is some people who were smoking outside the city and threw the cigarettes on the ground. Smart!!!! anyways, yes, we are good and well and continue on with the missionary work as always. But i did hear from someone the other day that the news said it would be hot here like this until oct. That would be weird! and from mom it sounds like some weird weather happened there today too. Crazy Crazy! Every here is really freaking out and complaining and saying that the world is going to end very very soon. Those that are members think that the second coming is almost here, and those that are not just believe that the world is ending in 2012 like that one movie that i guess is really popular. and if they don't stop i will probably start freaking out too!

oh i got the package this week and the envelope from grandma. Thank you thank you thank you!!! I love it! and the pictures in there of the family are the best part! You are look great!....I am for sure that i have the best looking family ever! anyways, thank you.

So this week has been another normal week of missionary work. Oh and sat. we had zone conference here so President and his wife were here with the AP's. It was a day of very good training, and i enjoyed it a lot. It is always nice to get some good training. We learned a lot about really giving baptismal commitments and not being scared to do so. So it was good and we did some fun practicing and such. I came home that day deciding that i need to be a better missionary. We have been working with our investigators, and we are really working hard at helping them to keep their commitments and gain their own testimonies. I gained a stronger testimony this week of when as a missionary you are out doing what you are supposed to be doing, that the Lord puts people in your path. We were just out contacting on the street the other night and we weren't having much success. We would stop people and as usual they did not want much to do with us. We were walking back to the next bus stop, and as we were walking this lady just stopped us and was like Hello! I have been wanting to talk to you! We were so surprised! But i guess it turns out she knows a family in the ward, and she actually took the discussions from the sisters a long time ago. She said she has been wanting to get in contact with us, but just never has gotten around to doing it. And so when she saw us she was very excited. We were too! And sunday was fast sunday. None the less, after church meetings and such, we went out contacting. That was probably the last thing that i wanted to do because it was so blazing hot and i had not had any water all day. I thought i was dying. But i made myself go outside and contact, and that day the Lord placed in our path some lovely ladies that we had the opportunity to talk to and share the gospel with. I know that as we do as the Lord would have us do and work hard, the Lord blesses us. And if we just take the time to slow down and look at it, we will see all the times the Lord has blessed us and helped us along.

Well family, not much else to say. I guess i will close for this week. But remember that i love you all! Until next week!

Sister Brown