Transfers and Floods

So first of this week was transfers. My companion, Elder Villanueva got transfered to cañete and I have never been happier in my life. He is a good guy just so hard as a companion because of his utter lack of obedience to mission rules.

Enough about him, my new companion is AMAZING! My new companion is Elder Arteaga, he is from trujillo peru. We shared a district when I was in ayacucho and he is super great. He was also trained by one of my last companions Elder Arrieta. The best thing is he is a super obedient, faithful, and truly converted missionary and I am so blessed to be able to work with him.

There are three types of missionaries. Missionaries who are tourists, missionaries who are obligated to serve for some reason, and those who truly desire to serve the Lord.

This transfer I get to lead the beautiful area of Chincha and I am super excited.

Also in case you guys heard it is the end of the world here in Peru. Pretty much the country is drowning which is kinda freaky. Here in chincha we are not very affected but northern peru (where my new companion is from) is getting destroyed. All of lima is without running water and no matter where you are there is some type of problem. I dont even want to tell you how terrible our water filter was when we looked at it. The good thing, I am fine, but I ask that you can pray and fast for those who are not as fortunate.

Okay, this last sunday we organized a family night with a handfull of active families that live in an area called Laran, it is a part of our area where their used to be missionaries but they were taken out because there is a shortage of missionaries so now it is a part of our area. Laran is about 10 minutes away from the church in shuttle but there is strong active members there and we decided to start visiting them again because it has kindof been forgotten since they took out the missionaries there. The lesson went very well, we watched about 10 minutes of the first vision and invited everyone there to think of a referral they can give us. After the video ended we bore our testimonies and asked for referrals and recieved 6! I know that the lord works miracles and now we have somewhere to start with as we start to work more in Laran this transfer.

Okay to recap. I am excited to work with my new companion. I havent drowned in a flood. And the lord is working miracles.

Sincerely and with much love Elder Brown