CONFERENCE!

Alright guys it has been another awesome week.

To start of, this week we started setting a lot more baptism dates because the Lord is really leading us to those who have been chosen to recieve the restored gospel for which I am eternally grateful. The work is really going well here.

One of these amazing people I would like to highlight this week is sister Veronica!

Veronica is a street contact that we had this last saturday, today was the second time she came to church. She still didnt technically count as an investigator because we havent taught her yet because we havent had a member to help us in a lesson when she has time but we have been frequently passing and saying high. She has amazing faith and has already expressed that she believes she has found the true church! We taught here the message of the restoration right before the sunday morning of conference and she was so happy as we testified that there is a living prophet on the face of the earth in these latter days.

Sister Veronica has accepted a baptism date for the 22 of April and I cant wait to continue visiting her!

Alright I am running out of time..... crap, gotta make it fast

Conference was absolutely amazing and I am so grateful for the opportunity that we had to listen to the ordained prophets of God in these days. I know that they are called of God and eagerly anticipate printing out and reading the talks during the following days.

I love you guy so much, never forget that

Until next week, Elder Brown

FULL CHAMBA!

As many of you probable caught on, I didn't really get along with my last companion. He wasn't a really hard worker and since he was supposed to be leading the area, the work kind of suffered. However, this week has been amazing! Elder Arteaga and I are getting along great and we have hit the ground running this transfer.

In this mission we have a daily goal to contact 15 people in the street and to find 6 new investigators every week as well as have 4 in the church. This last week our mission president told us to contact 50 in the street and double our weekly goals I will be honest, I had my doubts. I honestly didn't believe it was possible because here in Chincha we work a lot in the fields where at times you cant walk for 10 minutes without running into a single person. However, I prayed for the faith to do the 50 contacts every day and to find more people.

The lord has helped, we have been able to do the 50 contacts every day and have been rewarded for our efforts. This last week we found 14 new investigators! I believe that is about how many we found the whole last transfer. As I told the assistant, Elder Beck, the biggest problem we are having right now is trying to manage our schedule and find time to visit people. Of the contacts we are making we have been able to set many appointments and we are starting to find people who are more prepared to receive the restored gospel. We also were very happy this last Sunday as we had 7 investigators attend to the sacrament meeting. Many of which we have either put with a baptismal date or have made plans to do so this week. 

I don't want to come across as prideful or boasting, I know the part we have done is very little. It truly is the Lords work and he is preparing more of his lambs to receive the gospel in these latter days. I am very happy working here in Chincha and cant wait to have another good week.

Sincerely, Elder Brown

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

Chincha week 6

Wow I cant believe that we are already finishing the transfer, time really does fly by now. I dont have much time to write but pretty much all is going good here. The work is doing great! Im 19 years old now.... what else is new

OH I ATE A GUINEA PIG THIS WEEK! our bishop cooked guinue pig for my birthday, it was delicous but not gonna lie it looked like roadkill on a plate

Yep that pretty much sums it up, I love you all!

Love Elder Brown

Picture Post!

Alright this week is gonna be mostly photos.

We married brother miguel and sister daysis this friday.

We baptized them and their son Valentino saturday.

We celebrated a recent converts birthday on sunday.

Love you all  - Elder Brown.

Time Flies

Half a transfer sure passes fast when you are having fun. I am doing well here in Chincha, I feel comfortable and confident here. I know that there is a lot of work to been done here and I am glad to be a part of it. The thing I like most about this ward is that the leaders and really dedicated to the missionary work and I know that through working with them the ward will grow and flourish. My companion and I are doing good. We get along alright, not perfect, but alright. This last week was a bit difficult in terms of finding people in their houses to teach them but we do have 3 baptisms lined up for this week. Miguel, Daysis, and Valentino are an amazing family that have been investigating the church for a while now. We have their marriage set up for friday and their baptism all ready to go on Saturday! One of the best moments this week for me happened yesterday when Miguel was asked to offer a prayer in the gospel principles class. The spirit filled the room as he prayed and in which he asked his father in heaven to provide for himself and his family to be baptized and united in the church!

I know its short but as usual I never have time. I love you guys and want to just share a bit of my testimony.

I know that my savior and Redeemer lives. I know that this is his church and that he guides this church though is living and ordained servants. I testify not of a God who spoke but of a loving Father in Heaven who speaks to those humble enough to listen. I know that our loving father in heaven has established his gospel in all times and all places and therefore we have the privelage to have the Holy Bible, Book of Mormon, and the Revelation the God reveals to his prophets on the earth today. I know that God lives and he loves us and I know that I will return to his presence one day! I am proud to wear the name of my Lord Jesus Christ upon my chest and their is no greater joy than to share these things that I have been blessed to learn since my youth! In the name of the only my Savior Jesus Christ- Amen

Love Elder Brown

Chinch- Week 2

Alright this week was a bit crazy. We ran around like crazy last p day planning a wedding but its all figured out now so in two weeks on friday we will marry 2 of our investigators and saturday is their baptism! We also had a training in Ica on wednesday and President McGinn instructed the missionaries that he wants us to revisit the active families and ask for referrals, for the next few weeks we will put a lot of emphasis on this.

Friday we started out weekly planning when the phone started ringing and it turned out to be President McGinn! He dropped in for a surprise visit and accompanied us in the morning to a lesson we had planned with a referral named Maria. Maria is a good friend of a recent convert here named Sarita. The three of us went to Saritas house to share a message with Maria and we had a really good lesson. Not gonna lie it is a bit intimidating to teach a lesson with your mission president.

Saturday we had interviews with President and Sister McGinn and it was really good. That afternoon we went back to visit Maria and had another amazing lesson, she accepted a baptism date for the 18th of march. It is stake conference this weekend and President McGinn went to bring Sarita and Maria to the adults session!

Sunday was a good day, we had a good conference and we had a lot of investigators show up!

Sorry its short, but to review: awesome week, lots of miracles, love my area!

With love, Elder Brown