Hello all!
To be honest, I can't remember much of what happened this
week. Each day just kind of blurs into the next, but it's been good!
Oh Trev, I saw Chase Galmeister! I saw him the morning after
I read your email that he was here! He seemed really happy and excited to be
here. And I'm so proud of you, Trev. Anytime I meet someone who knows you
(especially your boys at Helaman Halls), they tell me what an amazing friend,
example, and support you have been to them. And I just nod along because that's
what you've been for me as well. It made me tear up to listen to him talk about
you. Love you!
Drew, I'm stoked for you to go to Cambodia this summer!
That's crazy! And you ran into a friend from Velocity Global and took him up to
Temple Square?? That's seriously awesome. You're such a good example of sharing
the gospel through the way you live!
Kyle and Kendra! Happy almost birthday! 26 right?? Wow, you
guys sure are getting up there in age :) Hope you're still around by the time I
get home! Jackson and Arianne, I hope you're doing well! I love you guys! It's
too bad y'all aren't still in Provo or we could maintain our tradition of going
to Red Robin for the twins' birthday. I'm still in Provo! I'd be down :)
Zone and District News:
This week we had more than half of our zone leave the MTC.
Our hall has felt seriously empty, but it's awesome because they're out in the
world talking to people and inviting them to come to know their Savior! In
order to foster unity within the zone, I participated in zone volleyball on
Saturday before they all left. It probably wasn't actually a unity-building
experience because they had contention over which team had to let Sestra Brown
play with them (I'm definitely a burden on the volleyball court) :) It was
fun!
On Wednesdays we have a four hour study block, so we had a
district meeting to help us get to know each other better. Each of us took a
couple minutes to share why we're serving missions and it was really neat to
hear from everyone. It helped me to think through and realize why I'm here. I
want to share what Jesus Christ has done for each one of us! His sacrifice for
us makes it possible for us to live with God and our families even after this
life and to change our hearts to be more like him. Jesus Christ is our Savior!
We can have peace and happiness even through our trials in life because of what
He has done for us.
Tuesday Devotional:
Sestra Linda K. Burton came to speak to us on tuesday
evening. She and her husband talked to us about becoming. "When you return
home from your mission and your nametag is removed, what's left of you is
whatever you have become throughout the mission." Heavenly
Father can see the potential in each of us. Not just his missionaries, but each
one of us. And as we turn to him and to our Savior, they will help us to become
what they know we can become. We watched the Mormon Message where Elder
Christofferson talks about Elder Hugh B. Brown's experience with the currant
bush. I love it because the gardner knows what the currant bush has the
potential to become, but the bush has to undergo some hard times in order to
become. We can thank our Father in Heaven for giving us opportunities to become
more like him every day.
Slovene, Slovenglish, and Croatian:
Well the language is still really tough and I'm struggling.
I wish I had a picture of my case charts to send to you. It's the most
ridiculous mish mash of different endings for words depending on how they're
being used. We have SEVENTY TWO possible endings for each word in the language
haha AHH. The entire Slovene language is cased. It's crazy. We did an English
fast on Tuesday where we didn't allow ourselves to speak English. That was
tough because Sestra Orchard and I speak different languages. Needless to say,
our companionship study that day wasn't terribly effective. But we still had
the spirit!
Both of us have been frustrated at different times with the
language, so it's good that we can help each other through it.
You probably never thought you'd hear me say this, but I ate
too much ice cream yesterday. I was so full after dinner. And I think that I
might be getting slightly intolerant. Don't know for sure, but my tummy isn't
too happy when I eat ice cream. Maybe it's because I never drink milk anymore.
Who knows? Speaking of my tummy..I think I hurt myself from doing too much ab
work. haha my brothers will laugh at this because they would never guess I
would do that :)
I love you all! I hope that you're happy because the gospel
is happy!
Sestra Brown
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