Hi!
Last week was pretty good. Just like you, it's just the same ole thing. Visiting less actives. It's good to go and visit them.
We have Stake conference next week. I gave the opening prayer in Sacrament Meeting yesterday. I also helped with the Sacrament.
We are teaching Kristin at 7:00 tonight. Her baptismal date will probably be November 9th.
All of my tapes from my surgery that were on my stomach have fallen of finally. I haven't had any pain at all.
The weather here can be nice but it is starting to get cold. It hasn't poured but it has sprinkled a little bit. When I was at the MTC I could see snow on the mountains for my last couple of days.
We have been doing a lot of service. We have been helping a guy named lance. He is doing some renovating of his house. We have taught him and his room mate the first lesson. We are going to do some more service with him this Saturday and teach the second lesson. His son is also going to be there. So with Lance, his room mate and Lance's son, that will make two new investigators.
We helped a man named Rocky. He has net with the missionaries before. We did some yard work with him. He is also one of our new investigators.
We had a goal to be more obedient last week. We did things like wake up on time, go to bed on time, no wasting time, listen to only hymns, just stuff like that. Because of that our Ward Mission Leader texted us telling us that he had a couple of people that we could teach. He aslo told us that someone that he new told him that she wanted to be baptized Mormon. That was pretty cool. Being obedient with exactness really does bring blessings.
Love,
Elder Michael Brown
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Friday, October 11, 2013
Conference Weekend
Hey!
My first week went pretty good. We don't really have very many investigators so we mostly see LARC's. (Less actives and recent converts.) I am in a car (area( which is fun. Besides the time that we ate at In N Out, we have always had a dinner appointment. We watched conference at the Dyer's house. that's who we live with. But we watched the Priesthood session at the Stake Building. We actually did watch it on BYU TV. I felt that some of the talks were "just for me."
It's a big blessing that we live with members. I eat cold cereal for breakfast. And a bowl or two at lunch. I usually eat something else for lunch too. I don't know of any other missionaries that live with members. It's really nice. The family has two cats and my companion that is waiting for a Visa is allergic to cats.
Because we don't really have many investigators, we go and visit LARC's. Mostly less actives though. We visited Kristin yesterday. She is an investigator. Just a background of her; She is 17 and is a Senior in high school. She was introduced to the church by a friend who lives in our ward. Kristin is a really good investigator. When we visited with her last week and asked her if she had been reading the Book of Mormon she said, "Heck yea!" My companions and I were surprised. You don't get very many investigators who love to read the Book of Mormon. She also watched all of General Conference. When we asked her about baptism last week she said that she would pray about it and when a good date would be. Yesterday she told us probably some time in November! It was awesome.
I am feeling pretty much 100% better. Two of my three pieces of tape have come off. It is really weird to see marks on me. I thought it was funny when Elder Holland mentioned appendicitis in his talk.
Here there are palm trees so the leaves don't relly change color. Hahaha. Miss you!
Love,
Elder Michael Brown
My first week went pretty good. We don't really have very many investigators so we mostly see LARC's. (Less actives and recent converts.) I am in a car (area( which is fun. Besides the time that we ate at In N Out, we have always had a dinner appointment. We watched conference at the Dyer's house. that's who we live with. But we watched the Priesthood session at the Stake Building. We actually did watch it on BYU TV. I felt that some of the talks were "just for me."
It's a big blessing that we live with members. I eat cold cereal for breakfast. And a bowl or two at lunch. I usually eat something else for lunch too. I don't know of any other missionaries that live with members. It's really nice. The family has two cats and my companion that is waiting for a Visa is allergic to cats.
Because we don't really have many investigators, we go and visit LARC's. Mostly less actives though. We visited Kristin yesterday. She is an investigator. Just a background of her; She is 17 and is a Senior in high school. She was introduced to the church by a friend who lives in our ward. Kristin is a really good investigator. When we visited with her last week and asked her if she had been reading the Book of Mormon she said, "Heck yea!" My companions and I were surprised. You don't get very many investigators who love to read the Book of Mormon. She also watched all of General Conference. When we asked her about baptism last week she said that she would pray about it and when a good date would be. Yesterday she told us probably some time in November! It was awesome.
I am feeling pretty much 100% better. Two of my three pieces of tape have come off. It is really weird to see marks on me. I thought it was funny when Elder Holland mentioned appendicitis in his talk.
Here there are palm trees so the leaves don't relly change color. Hahaha. Miss you!
Love,
Elder Michael Brown
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
First P-Day in NV
Hi!
My address is 8625 Bright Angel Way, Las Vegas NV 89149. I am actually living in a members home which is kind of cool. My first few days have been pretty fun. Because I didn't get here with everyone else, I didn't have an orientation. But I will soon though.
I have two companions. Elder T., my trainer and Elder P. There are three because Elder P. is waiting for a visa to go to Brazil. He has been here for six months and Elder T. has been out for 8 and a half. Elder T. is from Texas and Elder P. is from Utah. I really like them. We get along really well. I sleep on a mattress on the floor. My companions are on a bunk bed. It can be crowded sometimes.
I am in the city of Las Vegas. I am in the Tenth Ward in the Meadows Stake. It's a lot smaller than Lawrenceville. Here we only use the first over flow. And not a lot of people sit there even. I am in a car. We just got the car. The weather is dry. Not too bad though.
We had dinner at a members house friday and Sunday and at at In-N-Out on Saturday. There were, I think, three or four member families that came and said hi to us. One offered to buy us dinner which was awesome.
I am glad to be here. And, it feels A LOT less like prison. It's a lot of fun.
Love,
Michael
My address is 8625 Bright Angel Way, Las Vegas NV 89149. I am actually living in a members home which is kind of cool. My first few days have been pretty fun. Because I didn't get here with everyone else, I didn't have an orientation. But I will soon though.
I have two companions. Elder T., my trainer and Elder P. There are three because Elder P. is waiting for a visa to go to Brazil. He has been here for six months and Elder T. has been out for 8 and a half. Elder T. is from Texas and Elder P. is from Utah. I really like them. We get along really well. I sleep on a mattress on the floor. My companions are on a bunk bed. It can be crowded sometimes.
I am in the city of Las Vegas. I am in the Tenth Ward in the Meadows Stake. It's a lot smaller than Lawrenceville. Here we only use the first over flow. And not a lot of people sit there even. I am in a car. We just got the car. The weather is dry. Not too bad though.
We had dinner at a members house friday and Sunday and at at In-N-Out on Saturday. There were, I think, three or four member families that came and said hi to us. One offered to buy us dinner which was awesome.
I am glad to be here. And, it feels A LOT less like prison. It's a lot of fun.
Love,
Michael
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