Baptism!

Hey guys! hope everythings going great!! this week has been awesome!

Israel

So this week everything came together nicely for a beautiful baptism for a young man named Israel. He is a great young man that understands the doctrine well and sincerely wants to follow Christ. I'm grateful that we've been able to have the opportunity to teach him. The best thing is that he also has a lot of support from his friends in the young men's group. Honestly our young men's group impresses me a lot. They encourage one another to do good thing like go to church and bear their testimonies (which they all did yesterday in testimony meeting) and they pass by for every young man on Sunday mornings to pick them up and walk to church. so we know that Israel is going to be just fine with these outstanding young men. 

there's some pics attached of his baptism.

Obedience

So this week I've been trying to be EXACTLY obedient. and lately in the mission our president has been talking alt about how we are a body, when a part of your body hurts you focus on that part and heal it because it affects all the other parts of the body, then if you just have a little tooth ache it causes pain affects the body as a whole. So I've been focusing on my person as a whole and focusing on the parts of me that are weaker than others and I've been focusing on healing or strengthening those parts so that as a whole I'm a better person. It's important to not ignore your weaknesses, but to accept them and then work on strengthening them through using Christ's atonement. 

This week I invite all of you to strive to be like Christ and to do as He would do. Remember that though Him we all will live again and that is the most beautiful message that anyone could receive. 

https://www.mormon.org/easter?cid=HP_FR-15-3-2018_dMIS_fCNWS_xLIDyL1-A_  

watch the video!!

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE! and don't forget to watch conference!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

love from Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Hermana Brown

FACT

Hey everyone, don't have a lot of time but here's some things that I think are important that y'all should know.

THE BOOK OF MORMON IS TRUE. 

Just thought I'd state that as a straight up fact, cuz it is. Something I read in the Liahona magazine really kinda changed my life. In it a member from Philadelphia states that, "the truth is the truth, you don't need to prove it our persuade it, it just is." or something along those lines (I read it in Spanish originally, so I'm translating.) but it has helped my missionary teaching a lot. Honestly, as someone called to preach the gospel, I don't have anything to prove. I just have A LOT to share. Because the Gospel of Christ IS restored and it IS the truth, whether a person accepts it or not, doesn't change the fact that it is still true. So I just want all of you to know that I testify that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, IS the true church of God on the Earth, because he is the one leading it and His Priesthood authority has also been restored! Joseph Smith WAS a true prophet of God who truly did see the Father and the Son in a vision and truly translated the  Book of Mormon through the Power and revelation from God. The Gospel blesses families, and Families CAN be forever. 

These things are all simple truths. and I know it because Ive asked of God, and received an answer though the holy spirit. and I cannot deny it. Because it is simply true.

I invite all of you, member of the church, or not, to find these things out for yourselves. Read the Book yourselves. Ask of God. Have faith that he will answer. 

And you will find the same truth that I have because it is a truth that is eternal because it truly is from one eternal God.

James 1:5

I love you all, have a great week and don't forget to do your personal prayers and scripture study every day this week! helps a lot!

Love from Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Hermana Brown

-pic: the hypermaxi supermarket set up for Easter. this is the bon o bon brand that has monopolized the Easter season. #chocolate

A Baptism!!

Hey guys! so we had a baptism this week!!!

This week has been kind of stressful but its been a miracle! In one week we had to teach all the lessons to Marcelo so that he could be baptized this Saturday. It went well because Marcelo is a super intelligent kid! He understood all of the lessons perfectly and the experience really made me realize how this is God's work and no one else's because we really didn't do anything. But miracles happened everyday so that we could find him all of the days and that all his family could show up to the baptism. I'm very grateful that I could participate in this wonderful experience. Marcelo and his family recently moved into the ward from Cochabamba, and they are a great family! Picture attached.

We also had inter-cambios this week and I got to spend a day with hna Albornoz, she's from Argentina. (I'm always put with the Argentinians ha ha) but she's super cool, she lives right next to Paraguay so she has the best of both worlds with both Mate ( from Argentina) and Tereré (from Paraguay) as a part of her city's culture. She showed me how to drink tereré which is more like ice tea. It's really good but I think I still like mate better. (mate is hot). 

Well that's basically it for this week. I'm doing well and working hard! Love the mission! Miss you guys!

Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Hermana Brown