Howdy Team! My mother wrote a great little thing in her
email.. so I thought I'd include it. She hit the nail on the head for my doings
this week.
So how was your week, Zone leader duties. Members?
Fish dinners? Smile and laugh:)? Brown outs, truck
driving, lessons. Members at church, talks:). How many members usually come to
church? Is it one branch or more on the island? Well give me some
stories. Ok:)
Isn't
my mom the best? My week was good. Members fed us fish dinners (we actually
just finished a fish lunch at a members before we came here;) 1 I still smile and
laugh. You should too, it's healthy. Brown outs are a regular thing but Elder
Brown is always here. Ha. Punny. We drove the truck a lot this week. More on
that later. We taught an amazing lesson to Jodel this week. More on that later,
too. Our branch usually has around 50 coming to church, the second strongest of
the five branches on the island. We make up one district. Stories to come (:
So..
yeah.. Zone Leader duties.. when we got back from ZLC last week the truck's
transmission was acting funny.. got it checked up and the oil seal was broken
so it had been leaking. Which meant we had to go back to the mainland last week
to get it fixed. Three days, gone. We did, however, get to go to transfer day
and take the new missionaries back to the island.. a cool thing for them
because being driven by me is way more fun than taking a bus, two tricycles,
boat, and two jeeps. Bad news was it was going to cost an arm and two legs to
get it fixed at the Ford dealership, so President just sent me to get it done
at the cheap, sketchy mechanic on the island anyways. Saturday we drove around
the island taking people home and conducting a baptismal interview, then another
fish dinner at a members. Good thing I like fish (:
With
all this talk about fish.. you might be hungry. Go grab yourself a nice 1/2
pound fish and grill it. Get lime juice, soy sauce, onions (red), and sili
(spicy little peppers). Mix up everything but the fish. Same proportions
(except the sili.. that would be nutso. Just a few spicy peppers). Cook some
rice. Set out a large plate of rice, the grilled fish, the sauce mix, and a
large banana leaf. Eat!
For
actual missionary work.. well, we didn't have much time this week. I don't like
when that happens, but it does sometimes and I can't avoid it. Jodel is way
cool though. He's 21, his mom and sister are members, and for the last few
weeks we've been working with him to quit smoking and drinking. I am so
grateful to have never had a problem with those things.. I see his struggle
with turning down friends and old habits. But more so, I am grateful for
repentance and the ability to change that is within us all. No matter what we
have gotten ourselves into, we can get out. And we must, now. We sat with him
on Tuesday night and one of the best things of the mission happened again. I
was prompted to offer a promise in the name of our Savior. When Jodel finally
fights with all he has against temptation, and succeeds for an undefined period
of time, the Spirit of our Lord will testify to him of the truth of the Word of
Wisdom, Joseph Smith, this Church, and Jesus Christ Himself. Then we prayed,
asked for help, and left. Those moments make everything so good. Even though we
didn't have much time to be proselyting this week, we were still blessed
immeasurably with the Spirit. Even if it means I have to be the soccer mom for
a season, I absolutely love this work.
I
was reading in Alma for personal study this week and Chapter 31 really hit me.
Alma and his brethren are to reclaim the lost Zoramites. It is something of a
"Rescue Mission". While the Zoramites are generally much more wicked
than those I encounter, I felt the power of Alma's prayer. Verses 32-35 are especially
great. May the spirit of God be found with you and I this day, that is my
prayer. I love my Savior, I love you.
Elder
Brown
1 Did
anyone notice that?? It was one of those smiley things that happens in the
scriptures and I didn't even plan it! Cool. Grammar is awesome.
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