Hey Everyone,
Everything is great here. I'm learning a lot, we taught in Spanish for the first time this week. It went well. Funny thing. Remember how I use to be pretty fluent in French. Well I can't speak it worth beans now. I try and say something in French and it comes out Spanish. I know this because I met some French speaking elders, I could understand everything they said but speaking back was impossible. Good news is I'm getting close to being fluent in Spanish.

My district is great we all get along really well and have a lot of clean latter day saint fun. My companion is a studd. He is almost always smiling and cracking jokes. We have a lot of fun together. Class is great. My teachers are both fun people, but we are still able to get a lot done despite the amount of fun we inevitably have.

Time really has started moving fast. Surprisingly I only have 3 weeks from Tuesday till I'm off to a third world country where adventure is no doubt in store. I look forward to finally being able to use the knowledge I've gained here to benefit someone else. I'm also excited to finally meet the people I will serve for 22 months.

As I've mentioned before the spirit here is amazing, and thanks to the time I've spent here, I have learned how important prayer is. It's our communication with God. I know we hear that all the time but when you think about it, it really is a sobering thought. God wants to hear from me and each of you and prayer is how we do that. Before my mission I would say my prayers, but I never actually prayed. I've begun to see now why that's important. God wants to bless each of us but first we have to ask. If I could ask you all to do one thing, it would be to pray, not just say your prayers, but pour your heart out to God. We have so much to be grateful for in this life. Never miss an opportunity to be grateful to God.

Now I'll step off my soap box just long enough to say, I love each of you, and I know that God loves each of you. I miss you all, and look forward to seeing you again 23ish months from now when I step off the plane. (You all had better be there ;) I look forward to your mail, and would like to let you know again that I love you.

Sincerely,
Elder Tyler Brown

Oh How We Miss Him!

Hey Everyone!

Everything's good here. Every day's still the same and I'm beginning to understand what Brady, AKA former Elder Brown was talking about when he said you start to lose it in here. It's the same thing every day. But, it is a necessary (for lack of a better word) evil of the mission. Got to learn the language some time.

I love getting letters from all of you, and it pushes me a little further away from the cliff of insanity when I get one. As you can imagine we get no, and I mean no news in here. Only the gospel exists within these walls, but its good.

Honestly I'm never sure what to put into this weekly letter (as every day is the same) there's not much exciting stuff to draw off of;) I'm excited to get out into the field and have something worth saying to put into this weekly letter, but for now, bear with me. If you find the weekly letter bores you wait a month. August 24th I go to the field. That's when things will start to become more exciting.

As I've rambled as much as is possible about the mind numbing monotony that is the mtc I'll close with my testimony.

Yo sé que Jesucristo es mi Salvador y redentor, y soloménte mediante su expiación es possible por nosotros regressar a vive con dios. Amo mi familia y mediante la evangelio de Jesucristo es possible por mi vivir con mi familia despues este vida.

Time's almost out. But know that I love you all and look forward to hearing from you and seeing you all again in wow 23 months. Time flies when every days the same;) As I said I look forward to hearing from you. And that's all for now
ttfn (ta ta for now)
Love,
Elder T. Brown

Hey Everyone,

Things are good here. Funny story, we met a lady from Paraguay today, their accent is super wierd. She said soy de Paraguay (I'm from Paraguay) and it took us like 4 times to finally understand what she was saying. They like don't pronounce consonants. (Spanish is sending my spelling for a loop) Things are so much easier to spell in Spanish. There are no silent letters. But any way she then said something about Guarani, so we asked her to speak it for us she said nakumbye or something like that which means hey how are you doing. Now I'm more excited than ever to get to Paraguay. Other than that things are pretty much the same. Wake up at 6:30 gym breakfast class lunch class dinner and more class and finally bed. Not much time for fun stuff, but things are great.

So as I close I just want to say once more how greatful I am to have this wonderful opportunity to serve a mission. I know that I'm meant to be here. And I wouldn't be any other place. I want all of you to know how much I love you and miss you. And I look forward to coming off the plane and seeing you all again. I love you all and wish you luck or as they say in Spanish buenos suerte.

Love,
Elder Tyler Brown

Hey everyone!

Things are good here. same My usual day i wake up at 6:30 get dressed go to gym come back shower change to church clothes, go get breakfast, go to class for a while have lunch more class, dinner and more class, and then go back to my room write letters and my journal and go to bed. I'm singing in church on Sunday so we will see how that goes.

The MTC is a great place other than the fore mentioned schedule and the quality of the food. Yes there is more to life than those two things;) The Spirit here is amazing, there is almost never a time when you aren't with the spirit. (I would say there's never a time but in order to avoid an unnecessary law suit I said almost;) It's a great place.

Spanish is a lot easier to learn than I thought it would be. I guess it's in part because of my history in languages. I can keep up a conversation relatively easily. My comp is great, he is a fun guy and is fun to hang out with luckily.

Well. clock's ticking down on me, so I'll just wrap up by saying, I miss all my family members and friends, but I know that what I'm doing here will help not only myself but all of those who are in my life. I know that this gospel is true and that is why I'm here, to take the wonderful thing that God has given me and share it to improve the lives of the people in Paraguay. I look forward to getting into the field and being able to share God's message. I love you all and wish you all luck in all you do. I'm praying for you all. Love you all!

Elder Tyler David Brown

It's great to hear from you and I'll be able to write more in the field but here in the MTC the computers kick you off at exactly 30 minutes. I'm not sure how long I'll be able to make this letter. The computer is counting down on 5 minutes for me. So in case I don't get to say it, know that I love you. Just try and write through dear elder so that if I can't get to all my emails I can write letters. I'm not sure if it has set in yet that I will be gone for 2 years. I've got a lot of mail to get to but know that I love you and look forward to hearing from you next week.
Love you.

Q&A
1. Where is your companion from?
My companion Elder McGee is from Missouri.

2. Where are your roommates from?
It's interesting how it worked out it's just me and Elder McGee in my room. One of the guys didn't show up and the other one moved up to a higher level Spanish.

3. How's the Spanish coming?
Spanish is actually going really well. The trc on Thursday was a get to know someone in Spanish thing. It was great.

4. How was Sunday? How is your branch? How is church at the MTC?
Sunday was good. We actually didn't have church with my branch. Some of the general authorities were here so all the missionaries had church together.

The mtc is like trying to drink from a firehose. I feel bad for the Elders who don't have a background in language. They work on 1 grammar principle a day and that's all we get.

Love you, Mom