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