I love my new area and my new comp, really things are just great. We have a baptism tomorrow. The kid is awesome and he will help the ward a lot. His name is Junior and he's probably 17, he is a great kid. He will also be baptizing his 2 sisters on the 6th of November. All that's left is to get the mom to accept the gospel. I'm not sure where the Dad is. But yeah things should go well. We have 5 investigators with baptismal dates before the end of the change along with 2 more who could be baptized before changes.

The weather here is not even reminiscent of Spring. It's really not that hot temperature wise, but the humidity makes it soo hot, but I love Paraguay and I love the people and I'm happy to be here, even if I do miss winter and snow, I still love it here.

This area is great, It's a good place, typical Paraguay really. My house is awesome, we have a huge balcony that we chill and exercise on. We take collectivos (busses) or walk anywhere we go. We live with Elder Taylor from Bountiful and Elder Padilla a downs syndrome kid from El Salvador.

I love my district here, they are such great guys, we have a lot of fun together. I hope this district stays together for a long time. I'm grateful to be here and grateful for the opportunities we've had so far and the opportunities we will have shortly.

In this area I have a Paraguayan Mama, yep, and a Paraguayan papa too, we eat dinner with them pretty much every night, they're great, and we have someone else who washes our clothes. We eat with members in this area pretty much every day.

I love being a missionary, when I promise righteous things under the influence of the spirit it comes to pass. I love being a missionary.

The temple was very interesting. I didn't understand much, it was hard yeah, but it was still great. The spirit was the same, even if I couldnt understand, and after we did baptisms which was great. This truly is a marvelous work. I was thinking about it, and how many names are going through temple work, we have how many temples doing ordinance work for how many names a day. I alone did the baptisms of 40ish people, plus confirmations. It's an amazing thing. I really realize the importance of genealogy now. I love the temple! It's such an amazing place.

So I'm pretty close to out of time, but I just wanted to let you know how much I love you and that I pray for everyone daily, but now I have to go. I still need to write President, but know I love you and look forward to about 2 months from now when we can talk por medio del telephono. (some things are just easier to say in Spanish.) I'm kinda worried I'm going to come back speaking hardcore Spanglish (yikes!))) Love you.

Love, Elder Brown.

Washing clothes in a tire in San Antonio (from Elder Curtis' website)

Everything is good here in San Antonio, thats right I got changed again. That's why I'm writing today (Tuesday) and not yesterday (Monday). President just called and said hey, pack up you're coming to Asunçion. So I did and here I am and I'm glad I did. My new companion is Elder Richards from Elk Ridge Utah, near Payson. He's a great guy. He's super positive and we get along great and I'm excited for the time we will get to spend together. Next week p-day will be Tuesday again. We are going to the temple, so that becomes our p day.

I'm glad you had fun in St. George. I'm kinda missing it now just cause of the fun we had. I miss going on trips too. Getting there was half the fun with us. Man I miss long car rides and singin songs with me hermanita.

So I know you want to know stuff about my new area but the fact of the matter is I don't know anything yet. I just got here and just got out of our district meeting and came to do email. So I don't have any information or photos but I'll get some and send them, and I don't think Brady's picture came through. I couldn't open it at least. So try again next week please.

Well thats just about all I've got. I will have more next week when I actually have seen my area. The rest of the change should be great I'm super excited. But know that I love you and miss you and look forward to hearing from you next week on Tuesday.
Love Elder Brown

Como Estas. Everything is going good here. My new companion is Elder McCutchan, he's a great guy, Obligado is great too. It's pretty modern compared to Caa Guazú. I'm glad to be here. Things are good here. We have a baptism scheduled for Wednesday but I'm not sure if it will happen. I hope so but we will see. About my new area, I really don't know what to describe. It's a city... I'll send pictures sometime soon.
My companion is from Utah, he's a great guy. We get along well. I'm in a house. It's just Elder McCutchan and I. Our branch meetings here are in Spanish. It's much better. The members are good. They feed us too. We eat a lot of Mandioki or something like that. i really dont know what to call the foods we eat but todo Bien
I have a Paraguayan mama now, Hermana Presentation. She is great. she feeds us everyday jokes with us and washes our clothes. She's slightly crazy.... kinda like my real mama ;) haha. Anywho know that I love you, and I miss sitting and chatting with you, I look forward to being able to talk to you again. I love you!
Love Elder Brown

Everything is good here. I got to baptize one of our investigators last week before I got transferred. His name is Sinecio, he is an indian and about 5 feet tall. as you see in the pictures I towered over him. It was great. We went by the day after his baptism to talk to him and he told us his wife asked "what happened? your so much happier now" it is amazing to see how quickly the spirit works to change someone's life for the better. He will be a great addition to the branch in Caa Guazu, but as I said I've been transferred, so I won't get to see the good he does. But my new area is great. It's called Obligado, it's way down in the South part of Paraguay, and its a great place. My new companion is a great guy, we will be able to do a lot of good I think. I'm excited to see how things go. Know that I love you and look forward to your email every week.
Love,
Elder BrownFarewell to CaaGuazu (Click on the picture for an amazing view)