Everything is going well here. The members are starting to see the importance of the work and I think they are going to start helping here pretty quick. We will see what happens. We are having trouble finding new investigators still, but Marcos now has a super great desire to help in the work. He gave us 5 references yesterday and wants to go out and work with us next Sunday. During the week he is busy working (a little weird cause hes only 16 (he works till past 9 o´clock a lot of times))) but he really has a strong testimony and wants others to "share in his joy". He's a great kid and we are excited for him. i feel old..... a little random but true. I never thought I would look at teenagers and find myself calling them kids. but here I am all old and not a teenager.

You should dowload the audio to Elder Holland's talk or better yet watch it on video. That would be awesome. You could really see in his face and hear in his voice how much all of it meant to him. He really speaks from his heart.

Well now I better go, but I love ya, and thanks again for all that you do for me. I look forward to your email next week as always. Oh, and 2 other things I need at Christmas time 1.) 4 more short sleeve shirts. (the way we have to do laundry here makes 8 shirts insufficient. and 2.) a football. i get tired of playing Latin football (soccer) and I want to play American football, but you just can't find a ball. (oh suggestion. Deflate it and put in a pump. Then you can send more stuff without having more boxes.))) But thanks again and I love ya tons. Talk to you next week. Thanks!

love Elder Brown

Yay more pictures. Surprise we had another baptism. We weren't planning on it, we were thinking next week, but he said "I want to get baptized Saturday." He's a great kid his name is Marcos, and well he is just super ready to be member, he is 16 years old and just a great kid. 3 in 4 weeks, now we have the problem of uh oh no more investigators. Now we just got to go hunting. But yeah, Elder Holland's talk was great. It was all about the importance of missionary work. He said "everything we do in this church depends upon people hearing the message of the gospel." It made me feel important, but yeah it was great. Alright conference! I like the plan of going to see a session live in October 2012. I was watching it and I said to myself, man I wish I was there, but I wasn't.

Well, sorry the email is kinda short this week, but I'm here, happy, and healthy, and working in the Lords work, doin what he asks me. Thanks for your letters and your prayers and all your sacrifices for me. I love ya tons and look forward to hearing from you day after tomorrow (hahaha) love ya tons.

Love Elder Brown

Yeah, everything is going great here. We have another investigator with a baptismal date not this Saturday but next. I'm sure he will get baptized, we will see what happens. Really things are turning around here. I'm super excited, we are really seeing the success. We got a baptism this last week. We were clapping houses and we found her. The first thing she said to us was "hey what do I need to do to get baptized?" We were excited to say the least. Yeah workin' hard.

Next I want to thank you guys for your support. I don't know what else to say but thank you. Thank you for raising me and helping me to be the person that I am. Thank you for being my parents and loving me. I love you and I look forward to hanging out again after the mission. but that will come in its own time and I know it will. I love ya tons.

Elder Brown