Transfer week

Hey everyone! This week was really eventful for us. It was Elder Hoffman's last week in the area so we went out with a bang. Jason got baptized on Saturday and he finally knew that this was the true church. He said that he actually felt something this time and is ready to continue to learn and progress in the church.

So you remember Dominic and how he was supposed to get baptized this last Saturday? So long story short, his dad said yes on him getting baptized so we set the date for the 30th of April and he is all ready to go! Also we set a date with another kid named Treycin for May 7th and his mom is super excited for him. So if you haven't noticed we are hoping to have 3 baptisms in a row the next couple weeks. If you could keep them in your prayers that everything will go smoothly, thanks! We had a good district meeting this week and it was teaching the Plan of Salvation. We had a play date with the bishop in the 11th ward's kids and they love us. The mom told us that we are celebrities yo them. I'll take it! 

We also moved apartments for the third time since I've been here. We finally have a place to ourselves we actually have beds to sleep on instead of couches, hahah. The place is super nice and we are just one hop of the fence away from on of our ward mission leaders houses. Transfer calls came Saturday and like I said earlier, Elder Hoffman is getting transferred to Pocatello and I will stay in the area and be joined by Elder Wheelhouse, he's super crazy! Elder Green, our zone leader is going down to Chubbuk to be a zl there. He was awesome. We saw Melba last night and finished the puzzle shes been working on. She is really sad that Hoffman is leaving but is glad that I am staying. That is all for this week! I hope you enjoy the warmer weather. Until next time. God is Good!

Los amo a todos

Elder Browning

Can't beat Idaho Sunsets

 Biggest Faygos

 Jason's Baptism. I swear, he was ecstatic.

 ​The Ziels were the best family in the Central Stake. Unfortunately, they are moving out of the boundaries

Hanging with Melba.

Free Costa Vida!!!

Hey everyone! This past week was crazy for my companion and I. The first half of the week started off in the upper 70s and then by the end it was super cold. It ended up snowing on Friday, which was super weird, but they say this week in supposed to be really nice. Finally spring is in the air. We had a good District Meeting on Tuesday and everyone taught the Restoration of the Gospel. We each had a topic and taught it for 5 minutes.They all seemed to enjoy the meeting so i'm assuming I did a good job.

We had interviews with the mission president on Thursday and that was good. He said that he cant believe how long we've been out and how much he's seen me grow in the past 9 months. It's crazy how fast a mission really goes. We had a lesson with the Staleys later that night and we taught them the commandments. Friday morning we went to help at the soup kitchen and we served and turkey dinner. That night, we correlated with some of the bishops.

Saturday was way crazy. Sometimes members don't think that missionary work is important, so they its hard to work in their ward when they aren't willing to work with us. We had a long day of talking with the ward mission leader in one of the wards about how its his responsibility to find us people to teach. We did get free Costa Vida with a member of the ysa ward. A lady that was there has a daughter serving in Georgia so she paid for our meal! Anyways, yesterday we gave talks in the 31st ward on forgiveness and repentance. After the meeting, everyone said that we did a really good job. I did another baptismal interview for the zone leaders. Our district has the most dates in the zone right now. Well, what a week for us. We have a baptism happening this Saturday for Jason and he is ready. Please keep him in your prayers! Thanks for all you do! God id Good. Until next time.

Los amo a todos,

Elder Browning

 Zone activity last monday with Teokotai!

 Easy like Sunday morning.

A Week of Service

      Hey everyone! I hope you all had a good week. We had about four days where we got up to 75 degrees and was a bonus for us because we didn't have to wear our suits. We did a ton of service this past week which was really good for us because it gains a lot of member trust and get us out of of church clothes. We had one of our baptism dates drop because his mom doesn't think that he is old enough to make the decision for himself yet and she wants him to experience other religions. As she was telling us this, he was crying the entire time because he really wants to do this. We are still able to teach him the lessons though. We did most of our service in Jason's basement. We had to help him sand the walls and clean a little around his house he's moving into. He texted us on Friday and told us that he had six dozen donuts for us. So we went to his house and loaded our bikes up and we were set. On the way home, I saw one of my recent converts, Lynzee Lords from my last area. On Saturday, we helped move wood and rake leaves. I saw a couple other members from my last area having a garage sale. It was fun to see them too.

    We also had zone training this past Thursday. We talked a lot about having confidence and being worthy of having the Holy Ghost in conversion. We went to a Mexican restaurant afterwards and a random guy gave us $85 for our meal! I don't know why he gave us that much, but it was way nice of him to. 

     Yesterday it rained on and off. We had dinner at on of our bishops house and he grilled up some ribs and they were so good. We also went to go visit Melba again and she was very mad at us that we didn't go last week. Next time we are going to bring some UNO cards and play with her. Well, I think that's all the happenings for this week. Thanks for everything and all you do! Until next week!

Te Amo,

Elder Browning

 

 Elder Green trying to capture a lady bug.

 3 of the six dozen donuts.

 ​Found a dead cat on the road.

Miracles beyond Miracles

Well like usual, this week flew by really quick and can't believe that we are already in April. My companion and I had a lot go on this past week and the biggest miracle was that we set 2 baptism dates and we found a new investigator in the YSA (Young Single Adult) ward. The first one we set was with a 11 year old boy named Trayson. We set it for May 7 and he is beyond excited to finally be baptized. His mom texted us two days ago and said that she needs to talk with us about his date. Hopefully she is all for it for him getting baptized. Fingers crossed.

We did a bunch of service this week mostly in Eagle Rock which is about 20 minutes from where we live. There is this lady who needed help moving heavy things into her rental house by by the temple, so she called us to help her. The main reason why she asked us to help her is because she has a nephew that lives in our area and isn't a member, so we went to help him install carpet at the house and BOOM, new investigator. Later that day, we went to go help Jason work on mudding his basement. My companion and I ended up carrying about 40 sheets of drywall from his basement, upstairs and into the garage in his backyard. It was murder, but good exercise though. When  we got home, one of the counselors in the mission presidency said that Jason's legal things were cleared so we called him right after and set a date with him for April 23 and 11 am. He thought this day would never come but the Lord was mindful of his situation and knew that he was finally ready to get baptized.

Conference was really good and even better when you watch it on your mission. My favorite session was probably the Priesthood Session and President Uchtdorf always does an awesome job. We watched them with the zone leaders at their stake center and had some of the sisters in the zone come as well. Well that's about it for this week, Hey, I did find my camera in our apartment so I have some pictures from the last two weeks. Thank you all for the love and prayer you send my way! God is Good!

Te Amo,

Elder Browning

 At the visitors Center.

 The puzzle we finally finished.

 One of the kids in Nursery.

 ​Secret room we found in one of the church closets.

​The sisters brought a dog to watch conference with us at the stake center.