That Moment When...

That Moment When.....

*You get transferred out of your first area.

*And you go to a transfer meeting with 90% of the mission. It was literally a really huge transfer meeting!

*And you get transferred to KENTUCKY! 

*And you also get DOUBLED INTO your area! Which just means that both you and your companion are new to the area and have not served there before.

*And you flood your kitchen the first night that you are there.

*And you have no idea what you are doing and so you just pray a lot and follow what God tells you to do!

*And because you have no idea what you are doing you go and buy yourself Christmas in October (aka a Garmin GPS) so that you can find your way around!

*And your companion is Sister Shaw and she is so funny and awesome and is teaching me so much and how to not stress out about being new!

Kentucky is going to be quite the adventure! It's awesome! Hope you all have a great week!

Sure love ya!

Sister Brown II

Pix

HELLO! Oh man I cannot even wait to get to go to the temple again this week! You don't miss the temple until you really cannot go! Six months is a long time to go without the temple, especially when back home it was 20 minutes away! SO EXCITED! We are going on Wednesday! So that will be some fun adventures to email about this week. Sister Pratt is going to drive us down there and her family just moved here a while ago and so I am excited for the drive to get to know her better (: plus she said that we would have to take a TON of photos because transfer calls are next Monday and so this could possibly be my last week in Muncie... I just don't think about that scary fact!

So this week has been great! Last night we had a Why I Believe fireside that our recent convert Caroline Payne came to and LOVED. We had a testimony meeting to start out with and she even bore her testimony of Joseph Smith in front of everyone and that was HUGE for her. Then we played a game with guessing which scriptures Brother Kirk was reading. And Caroline got one of the scriptures! It was a lot of fun.

Today we are having a ZONE DAY FUN DAY! Of CARVING PUMPKINS!!! I am not sure what I will carve. Maybe I will try to carve President Porter's face... just kidding (: 

The leaves are CHANGING! It is so beautiful here! There are SO many trees and it is just so great! I have a new obsession with yellow trees (: And sometimes I draw sunshine outside of our door with chalk on our sidewalk to combat the gloomy days! (: 

The work here in Muncie is great (: And I love being a missionary!

Have a great week and maybe this week you should all draw a picture of something that has happened to you recently and send it to your favorite missionary (I will be patiently waiting by the mailbox) just kidding! But I always love new artwork to hang up around our house! (: 

Sister Brown II

Be Thou Clean

Yesterday I had to go and find a vacuum to get up some smushed cheerios and the cleaning closet reminded me of a roomier version of my Frontier hobbit home. That closet was a great place (: 

What a week!

Holy cow this week has been CRAZY! We had interviews with President and Sister Porter this week and then we also had Zone Meeting and then yesterday we were in Ohio for the Sister's Conference! It has been so great and there have been miracles going on all around!

The Sister's Conference was so great! We got to hear from President and Sister Porter. President Porter talked about the doctrine of womanhood. And it was some deep stuff! My head usually hurts after he talks to us for a while because he just understands so much! The Sister Training Leaders talked to us about the Atonement and how we can best use it, how to be appropriate with the Elders and how to see ourselves as God sees us.  We also had a clothing item swap, learned a kick-box cardio routine and played fun games. It was really great to spend a day with all of the sisters in the mission. The spirit was really strong and helped me to learn things that I needed to. 

I just want you all to know that the power of Christ's Atonement is real. It can change us. It is what heals us and helps us to become more than what we are. I know that I am seeing that and learning how to rely on that out here. I know that life can be hard, but that Heavenly Father will send His spirit to teach us how to get through it. He will strengthen us. We are never alone.

Oh and you can find peppermint ice cream in Walmart in October now. My mind was blown. But my stomach was really happy because everyone knows that peppermint ice cream is delicious! 

Have a great week! My zone gets to go to the temple on October 22nd!!! I am SO excited for that! 

Sister Brown II

Madison Street

Here is Madison street here and I haven't taken a picture by it until now...

Sweet Caroline

I hope that you all sang the subject line in your head. Preferably out loud. If not you should do so now (: Because we have been singing it all week! Our district leader Elder Price sings it to us often too. It's spreading over Muncie North Zone (:

But we have been singing it because CAROLINE WAS BAPTIZED! It was such a great spiritual experience! And she is already planning to go and see each temple in the United States. She is temple crazy. Caroline was a referral from her sister who is a member in our ward. And her daughter is a member of the YSA here. It was really cool to see that her heart was softened and that right now was her time to hear the gospel and accept it. Because when her sister and daughter were baptized she was opposed to it. But her baptism was so great and she is just so ready to progress in this gospel. It's amazing to see God's work.

And I got stung by a bee for the first time in my life! And the member's that we were doing service for have a whole bookshelf dedicated to bee things! I laughed at that and then took a picture next to it with my large bee sting on my arm to remember forever (: And to share with you!

The Women's conference was AMAZING! It was my first one to watch because the last one in April I was in the MTC and they saved it for the following week, but then I was already in Indiana. It is crazy that this week I have been on my mission for six months. I have learned a lot and changed a lot. But I always get emotional when I get to hear the prophets and leaders of this church. 

I hope that everyone this week takes the opportunity to sit down and hear what God has in store for you in General Conference. The prophet and his apostles will speak to us and if we are not prepared for the message, we might miss it. I know that when we listen, the Spirit will help us. 

I know that Heavenly Father loves us.

And I love all of you!

Sister Brown II