Hello world!
I know I say this a lot but this
week FLEW by. Missionary time is the weirdest thing ever. I can't even
describe it. Hashtag Twilight Zone.
This week my
branch president asked us as a branch/zone to work on the Christ like
attribute of patience. That's pretty timely seeing as we've been waiting
all week for our reassignments. It's SO exciting. We were hoping that
it would come on Wednesday or Thursday but here we are on Friday with no news. You think I'd be good at waiting for things by now, jeesh. (East, that was for you).
It's so exciting. Sometimes they send people out on the Saturday before
they're supposed to leave so there's a chance that someone in my
district could get their reassignment tonight and leave at like 3 in the
morning on Saturday
to anywhere in the US. My life is so up in the air right now and it's
so exciting. (I'm listening to "I'll Go Where You Want Me Go" on repeat
as I write this to help calm my nerves haha. Not working).
This week we got another 2 new districts and another 11
new sisters! We now have close to 30 sisters! I'm basically like a
short-term, intensified Relief Society president. I get to visit all the
them each night in the time when most people write in their journal and
shower and be human. The zone leaders do the same thing for the Elders
but there's 2 of them. Phewf! I'm kinda pooped from running around
everywhere! By the time I leave here, I'll have welcomed and trained
more new sisters than the three sister training leaders before me
combined. It's so awesome and I am so incredibly grateful for the chance
I have to serve and work so closely with these amazing sisters. I've
learned that you simply cannot be happy as a missionary if you're turned
inward-even in the MTC, ESPECIALLY in the MTC. (Fun fact: One of the
new Sisters who came Wednesday
is like legit-ly going to be an astronaut she's already done training
and she's in the program and everything. She's this amazing woman and
she's black so I kind of just really want to be her.)
In other exciting news, I finished the Book of Mormon
last Saturday. Wow. I love that book so much. It is truly the word of
God! I know that. I just about bawled through 3 Nephi and saviors visit
to the Americas. As much I miss friends and family and instagram, I
really miss my school kids in Logan. Mostly, I think I miss kids in
general since there's like none here. When I was reading about how the
Savior had the children come to him and blessed them I just about lost
it. We all need to be more like children- so loving, willing to
befriend, quick to forgive and eager to learn. One of my sweet friends
wrote me a while back about how her Pastor encouraged them to read the
Bible as children. That's so important! I hope we can all be more like
the sweet little children around us, especially in our scripture study.
Yay Book of Mormon.
One of the other coolest parts about this week was our
skyping time. We have this thing called TRC where we teach Brazilian
member volunteers a lesson. It's no role playing, just an awesome
experience to talk with real people and help them come closer to Christ.
Normally, they come into the MTC for the lesson but this week we got to
skype. We were supposed to skype with some members who are in Brazil
right now but there were some scheduling problems. My teacher
frantically contacted some of his RM friends who spoke Portuguese but
couldn't get quite enough. He's been working with some missionaries here
in Provo to teach a family who just arrived from Brazil. Both sisters
have committed to baptism and it's this awesome little thing. Since he
couldn't get enough member friends, to teach he decided to trust us and
let us skype teach his 2 investigators! My companions and I were
assigned to teach these 2 sisters and it was so cool! We taught our
first real lesson to real investigators and we did so well! They spoke
like no English and the whole lesson was in Portuguese. Even though it
was through the internet and we don't speak great Portuguese, the spirit
was so strong and we effectively helped them come closer to Christ. Yay
missionary work!
Yesterday was a very exciting day at the MTC! We, all
the soon departing missionaries of the MTC had in field orientation for 8
hours! It was long but so awesome! iIm glad I get to learn how to be a
missionary in English before I have to do it all in Portuguese. Heavenly
Father is so smart. It made me very excited to get in the field and be a
little missionary-baby. Everyone in the MTC wore red, white and blue
and it was such a fun day! That night, we had a special program and they
hadn't told us like anything about it. We got there, sang some
patriotic songs, they explained to the Asians why we were all matching
today and to the British that we don't hate them (not really, but
basically in other words) and then after a little program they announced
that we were going to watch 17 Miracles and go outside to watch the
Fireworks! Wha?? So cool. It was so amazing and I just literally cried
for like the whole movie. The fireworks were so fun and they even gave
everyone ice cream. We were standing next to an Elder from Australia so
it was very funny to hear his reaction to everything. Everyone was being
all American at the end and singing the national anthem and chanting
"U! S! A!". He started chanting "AustrailA, AustraliA" in his accent. We
got to stay up to like 11:30 so that was just nuts. It was such a great day!
Remember how I've had about a billion miracles since
I've been here. Well, there's more. I am happy to announce that I
survived this week completely without crutches or medicine. That is a
miracle. My knees are going to be just dandy and I am so grateful to HF.
I had my last doctor's visits this week and I have a clean bill of
health and I'm all good to go! God is so good to me. I know that my
miracle knee situation has so much to do with everyone's faith and
prayers. Thank you!!
Alright, well I'm quite out of time. I love you all so
very much! I'm so grateful to have such a strong support system. I was
excited to hear about Mom's missionary attempt this week! Woohoo! Also,
it was great to get a laugh haha. I would love to hear back from more of
you! The challenge lives on. It is so up to each of you individually to
build God's kingdom on the earth. It's so easy to get caught up in all
of our To-do's in life but remember what we're on this earth to do.
God's work and glory is to bring to pass the immortality and eternal
life of man. Match your will and vision with His and you will see
miracles. I know this because I've done it and it works. I know the
gospel of Jesus Christ has been restored in all its glory and fullness. I
know God loves every single one of His children and that nothing we can
do is ever too much for the atonement. I love being a missionary and I
love all of you!
Love,
Sister Brown
ps-
Smith family, I SAW YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was being driven back to the MTC on Wednesday
at like one from my last Dr.'s visit and I saw you camping out on the
street for the parade!! I was wearing my Canada pin so I'm sure that's
how I was able to see you. It made my day like 100 million
trillion times better. It was definitely a tender mercy and also one of
the most surreal moments of my life. I was freaking out and my
companions thought I was totes bonkers:) I love and miss you all!!!
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Here it is!!
I got my reassignment!!!
This isn't quite as good as a phone call but it's the next best thing.
I have been temporarily reassigned to the Colorado Denver North.
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!
BAH! Holy no time to pack! Give me lots of prayers haha. I can't
believe that it's actually happening and that I'll be out in the field
talking to people and be a missionary in like 3 days. I love it here at
the MTC and I'm sad to leave this sacred place but I'm so ready to get
out and serve the Lord in spreading His work. It's going to be so hard
but I'm going to love every second of it!
My companions are both heading to Kansas with another sister from
our district and we haven't heard back from anyone else. I'll let you
know where they're all going. I can't even believe that the next time
I'll be emailing you is in the field. in Colorado! YAYYYYY!!!!
Well, I don't really know what else to tell you. Yay Colorado. This
is SO surreal. Mom, do you think Durango will be in my mission? That'd
be cute wouldn't it?:)
Well, I love you all! I sent 4 letters today to Mom, Dad, Kels and Mimi. Madi and Danny you're next- sorry!
LOVE times a million,
Sister Megan Sonntag Brown :)
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