Group Email 8/24/2015

BOOOM!!  MY WEEK!! SO AWESOME!!! I JUST LOVE LIFE! LOVE THE MISSION! LOVE YOU ALL!!! THIS WEEK!!! ITS THE BEST!!!!!! THERE ARE THESE TWO YOUNG MEN WHO HAVE BEEN LESS ACTIVE! BOTH HAVE BEEN COMING TO CHURCH! FOR WONDERFUL REASONS TO!! ONE BECAUSE HE WANT TO GET MARRIED AND HE WANTS IT TO BE IN THE TEMPLE AND ANOTHER BECAUSE HE WANTS TO GO ON A MISSION. BOTH OF THEM HAVE BEEN WORKING SO HARD AND ARE WONDERFUL EXAMPLES TO ME! NEITHER ONE HAS FAMILY SUPPORT BUT BOTH RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR CHURCH AND GOD IN THEIR LIVES. BOTH RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS ONLY THROUGH THIS GOSPEL THAT THEY CAN BE TRULY HAPPY!! LIFE IS WONDERFUL. I LOVE THESE PEOPLE. I AM SO BLESSED… 🙂
LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!!
SISTER BROWNING

SISTER THUESON GOT TOO INVOLVED IN HER PERSONAL STUDY AND SHE FORGOT SHE HAD CEREAL ON HER LAP!!! IT SPILLED!!! 😉

US CROSSING A FIELD!! DIDN’T KNOW WHERE IT LED!! THERE WERE MAMBAS THOUGH!! 😉

US CROSSING A FIELD!! DIDN’T KNOW WHERE IT LED!! THERE WERE MAMBAS THOUGH!! 😉

US CROSSING A FIELD!! DIDN’T KNOW WHERE IT LED!! THERE WERE MAMBAS THOUGH!! 😉

US CROSSING A FIELD!! DIDN’T KNOW WHERE IT LED!! THERE WERE MAMBAS THOUGH!! 😉

BRENDA!! BAPTIZED BY HER HUSBAND!!! 🙂

BRENDA!! BAPTIZED BY HER HUSBAND!!! 🙂

BRENDA!! BAPTIZED BY HER HUSBAND!!! 🙂

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CHILDREN LOVE MY AZUNGU HAIR!!

CHILDREN LOVE MY AZUNGU HAIR!!

MY MOUNTAIN SOCHE!

US CELEBRATING WITH OUR INVESTIGATORS!!!

US CELEBRATING WITH OUR INVESTIGATORS!!!

US CELEBRATING WITH OUR INVESTIGATORS!!!

US CELEBRATING WITH OUR INVESTIGATORS!!!

US CELEBRATING WITH OUR INVESTIGATORS!!!

THAT LAST PICTURE WAS US TRYING TO TAKE A SELFIE!! IT WAS KHUMBO’S FIRST TIME HOLDING A CAMERA! IT TOOK 5 MINS AND THAT WAS THE BEST WE HAD!! HAHA!!!

Group email 8/17/2015

​THIS WEEK… ANOTHER WONDERFUL WEEK​!!! TODAY WAS FUN!!! HERE IS A STORY:

ONCE THERE WERE THREE LITTLE MISSIONARIES. ONE DAY THEY WERE CROSSING THE STREET. ONE OF THEM (S. THUESON) DECIDED TO CROSS EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A CAR COMING. ANOTHER (S. SOLOMONE)  RAN TO GRAB HER. TOO LATE!!! THEY BOTH HAD TO RUN!! CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET!! CARS HONKING!! MEAN WHILE THE SMART SISTER  MISSIONARY (ME) WAS JUST LAUGHING SAFELY ON THE SIDEWALK. THE TWO FINALLY MADE IT TO SAFETY!! FAST FORWARD TO A COUPLE DAYS LATER!!! THE SAME THREE MISSIONARIES WERE ABOUT TO CROSS THE STREET!! ONE OF THEM (S. SOLOMONE) STARTED JOGGING ACROSS, THEN ANOTHER ONE (S. THUESON) DECIDED THAT SHE THINKS SHE COULD MAKE IT. SHE WENT INTO A FULL SPRINT. NO SHE WASN’T GOING TO MAKE IT!! THE LAST SISTER (ME) RAN TO SAVE HER. PULLED HER OUT OF THE WAY!! THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WAS LIKEWISE BEING PULLED OUT OF THE WAY OF A BIKE!! BOOOM HIT!!

THAT IS THE DAY I WAS HIT BY A BIKE!! ALL BECAUSE I DIDN’T WANT MY COMP TO BE FLAT ON THE STREET!!! 🙂

LIFE IS GOOD THOUGH!! WE HAD AN INVESTIGATOR INTERVIEWED FOR HER BAPT. AND PASSED!! SO THAT WILL BE WONDERFUL NEXT SUNDAY!! HER HUSBAND WILL BAPTIZE HER!!! THAT IS SWEET!!

THERE IS THIS FAMILY THAT WE ARE BLESSED ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO TEACH. THE NIRENDE FAMILY!! IT IS AN AMYI (MOTHER), ABAMBO (FATHER) NDI FOLO KOMWANAS (AND 4 CHILDREN). THEY ARE WONDERFUL!! I LOVE THEM SO!!! THEY ARE SO GREAT!!! HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE BAPTIZED SOON!! WE ARE PRAYING FOR THAT!!!

LIFE IS GOOD!! I LOVE IT HERE!! I DON’T THINK I WILL COME BACK!! I WILL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT!!

LOVE YOU ALL!!

SISTER NEICIA MARIE BROWNING!

Group email 8/10/15

I AM HAPPY!! I AM BLESSED!!! LIFE IS WONDERFUL!!

WE HAVE CONTINUED TO BE SO BLESSED WITH PEOPLE TO TEACH!! WITH PREPARED SOULS!! CONSTANTLY, PEOPLE COME UP TO US ASKING TO BE TAUGHT!!! WE STOPPED CONTACTING PEOPLE BECAUSE OUR TEACHING POOL IS TO BIG AND WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR MORE PEOPLE! YET THEY STILL COME AND WE END UP ALWAYS HAVING ENOUGH TIME!!! LIFE IS WONDERFUL!!

I DON’T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO SAY!! THIS WEEK HAS JUST BEEN FILLED WITH SO MANY BLESSINGS!! LIKE LITERALLY WE HAVE 3 INVESTIGATORS NAMED “BLESSINGS” (MADALITSO) NOW!! SO LIFE PRETTY MUCH ROCKS!!! I LOVE MY COMPANIONS SO MUCH!! THEY HELP ME WANT TO DO MY BEST!!! THEY ARE WONDERFUL EXAMPLES TO ME!!! I DON’T KNOW HOW TO EXPRESS MY WEEK!! I WILL SEND PICTURES AND YOU CAN ALL THANK SISTER ANDREA COLE FOR THEM! SHE MADE ME!!!

HERE IS A FUNNY STORY:

ABOUT AN HOUR AGO WE WERE TEACHING A LESSON AND AT THE END WE ASKED IF THE LITTLE BOY WOULD END IN A PRAYER FOR US! HE IS 5!! HIS NAME IS HOPESON AND HE SPEAKS NO ENGLISH! HE BOWED HIS HEAD AND CROSSED HIS FINGERS BY HIS FACE AND THEN BROKE OUT INTO SONG!!! ALL I HEARD WAS A LOT OF “ZIKOMO KWAMBILI MULUNGU NIDI YESU KHRISTU.” ( THANK YOU VERY MUCH GO AND JESUS CHRSIT!) THEN AT THE END OF HIS 45 SECOND SONG TO GOD HE YELLS “MULUNGU!!!” (GOD) AND THROWS HIS HANDS UP!!! THEN HE PROCEEDS TO CLAP FOR HIMSELF!!! HAHA! CHILDREN HERE ARE THE BEST!!! WE WERE ALL LAUGHING DURING HIS PRAYER!!! IT WAS THE BEST THING EVER!!!

DURING THE WHOLE LESSON HOPESON WOULD GRAB MY PAMPHLET OUT OF MY HANDS AND POINT TO THE PICTURE OF JESUS AND SAY “YESU KHRISTU!!!!!” HE IS SO FUNNY!!!

CONVERSATION WITH SISTER SOLOMONE:

ME: OH NO!!! THAT LITTLE GIRL CAN’T WALK!!!! SHE IS TRYING TO SEE THE CAMERA BUT IT IS OUT OF HER REACH!! ALL THE OTHER KIDS ARE LOOKING!!! SHE CANT SEE!!!! I WANT TO PICK HER UP BUT I CAN’T… MISSIONARY RULES…

SISTER SOLOMONE: WHAT WOULD JESUS DO!?

ME: PICK HER UP!!!!

THEN I DID!!! AND I AM GLAD!! I HELD THE LITTLE GIRL FOR 30 MINS BECAUSE I DIDNT WANT TO SEE HER CRAWLING AROUND IN THE DIRT!! IT MADE ME TOO SAD!!!

LOVE YOU ALL,

YOUR HAPPY AND BLESSED MISSIONARY

MULONGO NAMBEWE! (ALSO GOES BY SISTER BROWNING)

P.S. LIFE IS WONDERFUL!! WITH TRIALS AND BLESSINGS! DOESN’T MATTER BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST IS TRUE!

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Group email 8/3/2015

OK!!!!!! HI EVERYBODY!!! WELL, LIFE IS JUST WONDERFUL!!! OK, IT
STARTED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO!! SO THE ZONE (19 MISSIONARIES) GOT
TOGETHER AND WE DISCUSSED HOW WE NEED MORE FAMILIES IN THE CHURCH! SO
WE ALL KNELT DOWN AND PRAYED TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER AND WE TOLD HIM
THAT WE NEED FAMILIES. THAT WE WERE WILLING TO WORK AS HARD AS WE
COULD TO FIND THEM. THEN WE ALL FASTED AND PRAYED AS COMPS AND
PERSONALLY FOR THE SAME THING. I CAN HONESTLY SAY IT WAS THE FIRST
TIME I REALLY WANTED TO FAST!! THAT GOING WITH OUT FOOD AND WATER FOR
24 HOURS WAS EXCITING! I EXPECTED BLESSINGS FROM IT. AND WE RECIEVED
THEM!! THIS WEEK WE WERE SO BLESSED TO FIND NOT 1 BUT 4 FAMILIES THAT
ARE WILLING AND WANTING TO HEAR THE RESTORED GOSPEL!! SINCE I HAVE
BEEN ON MISSION I HAVE ONLY TAUGHT 1 FULL FAMILY. THIS WEEK WE GOT
4!!! WHAT A WONDERFUL BLESSING FROM MY HEAVENLY FATHER!!! THIS WORK IS TOO
WONDERFUL!!
MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT THE GOSPEL IS THE TEMPLE. THAT IS WHERE I HAVE
RECIEVED AND WILL CONTINUE TO REVIEVE THE MOST JOY. IN THE TEMPLE WE
MAKE SACRED PROMISED TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. THERE WE RECIEVE THE MOST
WONDERFUL BLESSINGS. THERE IS WHERE MY FAMILY WAS SEALED FOR EVER!!
THAT IS WHY I WANT TO TEACH FAMILIES!!! I AM ETERNALLY HAPPY FOR THIS
WONDERFUL GIFT! I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO HELP OTHERS
RECIEVE THE SAME GIFT!! LIFE IS WONDERFUL. WE ARE SO BLESSED!!
IT WAS THE BEST WEEK OF MY ENTIRE MISSION!!! I WAS OUT FOR MOST OF IT
AND STITCHES WERE REMOVED ON THURSDAY AND I HAVE BEEN DOING GREAT!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE PRAYERS THAT BEEN OFFERED ON MY
BEHALF!!!! IT MADE ME HEAL BETTER AND FASTER!! NOW I AM ABLE TO SHARE
THE GOSPEL!!! I HAVE MET WONDERFUL PEOPLE THIS WEEK!!! PEOPLE WHO HAVE
JUST BEEN ASKING TO BE BAPTIZED AND THEN COME TO CHURCH!! INVITE THEIR
FRIENDS TO JOIN THEM IN LESSONS AND HAVE RECIVED ANWSERS TO THEIR
PRAYERS AND PERSONAL TESTIMONIES OF THE GOSPEL!!!! HOW COULD LIFE GET
ANY BETTER!?LOVE YOU ALL!!! SO MUCH!!
SISTER BROWNING!!!!! THE HAPPIEST MISSIONARY IN THE WORLD!!