As you all know, I will be coming home THIS WEEK!!!! Before I get too far into my thoughts from last week I just wanted to invite all of you to come see me speak a little about my mission at church this upcoming Sunday (January 26th). The service will start at 10:30am. I would really really really appreciate seeing you all there so that you can hear a little bit more about my mission experience, but also so that I can see you and hear how YOU are doing!!!
This week I have had a lot of time to reflect on my mission and how it has helped me. I have LOVED the opportunity that my mission gave me to see how the gospel can shape other's lives, especially how it has shaped mine!
A scripture that continues to come to mind as I think about how I feel about my mission is Alma 36:25 "Yea, and now behold, O my son, the Lord doth give me exceedingly great joy in the fruit of my labors;" My mission has been challenging, but joy that I have experienced has been the biggest blessing of them all!!! Often the results are not immediate. It requires faith, trust and while pixie dust might help, diligence usually does the trick. There are often stressful moments, but it is in those times where I feel my Savior's love most.
On a lighter, less reflective note, yesterday we went over to the house of one of the Sisters in the ward so that I could say bye to her and her grandkids (pictured below) She gave me a ton of dating advice lol it was the funniest thing ever. She is Tongan, so I received step by step instructions on how to get a Tongan husband when I go back to Utah. She even gave me traditional Tongan clothes to wear when I go to the ysa wards and told me to call her when I meet Tongan boys so that she can tell me if it is a good family to marry into. And she wants me to call her so that we can go to Tonga together! She said, "Don't get married too fast. You call me and we go to Tonga. All the boys will come running. Tongans marry fast. They dont like wait." I could not stop laughing. She told me that at Tongan weddings there is always someone from both sides of the family who says a little speech to represent the bride or groom respectively and she said "My husband will speak to represent. Your parents are there but he will give speech." Haha so sorry mom and dad apparently the Laulea family got me covered. Upside is that in Tongan culture the groom's family pays for everything.
But then again, all the Latinos want me to marry a Mexican. So basically everyone is trying to get me married off.
Peace out California it has been quite the adventure. On to the next one!!!
Les quiero mucho!!!! Cuídense y nos vemos pronto!
Hermana Brown
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