AND life goes on.....

SO this week was really crazy because my comp finished his mission. he was a little trunky but who is not when they have 1 week left on the mission. so during the week we said goodbye to all the families that were in the Branch and got everything packed up!! On Friday the Branch put together a surprise party and my comp was actually surprised. He thought that no one liked him that much to throw a party but they did and he loved it. so because my comp left i had to go to and another city to stay with he other Elders near by. SO guess what...TRIO!! i hate trios but it will only be till Tuesday!! but i am having a good time and ready to start another transfer!!! well that is it of me and i am doing just fine here in SORRISO!!! God Speed!!!

Elder Browning

Welcome to the Jungle

The PASTEL

We had a Baptism

HEy!!! now i am back from a crazy week and now i have some time to catch up with you!! last week we had zone conference, two exchanges and a baptism. i would like to tell you about the baptism that we had!! SO there was a guy that was visiting his family here in Sorriso and decides to go to church with his girlfriend over the holiday! we went to church for 3 weeks here and looked liked he just went to go with his girlfriend. We asked if we could visit him and he was a little reluctant but let us go to his house. We taught the 1 lesson but didn't go to well because of kids shouting and dogs messing around. we left his house and i told my comp that he just was curious about the church and doesn't want nothing more. Then we got an interesting call on Saturday morning. it was Rodrigo (who got baptized) and he told us that he prayed and wants to get baptized. it was a shock and he were really happy. we ran to his house and taught him all the lessons on Saturday, did his interview Saturday night and early Sunday morning he was baptized. then during sacrament meeting he was confirmed. It was a great experience for us and he was really grateful for all that we did. he was a guys that didn't want anything to the church, threw away his pride and followed the Savior. What a great mission story to tell when i get home!! So that was my week and hope to have more like it!!! take care.

Elder Browning

A Photo Post

Some fotos of how they decorate here.

The local church building in my area.

The life of a zone leader

This week and upcoming days are pretty hectic.  I will be traveling to different areas in my zone and will do exchanges with some other missionary companionship's.  I will be doing some training.  I am getting to know the area I have been transferred to better and it is a nice cozy hometown feel.  Our house is really clean and I can finally walk around barefoot if I want to.  We only had 18 people in church today.  So I had to give a talk.  There is a lot of work ahead of us.  Finding new investigators, and less actives.  The Branch President said something that I have bee thinking of.  "just think of what the lord would think if he returned today on the 1st day of the year. those who are here will be rewarded and the ones will never recognize his face! thank you brothers and sisters for being here and doing whats right!``  We make a choice each and every Sunday wether or not we will attend our church meetings or stay home.  Attend your meetings.  It is here where we learn about our Savior and the love he has for each one of us.  Not much else is going on. I am with the zone today, because we had a meeting.  Happy new year! 
Love - Elder Browning

Feliz Natal

Feliz Natal! (Merry Christmas)  Enjoy the pics.

Smile for Sorriso

Merry Christmas!!! So after  packing my bags i said goodbye to Rondonopolis!! it was a sad day because i loved 

that city, but the Lord has some different things to do and i will go where ever he calls. This week we had the 

mission Christmas conference in Cuiabá. it was a party!! i had so much fun seeing all my friends and i felt the 

spirit so strong and we watch videos of Christ. it was a conference that i will never forget and that i will always

 remember. After conference i caught a midnight bus to Sorriso that took 7 hours to get there. and by the way, 

i didnt sleep to well on the bus. it was bump after bump. When i got to Sorriso i thought that i sent home to the

 US. the city looks a lot like a small american town. Clean streets, houses without big tall fences in front and a

 whole lot of white people! ahaha. there is a lot a German people that live here and i fell just a home. Now it is

 back to work and time to get ready for Christmas!!! I hope everyone has a great Christmas and enjoy the 

COLD!!!!!!!

Love Elder Browning 

And here we go again!!!!

So this week has come to an end and also this transfer as well. so i have so good and bad news to tell. the bad news is that i am leaving Rondonópolis and getting transferred. i am sad because i only have 3 months here and i wanted to stay longer, but big news is to come. the good news is that i am getting transferred to be a Zone leader in a new area. i am going to a city called ,SORRISO. i am pretty excited and i know that it will be a good time for me to learn a lot. So now lets go. Also yesterday we had a Stake conference were we watch a broadcast for salt lake! it was really cool and was only for the people in Brazil. Elder Holland was in charge. All the talks were in Portuguese and Elder Holland's was translated, but he did open in Portuguese, which was cool. They talked about who Brazil as a country is growing fast in the church and that we cant stop working. i loved the conference a lot and i felt the spirit so strong. I love you guys and will be writing you guys from my new area next week!!!

Elder Browning