E-mail (Dated: 7/27/15)

Hola Hola Hola!!

Wow I dont even know where to start.. I guess ill just start telling you about the miracles we saw yesterday (:

About two weeks ago, me and my companion had a hard time finding new people to teach. We had been on our knees praying and praying, but it seemed that all our appointments with new investigators fell. We decided Saturday that we needed to do a fast, specifically asking for divine help to find these people who are waiting for this gospel. And yesterday, the blessings from our fast seemed endless!! First, we ended up having 7 investigators in the church, along with Iris(the less active were bringing back!)!! Its like the record for the area we are serving in cause the church is so far away.

But the miracles didnt stop there, after church we found 8 new investigators and 7 of them accepted a baptism date! (its a fam of 3, another family of 3, a man named Hipolito and a 20 year old girl!) It was INCREDIBLE!!! It was so tender for me to continue to see and experience these blessings in these last moments of my mission. Heavenly Father is so willing to bless us. And it seems that he always gives us so much more than we can hope for. I know that this is his work. And i am so grateful to be a part of it. It has been an amazing year and a half. Ill always treasure the lessons ive learned and the experiences ive had.

I wanted to share a scripture with you guys..

Its in 2 Timothy 4: 6-7 "For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith."
Just want you guys to know that I have given it my all in these last 18 months. I have given this work and these people my heart. And i have no regrets. I thank my Heavenly Father for giving me this sacred time.

I love being a missionary! But i know just cause I wont wear my nametag every day, doesnt mean im not a missionary. Ill continue in all these things ive learned! Also I am definately ready to see you guys!! Aw i cant wait. But just squint your eyes when you see me cuase i mean i have been in Mexico for a year and a half haha...

Love you guys!!! See you MONDAY!!!! (:
Con mucho amor,
HERMANA CHYNOWETH
¡LES AMO!

PS the pic.. If i could have favorites, theyd be my fav fam here in Alpuyeca

E-mail (Dated: 07/20/2015)

Hey fam!! <3

Okay so sorry again, I have no time to write.. I just got back from visiting my converts from my first area! I was able to say "see ya later" to Adraina, Adriana and Poala! They are so cute and i love them so much. It was so hard to say goodbye.

But great news- Our investigator Kenia finally walked into the waters of baptism. Her service was absolutely beautiful. It was yesterday after church! They whole room was filled! She had so much support and everything turned out beautiful! Me and my companion sang haha. We didnt sound the best, but were in Mexico so everyone thought it was beautiful (:

Also this past week we had our interviews with our new president! Him and his wife and son are so so special. The interviews were just pure love.

Me and my companion also gave talks on Sunday! It was weird.. I felt like i was giving my homecoming talk haha. But the best part was when I went to sit back down, I noticed that one of the less actives we have been visiting for 2 months now, was sitting in the audience!!! AW I cant explain how amazing it was to see her there! Her name is Iris and she is 20 years old also and hasnt been to church since she was 16. The whole ward afterwards welcomed her back and it almost brought me to tears. Afterwards she said "I think im gonna come back next week, no, I will come back next week!"

Ah such a tender experience.

Well sorry this is all so rushed! Ill explain it all better in person in exactly TWO weeks!! AHH so crazy! Cant wait to see you all!

I love you so much!!
Con muchísimo amor,
Hermana Chynoweth aka Brookie Cookie

E-mail (Dated: 07/13/2015)

Hey everyone!!

So sorry this will be the shorest email ever. We just got back from a place called "Las Grutas"! It was unbelievable! I will show you all pics when i get back (: But sorry if i dont reply to you all personally!

But all is good! We actually had a huge miracle yesterday and SIX investigators showed up to church.. they all just kept walking in and we couldnt believe it! Such a huge blessing for us after a harder week.

Jose is still alive.. he is in a coma :( The doctors say that he can stay like this up to three months. So that has been hard... I just wanna rip the bandaid off fast ya know? But i know that he is in the Lords hands and he has a purpose for all things.

I love you all so much! Have an amazing week! MWAH!! LES AMO!

Con muchoo amor,
Hermana Chynoweth aka Brookie Cookie (:

ps. Pics are from today in las grutas!

E-mail (Dated: 7/6/15)

Hey family...

Well Im not quite sure where to start... its been a rough past 24 hours. Yesterday, we were supposed to have the baptismal interview with Kenia, but she didnt show up. And on our way home we ran into some recent converts and they werent the nicest. But all of that is okay. The part that ripped my heart out was to get a telephone call from Hermana Neuberger last night telling me that my little Jose Salazar is in the Hospital and is dying..His lungs arnt functioning, and his heart is failing.

I talked with the Asistants last night and story short, I went to visit him this morning in Cuernavaca. I was actually able to see him for about 20 min. He wasnt consious, but I was able to say my goodbyes. They say that he was able to hear everything, he just couldnt respond. Ah i dont think Ive ever had my heart hurt so much on the mission. All I can say is that I am so grateful for the Plan of Salvation. If i didnt know that i would be able to see him again, I wouldnt be able to handle it. But Heavenly Father loves us so much that he will allow these tender relationships exist after this life. I am so grateful for Jose Salazar. He always said that I changed his life, but in all reality, he changed mine. He is so faithful- to the point where he didnt want to go to the hospital cuase he didnt want to miss the sacrament the next day in church. The ward helped out and took it to him though yesterday. He has had someone by his side ever since he entered the hospital.

He will be so so missed in this life. But like he always told me, I know he will welcome me into next life with open arms. I know he is ready to meet his Savior. He deserves it.

Well on the brighter side, I met my new mission President! His family is so so special and im grateful to be able to learn from them too! Ill attach a pic. (:

Everything will be okay. Im fine. Just didnt see this coming.

I love you all and I hope you have a wonderful week!
Con mucho amor,
Hermana Chynoweth aka Brookie Cookie.

E-mail (Dated: 6/29/15)

Hola mis amores!

Wow it will be a big week for me! First off, Happy 4th of July!!  I hope you all have an amazing time celebrating our amazing country. Ill send pics next week of how i force my companion to celebrate with me haha (; Second, I will be completling SEVENTEEN months on the mission! Ahhh i cant believe ive made it this far haha. Its super exciting! One month left! And thrid, I will be meeting my new Mission President this Friday! We have a multizone conference. (Which means I will seeing lots of mission friends (: ) Soo youll get lots of pics next week! Sorry we havent taken many this week...
But this past week was okay. A little bit of a scare with our investigators Karmen and Jaime.. we thought they were going to drop US. Her sister is telling her that there cant be another book other than the Bible and satan is just attacking them a lot. They didnt come to church either yesterday. But we went over last night, and we found out they didnt come cause they are all sick with colds and diarriha... so were all good there. Just keep them in your prayers!

We also had a really cool experience with Kenia this past week. We taught her the law of chasity (Always such a fun one to teach haha) And it was actually my favorite lesson ive taught in my entire mission. I asked my companion if we could start out showing a picture of the Salt Lake Temple and start from there. So we did and without telling her what it was, we asked her what she felt when she looked at this picture. She said "Its beautiful... Its a place of peace... It makes me want to go there... Its like Heaven right?" And we just sat there almost in tears. Without knowing what this sacred place is, the spirit testified to her that it is a holy house of the Lord- that it really is Heaven here on earth. Ahhh it was so so amazing! I wish you guys could have been there. She is so amazing. Her baptism is still planned for the 10th of July, but we found out yesterday that she got a job... sooo please keep her in your prayers that it wont interfere with this proccess of hers!!

Well i love you all!! Thanks for everything! LES AMO!

Con mucho amor,
Hermana Chynoweth aka Brookie Cookie

Scrips of the week:
Philippians 4:11 "For I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content."
2 Cor. 12: 9-10 "And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will i rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reporaches, in necessities, in persecutions in distresses for Christs sake. For when I am weak, then i am made strong."

E-mail (Dated: 6/22/15)

Hola Hola! Soo first off, FELIZ DÍA DE PAPA (Happy Fathers day)!!!

Dad i hope you felt all the love i was sending!! I loveeee youuu!!!!

Well this week has been interesting... Ive been hit with the double dragon :( Its been fun let me tell ya. So not much has happened. Kenia is doing very good though! She comes to church every sunday with her dad (: Her baptism is coming up in a couple weeks! So keep her in your prayers!
We had changes a couple days early, but there are no changes here with me and Hna Canales. Looks like I will be dying here in Alpuyeca and shell be killin me off! So thats exciting! It doesnt feel like Ive started my last change...

Also this is our last week with President Kusch :( We wil be getting another Presidente here very very soon! His name is Presidente Avila! And he is from here in Mexico. He and his wife and son will be coming. Im excited to learn from them, even if its just for 5 weeks!

I love you all! Hope you are having a fabulous summer (:

Scrip of the week:
D&C 24:8 "Be patient in afflictions, for thou shalt have many; for, lo, I am with thee, even unto the end of thy days."

LES AMO!!! Con muchooo amor,
Hermana Chynoweth aka Brookie Cookie

E-mail (Dated: 6/15/2015)

Hola mis amores!

How is everyone? I pray all is good (:. This past week was okay. Weve had a hard time finding new investigators to teach. But we know there are people waiting! We just gotta find them!
We had a big confernece this past weekend. Elder Villalobo from the 70 came! It was awesome to hear and learn from him. I always love to soak up the words and revelations from Heavenly Fathers servants! Always so much to improve!

Our investigator Kenia was able to the Sunday session! We were excited her and her dad made it. Sadly she told us she didnt like it very much.. were thinking she got scared about tithing.. So were going to go see her wednesday and help her to understand it. (: Her dad is amazing (Hes a recent convert) and were hoping he helped clarify things too.

Something that I loved from the conference was a comment my mission president, President Kusch said. He said, "If we put the Lord first, we will NEVER lose blessings."

I know with all my heart it is true. I know when we put the Lord first, everything will fall into its place and he will bless us with the things each of us need. He knows us personally and knows our names. So he can bless us with things we cant even imagine. I know as we are obedient, we will have the happiness and comfort we all want.

I hope you are all having a beautiful summer! !LES AMO!
Oh and funny story of the week: Me and my companion pretty much got chased by a scared cow while trying to cross a river. Story short-we made it out alive. All is well haha(;

Con muchoo amor,
Brookie Cookie, aka Hermana Chynoweth

PS the pics are from the stake conference! The first pic is with me and Hermana Fernelius (my trainer). She is ending her mission this Friday... :(
And the second is with my companion!
PSx2 Next week is transfers! And Im pretty sure ill be staying here in Alpuyeca!