E-mail (Dated: 1/26/2015)

Hey my beautiful family! How is everyone doing?

Well I would love to tell you about some of the hugeee miracles we saw this week!!

First off, with the 15 year old girl we found- Fanny- we went to visit her, and she told us right off that her and her spouse had started praying together. She told us that before, they were fighting all the time, and now they are not fighting at all!! She told us that he had been blessed with more work, and since he wasn't at home every night, they would call each other and say a prayer over the phone. She was excited to give the first prayer, and didn't need any reminders of how to start of finish and she said it perfectly. It was such a tender mercy for me and Hermana Mills to see. It was such a testimony builder of the importance of couple and family prayer. I know that it really does make the biggest difference. Sometimes its hard to take the time to get the family together, but it will make the biggest eternal difference.

The second miracle we saw was yesterday. Me and Hermana Mills had been fasting specifically for an investigator named Marialena (the woman who told us she would be moving in a week or two, right before her baptism). We have been praying so hard that she would be able to be baptized. And after our ward council, right before church, we ran to pick her up, and right when we saw her, she immediately told us that she would not be moving to Temixco! She will only be moving right down the street!! I stood there, trying not to cry because the works of our Heavenly Father are so great. We are so so grateful and privileged to help her continue to prepare for her baptism, and I could not be more excited!!

Everything is going great. We are seeing the blessing from our endurance. And I know we will only continue to see more!

Scripture of the week (Sorry ive been so bad with this lately): 3 Nephi 13: 31-33

"Take no thought saying what shall we eat? or what shall we drink? or wherewithal shall we be clothed? For your Heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you."

These past couple weeks we have been talking a lot with our investigators about the importance of putting God first- For example our prayers, scripture reading, and church attendance. And I know that if we do, he really will take care of everything else. He is soo willing to bless us if we can just show a little bit of faith and put him before everything else.

I love you all! Hope everything is great!
Con muchooo amor,
Brookie Cookie aka Hermana Chynoweth

E-mail (Dated: 1/19/2015)

Hola hola mis amores!

This week was a little bit hard too, but were still pushing through! We found out that our investigator Marialena (Our baptism that would be in 2 weeks) is going to be moving to Temixco. :( Shes not exactly sure when but she told us sometime in the next two weeks. So that was a bummer. But we saw a miracle with her! Me and my companion decided to start a fast Saturday night for our area. And when we went to pick up Marialena before church, She told us that she had been feeling dizzy on Saturday night. She decided to pray and right after she felt fine! She had been worried she wouldn't be able to come to church the next day, but Heavenly Father blessed her to come! But during Sacrament, she did start feeling sick again, so she was able to receive a Priesthood blessing. And she made it through all 3 hours- she was so determined to stay! She was so cute! And afterwards she told us that after the men had put their hands and oil on her head, she felt so much better! It was a tender experience for us all. I know that the power of prayer and fast is unstoppable. Heavenly Father is so willing to bless us with tender mercies as we put forth effort on our part.
We also found a really special girl in our area this week. Her name is Fanny. When we stopped her on the side of the road, she had just moved here from Michoacan 6 days ago. She is having such a hard time here- Shes only 15 and has a 4 month baby and lives with her druggy spouse. She told us she wants to turn her life around. She is so excited to hear more about our message and wants to be baptized! Were excited to see what happens with her!
I hope you all have such a great week! Les Amo!

Con muchooo amor,
Brookie Cookie (:

PS: interesting story of the week: There are two men who live in our area and are literally drunk every hour of the day. And this week they wouldn't stop following us saying we have "Beauty eyes" and "Im in love with you". Not gonna lie I'm learning a lot of patience for drunk men haha.

E-mail (Dated: 1/12/2015)

Hey hey hey!

Well not gonna lie, this week was a Little bit harder. We had lots of challenges with our investigators. We had a couple this week that we were teaching tell us that they no longer wanted to take the missionary lessons. :( I know they have their agency, but I still cried once we left the house cause I know how many blessings they are losing. Also, no one came to church yesterday and we had many many investigators tell us they would come. But I wont get discouraged, because I know that that's not what my Heavenly Father wants! He wants me to learn and grow from this challenge, so that's what ill do! And hey on the bright side, the less actives that we have been visiting have been coming back to church! We had 3 this past Sunday! (:

Also, when we challenge people to be baptized, they accept at first, and then say no to an exact date and say well i just cant say for sure right now. Its been hard, but its all good! I know that these little bumps in the road are just helping us work harder and helping us grow stronger! And I have faith that Heavenly Father will guide us to the people who will accept.

Other than that, we are doing really good! Hermana Mills is great i love her!

I love you all so so much! Hope everything is going great! (: MWAH!
Con mucho amor,
Brookie Cookie aka Hermana Chynoweth
¡Les Quiero!

E-mail (Dated: 1/5/2015)

Hola mis amores!

First off, changes were today and Hermana Mills and me will be staying here in Palmas! We will not be going back to Chilpanchingo. We are actually really excited to be staying. We have some very special people in our area, and are so excited to see them progress!

Its so so amazing to be here on the mission. Its amazing to see the Lords hand in everything and especially all the miracles. Yesterday we had 2 cute old ladies come to church! One never had a set religion (her name is Marialena) and the other is probably one of the most catholic women I've ever met (Leona). She told us right off that she was catholic and wouldn't change, and long story short we stopped visiting her. But she came to church yesterday for the first time! I was sitting with Marialena when Leona walked in the Sacrament room and my jaw just dropped. It was such a tender mercy to see her in the church! Everyone was so so kind to her and as she left the church after all three hours, her and Marialena walked off holding hands while walking towards the bus. She was smiling and said she liked the church! It was one of thee most precious moments!

I am so grateful for the power of this message. And I know that the spirit really can touch the heart of every single person, no matter how catholic they are (;

I love you all so so much! Have such a great week!

Con todo el amor del mundo,
Hermana Brookie Cookie
ps... Hit my 11 month mark today.. woah right?