E-mail (Dated: 5/25/2015)

Hola hola hola!

Its been another great week. I'm liking my new area! The ward is great, we have some awesome investigators, and my comp is a doll! Its super hot here though! The sun is a lot stronger here for some reason! Me and my comp got fried on Saturday. Oh and its funny, Alpuyeca reminds me of Mani in a strange way haha. Ill attach a pic (:

So this week not too much has happened, we had a big conference again and I had to say goodbye to my mission President and his wife. :( They end here next month. So that was crazy! Our next mission President is from Mexico! Ill only have one transfer with him though. And do you guys remember my "mission mom" ( my trainer) Hna Fernelius? Shes in my Zone! She is ended her mission this change too though. 

So anyway back to the area- not gonna lie, I don't think I've ever been rejected so rudely in an area. I have been a little surprised, but nothing a missionary cant handle (: Just helping me grow. Im always up for a challenge haha. Its been crazy. but we have found some amazing new investigators and we are really excited to work with them. Sofia is doing great and progressing. We finally met her sister too and she also has a baptismal date. They have been so receptive to the lessons, we just have to get their mom on board. 

Quote of the week:

"I am sure that if you or I held in our hands the original scrolls that Moses wrote upon or the very metal plates that Mormon had inscribed, we would fell a deep sense of reverence and awe and would treat those objects with great care. And so we should, because they are sacred objects, made so in part by the labor and sacrifice of the holy prophets who so painstakingly prepared them. 

But the greatest value of such scrolls or plates is not the objects themselves, but in the words they contain. They are sacred because they are the words of God." -D. Todd Christofferson

This week we talked a lot about the importance of the scriptures. I never took into account that it was probably so hard for the prophets to write upon the plates and not to mention how hard it must have been to carry them around everywhere. I am so grateful that these men that were called of God sacrificed so much so that today we could have the scriptures to search, receive comfort and draw us closer to our Heavenly Father. 

I love you all! Have a great week! Mwah!

Con muchooo amor, 

Hermana Chynoweth aka Brookie Cookie

E-mail (Dated: 5/11/2015)

Hey fam!!

Ahh it was so so amazing to talk to you guys yesterday!! I miss you all so much! Crazy that the next time i see you will be in the Airport!? AH!

So big changes.. I have been changed from my sweet Palmas. I am now in an area called Porvenir. Its actually the neighboring area to my first area! Its really exciting to be so close to it! Hopefully ill fun into some people (: My new companion is Hermana Via! She is from Boliva!! She is so sweet. She only has one transfer left in the mission so it looks like i will probably be killing her off...
I'm excited to work with her though. But changes are always hard for me.. I hate change haha. So just through in an extra prayer or two for me (: I think it about killed me and Jose to find out I was leaving...

I'm excited to get to work and see how I can help the Lords work here in Porvenir.
I know many opportunities and growing experiences are ahead!
I love all of you so much! Thanks for all your support and love! Ill let you know how Porvenir is next week!

Con mucho amor,
Hermana Chynoweth aka Brookie Cookiee
Pics: My new comp and My favorite pic in the world- Look how cute Jose is haha!

E-mail (Dated: 5/4/2015)

Hey hey hey!

Awesome surprise!! Guess who is now in a trio with her MTC companion!? THIS COOKIE!! Hermana Neuberger had special changes and now shes part of our companionship! Its such a good time! I love that girl! Its been so fun to see how far we have each come. And she has fit so so well in our area here in Palmas. She has such a sweet spirit and the people already love her. But I doubt our trio will last for long... changes are next monday and i think im out of here... i have almost 8 months here in Palmas! Ill let ya know what happens though (:

Our area is going great. I feel like we are really on a roll and Heavenly Father is blessing us so much. Our investigators are so so special and are fitting great into the ward. We have also been recieving so many references in this past week! Which is amazing cause its been so hard to recieve them in the past. So we are excited to contact all of them.

One hard thing we had this week was that our recent convert Maria Elena ran into Hermana Skinner while we were doing divisions. We havent been able to find her in a couple weeks (Weve passed by her house and called her family so many times). And she told Hermana Skinner that she didnt want to see us anymore. :( She said she wants to be alone and she moved to Xochitepec. So we dont know where she lives exactly to help her new ward help her and visit her. But i know that she is in the hands of God and he will take care of her. Im still going to be calling her family and passing by to get her new address from her family.

So if you guys could pray extra hard for her it would be very appreciated! Also please keep Jose in your prayers. Hes a champ but still is fightin.

But other than that everything is great!! I actually wanted to share a quote and thought with you guys from President Hinckley that i read this morning...

"Cultivate a testimony of the restoration of the gospel. You have to nourish, you have to feed your testimony by reading the scriptures, praying, and by being active and faithful in the church, by doing his will. If  you dont have a testimony, go to work to get one. The Lord told us how to do it. He said "If any man will do His will, he shall know of the Doctrine."

Ive had a lot of situations lately where ive noticed how important it is to have a FIRM testimony. We have to do all that we can to strengthen our testimonies every day. If not we can fall so so easily. We really are protected from the world if our testimonies are strong.

I love you all! Have such a great week! Cant wait to talk to you on SUNDAY!!! (:
Con todo el amor del mundo,
Hermana Chynoweth aka brookie cookie

Ps here are some fun pics for ya. FYI me and Hermana Neuberger literally did not plan to match either time haha. So funny!