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!

E-mail (Dated: 6/8/2015)

Hola Hola Hola!

This week in Alpuyeca was great!  We have found an amazing couple! There names are Karen and Jaime and they have a little boy named Mateo who is about a year old. We have been teaching Karen for the past two weeks, but Saturday night, we finally had the chance to meet her husband! We brought another couple with us- La familia Sicardo. And it was like all the puzzle pieces we had all just fit together. The members bore their testimonies and shared their conversion stories that happened about 8 years ago. As the hermano Sicardo cried to us, sharing his testimony, the room was filled with the spirit and brought us all so much joy. The hermano Sicardo invited them to come to church yesterday and they said yes! And the best part... Karen and Jaime ended up taking me and my compion to church!!! (And this is a big deal! Cuase just to get to our church we have to travel an hour... So its a challenge to get people to travel that far) But the whole ward was so welcoming and they fit in amazingly. And my favorite part of church that actually brought me to tears was when a young mom bore her testimony in sacrament testifying that families are eternal. And Jaimes face brightened and he turned to his wife and said "Its true!". Ah so so tender. They held hands during church the whole time and I just cant wait to teach them about eternal famlies!!

We also had 2 other investigators in church- Kenia and her sister! Kenia is progressing beautifully! But if you can keep all of these investigators in your prayers we would be so grateful!

I am so grateful for these tender moments. I am SO grateful that Heavenly Father has let me be apart of so many wonderful experiences. I love this time my Heavenly Father has given me to serve him.
I love you all! Les amo! Have a great week!

Con muchooo amor,
Hermana Chynoweth
Scrip of the week:
2 Nefi 27:23 "For behold, I am God, and I am a God of miracles."

PS The first pic is from today- I met up with Hnas Neuberger and Skinner here in Cuernavaca! And the second is from today also with my companion Hna Canales! If you look closely im pretty sure the man in the back of the bus is picking is nose haha...