Hurricane Irene

Hurricane Irene was really pretty boring. We only got the outer bands (the very outer bands) in Greensboro. We didn't even get any rain. The wind was almost like Rexburg winds, though, so that was good. President Thomas has us taken care of. He sent out a message to get some extra food and water and make sure we could ride out two or three days without power.  So the official report :boring. windy. some good gusts. two branches knocked out of small trees. boring. repeat, boring. :)  

 

I actually didn't feel the earthquake. everybody was talking about it but I still don't have any idea what they were talking about.

Good news: if all goes well, we'll have a baptism this weekend! Dennis is his name. 

 

Also please pray for Alexis, our newest investigator. She's been dating a member and wants to know the wholoe shebang. She's committed to baptism and to read the Book of Mormon to know if it is true. Just as a side note, she has two cute kittens too, an orange tabby named Luna and gray longhaired something-or-other named Tonks.

 

Going to Zone activity today, so more next week!

 

Love, Elder Brown

Only tracting 6 hours a day now

We're still tracting, but we're only tracting 6 hours a day now, instead of eight; we've found a couple people and maybe we'll baptize.

One of these people is John. we found him on his front porch, and after talking with him for a while we taught him the Restoration. He committed to read the Book of Mormon and be baptized on September 23rd.

We have a car-share area; car two weeks, bike one week. This area isn't as hilly as Mount Airy (by the way, I never did go see the Andy Griffeth stuff. It was kinda neat but after we drove past it about every day it got to be part of the scenery).

Love,

Elder Brown

My favorite companion so far

I am exhausted. I hain't never been so tired. I am now with Elder Hurzeler (pron. her-Zel-er) and we are serving in Greensboro, North Carolina. Elder Hurzeler is probably my favorite companion so far. He's just as nerdy and dorky as i am (he plays Magic: The Gathering, video games, and D&D), plus he works hard and has a great attitude. We're already good friends and we still have a full transfer to go. I'm excited for this transfer. It's hot. It's boring. We tract a lot. But the ward is good and my companion is better.

 

Highlight of the week (actually from last week): we watched about eight hummingbirds duke it out over a sugar water feeder. I took a video; I'll see if I can send it to y'all somehow.

 

Here's my new address:

Elder Joshua Brown

2011 C Pepperstone Pl

Greensboro, NC  27406

 

Love,

Elder Brown

Getting transferred

ALL MAIL AND PACKAGES MUST BE SENT DIRECTLY TO ELDER BROWN'S APARTMENT.  THE NEW POSTAL CARRIER WILL NOT FORWARD MAIL FROM THE NEW MISSION HOME.  THE MISSION HOME WILL HAND DELIVER MAIL AT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MISSION MEETINGS.

THIS WEEK ELDER BROWN IS BEING TRANSFERRED.  NEW ADDRESS AVAILABLE NEXT WEEK.

 

Oh, and hello.

 

This week actually went a lot better. I'm still very tired and still wishing I had a chance to sleep for a week, but that doesn't look like it's going to be able to happen. In fact, I'm getting transferred, so I get to sleep even less than usual this week. :( Bummer. But I don't mind, other than I may have to take dinner-naps now, too. And p-day naps. 

 

It's been fun serving with Sherrif Mathis; he's a good kid. To be honest, I'm a little glad to get a new companion. But I will miss him, eventually. 

 

I'm now anxiously awaiting Wednesday, when I find out where I'm going next and who I get to drive crazy- I mean, serve with, next.

 

Elder Joshua Brown