June 25, 2012

this week was awesome. my new son is from Chile from Santiago his name is Elder Segovia. He is great really funny and going to be a great missionary. he is really humble as well, so it is going to be a great cambio with him. we worked really good this week and saw a lot of blessings. on saturday i had one of the coolest experiences of my mission. i got to go back to San Martin my old sector and baptize the wife of one of my best converts. in san martin it was a little tough we were working really hard and doing the best we could but we really didnt see that many fruits for a while, but at the end Dario her husband just started to progress like crazy and got baptized and now she got baptized. he gave his testimony at her baptism and it was so great he shared about tithing, and prayer. but it really was one of the most powerful experiences of my mission. i really felt God´s love and really felt like that all the sacrifices i made and all the work we did was worth it for that one moment. i really know that God answers prayers and really blesses us more than we can ever imagine if we just trust him and never give up. every struggle is for our good and in the end if we endure it well it will be for our good. it was just an amazing experience. i know that God really does love us and wants us to be happy and that every trial we have is for our good. the mission is like the movie karate kid sometimes, where you have all these rules and are doing all this things that you dont understand why but as you keep waxing on and off you develop skills and talents that you never thought about and you progress and then you look back and understand why you had to go through all those drills and training. the mission is the best, really if there is one thing that i have learned is that obedience is the key to success and that when we obey we are blessed. i know that sounds really simple but its true. thanks for everything love you lots Elder Brimhall

June 18, 2012

this was an amazing week we saw so many miracles. i got my cambio and i am going to train again. i really enjoyed it so it will be fun to do it again. i wanted to but i didnt think i would because there were only 3 news coming and i had already trained twice, but president called me again so hopefully it all works out again. new missionaries are always great they come with such great excitement and have no limits to what they can accomplish. in life there is no ceiling only the ceiling we put, we really can accomplish anything with God´s help, but with time sometimes we lose a little of our faith, but it is always important to remember that with the Lord´s help anything is possible. today we went to concepcion to say goodbye to a couple of my friends that are going home Elder Lewis is actually from Thatcher and is going home right now, he is a really good guy, also my favorite companion Elder Pliler. our sector is doing really well, the branch is a little lazy still but the district president came down and gave a couple of palos so hopefully that lights a fire in some of the members. there are a lot of people that try to justify not completing with their callings to spend time with their family. but there is time for both it is just a matter of planing out your time. i have really learned the importance of service in the mission. when we serve everyone wins, us, the Lord, and the people we serve, if we dont we all lose. it really all comes down to how converted we are to the gospel. if we are truly converted we will want to help others and share what we have with others members, inactive, and non members we all need the gospel. Heavenly Father doesn´t just want an elect few of his children to be saved, He wants all His children to be saved, He loves us all and wants us all to get eternal life, but He relys on us as his tools to help Him in this great task. i can personally testify of the great blessings we receive when we help in this great work when we forget about ourselves and serve others is when we really gain the most and are the happiest. I know this truly is a great and marvellous work that has started and that the Lord needs each and every one of us to help it grow. if i can say one thing it would be to MAGNIFY YOUR CALLING it doenst matter where you serve or what you do, give the very best you have and you will never regret it. one day we will have to appear before the Lord in the Judgement Day and have to give an accounting of all the opportunities we had to serve in his kingdom and what we did with them. This is the truth i feel it in every bone and know that it is true with assurety. thanks for everything Elder Brimhall

June 11, 2012

wow the mission is passing by so fast. this week was a little difficult just with trying to get the people to progress, but there was a cool miracle on sunday we were in the new convert investigator class and the lesson was on baptism, and this lady we have been working with for 3 months finally accepted a fecha for this weekend which was awesome. we found her my first week here and baptized her son, he was the easiest investigator ever we put the fecha in the first lesson and he was great. but she had already been baptized but after a lot of lessons and time she finally understood. it was cool to see the power of agency, and how much agency is really important. before it was like we were trying to drag her to get baptized, but after the spirit testified to her she understood and wanted to do it. we have a lot of really good people we are teaching but this week was a little hard with getting them to progress, but with every challenge and difficulity comes growth and progression. on tuesday i had an intercambio with Elder Badger who played football for Stanford a year ago when they were like 3 in the nation and won the orange bowl or something like that. but he was really cool we had a great time and worked hard. he was just a walk on but still it was cool he was on the team and knew a couple of famous players and the really good coach they have. so everything is going great this week is gonig to awesome, tomorrow we have a conference and the next week we have cambios so we will see what happens. love you lots Elder Brimhall

June 4, 2012

everything is going amazing. this week was awesome we had some amazing lessons and found so really good people and saw some great progress in the people that we already have. I know it sounds corny but the mission really is the best two years there is no other way to describe it. i will be eternally grateful for these two years and all the many lessons i have learned. i cant fully express in words how i feel about the mission but it really is the best experience that i could ever ask for, and i have learned and grown so much. I cant thank my Father in Heaven enough for allowing me to serve Him for this two years. if any young man doesnt want to serve it is only because they dont understand what they are turning down, they are turning down the chance in a life time if they take advantage of it. nothing could be more rewarding or gratifying than serving a mission, not finishing school, not playing for a sports team, or (yes i am going to say it) u of a winning a national championship. before the mission i thought i knew a lot about the gospel and that i was pretty smart. in the mtc i quickly found out how little i knew. then leaving the mtc after 9 weeks of diligent study i once again felt confident in my knowledge. once again entering the field i became very aware of all my many weaknesses. but with time, patience, diligence, and the grace and divine help of God you grow and progress and little by little loss your fears and your insecurities. i can honestly say that i have worked my hardest and really tried to be obedient my whole mission which brings me such a satisfaction. i really do know that Book of Mormon is true and changes lives. Read it everyday and you will have the strenght to do anything. the small amount of success i have achieved up to this point in my life i contribute 100% to reading the Book of Mormon every day. thanks so much for all your letters and support and good examples i couldnt ask for a better family. love Elder Brimhall