wow today was a lot of fun. we had an activity with all the mission. we played a ton of sports and ate hamburgers. it reminded me a lot of the 4 of july where you play a ton and afterwards you are just exhausted from being out in the sun all day. i made two mistakes today i didnt use sunscreen and i didnt bring water. all they had was soda. so i am still really tired but all is well, and it was really great to see all my friends from the mission, and get to play a lot of sports. they had ultimate frisbee, football, soccer, and volleyball so pretty much every sport, and even a glove and a baseball for the two people that wanted to throw around. our mission has had two bad months in a row, and our president was a little disappointed. i thought about a scripture in 2 nephi 28 21 where it talks about the tactics of satan. a lot of times he tries to make us think that everything is ok and that all is well, when its not. when we have struggles in life its normal and its part of the growing process, but we can never get use to unsuccess. we always have to try to be better and do more. we can never become complecent and stop progressing. i think that is why goals are so important. in preach my gospel there is a quote by elder ballard that talks about goals. it goes like this if we never master the tecnic of setting goals we will look back on our life and realize that we only realized a portion of our talent. that is so true. we all have weaknesses but as it says in ether 12 27, if we come unto the Lord and humble ourselves he will make our weak things become strong. its a constant struggle to just keep getting better, but its what we have to do. i am so happy to be here in chile, on a mission, where i can dedicate 100 % of my time and talents to the Lord. when i am tired and sometimes get discouraged i always try to think if we dont win satan does. if the kingdom of God isnt progressing then his is. we are the ones responsible for making sure we do all we can so that the gospel is preached to all and that they accept it. read in Preach my Gospel chapter 1 in the last part they have a quote from everyone of the prophets of this dispensation about missionary work and it is really good. there was a quote i heard from a missionary that i liked a lot its said that i want to live my life in such a way that when i wake up in the morning satan says o no he is a awake. thanks for all the letters and the support
love
Elder Brimhall
