December 19, 2011

wow just when the mission is going too well you have to prepare yourself. my companion who was awesome the funniest guy i have even met who was an amazing worker and was really obedient and we got along amazing just got called to be an assistant so i am going to get a new companion and i dont know who. this is really weird because the cambio ends in two weeks more, but the president called him today because he needs some more time to learn all the things. so i am a little sad he really was awesome, and we were working great together and the zone was improving a lot, and we were starting to find awesome people. but the Lord knows what you need more then we do, so you have to be humble and accept whatever He throws at you. from every companion you learn something different so i guess i need to learn something new. but i know that everything will work out and the next companion i get will be inspired by the Lord. i am really happy to get to be here, i love the mission and all the things you learn. this week was really great. we had this day on Wednesday where i felt that we were going to find a great family. but in the morning it was crazy everyone was just being really mean, and it got to the point where it was almost funny how mean everyone was being, it was almost a joke. so we went to lunch and then had a meeting with our ward mission leader but he showed up really late for the meeting, and after a member called us to go give her a blessing in the hospital. so it was a really crazy day, but finally in that night the last contact we did we found this woman. we started to contact her and she was a little stand offish. it was later so we asked her if we could come by another day and she kept saying why all the churches are the same. so we just kept testifying of different principles of the gospel, (especially eternal families she lives with her husband, and 4 kids, 15, 9, 8, 2. and it was really interesting because after probably 10 minutes of standing outside her house testifying to her she opened up and invited us in. we taught the restoration to her, her husband, and the 15 year old it was really cool. she changed in the contact, and she liked the message a lot. it was so nice to be able to respond to her doubt which was that all the churches are the same, that is so false. i know with all my heart and mind that this is the only true church on the face of the earth, i know that joseph smith was a prophet of God, and i know most of all that Jesus is the Savior of the world and that this really is his church that He leads and guides through a living prophet. i hope that you all have a great christmas and have lots of fun. i still am not sure at what time i am going to call, sorry but tomorrow we have our christmas conference and there we are going to learn all the details about calling. but love you lots,


love


elder Brimhall

December 12, 2011

this week was really good. we worked really hard, i remember there were two or three days that we came to the house completed wasted we were almost crawling up the stairs. we made a new goal to find a family of 5, so to do that we contact every family we see in the street which is a lot, so we have been doing a lot of contacts. this week we found some really cool people and sunday night, we found a mom with kids of 15, 12, 10 i was so happy so now we just have to go by the house and teach them. so everything is going really good. today we played soccer and basketball it was a lot of fun. so in the week we were contacting and we got in a house. so we start talking to this really old couple, and then out of nowhere this man comes down the stairs. i guess he was a pastor of this church that started in the usa from a prophet names David Brandam or something like that. so we started talking and then another pastor came down, and then 4 minutes later another pastor came down. they were bringing up all this dumb stuff like p how there cant be anymore scripture outside the bible. so i just told them that we believe that God talks to men today, you believe that God talked to men. there are so many other scriptures that are outside the bible the dead sea scrolls which have been found in the last 20 years and so many other things that the bible doesn't have. it is really sad when people just close there ears and hearts and don't want to listen or understand. because the gospel really does make so much sense, the restoration makes so much sense. here in Chile there is a really really popular believe that it doesn't matter which church you belong to if you are a good person you will be with God, which really makes no sense. it doesn't make sense that God would have different paths. it doesn't make sense that two churches do completely opposite things and are both of God, like it says in the Scriptures God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and doesn't change. but it was really interesting to talk to them, because everytime i talk to other churches it just convinces me more that this is the only true church. thanks for everything love you lots


love,


Elder Brimhall

December 5, 2011

everything is still going really well. my companion is a really funny guy and we get a long really well. I dont remember if i told you guys already but his dad is the person that wrote Forever Strong the movie, which is kind of cool. he is from Alpine Utah and his name is Elder Pliler. this week went by really fast. i had to do 2 intercambios this week and both were a lot of fun. it is always great to go to different sectors and get to know other missionaries. this week was a little hard just because we worked really hard and challenged a ton of people to get baptized and pretty much they all told us no, but it was good, i feel content with the work we did and know that good things are coming. i was reading about the sons of mosiah and everyone also talks about Alma 17 2 and 3 but verse 4 is really good. it talks about after they went through a lot of affliction, trials, and after a lot of hard work they had a lot of success. success doesnt come free, there is always a price that has to be paid. a lot of times in life we want the miracle before the faith but that isnt how it works. we have to prove ourselves and our faith before we see the blessings. every sector so far has always been kind of hard at the beginning but by the end it always is really good, the key is good attitude, hard work, and obedience, and enjoying yourself. the key in life is perseverance. there is a cool quote by winston churchill when he came back to his old high school to give a talk. all he did was stand up and say never never never give up and then sat back down. that really is the key never giving up no matter what happens. if you keep working at it eventually you will break through. i am so grateful for challenges and the chance i have to progress and get better. i really do love the mission and all i have learned and am learning and all i will learn. there really is no better time in the life. its not just the best two years of your life but the best two years for you life. thanks for all the support, hope all is well and that all are happy. love you lots.




Elder Brimhall