May 30, 2008

Buongiorno a tutti! Wednesday was an incredible day. As you can tell, i did not email on wednesday because we had our Zone Conference with Elder Johnson that day. He is from the area presidency of the quorum of the 70. It was incredible. I loved many of the inspired things that he said. He spoke with great power and authority. He spoke with much love and kindness. My companion and I had a great opportunity to perform a musical number, In quiet grove. Before we sang he took us in his arms and asked us the difference between performing and praising. He gave us great advice, encouragement and love. That experience was so incredible. The spirit was there and it softened my heart and also the hearts of missionaries that were there. He shared a principle that i am working to perfect. Teach what you feel and feel what you teach. The feelings i felt and the personal revelation that i gained was undescribable. I love being a missionary. I have so many blessings that i am grateful for. Never forget the many things that you have. Focus on the many great things rather than the few bad things. Love, Anziano Brewster Ps. Happy Birthday to my great brother Braxton (may 28) and to my beautiful aunt Traci (june 3).

May 21, 2008

Buongiorno a tutti! I love the power of prayer. I am realizing the great impact that it has in my life and in everyone's life when it is applied. When we come into a new friend's home and ask to say a prayer with them and then say it with them, they feel the peace and tranquility that we all want. They then ask us how we do it. We tell them that we do nothing but simply talk to our Heavenly Father. We then ask them to say the closing one. And they usually say but i'm not as good as you two are at saying them. But then they agree to it and have a normal, beautiful and heart felt conversation with their Father and it blows our prayers out of the water. Pray always. Never faint. Pray silently, out loud, before you do anything. I have been praying silently before every house, appointment, and person that we talk to and it really helps. Every prayer is answered. Never forget that. Pray with faith not as a little child asking a parent for something and expecting them to say no. Pray with confidence and faith that God will bless you, help you, and give you all that you need if you ask and put forth the work. Your part is needed. Our investigator Claudio is now a champ with prayer. We went over there monday night and talked with him about prayer and we challenged him to pray there with us. He prayed twice and his closing one was an incredible conversation with Heavenly Father. He was so open, real, not afraid to express his feelings. We then came back the next day and he told us that he prayed in the morning, at lunch and right before we came over. He hasnt prayed for a long time. He is making leaps and bounds. I absolutly love seeing the change in people that comes from the gospel.Pray with all of your heart this week and really work on having a regular conversation with your loving Father. It is incredible when we put forth the work and give of ourselves. Love, Anziano Brewster

May 14, 2008

Buongiorno a tutti! We are getting ready for our open house this saturday called 'Chi sono i mormoni?' ''Who are the mormons?'' We have printed tons of fliers and have invited everyone we know. We have planned it very well and it will be a very spiritual night. We really hope that people show up.We are very excited to have our members be known and give them this opportunity to spread their bright light. The language is going well. My problem is vocabulary! Last night on the phone i had a funny situation calling the branch primary leader. I wanted to ask her if i could move the pictures that were posted on the board for this open house that we are doing . I had no clue what verbs to use so i tried so many and she just did not understand. We talked for about 10 minutes trying to understand eachother. She then called back and realized what i meant and then was really cool with it. I was so exhausted and my brain was fried. I had a really neat ''scambi'' (exchange) with Anziano Pratt yesterday, who is going home in less than a week. His dad went to Milan on his mission so he is really excited to come and pick him up. I learned a great lesson on humility, understanding, and gentleness. He is a little more timid but shares his love with those around him. We met a really great guy named Roberto that we had the neatest talk with and then after Anziano Pratt said, ''He is going to come and be baptized.'' He got really excited and was full of faith at that moment. That changed my day and my attitude. When we expect the best out of others and believe in them they will then do the same to themselves. Love, Anziano Brewster

May 7, 2008

HELLO everyone, I wanted to tell you all about the cutest kids in our branch. We have an Ecuadorian family that has two kids, Milena and Stefano. Milena has so much spunk, attitude and love. She gave the best testimony on sunday. If i wasnt a member and i heard her testimony i would repent, change and become a member it was that moving. Little Stefano always talks about ''La strega'' (the witch) because one day their mom said that if he was not good that a witch would come so he better eat so she doesnt come and take him away. Ever since, he has been talking about the strega so we joke with her that she is the witch. It was so funny. I love this Branch. they are the hardest workers and give of themselves to every person that they meet. I love this gospel. I love the great power of repentance and the ability to change. Love, Anziano Brewster oh, and happy mothers day to all of you mothers and especially to my incredible mother and grandmothers.

April 30, 2008

I want to let you all know how grateful i am for companions. I am learning a lot from my companion. I am learning patience. I am working on being understanding and caring. I am realizing that i am all that he has and he is all that i have. When we are caring about each other and our investigators rather than ourselves we are so happy and filled with joy. But when we focus on ourselves and everything bad that is going on then we are miserable. Look on the positive not the negitive. When we make the best of our situations we are able to overcome our adversities that we all have but when we complain about our adversities we can do nothing, we get down and Heavenly Father cant do anything without our faith and desire. I love being a missionary. I am learning so many things. Yesterday we volunteered at an old folks home, The Villa Rosa and it was wonderful. I felt close to heaven. I love serving others and being able to be with them. Love, Anziano Brewster