happy day!

Hola familia!!!!

This week I picked up my new companion, Hermana Ruesch and she is awesome!!! She's 19 and from Utah and we get along great. This week we've had a lot of appointments cancel but hna. ruesch has been so positive and full of faith. She even went on her first exchange because I had a leadership meeting. 

Right now we're focusing on member referrals (after the broadcast we saw everyone is all pumped up!) We're also beginning to create more lists with people. It's another finding tool that Elder Aiducaitus (one of the 70) suggested that we do. Usually we create lists with the people who have baptismal dates but we have also created lists with less actives. What you do is write down all the people they know and then the person prays about the list and stars the names that stick out to them/ should be invited to their baptism. We've seen lots of success from this tool and now we're using it to invite member's friends to ward activities. 

A scripture that I've been sharing lately to explain the Atonement is Mosiah 24: 14-15. I think that the Atonement is something that we have to feel to be able to understand it. And this scripture really helps us feel what the Atonement does for us. I testify that Christ does 'ease the burdens which are put on our backs even so we cannot feel them'. I have seen this in my mission and I continue to see it in the lives of others. Christ lives and paid the price for each of each individually.

i love you all! have a great week! 

hermana brown