Howdy Ya'll!

Hey y'all! It has been a crazy week here in New Mexico. 

On Monday we did regular p-day stuff. Talked to our families, shopped, cleaned, and then went to work. It was a good day. 

Then on Tuesday we went and did service at a thrift shop place. Then we went and had a lesson with Wantusi. Lessons with her are always good. She has such a strong desire to learn more about the Gospel and is truly seeking to find out if it is true. Then Sister Hunt is trying to figure out college stuff so we did that a lot of the day. I planned some of Wantusi' s baptism while she did that. 

On Wednesday we had another lesson with Wantusi and just get her prepared for her baptismal interview on Saturday. We then did more college stuff. Then we ran some errands and went to dinner at McAllisters to get soup. It is starting to get cold here. We had a lesson with a guy but he never showed up. That was a little frustrating, but what can you do. We then had a correlation meeting with our ward mission leader to tell him about the baptism. He has been gone the last few weeks and had no clue what was going on. We filled him in. 

On Thursday we did service in the morning at Faith, hope, love. Then Sister Hunt was going to teach our district how to do family history. We had Wantusi come in and we made her an account. It was super good. Then we all got on our way to Lubbock for mission tour. It was such a good trip. When we got there we went to dinner at the Twisted root with our district. It is an exotic hamburger place. I was real adventures and got a regular cow hamburger. It was super good and way fun. Then Sister Hunt and I went to Happies to get a smoothie. 

Then on Friday was when Elder Ochoa came and spoke with us. It was so good. I learned a lot from him and the spirit. I could have listened to him all day long. We talked about Faith in God and his timing and how nothing happens by coincidence. Which was super cool because when we left we went to get gas and we passed the gas station and had to turn around and then after we got gas I dropped something in between the seats and couldn't get it out. Then some random guy knocked on our window asking for money so he could start a new church. We talked to him for a bit and he asked what church we were from. And we told him we were missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints. We were able to give him a restoration pamphlet and a Book of Mormon. Had none of those things happened to us we would not have been able to talk to this guy. It was so cool. 

At mission tour I was able to see Sister Stevenson and Sister Kitterman. It was so fun and some other Sisters I am friends with. It was so good to see them. When we got back Friday we were exhausted. We went and visited some people and had a dinner appointment. On Saturday there was a Veterans day parade. So we went contacting there. We are having a family history night on Saturday the 17th. We went to spread the word about that. It is very successful finding tool. No one wants to hear about the Gospel, but their family history books them in. It was also freezing at the parade. We came home and did weekly planning. And then Lovingsbend Elders had a baptism that we went to for a girl named Kaylee. It was so awesome to be there. Then afterwards Wantusi had her baptismal interview. It went really well for her. She is ready to be baptized on the 17th. Then we went around and started asking people to do things for the baptism. 

On Sunday we had a lot of meetings before church. There was a couple of people who came who we didn't think were coming to church so we were super excited about that. After church we had a potluck. Then we went and finished weekly planning. My brain is always fried after weekly planning. We are starting week 6 of the transfer. We get transfer calls next week. It is crazy how fast transfers go. I love being here in Carlsbad and sharing the Gospel. Thanks for all of the love and support I receive. 

-Love Sister Browning

Pictures-

1. Happies

2. Sister Stevenson and I