Cowboy Church!

Hey Y'all! I am alive and doing well here in West Texas! Life is so good and I love being a missionary! The past couple of weeks have been crazy, but the best! We have taken over a huge area which has kept us pretty busy. We go to Leveland every Saturday and it is about 30 min. away! We are teaching a girl out there named Reyna! Who is actually getting baptized on Saturday! We are so excited for her. She is so sweet and has a simple but powerful testimony of the Gospel! Her mom and dad were baptized about a month ago! 

Then we teach a less active member named Noe! He is my best friend! He is so kind and will talk to us about the most random things ever! I love visiting with him and can't wait to help him grow his knowledge in the Gospel even more! 

We also cover another area called Littlefield. It is about 45 min from Lubbock and we have a man we are teaching out there named Dennis! He is so kind and has a baptismal date of September 14th! He has a lot of knowledge of the Gospel and is ready for baptism. He even came to church for the first time ever this last Sunday and he loved it! Dennis is so fun! 

We have been doing a lot of finding and it has been pretty dead because of summer. This past week I was a bit frustrated because we are being obedient and doing our part but we still had found no one. I prayed one night and told Heavenly Father that I couldn't do another week without finding anyone. The next day literally we had so many miracles and found 2 new people! One family told us that they weren't interested in our message, but they love missionaries and want to feed us! Then we met another lady right after who didn't remember meeting missionaries in the past, but was willing to let us come back and share a message. Lastly we met a man who was so nice to us. He apparently goes to cowboy church! Which I think basically is where you wear your cowboy hats to church and then have BBQ after! Only in Texas I love it! He even owns a flea market and said we could set up a booth so we are so excited about that! God is so good and really does answer prayers. I think had I not been frustrated I never would have seen finding these wonderful people such a huge blessing! 

God is so good my friends! I hope everyone is doing well and that y'all know that God loves you and will hear and answer your prayers! I am grateful for this time to be a missionary and to serve my Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ! What an honor to wear the Savior's name over my heart every single day! I hope y'all know how much I love you and I am so grateful for y'all! Have a blessed week!

- Love Sister Browning