tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57691161501110871032024-02-18T17:41:21.369-08:00Elder Tyler Justin BrewerBridgette Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126330626804629182noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769116150111087103.post-49440874272806354482014-02-24T12:30:00.003-08:002014-02-24T12:30:36.104-08:00I've moved!My dearest family, I guess I can't put it off any longer, here at last is
an update with how I am getting along. I am trudging along, I guess that's the
best way I can put it. I don't know what more I could say. I am doing my
best to live every day, to be as usable as I can, but I don't know if it's
the summer heat, or lack of people, but I am getting dry again. But
these past two weeks have been well enough. Its been cooling off a lot, I
think that fall is fast approaching, which I am not looking forward to. Either way it's going to kill, I am just glad that I am here. The
biggest thing that has transpired in these past few days is that we
moved. After the house flooded for the 3rd time with the rain we got, we
were finally given permission to leave. We are now living with the other 4
elders who are in our same ward. We did the move today, so we will see
how this week goes with them. I have not slept in 3 days, we have been
cleaning so very much, well I won't give him credit, I have been cleaning
so much. I still have bleach smell in my nose and on my hands. I emptied the house this morning while he was off at a meeting, so we
moved from where we were to where we are now. In the past 5 months I
believe I have handled more business like matters than teaching. I have
set up rent contracts, I have looked for new houses, I have realtors on
speed dial, and the best part is it's all in Spanish, so that's cool to
handle. We are now living in a mansion, and I use that word very
strongly, it is huge! Also very, very nice, so I am happy. We have farther
to go to get to our area now, but it's all good. Our house has a body
guard, 3 doors before you get to our house, surrounded by a 15 foot
cement wall with barbed wire on top. It's a fortress, and that's where we
are at, verses the last place that we had that was held shut by a padlock. ;) So that's fun ;) I am doing well enough, don't you worry about
me, I am hanging in there just dandy. We are going to the temple this
Friday morning. I don't know what hora, but that will be a nice escape to
get to go. We also get to go inside, not just go, but participate, so
that's what I am excited about. It's been just about a year since I have
been, so I am content. I have received your letters, and they mean the
world to me. I love the family picture of everyone making funny faces. I
share that one with everyone now, so just think, your face is being
shared with people from all the way down here, that's what happens when
you send letters with pictures!!!!! Thank you for all that you are doing
for me, and for the work of salvation, it's not our work, ni la obra de
la Iglesia, sino que la obra del Señor. esta es que es importante al fin
de día.
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Bridgette Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126330626804629182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769116150111087103.post-20221314771573184122014-02-17T15:18:00.000-08:002014-02-17T15:18:25.919-08:00P Day at the Beach<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Me at the Beach <br /><br />Bridgette Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126330626804629182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769116150111087103.post-13604888665572285382014-02-13T17:07:00.002-08:002014-02-13T17:07:26.766-08:00No transfer this timeOh how I love my Family.<br />
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God is good and he answers prayers. I cannot doubt that in the least. I thank you from the bottom of my heart
for all that you have sent me, I needed every word. I needed that
hope to keep going forward. I hit rock bottom this whole change, I have
never struggled so much as I have this past change. It took all I had to
get to this, the end of this change. Sunday was to be my goodbye Sunday, but on the way to the church, we got a text message for our
changes, and you can imagine the surprise that comes to me when I read
that we stay together for another change. I was first mad, then infuriated, then I just gave up. But God is merciful. In Elders Quarom, which is the first hour down here, the opening song was
Come Come ye Saints. I just started bawling during the second verse. I don't care what you call me Rudger, I was not in the mode in that moment.
;) Then during gospel principles, which is the second hour, we watched
Jesus the Christ, which only added to the tears. Then the Mexican came,
yes he is Mexican. It's amazing what a mission can do. But Elder Ignacio
Juarez came to my aid. I have been with him since he started the mission
here in this same area 18 weeks ago. He was my confidant when Draper
left, he is still my everything while I am here, so I was glad that I
had him. Then came sacrament meeting, I could not play to save
my life. I even picked easy songs. The song for the sacrament I was
ahead a whole verse, I stopped playing, and they kept singing, and I was
like what! That just made me more tired. Then Juarez came and gave me a
note, because he thought he was leaving, so he wrote me a note, which
only added to my tears. But long story short, I was done, I could not
keep going on. I came home, I began to pack to go home, I had reached a
low that I did not feel I could get out. I tried several times to get a hold of president but he would not answer, so I was like fine. I woke Sunday, then Monday. Monday night I was in a lesson with one of our investigators, she was so very happy that I was still here, we had such a
good lesson with her. I was overcome with such a peace, Mosiah 24:15.
God did not remove the challenges, but he did remove the weight, and
that is what God has done for me as of now. "Why should we morn or think
our lot is hard, tis not so, ALL IS RIGHT." Why should we think to earn a
great reward if we now shun the fight? We cannot. So now it's Tuesday,
we have another change together. Juarez is still here, he is not going
either. Since the day I left, there has always been someone, if not my
Comp with whom I am very good friends with, what a blessing that is
Elder Nelson, then Clark, then Draper, and now a Mexican. ;) I will have a place to vacation when I get home. ;) </div>
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I fasted for rain for you guys, but maybe I asked for it wrong in Spanish. ;) These past two weeks we have been swimming. We
have received so much flooding. Our house is practically under water, our
nighborhood was stopped. Cars were pushed off the side of the road into
ditches because of the current. We left Friday and did tons of service. We have one less active memeber, who just..... I can't even write it, I
cry, but her sewer broke, then flooded, then with the rain it
flooded her back yard, then entered her house. I just began to cry, just
thkinking about it, ....... entonces I hope you get some of this rain
before too long. Others got it way worst than us, but we take what we
are given. It's stroming again, I have not been dry for days! Oh well
such is the life. ;) We had to hang our laudry in our house. I will send
you pictures, and a video if i can. ;) </div>
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I love you all so very much. I beg of you, don't
hesitate in any prompting of the spirit. It kills to hear people say (
not just you, but in general ) oh I have been thinking about you for so
long, but I never find time to say anything. That feeling is God saying,
hey! I need an Angel, who will be willing to listen to me, and be a instrument in my hands to help me. </div>
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I love you all so very much,. Thank you for everything, </div>
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Vayan Con Dios Siempre ;) </div>
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Con todo mi Corazón,</div>
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Elder Brewer</div>
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Bridgette Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126330626804629182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769116150111087103.post-51413268938816743942014-01-27T17:54:00.003-08:002014-01-27T17:54:31.700-08:00Hospital Stay and Musical Miracle Wow, has this week been a roller-coaster. Never have I been so up, and
so down, so all over the place. I have been better, I have been worse. I
am keeping myself hydrated as best I can, sometimes it just gets
ahead of you a bit- but now I am as good as new.<br />
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With all the experience I now have with the hospitals I am doing tours
for the other missionaries. Today I came into Central because one of the
missionaries did not know how the whole system worked, so I was more than
willing to lend a helping hand to those suffering. ;) </div>
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I am learning more and more about myself, some of the things I like
what I am finding, but most of them no, so maybe I will be unrecognizable
by the time I get home- who knows? I am totally bummed that I can't go to
the Gilbert Temple. I know that it will be just beautiful. It's the
biggest one that the church has built in 15 years! That's pretty cool. While I was a bit under the weather this past week I got to watch some
church news and one of them was channel 12 news and they had a bit on
it. </div>
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Speaking of fasts, this fast Sunday we are doing a special fast as
well. It's for the reactivation in the stake. We have 1500 menos activos,
entoces. We can use a little help getting them back on our side. More
than nothing that is who we have been working with, just tons of menos
activos. I love being a missionary. A hard part about it is listening to
everything, the good and the bad. And with 1500 menos activos we listen to our fair share of bad stories. It's hard to go from house to
house with animo, ready to share good news, when all they have is bad
news to share. Drugs are still a problem here, we had few issues the
other day on that topic, but we are making it. </div>
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The work is going well. I am immersing myself in the culture, so
that's nice. I love Spanish music, I love speaking it, (when i can) it's
not given to me everyday. ;) I love writing in it, I love signing to
it. I play every Sunday in the capilla, and here is a cute little milagro
from the other day. On Sunday they come up to me so that I can pick the
songs for Sunday. Well this Sunday we were late in our other classes so
they picked them for me, and well I could not play one of them,. I did
not know it. The others yes, but this one, the closing hymn I did not
know. While I was sitting in sacrament meeting, I was thinking I have
to work at and on my talents, not just be content with what I have. I
prayed the whole sacrament meeting that I would be able to do it. Then
when the closing hymn was announced, I got up, walked to the piano, and
played the intro. I read the music, and I counted, and I prayed that it
was what it was supposed to sound like. At the end of the intro, the music
lady looked at me, smiled and nodded her head to begin. And so I played
it, and they sang, and it was the same song! I was like ! yay!!! So
that was super fun. It's now marked in my book of songs that I can play. It's awesome to developed our talents for the blessings of others. So all
of you who are reading this, who have the talent of writing, who have
yet to write me a letter, consider this a story you can use to give you
courage to do the impossible, and be a bit daring, and write me. ;) </div>
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I pray all is well with you and yours and the moisture comes soon. It's been cold and cloudy these past few days, so we are getting at least
a break from the heat, that I am ok with. ;) </div>
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I love you all so very much! I have completed 9 months. 3/8s of the way! Wow, that's pretty cool! </div>
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Vayan Con Dios. </div>
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Elder Brewer</div>
Bridgette Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126330626804629182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769116150111087103.post-5580850628870751512014-01-06T18:07:00.000-08:002014-01-06T18:07:01.441-08:00Christmas & New Year's CelebrationsOk, so this will be my overview from the holidays. wow! I have never had
such a roller-coaster then these past 2 weeks. I guess I will start form Christmas. So we skyped and that was so sweet and awesome to see you
all. Christmas here sure is not like back home. It is a day off of
work, it is not a holiday to celebrate for its true meaning. So that was
super sad, but something Vonda said, that it's better to be in a place
were you're not thinking of home. I could not believe it was Christmas,
because it was to hot, I could not believe that it was Christ's birth
because of all the drunks. That night at midnight, I have never seen so
many fireworks. They are very very legal here, and at midnight, the
whole city just blew up. It was totally cool to see, our neighbor was
blowing them off, and they were like legit 4th of July fireworks. All
over the city, it was seriously like daylight it was so bright. So that
was all really very nice, they tried cooking a type of cut from the
pig, but it was the nastiest I have ever tasted. I could not believe
it, so we did not eat Christmas dinner. I took tons of pictures with
Draper. Friday we got the call for changes and I did not like them.
Draper was to leave for Artigas, the highest place north in Uruguay. I
really do love Draper, we were together for two changes, 3 months or 12
weeks. Sunday we had a good day in church, he gave his testimony, and
it was super sad, he left at midnight Sunday night, last week. I was
crying so hard like the baby I am. It was so hard to let him go but it
has to be. My new Comp is Elder Contreas, he is from Chile. He is definitely Latino, and I don't know how I feel about that. ;) He is cool
enough but he is not Draper, so that's sad. But I will be ok. We had a
good week, we did a lot of showing around, where everything is, who
everyone is, so that was fun. We are in week two of this change, only
have 4 more to go, I can make it. We speak only Spanish, so that's super
fun. I speak it just to have fun. All my stories are in Spanish, and
all my jokes and everything. My vocabulary is spreading rapidly from
things just not of the church, but how to have conversations with
people, when I am shopping, what every little thing is, that is what I am learning now. I can service pretty nicely down here, but I will not stop learning Spanish, it's a beautiful language. For New Years we did the same
thing as Christmas. It was more like Christmas part 2 and again at
midnight, it was the biggest firework scene I have seen the whole
county lit up. I am sure all of South America had a festival to celebrate.<br />
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Iam doing well. Thank you for all the strength you are giving me, and
for all the good that you're doing. I need it and feel it, keep sending me
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Bridgette Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126330626804629182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769116150111087103.post-90737966752637108232013-12-23T19:01:00.003-08:002013-12-23T19:04:42.147-08:00Merry Christmas from the other side of the world!Oh my goodness the time is going by so very fast! What is going on? What
can I say for this last week? Nothing comes to mind my Wow! It's a good
thing that I write in my Journal every day because if not I would forget
everything. Right now I am doing good. <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">My birthday was quiet and uneventful. As per usual, ;) so that was that. We had a stake Christmas party thing so that was fun. An Elder from Columbia made me a smoothie from his homeland for my birthday so that
was fun. What else, I have a video of fireworks, not ours so don't worry, but our neighbors. Here you can have whatever you want, yes everything is legal here, but I am at least ok with the fireworks. If you have luck, it will be sent to you. It's super hot, so that's not new. I love Elder Draper.</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> Yes it is sad the state of the world, politics plays a huge roll down here. And the people only know
what is important to them, the more I talk to the poeple about what is going on, the more I am disgusted with the state of the world. Uruguay I love, but boy oh boy is it in a state of iniquity. I can't spell that word so use your imagination. </span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Merry Christmas to all, here from the other side of the world. I have revieved the packages and the letters, so thank you a million for them. I will wait till Christmas to read them, so I will have Draper
take pictures of me opening them, and I will send them to you next with my new comp. Wow the time is just flying. I love you all so very much. Enjoy every moment of "A Christmas Story: and eggnog, a pumpkin pie, and lasagne and every other delicouseness that is on this God Given
Green Earth that does not exist down here. ;) God Bless all and don't forget me down here. If you say you read this, but you sit at home saying to yourselves, oh we need to write him, but I'll do that tomorrow, that is Satan, he is working on all of you to not write me, so be better than Satan!!!! Write</span></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> WRITE ME!!! WITH PICTURES. </span></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Basos and brasos</span></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">xxooxxooxxooxxo to everyone!</span></div>
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It's called the Rosedal. This man loved his Wife so much or something,
that he made this plaza for her. I think they are dead now, but look it
up, its a cool story.<br />
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Bridgette Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126330626804629182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769116150111087103.post-52666235565521189532013-12-17T13:55:00.000-08:002013-12-17T13:55:40.984-08:00HOT, HOT, HOT<div dir="ltr">
Oh what can I say for these past few days. HOT HOT HOT-
oh my good goodness. I have never been so hot before. It's so cool to be
here. Last week we got to see Presidente Gonzaloz from the Seventy. We
got to meet him, talk with him, 5 zones came down, so I got to see all
my friends from Rivera. So I was very happy. We have been working a lot
with the menos activos to just get them to go to chuch for Christmas
but no one wants to do anything down here. They would rather just stay
home. So its been very frustrating these past few weeks. This Friday, my
Birthday Cough Cough, we are doing an activity as a stake, we are doing
a food from around the world. So we are making food from our home
country. We are just going to make brownies, with peanut butter on top,
it will be excellent. It's just so hard to get ingredients, but it will be
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It's just a PARROT!! it's whatevs. ;) <br />
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Bridgette Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126330626804629182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769116150111087103.post-45542398601387700082013-12-09T16:23:00.001-08:002013-12-09T16:23:15.143-08:00He's Watching Over Me<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Last Friday we were in our weekly actividad that we do in the church. This
night, for some reason, was particularly antsy. Something did not feel right
in the air but we went anyways. The church is not in our area. We have
to cross the ruta 1 to get there. We walked there just fine. During the
actividad we were watching a movie "The Mountain of the Lord". We had two investigators there and a member. Then during the movie, we heard a sound that still gives me chills, that whisle that comes before bombs,
like in the movies, it was the same sound. We all heard it. We turn our
heads to the front of the church, and at that moment the bombito went
off, lit up the window and shook the building. We all jumped pretty bad. Then we heard another one, then another one. One right after the next,
getting closer and closer, lighting up the tinted windows outside the church. But nothing ever happened to the building. At the end of the
movie, the investigator began to cry and said that she felt the spirit
so strong, and now this weekend she is getting baptized. Not even the
bombs of the haters can stop the work that is being done, because it's
God's work. It's a cool story, no? We left the church later that night, we
locked the doors, and locked the outside gate, and walked away, nothing
touched us, we crossed the worst neighborhood we have at night, being
two white boys and we were not touched. So that was cool as well. We
went to church that Sunday, and we still had a church standing, it sure
is being protected, and so are we.</span></span><br />
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Montevideo says hi. ;)<br />
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I feel like its a lot like the street to the capital building, so we walked like 20 blocks to get to it. <br />
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Me at the Congress Building, the Palace of Laws Uruguay Montevideo<br />
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light and darkness <br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Christmas in Montevideo Uruguay </span></span>Bridgette Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126330626804629182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769116150111087103.post-90734051022948455832013-12-02T20:37:00.001-08:002013-12-02T20:37:59.180-08:00There's no Thanksgiving in Uruguay?It's been a while, I am sorry for that, but here is a few basic updates. First, wow!! Yes, our wards split and that has been really good. And
something even more awesome that happened that I had no idea at the
time, I was asked to play the piano for the conference, so that was fun,
yes? Yes- it was. There are only certain songs that I can play, only if I
know them or whatever right. So I was asked without warning, I turned
to the page, and every song that they had chosen for the sacrament
meeting, I knew. I played the songs almost perfectly all of them, the
rest hymn we stood and all that jazz, so that was awesome. The man presiding is our area Seventy, Marcelo Chappe. So that was really cool. I am so glad I got that opportunity to play for him. I thought he was
part of the stake presidency, but no. ;) So that was that.<br />
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The days have been getting nice and toasty, so if you're in your homes
freezing, just remember that there are people on the other side of the
world that are boiling their brains out. ;) </div>
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Tomorrow should
be my last dr. visit, so keep that in your prayers. I would like that
very much so ;) I am getting used to my glasses, I like them well
enough, until it rains, then it's just a pain in the butt. Oh well. ;)</div>
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I can't believe that everyone is growing up so fast. I can't wait till I get to hold you all. </div>
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TWO LEXIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait. JASMINE!!! I LOVE YOU FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD!!!</div>
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So long as grandma's house gets built before I get back, lets not have one of these eternal projects that we are known for. </div>
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I pray that thanksgiving went well, and yep, it's not celebrated
here, and these people have a holiday for everything, but not Thanksgiving ;( It was good enough, I did not even remember that it
was here till it had passed, so I survived, but Christmas is a bit of a different story. So we`ll see what that brings. I'll see if I can't get
you all caught up on the whole picture thing. ;) </div>
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I love you all, and I am so very grateful to be serving here, to
be a helping hand to my Savior. I am grateful to have you all apart of
my family, to have your support through all of this, to know that you
love me, and want the very best for me. I am so very grateful for this opportunity that I have to learn so much more about what the Lord would
have me learn while I am out here serving. </div>
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God Be with you all till we meet again, </div>
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Vaya Con Dios, </div>
Elder Brewer<br />
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Tourist, Jesus Loves You</h2>
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Bridgette Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126330626804629182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769116150111087103.post-49637477092212890712013-11-19T18:31:00.001-08:002013-11-19T18:32:01.421-08:00Lessons LearnedOh, wow that is a medically fielded year. I pray that it gets better for
you all. Cynthia looks so big!!<br />
I can't wait to see all the new family
that is waiting for me to get there.<br />
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This is Changes week and me
and Elder Draper are staying together for another change. I am ok with
that I guess. It just means that most likely I won't be leaving this area
until Febuary and that is a long stretch. Oh well it will be ok. This
change we get to call home!!! So I am counting the days for that. Las
Torres is still Las Torres- we got the news yesterday that they are
going to combine our ward with Cerro 1 who we share a building with. The two wards hate each other, on Sunday in ward counsel it was made
quite clear where everyone stood on the subject. We have 4 missionaries
in our ward, and 1 set in cerro 1 so now there will be 6 and our area is
huge!! But it's all good- more places to know and become familiar with. Last week we went to Cuidad Viaja, and on the way back I was kind of
leading the people, cause I knew (or thought I knew where to go) the
busses to take and the streets that would lead us back to central to
take a bus back to our area. The whole day was awesome. We had
California Burrito and Buger King. Boy howdie is it expensive and now I
understand the blessing that we have of free refills. </div>
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I am trying to keep myself safe- it's hard when everyone around you
tries to tare down your confidence, or sense of self security. You have
to constantly be judging people, who is sketchy or who is ok. The
saddest thing I have ever seen is the issue with the trash cans. Trashcans are like public markets. It's a free for all. I have seen
everyone is the trashcans, from old old old people, to babies just
learning to walk. There is always something in the trash that they can
use to better their life a little. A senior couple told us that if we
are throuwing away food, put it in a bag and hang it on the edge of the
trash can so that they don't have to dig for it. The sad part is when
you do that, not 2 minutes go by and the bag is gone. The things this
mission teaches us, wow. We went to the fortalcia today. It's the famous
light house here in Uruguay. It's nothing too grand, it was closed today
so we could not go in, but we took pictures. </div>
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I pray that all is well with everyone, in cualquier lugar. sé que
estoy orando para ustedes, espero que ustedes son orando para mi. puedo
sentir la amar que tu tenes para mi, y por esto, muchísimo gracias!
Estoy muy agradecidos para tener la compañero que tengo ahora. El es un
hermano para mi. gracies por todo.</div>
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Vaya Con Dios. y Quédense</div>
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Elder Brewer </div>
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Me and Draper in Ciudad Viaja <br />
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They are guards like in London, that can't move or say anything. This is
at the Grave of Artigas. He is like George Washington here.</div>
Bridgette Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126330626804629182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769116150111087103.post-36454478333615839532013-11-04T18:58:00.001-08:002013-11-04T18:58:13.472-08:00Halloween and Playing the PianoOh what a time its been here in Deo. I am learning to love my area, to
love the people. I live barro las torras which sounds awesome until
you find out what kind of torras. They are electrical torras so yeah,
but it's fun I am getting used to it. I know the city buses now, so that's
awesome. Because of all the dr's that I have been to, i know a lot of
down town. We were supposed to go today to cuidad viajia again but we
have zone conference tomorrow so we were practicing in the church for our
musical number. I have to play "There is a Green Hill Far Away" and "Abide With Me Tis Even Tide". I have to play as they sing the first song, then I have to play the second song as a solo. Because I can't
read music they want me to play it however I want to, a remix of
sorts. It sounded really good today. I have been playing for the wards I
have been in since I have been here. I have got much better at the
hymns so grandma should be happy about that. ;)<br />
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Halloween was pretty scary here, our area is already pretty bad, now
give the whole country a reason to go crazy, drugs, devil worship, and
whatnot make it a bit scary to go on the streets. Besides stupid
people thinking they are cool with the Smart A comments nothing too bad
happened. I count my many blessings.;) </div>
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Yes I can now say as well that I have tried more parts of the
animal that should not be eaten. the stomach, intestines, brain, and now
the blood. Blood sausages are totally gross!!!!! Well, no it tasted fine,
really kind of good, I just could not down the fact that it was blood so yeah, but I did try. So far there is nothing that i have rejected
since being here, so that's a miracle! ;) </div>
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I am doing really well, letters have been lacking, so have pictures from everyone. Don't you people be forgetting about me. ;) </div>
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I love Facundo!<br />
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The "Star" the Sun for Nelson Mandela <br />
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My new glasses and I ;) <br />
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me, and Facundo (the Turtle) <br />
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my bed net. ;)<br />
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yes that is a spider, and yes he was in our house!!!!!!!! ArachnophobiaBridgette Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126330626804629182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769116150111087103.post-73796430058925952082013-10-14T17:12:00.003-07:002013-10-14T17:12:58.527-07:00My New AreaRight now I am in Cerro; it is so very different
then Rivera- picture the Ghetto part of down town Phoenix. Then picture
little old me, right in the middle, all day with nothing.. ;) Well I got
all the host of heaven protecting me, so i guess that is something. ;) I
can see the skyline from my area, and that is awesome. I can see the
ocean, and I am about a 20 minute taxi ride outside down town Deo, which is
good. It's getting warm, just like it's getting cold back home; that is
weird. It's all good, I love the heat a million times over the cold,
so I will be just fine for now. My new comp - elder Draper, is the greatest missionary that is in the field. I love him very much. He has helped me so much with my Spanish, I have come so far with him, and
it's only been a week so I can't wait to see what will happen at the end
of this change. Which it's by they way, my 6 month birthday, so I am totally excited
about that. So if you all feel so inclined to write me a special
letter i would be very grateful for that.:) Everyone who is reading this,
even if you just happened upon this blog on google, write me a
letter!!!! I AM DIEING OUT HERE!!!!! With lots of love that is. ;) Change
will need to be my new best friend, it has been hard and we don't get
along all the time, but I am doing my best, I pray for my enamies, and it
seems to help me at least. Maybe change will be good to me, maybe we
can become the best of friends ;) ......yeah, or maybe not. ;)<br />
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I am still doing the whole doctor thing. Now that I am in Montevideo, I can
do a lot more. With the doctors that is, my headaches still have not gone
away and some nights are worse then others. But my love for this people
goes all the way to the top, menos the doctors. 8/8/13 is when this whole
thing started, and I am still dealing with it. I don't mean to point
fingers, but HELLO PEOPLE; you can't tell me that is a tad ridiculous!!!!! Oh well, onwards and upwards. I will see if I can't
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Que pasen Bien </div>
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La Iglesia De Jesucristo De Los Santos De Los Últimos Días<br />
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A Classic pose ;) me and Elder Clark <br />
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Bridgette Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126330626804629182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769116150111087103.post-57558743173925513032013-10-08T18:38:00.004-07:002013-10-08T18:38:38.085-07:00Transfered!I pray all is well with the big old happy family. I am hanging in there,
these past few weeks have been such a roller coaster, from interviews to conference, to changes, to saying goodbyes. Onwards and upwards, vamos
arriba!!!! I said goodbye to the city I grew to love this last Friday,
it was the hardest thing I have had to do. I grew to love them, and to
say goodbye took all I had. I know that the relationships that I
created with ellos, will be with me for my life and for the vida que is
coming. I got my change to Montevideo, Zona Cerro and the area Los
Torres. I don't know what that all means, Cerro is the most dangerous
zone in the mission, and it makes perfect sense to send this big brolly
white boy to the city. ;) Oh well it is going to be fine. ;) I have fe- I
leave tonight at midnight, and begin a new adventure tomorrow. ;) Tomorrow we'll discover what our God in heaven has in store! Besides
that I am doing pretty good, I can feel your prayers, and I thank you eternally for them. I need them, and am thankful for them, I can't send
pictures today but next week I will. See, I am going from a country bumpkin to a high rolling city boy. Wish me luck! ;)<br />
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Bridgette Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126330626804629182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769116150111087103.post-44886865728109903812013-09-23T18:42:00.001-07:002013-09-23T18:45:30.493-07:00Searching for the lostI am doing well, and awesome! Here is a bit of the work that we have
been doing out in the vineyard of the Lord. Due to recent changes we
have changed our focus from investigators to Menos Activos (less active). We need to double the attendance in the sacrament meeting. With
our numbers out in Tranqueras being 15 in the sacrament meeting we need
only to get it to 30, but that is a task a mile high. We have done our
best looking for Priesthood holders, but all that we have are surly diamonds in the rough, and I mean rough but there is one, and he is who
I am really working for. He is a menos activo, he has the Melchizedek Priesthood, he works
in Brazil as a crane operator. With a lot of time away he quickly fell
away, bringing with him a mistress and a child. After meeting with us a
few times he has done all that he can do to come back. He has done all
that he needs to be fellowshiped once more. He is now a strong
member. He still has not received the Melchizedek, but he is on the way. There
are those that have gone far, there are those who have just let go. We
need to find all of them. Sometimes going out to find them is
difficult, some are hiding under rocks, and won't come out to save there
lives. Some have tasted of wonderful fruit and have been ashamed and want no part of anything but we work with them all. I feel
like a firefighter, I don't want anyone in the great and spacious
building when it falls. I want them all on firm ground by the tree where
everyone else will be. My Spanish is now perfect, much much
better. I was thinking about this, if I could go back to the CCM
with the Spanish I have now, I feel like I could really learn something
from the teachers, (sorry I am Uruguayan ) ( a person from Uruguay?)
very distracted, and always going off topic. ;) I still point a lot, and describe things in whatever way I can. At the baptism we had, I could
not describe the Holy Ghost really well, so I just said something along
the lines of when you do what you are told, when you follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost, the Holy Ghost is very happy with you and
he does a little dance. Then I preceded to do a little dance so that
everyone could see. 1, yes it was fun and cute, but that the Holy Ghost really is happy when we follow his whisperings 2. it showed that it
is important to be happy. Even when the holy ghost comforts us when we
are sad. we can all do a little dance to be a bit happier- since then,
the members come up to me and say, "have you been listening to the holy
ghost?" and start dancing. It's really cute and I always say SI!! and do
my little dance. ;) It's super cute.<br />
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Two places at once, the markers of Brazil and Uruguay. <br />
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Me at the Temple Uruguay Montevideo.<br />Bridgette Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126330626804629182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769116150111087103.post-55812012340796007132013-09-09T20:39:00.001-07:002013-09-09T20:39:50.400-07:00S'mores<div>
I love hearing all the new news. I loved the pictures, well I
would have if they would have came through. The first one did but the
other two did not. So if you would not mind sending those again I would be
grateful. I am so excited to hear he is
here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BRECKEN BREWER BLAKE!!!!!!!! I approve,
you can tell him he has my approval, even more so if he looks like me. ;)
I sent you a picture of me at a family home evening where we were
making, yep you guessed it, S'MORES!!!!! Mom sent me the stuff, and man
were they good! We are a few weeks late from Labor Day, but it was
better than nothing. No one has ever had one, they see it on the movies,
but never ate them before. So we are changing lives down here, one
s'more at a time. ;) I don't have much time today, but just for an update, I
am in Brazil again today. ( yep we are cool Vonda) The branch is
struggling, but we are pulling the weeds. I will be sure to add more
next week. </div>
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Love you tons, give Brecken a big kiss for me. </div>
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Elder Brewer</div>
P.S I am going to Montevideo this Thursday for a dr. I will be fine, so don't worry about me. ;)<br />
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Bridgette Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126330626804629182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769116150111087103.post-27701791483395535972013-09-02T16:12:00.001-07:002013-09-02T16:33:35.852-07:00Tanqueras' First Baptism<div>
So, a little update. ;) I have my new comp, I love him. He is Brazilian and is helping me a ton in both my Spanish and my Portuguese. He speaks English, but I don't talk to him. This past week has been
totally hard trying to adjust, showing him where everyone is at, and
being senior comp and all that. I am in Rivera right now. We went to
Brazil early today, and played a game a futball, which is really just a
game to kill the Gringos. We go to Masoller still, I love that. We are meeting totally awesome people and I don't want to leave. My Spanish is coming
along, and I have found myself laughing so much more. I understand
jokes, and now I am feeling a part of things. I am doing well with the
whole new calling. It is hard, now I feel even more responsible for the
people in the rama now. We have been moved from just the president of the Elders Quorum, to counselor in the Branch Presidency, to the president as well. He is having a
meeting with the stake president this Wednesday and then he will let us now exactly what we will be over. I am looking forward to it.</div>
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I hear that you are all getting big and fat, with babies that is, I
am so excited. I can't wait to see pictures. I still don't know what Kelsie is having , and that is super fun for me. I can't wait till November. I have talked about him/her to all of Tranqueras, so I better
get pictures to show. ;) </div>
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That's about all I can think of for now. Thank you for all that you
do, and the prayers in my behalf. I hate to be selfish, but I needed
them. Don't worry, you are getting your fair share of prayers from my end
as well. ;) </div>
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Vaya Con Dios, </div>
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Elder Brewer</div>
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The first picture is the ghetto. We had to leave the church, but it
took 6 hours to fill the font and the hot water heater would not stay
on by it's self so we used the propane tank, and two primary chairs to
keep the button pushed in.;) <br />
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Me posing as usual on the roof in Rivera Uruguay ;)
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Bridgette Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126330626804629182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769116150111087103.post-28125656746509922682013-08-27T09:30:00.001-07:002013-08-27T09:34:59.646-07:00The Refiner's Fire<div>
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I am so excited to meet/see my new primo. That is a hard
thing about being so far away but there is nothing greater than helping
others have an eternal family, and enjoy the blessing we have already.
;) I love hearing all the things that are going on in your lives. Thank
you so much for always emailing me. I am not super great at replying
all the time but I just want you to know that I truly appreciate all
that you do. </div>
As for updates: I
have passed through a refiner's fire of sorts. A little miracle
happened. I was talking with the president and he asked me what I
wanted to do. He asked if I wanted to leave, I said no. I want to stay. The next day we got a call for changes. I was told I was staying here
in Tranqueras, and that I would be the new Elders Quorum president. Had I
left I would have missed out on this great blessing in my life. No I am
still not perfect. There are certain things that I can't look at without
getting a splitting migraine: tvs, headlights, computer screens for an extended period of time. I am on some medication now to try and calm it
all down. I am waiting to know the dates for these tests. Two in
Rivera, and one big one in Deo (Montevideo). I am getting a new comp. I
can't spell his name yet, so that will be in next weeks email but he is a
Brazilian, which I am totally happy for. He will help me with my Spanish
and Portuguese. I want to learn as much Portuguese as I can before I
leave Rivera. I have come along way in my studying. I can read it almost
perfectly but speaking and listening, and writing ain't happening. So
we will see what more I can learn. My Spanish is coming along great. I
know I speak better than I let myself believe. I am writing better in Spanish and my pronouncing of the words when I read out loud is getting
better. It was hard. Very, very hard. I thought that it would be easy to
learn the language when you are forced to. But it does not make it
easier. It's so very hard but it is faster and for that I can endure a
few months of hardship for the awesome end result of being fluent. ;) And
for that I am happy. ;) We are still going to Masoller the town on the
border of Brazil. We are teaching some people who live on the other side
of the line so that is just totally awesome!;) The baptism was a
miracle and was the greatest weekend on my mission thus far. I will send
the picture. You have to see it to believe it but our church is really
no more than a house. The font is ......indescribable. .....the whole thing
is, it's a lot like home. Very ghetto. Very half put together,
but if it works, that's all that matters . So for that I don't complain.
;) </div>
I love you all so very much. Thank you for your thoughts and
prayers in my behalf. I will try to get better so that I am not a
bother. ;) </div>
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Vaya Con Dios.</div>
Elder BrewerBridgette Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126330626804629182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769116150111087103.post-41957620392460439012013-08-12T11:27:00.004-07:002013-08-12T11:27:31.115-07:00Eye Trouble<div dir="ltr">
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Here is just a little update on a little adventure I had this past week. First, just know that I am ok, and all is well. Ok,so
on Wednesday we were preaching the góspel the same as any other day. We
got to the house of a menos active, we call him tio Billy. Anyways, we
pass through the gate when a pain so so bad hits my eyes. It's like a
burning pain that just kills. I sit down in his house as they try to get
wáter in my eyes but it's not working. Then the pain begains to spread
from my left to my right eye. It becomes unbearable. We call our misión
dr. and she said that I need to get to the hospital right away. We are
on the other side of town, it's 7:30 and I am blind. So we call a taxi. About 20 mins later he shows up and takes me to the hospital in
Tranqueras. They try to calm me down but it is just not happening. They
use some numbing thing. Elder lamb says I passed out at this point. I
believe him. The dr. at the hospital says that I need to go to Rivera
to see the dr. there. The last bus leaves from Tranquerase to Rivera at
8:00 and we were not going to make it. The dr. said if the pain comes
back I can't get the medicine again, that it's better if I go to Rivera to
see the dr. that night., but there is no way to get there. So we have
no choice but to stay the night. I recieve about 50% of my vision
again when we walked home. The medicine they gave me made me tired
and so I just went straight to bed. We woke up at 5.30 to catch the
first bus to Rivera. We had the Hermanas who had the hospital in their
área meet us at the bus terminal. We walked to the hospital, waited for
about an hour to be seen and we were seen by a Dr. assistant. He looked at
me, gave me Tylenol and sent me away. The hermanas that were with us
got mad at this and demanded that I see a real dr. He said he could
not allow it for whatever reason which I was somewhat ok with. Not to
say I don't distrust the hospitals down here, I just don't trust them. ;) Picture a WWII MASH unit., that's about what it was. ;) He said I either
had an alergic reaction to something, or a virus called quadras- I
dont know. At night I still can't see through shadows and I have a
headache that won't leave- We called the dr. for the misión again, and
she said that I need to go back and see him in Rivera this Tuesday. So
we will see how this goes. </div>
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I am fine, remember that, it's just an interesting time right now. ;) </div>
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Love you all,</div>
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Elder Brewer</div>
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Bridgette Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126330626804629182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769116150111087103.post-78596261912203204592013-08-05T12:07:00.000-07:002013-08-05T12:07:00.596-07:00Proselyting in Brazil<div>
I am in Brazil again! We were given permission to go to different
cities to preach. Because our area is the biggest in Rivera and because
it's just me and my comp we get to spend time going to different cities
that have not had missionaries before. One city that we came to was
called Masoller. It has a border with Brazil so we contacted a house
that was on the other side of the border line so now it's official: I
have preached to 3 nations now! ;) </div>
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My spansih is coming really well. There are times that I just cry
it's so hard but I stay with it. I have come farther then I can see. My
portugese is coming along well as well. I can read almost perfectly but I
can't speak or hear it. But I can read it- so I am content with that. </div>
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The people that live here are very very uneducated. No one goes to
school. The high school that they have here is a joke. So it's hard to
get people to read the scriptures. No one has teeth, so its super hard
to understand them but I can understand people with no teeth better
than I can understand people with only one tooth. So sometimes I think,
"dude, just get rid of your one tooth, you are not useing it anyways." </div>
I have my first real baptism for the 17th. His name is Filipe. He
is 16 and I am so so excited. He has a friend named Diego that is
taking the lessons. He really wants to go to the temple, but does not
want to be baptized so we are working with him. Now that Filipe is
getting baptized we will see if he will get baptized with him. We also
have a 80 year-old (really she is 45 but people look so so old here )
that is for the same day if she will just go to church. The 17th is a
stake baptism day so if we get them to be for sure to be baptized we
will go to the stake center in Rivera to do the baptisms with about
20 other people who are getting baptized in the stake. I am so very
excited. It's the first baptism that Tranqueras has had in about 6
months so I am glad things are starting to change. ;)Bridgette Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126330626804629182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769116150111087103.post-18768372646391052452013-07-29T15:55:00.001-07:002013-07-29T15:55:25.141-07:00MontevideoMe in Montevideo. I am not an Uruguayan,. I came down to the city to
sign my residence papers, so that was super fun. Me and Nelson and Clark took an adventure to the coast. It was freezing like no other.<br />
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OK, here is an update on me, in the small
corner of the world called Tranqueras. I am doing well enough. I have
been working on my Spanish, so that is coming along nicely. I spoke in
church this past week, it was my 3rd in 6 weeks. So by this you can see
the pool of people they have to choose from of who to call on to speak. But I spoke of the story of the prodigal son. Because missionary work
is so hard as it is, let alone with a branch that just does not care
about church anymore, we have focused most of our efforts on the less
active. This past week we had 40 people which is huge! The garage that
we have church in was bustling with people so it was awesome. ;) The more
we strengthen the members both active and less, we can then use them as a
base for missionary work, bringing members to lessons and that kind of
deal. Last week we took the youth to the cerro. The hike took about 6
hours, but it was totally awesome. Yes it is just a hill, but it was
huge. Mirador means telescope or lookout. It was a look out tower that
was at the top. What took so long was that it was about 5k outside of
town and the kids walk slow. But it was awesome. I spent the whole time
telling stories in very bad Spanish, but the excitement was there and I
believe they understood me more than I think they did. I can't
understand very well when kids talk, but I can understand when adults
talk. Adults have a hard time understanding me, but kids understand me
perfectly. It's weird, but its cool because I get to tell stories. </div>
It's getting colder and colder. Humidity bites at you like no other.
It's really just when the sun is gone. In the morning you can hardly get
out of bed and at night, that's all you want to do. Sunday night we had a legit Uruguayan BBQ. Because I was new I got to eat the food from
the fire first. I would explain better with pictures, but my card for my
camera was stolen. I took it out of my camera which is good, but the
pouch that I had my card in is gone. It is only my card but I still have
everything else. Luckily I had already put all my pictures on a
flash drive before hand, so really I only lost a weeks worth. Still not
very happy about it, but such is life I guess. </div>
Today we got another group of people together to play soccer so
we stayed in town again. People won't come to church but they will come
out to play soccer, so we will entertain them today. The president's wife
is super less active, but when I met her at the church just before she
was about to leave, I told her that I was giving a talk and would like
her to stay and listen. She was not happy but she stayed. President came
up to me and said thank you, I don't know what for. I was just practicing
my Spanish. ;) I said I wanted a big family here, and that in order to
have a big family we needed to fill all the chairs with people. So in
the past three weeks, we have had increasing and increasing numbers. One
family that is coming back is a part member family and the girl is
wanting to get baptized now that the family is coimg back. Them and a
boy we are teaching is getting baptized next week, so I am super
excited about that. He is my favorite right now because he has 7 brothers
and sisters but no dad, and he is the only worker. He dropped out of school
3 years ago and he is only 16. The mom loves us because we are doing all
of this for him, but really he is such a strength to me. </div>
That's about it for now, more letters are coming so keep your eyes
peeled for them. I pray all is well with everyone. and just know that I
pray and think of you all always. I love your letters and the pictures
help incredibly. </div>
Love you all,</div>
Elder Brewer<br />
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Me in Brazil <br />
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Posing by a barn <br />
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