July 4th/June 25th--Happy Independence Day :)

Dear family and friends, 

So this week was really good! A lot of fun stuff happen this week. So this week was the last Zone conference with President Gardner and sister Gardner and it was a whole mix of emotions it was funny it was sad it was awesome it made me glad. But it did everything but make me mad. Now back to the regular email.

So this week it was a weird week for me at first because I was stressed out about passing off scriptures and other stuff but it was really good cuz I just kept on working and on Tuesdaywe found Katie Woods and we taught her the restoration and her husband likes to really look into other religion so he's read a little bit about the Book of Mormon and so we're really excited to meet with her again this next coming week. And then on Wednesday we did split with brother Brown and cell Elder dallimore went with brother Brown and Elder birkeland and I were together and Elder dallimore and brother Brown saw a lot of people and that was really good and Elder birkeland and I just had fun. And on Friday was Zone conference and it was a lot of fun we talked about a mighty change of heart and how living the Gospel of Jesus Christ is the only way that we make it back to our father in Heaven because that's the way he acts. And I thought that was so cool we also talked about commitments and how we need to share our personal experiences with people that's how we really connect to them Heart to Heart and then we had a really cool Q&A session with president and sister Gardner. And there's a lot of really good questions about marriage and preparing for after the mission. And also helping out our family that have gone astray and also strengthening our family now. And it was just so good and there's a really funny moment where president Gardner was talking about how we need to get married as soon as possible and he said that we need to marry return missionaries and how there are 10 couple that are married that were both in this mission and he was really excited about that he fist pumped! It was so hilarious and we also sang president and sister a song and they cried and I teared up a little bit. And then we got to take pictures with present sister Gardner and they told me to have a great rest of my mission in that my last 3 weeks are going to be amazing. It's going to be sad to see them go but I'm also excited to meet president ence this week. And also on Friday we met with the Martin kids and that went really well they're doing amazing we also met with Judith and we read the book of Mormon with her and invited her to church and it was awesome. And then we had a really fun day Saturday we saw sandy Nelson and taught her the Plan of Salvation and that one awesome and we did weekly planning and it went really well. and Sunday was really awesome because we had president kearl come and he is awesome he's part of the mission presidency and we had Judith at church and she really liked it. it made us really happy! And then on Sunday afternoon we met with Mikel Palmer  and he's awesome we taught him the restoration he really liked it and he understood it really well he wants to be baptized but we have to wait until November 24th because he's on probation but he is really excited to be baptized. And then we also met 2 girls and they were interested and we talked them the restoration and it went really well they accept the Book of Mormon or going to try to meet with them this coming week. And yeah that was our week. Well I hope you guys had a amazing week I know that the Lord continues to help us throughout our struggles and as we continue to be faithful to him that we will be blessed and that the people around us will be blessed and I hope you have a great week let me know how your week has been!

 I love you all!

Dear family and friends, 

So this week was really good! A lot of fun stuff happen this week. So this week was the last Zone conference with President Gardner and sister Gardner and it was a whole mix of emotions it was funny it was sad it was awesome it made me glad. But it did everything but make me mad. Now back to the regular email.

So this week it was a weird week for me at first because I was stressed out about passing off scriptures and other stuff but it was really good cuz I just kept on working and on Tuesdaywe found Katie Woods and we taught her the restoration and her husband likes to really look into other religion so he's read a little bit about the Book of Mormon and so we're really excited to meet with her again this next coming week. And then on Wednesday we did split with brother Brown and cell Elder dallimore went with brother Brown and Elder birkeland and I were together and Elder dallimore and brother Brown saw a lot of people and that was really good and Elder birkeland and I just had fun. And on Friday was Zone conference and it was a lot of fun we talked about a mighty change of heart and how living the Gospel of Jesus Christ is the only way that we make it back to our father in Heaven because that's the way he acts. And I thought that was so cool we also talked about commitments and how we need to share our personal experiences with people that's how we really connect to them Heart to Heart and then we had a really cool Q&A session with president and sister Gardner. And there's a lot of really good questions about marriage and preparing for after the mission. And also helping out our family that have gone astray and also strengthening our family now. And it was just so good and there's a really funny moment where president Gardner was talking about how we need to get married as soon as possible and he said that we need to marry return missionaries and how there are 10 couple that are married that were both in this mission and he was really excited about that he fist pumped! It was so hilarious and we also sang president and sister a song and they cried and I teared up a little bit. And then we got to take pictures with present sister Gardner and they told me to have a great rest of my mission in that my last 3 weeks are going to be amazing. It's going to be sad to see them go but I'm also excited to meet president ence this week. And also on Friday we met with the Martin kids and that went really well they're doing amazing we also met with Judith and we read the book of Mormon with her and invited her to church and it was awesome. And then we had a really fun day Saturday we saw sandy Nelson and taught her the Plan of Salvation and that one awesome and we did weekly planning and it went really well. and Sunday was really awesome because we had president kearl come and he is awesome he's part of the mission presidency and we had Judith at church and she really liked it. it made us really happy! And then on Sunday afternoon we met with Mikel Palmer  and he's awesome we taught him the restoration he really liked it and he understood it really well he wants to be baptized but we have to wait until November 24th because he's on probation but he is really excited to be baptized. And then we also met 2 girls and they were interested and we talked them the restoration and it went really well they accept the Book of Mormon or going to try to meet with them this coming week. And yeah that was our week. Well I hope you guys had a amazing week I know that the Lord continues to help us throughout our struggles and as we continue to be faithful to him that we will be blessed.  Love, Elder Brewster

Pictures from District Interviews :)

My last interview: signs of the time!

 dear family and friends,

 so this week was a fun week not too much happened but it was a lot of fun. so on Tuesday I had my exit interview with President Gardner was kind of weird because 1 it was my last interview with President Gardner and 2 because I don't go home for another month. but it was a great interview! and we got a lot of fun pictures at interviews. we also got to see that APs, so it's really good to see elder moore and be able to talk to him and catch up.  and then on the Wednesday we had team up with Logan Warner and it was a ton of fun we got to see Tabetha she's doing pretty well and she has been reading everyday which is really cool and she said that she's feeling a lot of peace and she's been feeling happier because she's been doing it so that's just really awesome we're going to keep working with her and we're really excited for her. and we also and had a lot of fun going around with Logan he's a really funny kid and he is prepared to go on his mission soon. then Thursday it was just a weird day for me I just was not feeling well for some odd reason I don't know why but we just went out finding in and just start talking to people and I just start feeling a lot better I was just really cool to to see the Lord strengthen me through that day. and then on Friday we had a really good lesson with Jackie we taught the plan of salvation and she really loves us and love talking to us and she reads the book Mormon daily so it's been really cool to see her progress  and he could tell she really loved the plan of salvation because of the promise that we have that our families can be together forever she really enjoyed that part. we also had a really great dinner with Bishop Perry and his family. It seems like they really love us and trust us it's awesome. and Saturday was a lot of fun we went down to Red Cloud and finally got to teach Cassidy ray and we taught her the plan of salvation she doesn't know she wants to be baptized she still really wants to come to church cuz your husband's a member and she's already decided that she wants her unborn child to be baptized in our church but just kind of weird but she's still praying about it and so I think soon she'll know she wants to be baptized. But she's doing good she's going to come to church next week so we're really excited for that. And then we went to the Nebraska Kansas border and had a lot of fun taking a ton of pictures down there. on Sunday we went to church had a lot of fun there we had 6 investigators at church so that was awesome we also had dinner at brother woodwards and we played a bunch of games and swung on the swing. but yeah that was our week we have a lot of fun. and I just want to thank you all for all the support that I've been receiving throughout my mission it's really helped me through at the tough times and and also the good times and I just want to say that I'm so grateful to be a out on the mission to share that drove the Smith is a profit and that Jesus Christ gospel is restored on the again and that we can receive the fullest of that through the book Mormon it's been great to do this well I love you all let me know how your weeks been loved I just want to say that I'm so grateful to be out out on a mission to share that drove the Smith is a profit and that Jesus Christ gospel is restored on the earth again and that we can receive the fullest of that through the book Mormon it's been great to do this well I love you all let me know how your week been?

Love: Elder Brewster

The Lord is Hastening Hastings

 dear family and friends

 this week was a great week we have been doing amazing in Hastings! so this week we found 10 new investigators!! but the start of the week was kind of sad because Lance one of Our investigator set for baptism dropped us because he wanted to be baptized on the 16th of June or not be baptized at all and he wasn't going to quit smoking. so we told him that he can't be baptized on the 16th and he got really offended and said he didn't want to meet with us anymore. But I know it's on the Lord's timing and that he will eventually come on to Christ. his heart needs to change in it was just really hard on me at first but I kept on going with faith. It was really cool that after that I just kept working hard and we got 10 new investigators this week is just so amazing to have these miracles happened Even after that hard experience.

and here are some of the miracles that we saw this week so on Tuesday we have car fast days and right before we ended our car fast we decide to knock on this house that was turned into apartment and I had the prompting  to knock on the last door first and so we did that and the 16-year-old kid named Sebastian Let us in and we answer a lot of his questions about God and different stuff and he loved it he really love that we believe that heavenly father and Jesus Christ are two separate beings because it just made so much more sense to him and we set him for baptism on July 7th and he said he'd love to read the book of Mormon and continue to work with us. and so that was really cool we also had a sweet miracle with Judith she was a former investigator top by the missionaries about 3 years ago and she just didn't feel comfortable with being baptized and really know the reasons why but now she knows it's all true and really wants to be baptized so we set her for July 7th also but we were thinking about it and thinking that we should set her for June 30th because it seems like she would be prepared for that day. 

And there are a lot more miracles that happened this week but I wanted to share this next one. so it started on Thursday night we were going finding and we knocked on the door and this guy slammed it in her face but we are completely fine we kept on going and then the next day we are walking by going to try a potential  and he stopped and apologizes for being so rude and we start talking to him by the way his name is Justin and we started talking to him and we taught him the restoration and they really liked it and we thought to his needs  and he said we could come back and that he would read the Book of Mormon and he would really try to learn more and so was really cool talk to him and his girlfriend and there's just a cool thing to see Heavenly Father change the hearts of people in Hastings

 so that's just all the miracles that happened this week.

 but this week was just a lot of fun we had district meeting and it was really good hand really fun all about helping our investigators keep commitments and

we also had dinner with brother Brown and that was lots of fun. we also had dinner with the Warner's and I love brother Warner he's so funny. and we went finding on Sunday night and we just found so many potential and investigators are just crazy it's just amazing to see how the Lord is working with these people and preparing them to hear the gospel. well, that was my week sorry if it sounded a little jumbled but it was just a rollercoaster of emotions but it ended amazingly. And I just want to say that I know this church is true that Joseph Smith was a prophet and that the Book of Mormon will change your life if we read it every day. 

 and I know that the spirit guides this every day and the spirit has guided me every day this week in this just been awesome to see that. so let me know how the spirit has guided you this week? 

well I love you all

The Trinity is going to "kill" me LOL

 dear family and friends,

 so it's official I'm in my last transfer in my mission. :-( and this week has been really good so we got two new investigators this week. and now we are in a trio! so elder Birkeland  is the third wheel of our group. and he is from Boise Idaho and his dad is Mormon famous. His dad was in the RM and also home teachers and the singles ward.  elder Birkeland

says he is the chubby white guy with blonde hair.  and I also found out he knows my old priest quorum advisor Billy light so that's really sweet. and so this transfer our mission has a goal of getting 50 baptism the new really excited for that and be able to get that goal and then we've also made a goal and we have a code name for it it's called Hastening Hastings case and with that we are trying to get 3 baptism this transfer and also try to help the ward be more helpful and missionary work we also have a funny unity sign between us 3 and we call it comp Trinity, instead of comp unity. and then this week we met with Lance Ryan at ton and set him for baptism on June 16th he's doing really well he's reading the Book of Mormon and he is starting to quit smoking.  so he definitely needs your prayers.

 we also saw Tabitha Bradford and her cousin And we taught her the plan salvation and it went really well.  and what was really cool is still on Friday night I was praying I wanted to be guided by the spirit and I was thinking about Tabitha know what we should do and asked heavenly father when we should see Tabitha and and I felt like we should see her on Saturday at 3 p.m. and so I wrote it down and then we planned it and we actually saw her literally but they said what they couldn't meet with us so they said they'll be at the park and so we went finding and then we just like us just go at the park and we start walking there she's down there right at 3 p.m. and so that was just a really cool miracle that we had about how the house the Lord answers prayers. and so it's been really fun being in a trio and and we just had a lot of fun it's like having a sleepover every night. Well I hope you guys have a great week and let me know how your prayers been going and how you've been doing lately. I love you all!

 love elder Brewster

best present for a birthday is a bunch of miracles :)

 Dear family and friends,

 so this week was full of miracles. but before I get to all of those miracles I just wanted to thank everyone for all the birthday emails and if you want to continue to send me birthday emails and other emails I wouldn't mind at all.   now back to the miracles so it all started on Monday night we went to go see a potential investigator and we walked up to the house and scarlet one of our new investigators comes out before we even get to the house and she says "you're coming to see me right?" then we found out she has been going through a really hard time lately because her husband just left her and so we started to talking to her and she said that some of her family are Mormon and her aunt told her after this experience that she needs to read the Book of Mormon so before we could even really talked to her she asked us if she could have one and then we taught the restoration and it just went so well and she had so many questions that a lot of them we answered and it was just really cool to see her at come on to Christ when she was in such a difficult time. and then on Tuesday we met this man named Lance he is in a wheelchair right now but he is working on getting out of it pretty soon and we stop by his house and he's been having a really hard time lately and just really wanting to come on the Christ and receive a remission of sins. you can really tell that he wants that and so we met with him on Tuesday and also on Sunday night and he said that he will wants to be baptized in our church and come to church next Sunday so which super excited to work with him and then we got one investigator that is in Red Cloud to what we're going to start doing is having video call lessons with her and her were really excited to work with her and the help her. yeah just been a really great week for miracles we also wanted to really find a new investigator on Friday and so we we kept on going to keep finding and it was the last 10 minutes of the night we see this one house with a light on and so we knock on it and 3 older teenagers come out and start talking with us and we share the restoration with them and they really liked it and they said we could come back and share more this message and so that was the last 10 minutes of our night on Friday and so just really cool to see that miracle.

 oh and before I forget we got a call today from our apartment coordinator that they're going to deliver us a third bed because we're going to be in a Trio and so I'm really excited for that elder Dallimore  really excited for that and we hope we get someone good. And so I most likely not be transferred because of the Trio situation. what a way to end off a mission.

 we also had district meeting this week and so everyone ware red for district meeting because it was elder Dallimore and my birthdays. also it was really sad brother Orcutt move back to Cheyenne Wyoming so we're really sad because he was awesome. but it was great that we found 6 new investigators this week it's just so awesome to see those miracles and to be able to see the Lord's hand in his work it's just amazing to see what he will do if we have faith. I just want to say that I'm so glad I'm serving a mission I'm super excited for this next transfer and the ability I have to share about the Book of Mormon and how Joseph Smith has a prophet I'm so excited for my last 6 weeks it's going to be a blast! well that was my week I hope you guys had a wonderful week this week please let me know how it went. I love you all!

 

Love: elder Brewster

good week/not quite as awesome, but good!

 dear family and friends

 so this week wasn't as awesome as last week but we had a lot of fun at zone conference and state conference. so I'll start from the beginning of the week so on Tuesday we had zone conference and that was really cool we focused on how we could overcome the lies of the adversary! and also how we need to make the gospel not just the check list but a what what we become from living it and how it has changed us not just that let's get it done list. And so that was really good. We also talked about how we can use our members better and how by just getting to know their friends not even teaching their friends will be able to talk to more people and will be able to have more contact with other people in that they will begin to have more interest in the church.

 and I also got to see to missionaries that went to Timpanogos while I was there their names are elder jacot and sister Anderson and so that was really cool. we also had a pretty good lesson with the Marten kids they're doing really well and we're going to start at working with their friends and try to talk to their friends about the gospel too so we're really excited for that they're really excited for that. William Marten said he wants to give his friend Book of Mormon and so we gave him one and he's really excited for that so we're going to ask them how that went this week. then nothing much happened on Wednesday but on Thursday we met this lady her name is Lindsay and we taught her the full restoration and she really liked it and said that she no it's God would not leave them alone and that she would give the people of the source new scripture not just old stuff but new stuff too! and so that went really well we couldn't meet with her on Saturday she wasn't home and on Sunday she wasn't feeling well so we're going to try her this week and try to get her to church so we're really excited for that. and not too much happen on Friday except weekly planning. then on Saturday not much happen either. but sunday was amazing so brother Corunna drove a to Kearney and we got to meet elder K. David Scott of the 70 and got the shake his hand and he talked a lot about making little changes in our life and to begin again today and then he talked also about this really cool things that I didn't really noticed until recently and it was that heavenly Father always gathers us together and Satan always separates us the for tears us apart. and that was just a big eye opener and he gave us a lot of examples of things in his life and our life that we can do to understand the gospel better. one of the ways he did that was telling one of the ways he did that was telling us a story about one time where he was going to go do something and they went downstairs and went through a whole bunch of rooms and right before he got to the room that he needs to go to he forgot why he was there and he did that 2 or 3 times and never remembered why he went down there and he related that to us coming down to this earth sometimes you get distracted where we can't remember why we're down here. And that was really cool too and then after a steak conference I saw two missionaries that I served around at the beginning of my mission and the middle of my mission.  so I first saw elder Goodwin and he now lives in Broken Bow which is in our stake  and it was really good to see him he has a beard now.  but the one that was really great to see was elder bair he was my eyes only either one I was in O'Neill and so we had a lot of fun and is great to see to see and talk to him and to meet his wife. And then we had another really cool miracle on Sunday night we met this lady named Ashley and we walk  up to her and she wasn't super interested she but she wants to learn more about other religions and that's really cool but then we asked her if we could share 5-minute restoration and she change her desire went up and she read the Book of Mormon and said that she'd be baptized if she knew that it was true and so we're going to go see her this next coming Sunday! so that was my week also this coming week is my birthday so email me because I'd love to get a bunch of emails but how you guys are doing and what's going on well I love you all

Love: Elder Brewster