1st transfer gone :(

Hello Everyone!

One transfer has already flown by. I am staying in Cochran (don't be too shocked :D ) and am super excited to continue working with the people here. I feel like we are about to see a huge breakthrough in meeting people who want to hear our message. I'm so excited for all of them! Whoever they are :)

Jazmin and I became best friends from the first
moment I met her and her family.

This week was crazy. We ended up going to Macon (about an hour away) twice! Talk about a blow to our plans. Even with these trips (one expected, one not), the Lord still put those people we needed to see in to our path. For example, last week we were going to visit one of our investigators but she and her two back ups (people we were going to see if she wasn't there) fell through. On our way back to the car, we ran into 3 people who all wanted to talk to us one right after another. It happened so fast we could barely keep up with all the conversations. One of the men is coming to church next week (a ride has already been arranged and he is so excited!) with his fiance and his godmother. The other man we met just had a death in the family and could truly use our message. He was having such a hard time coping. We plan on meeting with him more this week and bringing him cookies or something to show him we love him and are here to help. It is amazing the people God will place in your path when you are willing to listen to the spirit no matter how small the prompting. 

A neat story from this week: 

For the past several months we have been working with a man. His name is Clay and is married to a sweet woman who was just baptized in January. She read the Book of Mormon in three days and wanted to be baptized as soon as she could. Her husband, Clay, was very much against the church. To keep the story short, he basically told her she was joining a cult and it was either him or the church. Well, she said "see ya later." this shocked clay and he quickly told her she could be baptized and he wanted to learn more about this church she felt so strongly was true. Months later, he is still being taught by us. It is amazing to see the progress he has made so far from where he was. It is slow, but it is progress. Recently he got very sick. He was against the idea of receiving a blessing of healing, but one day we got a text from his wife saying it was so bad and that Clay had asked for a blessing. We set one up and went over there. The experience was incredible. After the blessing, Clay said he could not remember the last time he felt that much peace. He kept saying thank you, thank you. His wife was so happy and we told him this was the comfort of the Holy Ghost that God was blessing him with. We explained that he could have that all the time after baptism. It was a wonderful experience.

With a church on every corner here (literally),
we thought it was funny this one had a traffic sign.

Other than that, things were a little cooler this week (hallelujah) or we just weren't outside as much. We met someone who speaks French! That's almost unheard of in Georgia. Sister Cattin is very excited because she served in France before coming to Georgia. Everything's good in Cochran!

Thank you all for being so wonderful! The Lord has a plan for each and everyone of you. When things get tough, remember that if we put our trust in Him, He WILL direct our paths. It's hard to do completely, but it is most definitely the best and only way to go. 

Love,

Sister Brown