Week 100: December 4

Hey family,

This week was exactly the same as last week with few things that happened, Elder Naylor was still dead all week, we went to tons of doctors appointments they took his tube out I guess they are going to wait on surgery and see if it doesn’t come back. I think he should just have the surgery to make sure it doesn’t happen again. We are at doctors right now to get another chest X Ray.

We did have awesome dinner appointments, with one of the main families that we eat with they have a nonmember that lives there and he is a cool dude, we taught him the restoration and about he Book of Mormon, it was cool. He has had some bad experiences going to different churches and we invited him to come to ours and he said maybe, we had another lesson with him 2 days later about the Book of Mormon and that was pretty cool. We read the introductions with him and he was blown away by it. It was awesome I think he will get baptized pretty soon. But that was just about all of my week. This week my plan was about self reliance and has me do these key things,

Exercise faith in Jesus Christ
» Be obedient
» Solve problems, act for yourself
» Become one, serve others  

We will be able to become self reliant temporally emotionally and spiritually, the lord has provided a way for us to become what we want to become and what he wants us to become. That was pretty much my week. Love you! 

Elder Devin Brown 

brown.devin@myldsmail.net

840 6^th Street

Fortuna, CA 95540 

Week 99: November 27

Hey!! I got my package thank you! And thank you dad for that little pie! Haha, this week was the exact same as last week. Elder Naylor is still dead. We took him to the doctor to get his tube out but they said the air pocket was still there and that he needed to keep it in so now today we are waiting for a call for him to go in and get surgery to fix it permanently, so yeah haven’t done much but sit and ponder life haha.

I did get him to go to thanksgiving dinner that was good had some non members show up. Sounds like you guys had a good thanksgiving but yeah I did do my plan it was a good section this week, what about continuously being a disciple of Jesus Christ and that we are always a missionary and to never forget that, also being that light at all times standing as a witness where ever we are, no matter what circumstance. It was good next this week it’s on eternal marriage 😬😆

I do like that analogy (we sent him an analogy Brother Fowler gave in Sunday School about going camping and having clouds of mosquitos. He used repellant but missed his wrists and ankles (the mosquitos of course found the “chink in his armor” and attacked). He compared that the Satan—he will find the chink in your armor and attack you there. An interesting analogy., as we put on the armor of god yes we protect ourselves from the big blows but Satan does know us and he has the dagger that fits perfectly between that armor but that’s what life is about even if we are doing everything we should be doing life isn’t perfect or going to be and that’s just fine cause life isn’t supposed to be that way we picked Heavenly fathers plan and that means we will face opposition to help us become like him, and that’s why the Atonement is so amazing cause we need it even if we have all the armor of god on we still are imperfect but it is so much easier to get through life with it haha. But yeah that’s pretty much my week.

Elder Devin Brown 

brown.devin@myldsmail.net

840 6^th Street

Fortuna, CA 95540

Week 98: November 20

Hey!! Sounds like everyone had a good week this week, my week was exciting but not at the same time haha. Had transfers was this week got my new comp Elder Naylor he is a cool guy. I was with elder turley in eureka while we waited for our comps on Tuesday.

But Wednesday my companion had to go to the Emergency room because he got a air bubble in his right lung that if it didn’t get taken care of his lung would have collapsed, so we were in the emergency room all of Wednesday and he got a chest tube put in to drain the air out, so he has been in pain since then we will go to the doctor early this week and get it removed and after that he should be good. But that’s my whole week we couldn’t go out and do anything.

I am also doing my plan it’s a online thing they have you do right before going home, its has you set goals so you don’t go less active cause 50% of missionaries do. And it talks about goals we want to have while going home, it’s pretty cool 😎 but that’s my week love you guys! 

Elder Devin Brown 

brown.devin@myldsmail.net

840 6^th Street

Fortuna, CA 95540

Week 97: November 13

Hello family!

So for transfers! I am getting a new companion obviously haha, elder Hathaway left this morning and he will be home tomorrow! Super crazy how fast time goes by. But I will be getting Elder Naylor I don’t know much about him he is probably from Utah and I have only met him like twice. All I know is he is super smart so that’s cool 😎 I am excited I got 36 days left and that is just insane to think about.

But a little recap of my week had pday on Monday played basketball sprained my ankle pretty bad but oh well I had it coming haha.

Tuesday we didn’t have district meeting because zone conference was on Wednesday, so we did some finding and elder Hathaway said goodbye to Peggy that day because she was going out of town for the rest of the week.

Wednesday we had zone conference which was pretty good it was great to see president wright and sister wright I will definitely miss them so much. But we learned about the new smartphones that we just got! That’s crazy haha. And we learned about the gospel of Jesus Christ the third lesson and we had to teach it in 4 minutes and that was insane, but it was a good time, we also learned about how to help investigators keep commitments because that’s a huge thing investigators struggle with (of course cause it’s change haha) but we got some really good advice on that. It was also awesome to see some missionaries I started my mission with and I got pictures with them. After zone conference we went to dinner out on the farm where we did the service chopping would, that was fun we got meat loaf the second time in 2 years! Idk why but people don’t make meat loaf out here haha. So mom you gotta make meet loaf when I get home 😜

Thursday Elder Hathaway got super sick with a head cold so basically we stayed away from everyone until Saturday.

Friday we weekly planned.

Saturday was awesome we got a referral from Utah for this young girl who moved up here in Fortuna and she was going to church in Utah and really liked it and her name is Irina, she was adopted from Russia when she was 4. And she has a sister still there and she wants to go back there to see her so that’s a crazy story, but we met with her and taught her the Restoration it was cool she loved it and wants to continue to learn more, that was the highlight of the week.

Sunday we actually drove down to maranda again and gave another talk down there which was crazy haha. But it was good Elder Hathaway got to say goodbye to all of them. And the rest of the day we went around saying goodbye to all the members and getting pictures with them, this morning we said goodbye to them and I am staying with elder dye for the day. But that was my week! Sounds like you guys had a good week to! Love u!

Elder Devin Brown

brown.devin@myldsmail.net

840 6th St. 

Fortuna, CA 95540 

Week 96: November 6

Hello! My week was pretty good Halloween was pretty sweet, we didn’t do anything fun really haha. Aspen the dog is doing really good she is super cute as usual 👍 I will try to get a pic with her tonight. Monday was good we had pday just did the normal ball and played magic, that night we went on Exchanges I was with elder dye up in Arcata it was fun, visited some people.

Tuesday we visited a lot of people and Halloween was sweet just a normal day it was good.

Wednesday we had district meeting that was the normal after we went finding a little bit. And we met with Peggy and made sure she was ready for baptism and she had an interview with our mission president, that all went well.

Then on Thursday was just another day went finding a little bit visited some member to say hi, that night we had the Book of Mormon class with a ton of old people it was fabulous.

Friday was weekly planning.

Saturday we got ready for our baptism with Peggy all day it was super good the baptism was at 4 was an awesome baptism elder Hathaway baptized her, a lot of the members showed up to support her that was needed.

Sunday was church, after we went less active finding. Had an awesome dinner with the Harrison’s. But that was my week!! Love u 

Elder Devin Brown 

brown.devin@myldsmail.net

840 6th St. 

Fortuna, CA 95540 

Week 95: October 30

Hey so this week was basically full time service haha, so this weeks going to be short but Monday was good we had pday balled so hard played magic.

Tuesday was district meeting that was good after we went and had a lesson with our investigator (Peggy) that is getting baptized this Saturday! So that is sweet! After we went and did some service moving boxes.

Wednesday we went and had another lesson with her, after that we had service at the food bank and then we went and helped our other investigators with their house that they moved out of because they moved and they had to clean it. That was pretty sweet.

Thursday we went to a members and helped her chop wood and stack it it was super fun they got a lot of dogs, one of them looks like a lion it’s so big haha. But it was fun she had 2 huge owls In her broken down barn which was super cool to see. Thursday we did service for a member in Loleta they cut down trees they got a chipper so we came and chipped all the wood then went around their house and put some of it in there flower beds and then we went and dumped the rest, that pretty much took all day.

Friday was weekly planning we went and helped some others move there yard around.

Saturday was a normal day we prepared talks because we are talking Sunday down in the maranda branch that we cover, and we did a little finding after.

Sunday we went down and gave our talks and visited some people down there they also fed us lunch which was super cool, we drove back up and had dinner delivered to us. So that was pretty much my week! Love you guys 

Elder Devin Brown 

brown.devin@myldsmail.net

840 6th St. 

Fortuna, CA 95540 

Week 94: October 23

This week was good Monday we had pday we played basketball did the normal thing on pday that night we went over to our neighbors which is the members that own the house and played foosball which was super fun. A lot more fun than I thought.

Tuesday we had district meeting which was sweet had a good practice on the Atonement. After we did some finding we also saw a couple people on our list we tried seeing some of our investigators but non of them answered sadly.

Wednesday was cool we went down to maranda which is a small town about and hour south of Fortuna part of our area, they have a small branch there and we went down there for the day and had dinner and tried to see some potentials which was not that successful but we had a sweet dinner with a awesome family out in the woods, they feed deer from there hands so that was super cool to watch super cute.

Thursday we had something cool happen, this less active came knocking on our door and said this guy needed help really bad moving cause his friend bailed on him, and it was supposed to rain that day so we ran over there and helped him for a couple hours and prayed that the rain would hold off and it did until we were done so that was super cool. He was a really cool dude, planted some seed hopefully he wasn’t really interesting in learning more but nice guy. After that we went and did some finding.

Friday was weekly planning day, had a sweet dinner that night with some old people that really like to talk so we got stuck there for a while.

Saturday was good we visited a couple members and some less actives, also did some service helping a member move some stuff.

Sunday was church which was sweet, after we visited a potential and after had dinner with a really awesome family, there daughter reminds me of aspen, super smart and loves to read and does gymnastics 🤸‍♂️ awesome family. But that was my week! Love u 

Elder Devin Brown

brown.devin@myldsmail.net

840 6th St. 

Fortuna, CA 95540