Week 65: Last Christmas in the mission!

  December 29, 2014

Friends & Family,

So this week was GREAT. Christmas Eve, we made tamales, some had chicken, beef, and cheese & Jalapenos. YUMMM!!! We just hung out with people in our branch, it was so fun. 

Christmas was amazing. I loved every minute of it. I loved skyping my family!!! I miss them so much and just love them SOOO MUCH!!! It's nice to say that the next time I see my family is NOT going to be over Skype... :) After skyping we just went home and RELAXED.... we watched some bible videos and took naps.. I know it sounds lame and weird BUT as missionaries we don't really get to really relax... EVER...  So it was so good!! :) 

So our Saturday didn't go as we planned.... after we studied we were eating lunch then decided to take our beds apart to make more room in our bed room.... So these are steel bed frames.. I get on and try to jump to take it apart, I got one side then my companion Hermana Nyre gets the other side, she jumps and it falls and then she lands on a sharp steal spring.... she starts yelling and screaming and crying... all I see is blood.. I ALMOST passed out... ( I am so glad my other companion was there to take care of her and help her, I wouldn't have been able to do that. haha) I went in the other room while I called my mission presidents wife. The cut is like 2 1/2 inches long and REALLY DEEP!! So we go and get her in the car as I am driving to the urgent care... the wait was 3 hours long.............. I said a quick prayer to get us in a little quicker than 3 hours.... it was only a 1 hour wait...  she got back there and got some stitches.. six stitches!! I could watch. I felt so sick after... I think I take after my dad?? (does that sounds familiar daddy?) haha, But she is doing good now, on crutches so it's hard to do missionary work. haha Soon she will be better!! :) She is a strong girl!! I just felt so bad for her.. :( Poor girl! hahaha.

So my other companion, Hermana Newman is going home today...I am very sad but happy for her. She has been such an amazing example to me! She has taught me so much in the 6 weeks we had! :) I will miss her a lot but I will see her soon!! :) I LOVE HER!! 

So transfers are next week, Next week I should have some NEWS.. :) 

Well, Thank you for those people who sent me a letter or package, it meant a lot to me. I will write you when I get the chance!! :) 

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM VIRGINIA :) 

Love and miss ya'll!!! :) 

Hermana Brugman

 

Week 64: Feliz Navidad!

 December 22, 2014

 

 

Friends & Family,

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE.... I hope that ya'll have a great Christmas!! I love and miss you all!!! :)

As a mission, we all got together and had a Christmas devotional. WE WATCHED POLAR EXPRESS... I was so happy that we got to watch that.... I cried a little. haha!! So we watched that then ate lunch then had a musical program. All of the Spanish speaking sisters sang a song in Spanish, it was good :)

I am in love with Hispanic food.... I really can't wait to come home and "TRY" to make this for all ya'll..I tried "sopas" for the first time. IT WAS SO GOOD!! It's like a homemade tortilla deep fried with chicken, lettuce, tomatoes,  salsa, avocado... SO GOOD! And the other thing is called "Pasole" Its a soup and you put lime and lettuce in it!!! I want to eat this food for EVER! haha :) I am loving this branch so much and loving the culture :)

We had a Christmas party for our branch.. SO FUN!!! A lot of food, dances, singing. Santa came... That was great!! Had some piñatas. It was such a fun Christmas party! :) I love this time of the year!!! :)

In my studies the other day I learned so much. One of my new favorite scriptures is in the Bible in Luke 9:23 is reads, "And He said to them all, if any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow him." I love this scripture so much because we are always told to follow Jesus Christ. That does mean when we follow Him that are life will be perfect. His life was NOT perfect, He was perfect. He went through so much pain, and sufferings and much more for us. Yes we need to follow Jesus Christ, but what are we doing EVERYDAY to take up his cross and follow him? What sacrifices are we making for Him?

I love this church so much. I learn so much everyday!! I know that through Jesus Christ that we can be clean again. Only through Jesus Christ, WE can be saved. He is the way, the ONLY way!!

I hope ya'll have a good Christmas.

FELIZ NAVIDAD!! :) 

Hermana Brugman

Week 63: Blessings!

 December 15, 2014

Friends & Family,

You know we are missionaries when we eat RAW CHICKEN... and don't get sick.... 

HAHAHA.. we went to this persons house and the chicken wasn't all the way done, but they were eating it so WE HAD TO.. I was trying so hard not to gag.. But the result of this experience, God is REALLY watching over us. :) 

This area is so amazing, we have seen so many miracles this week. All of our investigators are doing amazing!! It is so much fun speaking Spanish. There is always reasons why you get transferred to some areas. There is ALWAYS something new to learn, trials, people waiting for you. I feel that I am here for this person specifically. EVERYTIME I talk to her I feel like I know her. We connected right away. She told me the other day when she was hugging me, how special I am and how much she loves me after 2 visits!!! She made me a Puerto Rican dish (MOFONGO). Just for me! I love her so much!!! I just want to go over every day and talk with her!! :) Her Spanish is beautiful, I LOVE it! :)  

So our mission was blessed with a general authority coming, Elder Snow. It was an amazing conference!! I have such a strong testimony that God has called a Prophet in our days!!! Everything always comes down to how Heavenly Father just LOVES US. He loves us so much so he gives us our families, Temples, Churches, The Book of Mormon, Prophets, EVERYTHING!! Also since it’s the Christmas Season everyone is talking about Jesus Christ. We should think about Him not just when Christmas comes, but we should be thinking about how Jesus Christ died for everyone...all of our temptation, sicknesses, sins, afflictions and ALL our trials..(Alma 7:11-13). We need to everyday think about what is one thing I can do to follow Jesus Christ today? I love this Gospel with all my heart. I have never felt so much joy in my life. This is the TRUE Gospel. I can't wait to live with my Father in Heaven again someday, with my family!!! :)

I just am so grateful for the Gospel in my life and for the spirit and love that I feel from living this Gospel. I am beyond happy! :) Thank you all for everything you do for me!! :) 

People here are really nice, random fact: We went to target the other... and some lady came up to us and said have a merry Christmas and gave us 20$. MADE OUR DAY!!

I love and miss ya'll!! :) 

Hermana Brugman

Week 62: Jaymee's First Sunday at the Spanish Branch!

  December 8, 2014

Jaymee's New Zone

 Friends & Family,

I was sick from Friday till Tuesday!!! I stayed inside all those days and was about to go CRAZY!!!!!!!!!! haha I am so glad I am feeling better!!! anyways...

I am in love with his area, You all are going to hear a lot of this I am sorry! hahaha but I am so happy. My heart is so full. We are teaching these three investigators that are amazing!! These people have so much faith!!! Their desire to come unto Christ is out the roof.

I am so blessed to have been called to speak Spanish, my Spanish is NOT perfect but I am so grateful I can have conversation and understand what they are saying, I am learning everyday!! I love Spanish so much!!! I love Virginia Beach, the members of the church here are amazing!!!

My first Sunday at the Spanish branch... IT WAS AMAZING!! It is different than English. The doctrine is ALL the same but just the environment is different. I love it! when I get home I want to go to a Spanish branch every once in awhile. haha :)  We had 1 investigator come to church, that was a miracle!! :)

So one day we were having a rough day, all of our lessons didn't work out... so we had nothing to do. So we prayed and asked where to go. We felt the impression to go to this park and talk to everyone. We found these two Hispanics. It was a miracle. They want to learn more. Long story short, it showed us how much God loves us. He always has a plan! And His plan is perfect.

On my mission I have learned that If something is supposed to happen... HE will MAKE it happen! He loves us so much... That knowledge of how we are all his children fills my heart!!! :) I love this gospel so much. I know that this church is SO true!! My testimony has grown so much.. I am grateful for the opportunity that I have to serve the Lord. I am beyond happy. I love the Lord with all my Heart!!!!!!! :)

Hermana Brugman

Week 61: Next stop...Virginia Beach!

  December 1, 2014

Jaymee and her new companions (Hma. Nyre & Hma. Newman)

Friends & Family,

So this week was CRAZY. hahaha It didn't go as I planned.. but it's okay. haha So we went to the transfer meeting to pick up our trainee. Her name is Hermana Nyre and she is from..... (drum roll.....) UTAH!!!!!! hahaha. She is great! She loves to work so that is a plus. So we went straight to Virginia Beach and got to WORK!!! :) I love Hermana Newman so much. She makes me laugh all the time!!! SHE IS THE BEST :)

So Thanksgiving was GREAT. haha I really am in LOVE with this Spanish Branch. I feel like I learned so much Spanish already. I understand and talk more which is GREAT!!!!!! I am so happy here. Everyone is so understanding! Sooo.... you have to eat all your food on your plate. It's just what you have to do, eat everything. So we get to dinner for Thanksgiving... you think you ate a lot already... I PROBABLY ate 10x what you ate. hahaha NO JOKE............. I gained 3 lbs.... just in one night.... hahaha funny huh....  anyways...

So my companion the new one, Hermana Nyre... couldn't eat her food... hahaha so I had to eat it. What I do for my companions haha! Anyways. Thanksgiving was great! I loved it. It was a fun experience that I probably won't ever have again!!! The Branch here is really amazing though! 

Everywhere we go to teach they feed us!! ITS GREAT! :) 

I just love the people here and love speaking Spanish!!!!! It brings me so much joy!!! :) 

So Friday I started feeling sick.. I had a fever... so I just relaxed and slept all day and night.... hoping I would feel better in the morning. NOPE.. still had a fever, cough, achy. Slept ALL day. then Sunday... I STILL didn't feel good. So my mission president told me to go to urgent care... so we went and took sacrament at a different church and left to go to the urgent care.. that took 3 HOURS......  but whatever... I have the flu. Yay.... haha so I have a senior couple missionaries come and "babysit me " while my other two companions go out...

But anyways I love my new area. I am truly so happy!!! :) I love being a missionary! 

I miss and love ya'll!!! 

Hermana Brugman

Week 60: It's Transfers again!

 November 24, 2014

Friends & Family,

I love Gloucester SO much!!!! Every place I go I get attached to members. I love them so much. I love everyone I meet. I am so grateful for the opportunity to serve a mission and meet all these people.

 So I am getting transferred to Virginia Beach. I will be with Sister Newman and we both are training together!!! So that will be fun! Also, I will be able to serve in a Spanish branch, so EVERYTHING will be in Spanish. I am very excited about that because I have served in all English so far!!! I am grateful for that and really excited!! I will miss everyone in Gloucester and I love them VERY MUCH!!! I am grateful for ALL they did for me and my companion.

So something crazy we found out. Our church is buying out YouTube for one day on December 7 so all the ads and everything will relate to The Church of Jesus Christ Day-saints on that day! CRAZY HUH? I think that that will be so crazy!!!

This week was great!! We had a lot of success!! We are so excited for one of our investigators getting married in 4 days and getting baptized December 20, I am hoping and praying I will be able to go back for her baptism, HOPEFULLY!!!  But I will miss her a lot!!!

I am really sad me and Hermana Camps are getting split apart. She will always be my best friend!!! She has made these last 3 months so fun!!! She is so great and I am VERY grateful for her and the example she was to me!!! :)

Hma. Camps and another girl getting ready to serve a mission!

 Since Thanksgiving is coming up I just want to say I am so grateful for all of you. I am grateful for my amazing parents and family, my ward family at home, and my friends!! You know who you are. Mostly I am so grateful for this Gospel! The joy and happiness it brings to me and my family!!! I am loving my life and having the time of my life!!! I have never been so happy!

I am excited to Skype in 1 month and see ya’ll in 18 weeks!!! :)

I love and miss ya’ll :)

Hermana Brugman

Week 59: Rely on the Lord!

  November 17, 2014

Sunday night fun, playing scrabble! :)

Friends & Family,

I am so sorry... this is going to be really short..I am emailing all of my family right now!! So I don't have much time left!!! SO I AM SORRY!!!! this will be lame!!

This week was good!! We set one of our investigators with a date of December 20, 2015. So that will be great! We are so excited for her! :) We just love being around her! She really is just great. Another investigator is set for December 13, 2014

Transfers are this next week.  I really DON'T want to leave this area. I am so sad that it is the day BEFORE Thanksgiving... so I will be soooo sad if I get transferred right before. Of course it is what the Lord wants but I will be sad. I am loving it more and more every day. The members here are seriously amazing!!!I feel so at home when I am around these members.

These last couple of weeks I have learned so much,  I have came close to my Father in Heaven.  I love that with whatever we need... we need to rely on him!!I love this scripture that I read this morning in The Book of Mormon, Alma 37:36-37 it says, "Yea, and cry unto God for all thy support; yea, let ALL thy doings be unto the Lord, and whithersoever thou goest let it be in the Lord; yea, let all thy thoughts be directed unto the Lord; yea, let the affections of thy heart be placed upon the Lord forever. Counsel with the Lord in ALL thy doings, and he will direct thee for the good; yea, when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord, that he may watch over you in your sleep; and when thou risest in the morning let thy hearts be full of thanks unto God; and if ye do these things, ye shall be lifted up at the last day. "I love this scripture. If you have any doubts, questions, concerns... ANYTHING. Go to your Father in Heaven. He will help you. He listens to your prayers and answers them!!I have had so many cool experiences lately where I just feel his love for me!

Love, Hermana Brugman

Week 58

 November 10, 2014

Jaymee and her past companions! :)

Friends & Family,

Man I really can't tell you how many times I have ignored the Spirit in the last 2 months... You think that I would know by now but NO. haha So many things happen throughout the day ( like 3 times a day) where I feel like I need to do something else or whatever but I just ignore it and than 10 minutes I was like ahhh I was thinking that... But I just think to myself no its just myself.. it's not the Spirit. SO... I learned... that no matter if you think it is the Spirit or yourself... If it is something good.... IT IS THE SPIRIT.. just do it. If it's bad it's not. So this week's focus is following the promptings of the Spirit!!!

Funny story, My companion was showering. (our water sucks.. it just stops working in the middle of our shower and drizzles out..) So she was showering at night, Note: its 35 degrees outside so it's cold inside, we just turned the heater on. The water stops..... all I hear is HERMANA!!!!!!!!! I ran in there... I thought she died or something and she said LOOK.... IT STOPPED.. (It was literally dripping so slow. I started laughing.... I said okay I can pour some water ( from our water jugs) on your head and she said no its fine...then 5 minutes later.... HERMANA.... maybe can you do that.. so I filled up a bowl and started pouring it over the shower so she can wash her hair.. hahahah she was so cold.. She got out of the shower and said... "Thanks for bathing me..." HAHAHA it was the funniest thing ever!!!! I love my companion.. We have so much fun!!! She is so funny!!! :) There is NEVER a dull moment with her.... :)

So we have these meetings called zone meetings the first Friday of every month. This zone meeting was the most powerful meeting every. I have NEVER felt Heavenly Fathers LOVE so strong before. I literally felt that his arms were wrapped around me... I just have been a little sad at not teaching Hispanics, most of you know I am supposed to teach in Spanish but both of my areas now have been all English expect a few people.. it's been really hard for me in learning a new language when we don't teach anyone. These past couple of weeks I just have been struggling.. I have came to a realization that it doesn't matter what language I speak.. EVERYONE needs to hear about the gospel.. and this zone meeting was perfect for me!!! I felt Heavenly Fathers love and it made me so happy!!!! I love this gospel. It is so true!!!!! It is the ONLY way we can learn to get back to our Loving Heavenly Father!!!!! :)

Have a great week!! LOVE YA'LL!!

Hermana Brugman

These pictures are from a Hispanic Festival!

Week 57: Happy Halloween!

  November 3, 2014

Friends & Family,

This week was GOOD.  It is so weird having holidays when you are away from home. It didn't even feel like Halloween happened. haha but whatever :) For Halloween, we had to be in at 6:15 to be safe. So we came home and carved pumpkins, and hung out. It was fun!!

FUNNY story: ME.. Locked  myself out of the bathroom. I was on the outside and couldn't get in... so I call the elders and ask them what I should do... they sat there and laughed for like 3 minutes.... NEVER CALLING THEM AGAIN. hahaha I had a blonde moment..... :/

This week the Spirit was VERY strong with me and my companion. haha! So we both felt like we shouldn't go to this house but we both didn't say a word to each other. SO WE DROVE 25 MINUTES...  and just kept going... and we got into the driveway... and it was pitch dark and we both looked at each other and I drove off really fast and left. We both don't know why we didn't feel right and we never will know, but we are so glad that we have the Spirit with us and we are directed by the Spirit. We both wished one of us would have said something before.. but we didn't. I am just so grateful for the Spirit and being in tune with the Spirit. I have learned so much about the Spirit on my mission. It is amazing. Yeah, we feel the Spirit but we HAVE to act on the feelings we get.

 Another note, again we felt the Spirit as we were teaching a lesson last night.. I felt very prompted to ask a  certain question.... an my companion is speaking and I was going to ask it after she was done.. but she asked him that exact question.. I thought I thought of that question all by myself. NOPE it was the Spirit.  I just love being a missionary and experiencing these things for myself. This gospel is so true, there is no doubt about it.

There was a scripture that I read this morning.. yeah I have read it 100 times but today it grabbed my attention and now is my favorite! Also it is in the Bible as well as in the Book of Mormon. I love finding scriptures that are in both because some people don't think we believe in the Bible  and that The Book or Mormon was "just added". So it is just a testimony builder to me that we believe in the Bible AND The Book of Mormon AND THAT THEY WORK HAND AND HAND!!   It is in the Book of Mormon, 2 Nephi 26:24, "He doeth not anything save it be for the benefit of the world; for he LOVETH the world, even that he LAYETH down his OWN life that he may draw all men unto him. Wherefore, he commandeth none that they shall not partake of his salvation." The one in the Bible in John 3:16-17. I love these scriptures because Jesus Christ suffered everything for YOU personally. He loves you. He knows you. He has felt what you have felt or what you feel.

I love Jesus Christ and OUR LOVING Heavenly Father. We are so lucky to have someone love us so much!!

I love this gospel more than anything! I am so happy serving the Lord!!!

Have a great week!!! Love ya'll and miss ya'll!! :)

Hermana Brugman

Week 56: Fall

  October 27, 2014

Friends & Family,

This week went by so fast. We had a good week. Some ups and downs but such is missionary life.

Random thing I did... I MILKED A GOAT................ haha SICK. It was fun.  

Things that the ward here has been talking about a lot about being prepared. I think it is interesting that this is such a big thing right now. but it makes me think... am I prepared? Every day we need to prepare ourselves for what is to come!!

So I have gained such a strong testimony of The Book Of Mormon. It seriously is amazing. I love that we have to study for 3 hours a day. But Whenever I am having a bad day or in a bad mood, I always go to The Book of Mormon!!! As I was studying a couple days ago I came to this scripture that I LOVE so much!! It's about following the example of Jesus Christ. Its in 2 Nephi 31:9, it says, "And again, it showeth unto the children of men the straightness of the path, and the narrowness of the gate, by which they should enter, he having set the example before them." I love this scripture. To follow Jesus Christ you need to be baptized. Jesus Christ was baptized and every day we want to try every day to be like him!!!! He has set this amazing example for all of us!! He loves us and cares for us!!! It always gets me thinking. Every day I think to myself.. what do I need to do.. to become more like Jesus Christ!!! I love this church more than anything! I know with this Gospel we can live with our FAMILIES FOREVER!!!!! :)

I love the members and people here in Gloucester. They have a "Fall Festival" every year. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!!! We helped and carved 8 pumpkins, It was so fun! :) So at our bishops house they have this huge party every year. It was so fun, lots of food, play house, face painting, hay rides, HUGE bomb fire. It was so much fun!!!! I love the Bishop here and his family. They are so amazing! They make me feel at home!! I am so truly blessed to be in Gloucester and to meet the people I am meeting!!! People out here in Gloucester are some of the most nicest people EVER!!!!! :)

I am so happy, I love serving the Lord. I love this church and my family so very much!!!!!! I can't wait to see ya'll in 5 months!!!!! :)

Hermana Brugman

Week 55: "Don't Eat Ghost Peppers"

  October  20, 2014

"I want a horsey! :)"

Friends & Family,

Well let's start with crazy things that happened..

1. Just in case ya'll don't know.. DONT EAT GHOST PEPPERS... let me tell you.. my lips and mouth were literally on fire for 15 minutes... I really thought I was going to pass out.. my arms were numb. hahaha IT WAS CRAZY, and all the Hispanics were laughing at me. haha. I love my Hispanics.

2. Some of ya'll might not know but there is a place in St. George called swig. (I know my parents know) but it has the BEST SUGAR COOKIES in the world. This lady in my ward made them and they tasted just like them. It made my day!!! :) (I ate a lot..... :( )

3. So all the missionaries in my mission are doing something called social media splits... on November 1, 2014. So members will come out with us all day long from 7:30am-9:30pm. Members will come out for 2 hours, than we will have another member come out with us. When they are with us they will be taking pictures and posting stuff of what we do. We are flooding the social media with good stuff. As some of you may know, there is a play called "The Book of Mormon" It is coming over here to play. So we were told to use the SAME hash tag they are using. We are trying to show the world what missionaries really do. So on November 1, 2014 if ya'll want to go on facebook, instagram, tweeter and search for #mormon or #gloucesterward there will be pictures of us doing missionary work! :)

4. I am going to come home with a whole different way of speaking English.. All I say is ya'll ... SORRY :)

We have 3 with a baptismal date!! We are excited. We are having such a fun time together and we are loving being a missionary!! :)

My prayer was answered. We have to do this thing every Saturday called walk and talk from1-4pm. It is hard. We have to talk to everyone we see!!! For ya'll that know me, it's not hard for me to talk to anyone. haha! But recently I have been more on the scared side (For some dumb reason) Just to start the conversation is always awkward. haha But Saturday morning I prayed and asked Heavenly Father to help us have one person ASK US first who we are or what does our name tag mean. So that we can start the conversation. So we get to this little antique mall strip thing, we get out of our car and start walking around.. 4 minutes go by and this older man comes up to us and says, "What does your tag say, Hermana? WHATS THAT?"  Then we just jumped into it and told him who we are and he said oh okay, do ya'll  have some literature I could have? IT WAS A MIRACLE. THIS CUTE OLD MAN MADE MY DAY!!!!  I have such a strong testimony that no matter how big or small your prayers are.. HE WILL ANSWER. I promise you all that if you pray with sincerity and real intent... HE WILL ANSWER. He loves and cares for each person.. He wants you to kneel down and pray to him!!!!

I love this gospel SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!

I love and miss ya'll .

Hermana Brugman :)

Week 54

  October 13, 2014

Family & Friends,

This week was very slow because Hermana Nord was leaving, so we were saying bye to everyone and she was packing. I love my companion Hermana camps, she is seriously the funniest person ever, we get along so well. When you have a great companion it makes the work so much more fun! :) I am very grateful for her.

So awhile back, I can't remember if I have talked about this or not but I started a grateful journal, every night...no matter if I am so tired.. I write in it!! I say one thing that I am grateful for. I LOVE IT!!! It is so amazing, because even when you feel like you had the worst day EVER and you feel like nothing went well.. you have to stop and think.. okay really what was I grateful for today.. it gets you thinking... and I never realized how blessed and loved we are from our Father in Heaven. He loves and cares for us so much he just pours blessing on us. Its amazes me every day how I can at least think of ONE thing I am grateful for.

So this week wasn't the best but it was still okay. We were both so ready for Sunday. We love Sundays so much!!!! It really is a recharge for the next week. Anyways we were thinking that no one was going to come to church because we couldn't get in contact with our investigators. So we go to church thinking no one will come. Then BANG, 4 of our Hispanics showed up. It was amazing! It was so great. We had a lesson with one after and she said she will pray to know if she should be baptized. We had and amazing lesson with her! It turned out to be a really good end to a kinda slow week!! :)

Missionary work isn't easy. People think we are perfect we are NOT.. It's frustrating and hard sometimes but that is where I have learned to fully trust and rely on my Heavenly Father! I love the relationship that I have gained with my Heavenly Father. I am so grateful. I love meeting new people every day. I love all the people who I serve with!!!

I hope ya'll have a great week!!!

LOVE YA'LL!!

Hermana Brugman

Week 53 - Transfers!

  October 6, 2014

Jaymee with Madi (Bishop's daughter)

 Family & Friends,

We got transfer calls.... Hermana Nord is leaving and me and Hermana Camps will stay here in Gloucester. I am excited yet sad. Sometimes I feel like transfers are like break-ups. hahaha! But I know that it is what Heavenly Father wants.

On Tuesday we went to see the movie "Meet the Mormons". It was a great movie!! I am so excited for all ya'll to watch it!! :)

General Conference was this past week, I LOVED it. As a missionary, it feels like I am watching the Super Bowl. We get so excited! I can't believe it is already over. A couple of my favorite talks…. D. Todd Christofferson, I love how he said, "He doesn't walk in crooked paths.... TRUST HIM... HE IS PERFECT..." Sometimes it is hard to fully trust in God. You don't know why things are happening and you are lost.. but really God is there. You are never alone. Even when you feel like you are.. you ARENT!!!!!!!!! I have experienced that on my mission.. I felt like no one felt what I felt and I felt so alone.. but after a lot of prayer... I felt Heavenly Fathers love so strong. I knew that Jesus Christ suffered and went through EVERYTHING.. for me.

Another talk was by Tad R. Callister, of course. haha I love how focused he was on parenting. I just want my parents to know that they were and are the best prime parents EVER.  All that they went through for each of their kids, and still do. I am so happy the way they parented my family. I love my family so much and I am so blessed and happy to have every single person in my family. I am happy that they are all active in this church. I love a quote he said, "Don't let your kids go out in the most dangerous battlefield without prayer." This world is crazy, it's not safe. We need communication with our Father in Heaven!!! He knows what's going to help you best!!! We all need to be better and MAKE time for our prayers and scriptures study.. because we HAVE time.. you just have to DO IT!!!! It will bless your life and help you when you need it!

I am so blessed to be on my mission, it is the BEST calling ever. I wouldn't trade it for anything! I am so happy even when times are hard! Just gotta keep being positive. :)

I miss ya'll and love ya'll!! :)

Hermana Brugman

Week 52: 1 YEAR DOWN!!

  September 29, 2014

Friends & Family,

Well 1 year down.. six months to go. It is truly crazy how time has gone by so fast and its scarier to know that it will only go faster from here... This mission has changed my life!!!!!!

So this week was great but hard and frustrating!! Let's just say that Satan is a really mean big butt.. He has ALL of our investigators. It's sad but this is the point where we have to have faith and patience. Everything is still going great but everyone needs/haves trials in their life!

We went to a festival to try to talk to as much people as we could, it was fun. We HAD to get a funnel cake.. :) hehe! But we talked and met a lot of people so that was great! :)

We went to the Women's broadcast, that was amazing. I love how it was focused on temple and keeping the commandments. Keeping the commandments are so valid. It's so simple but so hard for some people. BUT it is so important. I also loved how one talk was talking about how we are ALL children of our Loving Heavenly Father. NO MATTER WHAT. The savior is there for you and he has felt EVERY little thing you felt or are feeling!!!

We went and visited this wonderful girl Lisa! :) She makes my heart so filled!! This girl is amazing, she is less active, she can't go to church because she is in a nursing home. But I LOVE THIS GIRL SO MUCH. She can't talk, walk, feed herself. But she always has a smile on her face. I wish I could go see her every day!!! I LOVE HER SO MUCH!!!

Weird things I have found out about myself since being on my mission: I became a pumpkin pie and cheesecake LOVER. (It's bad...) I Need my bathroom to ALWAYS be CLEAN.... I LOVE vegetables.. ;) and I like almonds and cashews.. hahaha!!! :) I love KIDS.....I want more now than I wanted before I left. I have more PATIENCE. hallelujah :) oh yeah I don't know how to drive. (it's been a year) But I love how the mission has changed me!! I love being close to my Father in Heaven!! :) I love this gospel so much, it brings me so much joy!!! Thank you all for helping me and supporting me!! I miss and love you all!! Can't wait to see ya'll in 6 months.. get ready.. :) 

 Hermana Brugman

Jaymee and her companions!

Week 51: HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAYMEE!!

  September 22, 2014

 

Friends & Family,

Thank you everyone for making my birthday so special, I feel so loved!!! It was such an amazing birthday! I feel so blessed!!! :) Well my day was amazing, I woke up and my companions had 21 balloons and every one of them had reasons why they love me, and they made me pumpkin chocolate chip pancakes with peaches :) It was soooo yummy!!! Then I opened my present from my family!! IT WAS AMAZING and I got some cute clothes and random stuff. I also opened a package from my Aunt Tracey and her kids. Such a cute idea with scriptures attached to presents.   I loved it.   When I went to church someone made me a chocolate zucchini cake, (THE BEST EVER) and cupcakes!!! Than at dinner they made me another cake... it was good :)  I am so very grateful for my family and all that they do for me!! I really never knew how blessed I really was but ever since I have been on my mission it has humbled me to  recognize all the blessings. Then we went and taught some people and went to dinner with a family that I love so it was great!!! But today we are going to get pedicures cause I haven't had one since I left. haha! ITS VERY MUCH NEEDED...  But it was amazing. I loved it so much!!Thank you all again for sending me stuff and just writing a simple email!! I loved it! AND love all of you guys!! :)  I can't wait to see ya'll soon!! :)

So this week was GREAT!!! We are teaching this cute girl our age, and she is getting baptized on October 18, 2014. I CANT WAIT! She is solid and amazing!! It really is such a testimony watching someone grow from not having a religious background to wanting and having a desire to follow Jesus Christ. I just can see the light working within her!! I love her so much and so excited to see her at 1 year go throw the temple with her husband!!! :) ITS AMAZING.

I really don't think I could be any happier of where I am at in my life right now. I love this gospel and I LOVE SERVING THE LORD!! I never thought I could be this happy. But I really find so much joy serving the Lord! :)

Thank you for everyone that are helping me along this way, I couldn't do it without all of you supporting and helping me!! I LOVE ALL YOU GUYS!!!!

Have a great weekend!! :) 

Hermana Brugman

Week 50

  September 15, 2014

Friends & Family,

This week was good. Being in a trio (having 2 companions) is hard... but good! I have learned so much about myself and how to deal with certain things. It's really cool how much we are being prepared for our futures.

Gloucester Virginia is being BLESSED. I love this area so much! As of right now we have 3 people scheduled to be baptized in the next 2 months. Please pray that they will continue in the progress. It is a working miracle over here. I am learning so much!!! AND 5 investigators at church... that is not normal.... hahaha I really love being a missionary!!!

Funny story. We were driving home from Stake conference, 25 minutes away… so it ends at 9 and we have to be in our homes at 930.. so we are driving and our tire pressure light goes off.. hahaha 24, 15, 5, 0.... we pulled over and went to go look what happened.. there was hole in the tread.. so we are like great. 3 girls and none of us know how to change a tire... I could do it if I really tired. but I was scared. It was cold.. and we were tired... we waited forever for someone to come to us.. we got home at 10:45..... IT WAS A LATE LONG NIGHT... for a missionary.. hahaha!! But it's okay we are all safe.. :) No worries mom ;)

So we had stake conference and it was Amazing, spiritual, and uplifting!!! :) One quote that just stuck with me was "Whenever you fall He (God) isn't upset with you... He is happy of your efforts and how far you have came... GET BACK UP!! Who cares how messy it is. He wants YOU to come back to him.. so GET UP." I love that so much because sometimes we fall and we fall hard.. We get discouraged.. its natural.. but we have to get back up. Heavenly Father LOVES and KNOWS each of us... PERFECTLY.. He is there at times when we fall.. To help us!! Sometimes we feel alone.. and that no one has felt what we are going through, but Jesus Christ does. He knows us perfectly and what we are going through. That brings me so much comfort!! :) If any of you haven't seen "Because of him", go to youtube.com and search "Because of him". I promise you will feel the spirit It testifies that JESUS CHRIST LIVES. I love this church so much. I know for a surety that this is the true gospel and it helps you in times when you need it the most!!!

I hope you all have a great week!!

I love and miss you ALL!! :)

Hermana Brugman

Week 49

  September 8, 2014

So this week was great. It is amazing to see all these miracles happening right before my eyes.. I know I talk about miracles every week but they just keep coming. We taught so many lessons this week. Being busy is GOOD because time goes by fast and you are more focused on the work. I have never taught so many lessons on my mission. Other missionaries are so shocked and keep asking how we do it. But really it is not us, it's the Lord. We are being blessed when we do what we are supposed to do. When we are following the rules exactly we get blessed. ITS AMAZING.

So the elders here are teaching this guy who is very interested and he comes to church and it is really great. We don't share investigators, but he wanted to meet with us Sisters instead of the Elders for a lesson. The Elders asked him to be baptized and said no. So we went in there knowing he would say no, so as we were talking we felt prompted to ask him to be baptized... The spirit was so strong. So we followed the spirit and asked him. HE SAID YES!!!!!!!! it was amazing. He is so great!!!!! He prayed and asked for a blessing because  his wife and parents are anti Mormons, but HE KNOWS ITS TRUE!!!!! it was amazing. He called the Elders and they were so excited!!! :) They said "What did the Sisters do to you?" hahahah it was so funny!!! But it was an amazing experience.

So this week we were able to set one of our investigators up for baptism for the 25th of October. When we invited him he said yes, that's something I would love. It makes me so happy and grateful that someone is that willing. Yeah a lot of people have dates and they don't end up getting baptized but it's just amazing of how much faith they have to say yes!! :)

So Sunday night we had a dinner appointment and it was so yummy, Indian food. It was so great. Then we go see these Hispanic investigators an hour and a half later.. they FED US too... they had food to feed an army. Chicken, peppers, onions, beans rice, homemade tortillas... it was Delicious.. but they made us eat SO MUCH!!! Their culture is different. I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. but I have NEVER eaten so much in my life. After we had 3 plate full's and the dinner before that they said we have congrejo ( crab) We almost cried.. We were so full it was insane.. AND you can't say NO.... you just can't. I tried.. it was blue crab and they had like 25 crabs... long story short... I was almost throwing up when I got home... I couldn't move.. all three of us couldn't move at all..... hahaha

Being a mission is GREAT.I love it! nothing better!!! :)

Hermana Brugman!

Week 48 - Scary experience!

September 1, 2014

This week was different than all the others....

So we got transfer calls. I love Hermana Nord, she is my best friend!!!! I was so scared we were going to get separated...  but we actually are getting a third companion... I am so happy that I am staying here in Gloucester with Hermana Nord. BUT being in a trio is hard... We both are going into it with a great attitude.. But It is what Heavenly Father wants... so we gotta do :)

So my companion and I and a ward member saw 4 Hispanics outside a house.( When we see that we go because we are desperate and need to teach Hispanics). So we go over and we know 3 of them.. that we haven't been able to see recently. We didn't know this big man. Hermana Nord was talking to them and this big guy said, "YOU, ME", get over here now.  I acted like I didn't hear him and he said it again. He had a scary face and looked really mean. I told Hermana, "He wants me to go in his house." ( MOM DONT WORRY I AM FINE... AND I LOVE YOU HAHA) So we just went and he took us to the back of his house and told us to sit down.  Automatically my whole chest started burning, my throat was hurting and my hands and feet were tingling... I said we need to go NOW. I turned around and we ran out. We got in the car and sped away.... When we got in the car I started crying.. I felt dirty and sick inside. I felt like I was going to throw up. This was by far the scariest thing... EVER... Right when we walked in the spirit said GET OUT. NOW. Everything was fine. He was a little drunk. (A LOT)He probably wouldn't have done anything he was just drunk, but the moral of the story is listening to the Spirit. If we didn't who knows what would have happened. Another point is being worthy to have the Spirit with you at all times. if I wasn't worthy to have the companionship of the Holy Ghost I wouldn't have thought anything of it. But that was the most powerful feeling I have ever gotten in my life. The Spirit was so strong telling us to GET OUT!! I am grateful for the Spirit in my life! and the direction it gives us!! I am grateful for this gospel in my life!!!!!
 

This week was great. At zone meeting we all made a goal of 5 baptisms in October and we made goals to get to that goal. haha sorry if that is confusing but one of them was staying out till 9, no matter what. We had a lesson fall through and it was 8:15 so we decided to go Walmart and talk with everyone! so we did. We got 6 potentials and 2 return appointments. IT WAS AMAZING. Heavenly Father really does bless us when we are trying to reach our goals!!! It's just mind blowing!! We are getting more and more lessons each week! We are staying busy every day, running to one appointment to another. I love missionary work!!! I love serving the Lord!! :)
 

Have a good labor day!!!! :)
 

I love ya'll and miss ya'll!!!
 

Hermana Brugman

Jay and I just watched the Sarotov Approach two days before this so it hit close to home.

This was her companion Hermana Nord's view of the same story…….

My Version of our story ha :) 

One thing I'm grateful for is to know that heavenly father is watching over me and protecting us. Wednesday we were driving down this really winding/thin (like every street here) road and it was night and so we went around the corner (i am the driver mind you) and there is a huge suburban HAULING literally going 80 and it's 45 and he is on MY SIDE OF THE ROAD... and i can't swerve off the road because on either side there are huge ditches to prevent flooding... and so i honk and literally it looked like his car floated out of the way... (really really fast of course) and he literally missed us by maybe 2 centimeters. I would have probably died... because he would have hit us head on. on my side. None of us could breath after (we had a ward missionary with us) and i had to pull over and get myself together... literally probably one of the scariest moments in my life. 

Second, Yesterday we were driving to an apt and saw a potential we had met outside this house... with some other hispanics. so we turned around and went to talk to them... well while i am talking to the potential catching up (there was alcohol involved in this gather.. like usual) this BIG BIG hispanic guy (who looked a little crazy) pointed at hermana brugman and was like (in spanish) YOU! and pointed then to right in front of him and then in the house... she ignored him but he did it three more times and was very adamant (sp?).... so i told him i had to stay with her and she couldn't go alone... (and we had a member with us) so he said beuno... las tres. and did the same motions... so... we walked over to him and followed him inside.. he led us in the house and towards the back of the house (which was dark with a dim light) and then to the table in the kitchen (with some knifes out) and said (in english) pretty sternly sit down. i said como?? him.. sit down. me... porque? todo esta bien? him... sit down NOW. the spirit was not good in there to put it mildly and something was really wrong with him... so hermana brugman like lost it and was like no. i'm leaving. we're leaving and just started booking it towards the door. i of couse followed her.. and member was looking around quite confused (she is kind of spacey, but great!) and i told her to come on... so we left and hermana brugman booked it to the car... i said a quick goodbye to our inv and the potential and told them we would call them and sorry we had to leave... also the potential told me good idea cause that man was not okay.  :I hna brugman after was having like a panic attack in the car and told us how she had never felt the sprit that strong in her whole life telling her to leave and that her chest was so much on fire she couldn't breathe and her body was shaking... so who knows what could have happened... but i'm grateful that HF was watching over us and nothing did happen. 

Hermana Nord

Week 47

August 25, 2014

Friends & Family,

FIRST, I want to shout out to SHAYLIN HEDGES, my beautiful niece. She just got baptized on Saturday, as much as I wanted to be there I know that she was so happy!! That is the best thing every. I am so proud and most important Heavenly Father is so proud of her!! 

SECOND, this coming up Sunday is I REALLY special day.. I just want to tell her now.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the best mom in the world. For everything you have done and do for me. I wouldn't be able to do anything without her. I just love her so much, whoever reads this and sees my mom... give her a big hug from me :) <3 

THIRD, I am so happy for my daddy. He got called to be in the bishopric. I am so happy for him and I know without a doubt... that this is the BEST thing for him and our family!!! :) I know you will do great daddy! I love you! :) 

This morning me and Hermana Nord went at 6am to go watch the sunset. Let me mention it was 65 degrees... BEAUTIFUL!!!! It was amazing!! :) I love nature haha

This week was full of miracles.. It is so amazing. I love being a missionary, seeing all these miracles every day!!!

 We have been making a goal as a companionship to be exactly obedient, using all the time we have, not wasting one minute!!!! and also it was talking to EVERYONE.. and that is what we did. It seems like something that is easy to do.. but we went to Wal-Mart and just needed to talk to everyone. Don't worry it wasn't all perfect, we got rejected and yelled at.. but we had to do it. At first I was very scared but I knew that Heavenly Father would help us. After a few minutes, we started to see many miracles. One of them we found a lady that has met with the elders before like a year ago and she was so excited to see us and she talked for like 20 minutes and she said she would call us and take us out to get ice cream.

 Then we met this Hispanic family outside and we just started talking to them and they were interested so we are going to see them this week!!!

AND another 2 Hispanic boys (19 and 16 years old) They just got to the US and they are just so humbled and sweet!! 

ALL because we are being more obedient and talking to everyone!!! I just know that Heavenly Father knows EXACTLY what is going on at all times. He is putting people in our paths for a reason and if we don't talk to them then we will NEVER know. 

I just want to bear my testimony that I KNOW for a fact that this church is true!! I know Heavenly Father knows up perfectly and wants to bless us but we have to be doing what is right!! I know that the spirit works within different people!!! I love this church, my heart is full. I have never been so happy!!!! :) 

The Lord works in mysterious ways.... you just have to have faith and keep going!!!

I love ya'll

Hermana Brugman

Week 46

 August 18, 2014

Friends & Family,

Sorry last week I didn't write that much!! I HAD NO TIME!!! haha but this week was AMAZING!! :)

What a wonderful week full of miracles. Every night when I pray to my Heavenly Father I am just so grateful.. It amazes how he answers every prayer, He listens to them ALL... ITS AMAZING!!!!

Just a couple miracles that happened this week were:

WE HAD 3 HISPANIC INVESTIGATORS AT CHURCH.... and they want to come back! I don't know if any of you know but it is super hard to get them to church. They work every day from7am-8pm they never get a break unless.... sometimes it rains... or the boss lets them... which I feel is NEVER.. but it was just amazing! My heart was so full when we were sitting in church singing Spanish hymns with them!! The spirit was so strong!!

We found 2 more Spanish investigators.. One of them is like a huge teddy bear. He is so amazing and is the sweetest man. Whenever we come over he just has the light in him. He is just so spiritual. We are so excited to keep meeting with him!!

The other one is way interested!! He just sits there and listens and soaks it all in!! hahaha He is the cutest little man!! :)

Some fun things that we did this week is we went BOWLING!!! it was so fun... you guys guess what my score was???? PRO STATUS... 154.... can you believe it?? don't worry I was just LUCKY.. hahaha

ALSO... these members in our ward got a huge snapping turtle.... they found him.. 25 pounds.. killed and gutted it and ate it......... it was sick but really cool. I don't think I'll ever see something like that again!!!!

But that is all... don't forget that Sister Brugman loves and cares for you!!! Most importantly your loving Heavenly Father loves you!! :))

I LOVE and MISS YALL!!! :) <3

Hermana Brugman

Week 45

August 11, 2014

Friends & Family,

Sorry this email will be really short because I got caught up in emailing other people and my family :)

okay everyone... DONT WORRY!!!!  I survived the lobster and I LOVED IT!!! haha who would have thought Jaymee Brugman would like that? NOT ME!! Well it was good! :) Thank you for all your prayers! haha :)

So this week was rather slow but we got 2 new investigators so that is always a plus!! :) We see miracles everyday and it is just a living testimony!!! :)

Last week we went fishing... didn't catch ANYTHING!! :(

But I just want to bear my testimony that I know that this is the true church!!! I am so happy I have this gospel in my life!!! It makes my days and life so much better!!! I know that is blesses our lives tremendously!!! I love and miss all of you guys!!! :)

Have a great week!!! :)  

Hermana Brugman

Week 44

  August 4, 2014

Friends & Family,

So this week was GREAT. I wish I could use a better word than that but I am so blessed. I love being a missionary because I get to be a part of something that is amazing. I get to see miracles all the time and help, serve others!!

We were at a less actives house and we were leaving, and when we were leaving this girl was outside her house waiting to go in to help her clean her house. She is 21 years old! And we just talked with her for a few minutes. Once we told her what church we went to she said, "oh my friend went to that church. She died last year in a car accident. But the family still comes to church." And we said "oh you know her," and she said "yeah she was my best friend." So we told her what we believe and talked a little of the plan of Salvation. And how we lived with Heavenly Father before and we will again after. And how when we die our bodies go to the spirit world. Her eyes lit up and said "REALLY? you know all of that!!?" We said "yeah we know!" and she said "my mom died 2 years ago!! You know where she is!!" we said "yeah!! WE DO!!! we know!" and she wants us to go over to her house and teach her about this plan of happiness!!! She is such a sweet girl and we are so excited to teach her!! It was such an amazing experience to see her eyes light up like that!!! IT WAS AMAZING!!! :)

Church was great yesterday!!! 3 Less actives came to church that we have been visiting and haven't been to church in YEARS!!!! and 2 of them got up to bear their testimonies. My heart was filled. I felt the spirit so strong and was SO happy!! I was sitting next to this less active who is 78 and says, "Can i still go up there even though i smoke?" I said, yes!!!! If you feel that you need to go then GO!!!  She gets up and goes up there and gave such an amazing testimony about how much Heavenly Father LOVES EVERYONE!!! It was simply beautiful. My heart was filled with love and spirit. She came back and sat down and said, "Was that okay?" I hugged her and told her, " That was beautiful, thanks for sharing that!!!" It was great!!! I always love church but yesterday was great!!! :)

Serving a mission is hard and frustrating... but is so worth it. I love missionary work. I know ya'll probably get sick of my saying this, But if you have the  chance to go on a mission. GO ON A MISSION. You won't regret it! It seems like a long time but it goes by fast. This is the best time of my life! I LOVE being so close to our Savior! My relationship with my Heavenly Father has grown so much!! Sometimes you feel that you are alone in life and you have NO ONE!!! But you aren't. You are never alone!!! Heavenly Father is always there for us!!! :)

So some of you guys know that I am NOT the seafood person. So I told people here so I didn't offend them when they did cook it and I didn't eat it.. I DONT LIKE IT!!! so this past week I had fish twice and one less active lady said she is going to make me like lobster..... SICK. I am just praying to Heavenly Father will help me. haha and then someone else told me they are making grilled shrimp.. Well Heavenly Father has blessed me.. because all ya'll know.. I DONT LIKE THAT. I now love fish.... (We just bought fish at the store). I like it a lot more now. But just pray for me this week when I eat lobster. Oh no that is tomorrow..... oh boy. This will be interesting!!! haha

TWO THINGS I THINK I FORGOT HOW TO DO IN 10 MONTHS: drive and oh and I think I forgot how to hold a baby.. ;) but whatever, good thing I'm not having one anytime soon. hahaha anyways I hope you all have a great week! I love and miss ya'll!!

Hermana Brugman

Week 43

  July 28, 2014

Friends & Family,

What a beautiful week of miracles.

We are teaching a family and they have 4 boys! They are such an amazing family! WE LOVE THEM and LOVE teaching them! Watching them grow and learn is so much fun! We had an amazing dinner and a lesson with them the other night. It was the MOST powerful lesson I have ever taught! The spirit was amazing. It's so crazy to think that the spirit is working through us to get to these people we are teaching. I didn't come up with anything good to say.. it was the spirit. This family is so prepared!! I find so much joy in missionary work. What better thing to share what you love so much! I love this work and this gospel!! SO MUCH!!

So funny story, as some of you don't know, as a missionary we have certain rules. I (or whoever is not the driver) of the car has to back up the driver every time you back up. So I am used to it because I have been doing it for 10 months now. haha. So I was backing my companion up and our neighbor is a members sister who is not a member. She texted the member and asked if it was a religion ritual? Why does one girl have to back the other one up? Is it part of your religion? HAHAHA I died laughing. It is so funny! I am so used to it by now. People stare and laugh at us. It's so funny!

Anyways. My life is great! This gospel makes me the happiest girl. I love being a missionary and representing Jesus Christ.

I love and miss you all!!

Hermana Brugman

Week 42

  July 21, 2014

Friends & Family,

Hahaha this week was great. Let me just start off with a funny, dumb, Jaymee moment... SO I wake up and get ready.. I flipped my hair.. like a head bang I guess, to dry my hair a little faster..... then I look at my companion and start BAWLING like a baby.. she is like what is going on, Hermana are you okay. I say no, I think I broke my back... for real. We need to go to the urgent care... she was like WHAT? okay... but then we sat there thinking.. I probably just threw it out and there is nothing really you can do except heat, ice, Advil, etc.. SO I WAS LIKE GREAT... okay I'm not even old yet and I'm throwing my back out. Thanks dad.. just kidding. hahaha but anyways so I literally couldn't move. My companion fed me, dressed me..... isn't she great? I'll keep her! haha But I decided to call the Elders and they came and gave me a blessing... It was an amazing blessing. So that day we were supposed to have a meeting with 2 other sets of missionaries and it was 1 hour away... 25 minutes after the Elders left I texted them and said I am so sorry I really don't think I can sit in a car for 1 hour, just go without us. He texted me back and said.. it has only been 25 minutes.. do what the blessing said and HAVE FAITH.. then let us know how you feel. So I picked up my Book of Mormon and started to read it. I was reading in Mormon chapter 9. It was talking about miracles and how we know there is a God and how he works miracles.. It related to me perfectly. So I just got up and started SLOWLY feeling better. I didn't heal right away but slowly I felt better. I called the Elders 10 minutes after and said okay come pick us up. We are ready!! :) It was such an amazing example that blessings are real and the Book of Mormon is SO TRUE!!!!! It's CRAZY! It strengthened my testimony so deeply! I am so blessed to have worthy men all around me so whenever I need them they are there to help!! I feel so blessed and I love this church so much! I love the doctrine and all His teachings! They all make sense! :)

Nothing besides that happened this week so I am going to talk about one of my favorite things on my mission!! well two things.. I started eating really healthy.. and my favorite thing to make for lunch is a veggie sandwich. ITS DELICIOUS.. it's just wheat bread with hummus, salt, pepper, onions, lettuce, green, red and yellow peppers.... IT IS THE BEST!!! haha I love being on my mission cause I can cook for myself and learn how to eat healthier.. haha :) Okay second thing.. I love meeting new people and seeing them progress and come closer to the Lord. I love seeing the spirit worketh within them! This is the most amazing opportunity to see the change in people! I Love being a missionary, yeah things are really hard but it is SO worth it! :)

Have a great weekend everyone!!

COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS!!!!!!

Hermana Brugman <3