Traveling on Railjet Train from Switzerland to Austria through Arlberg Alp pass - 8 hour trip / November 11, 2020

 

P- Day Hike, Hallloween, and pictures from apartment- Kreuzlingen Switzerland

Riding Up the Gondola - In the clouds and rain

Eating at a restaurant at the top of the peak. Ham, Sauerkraut, Potatoes.  Big Cow bells hanging in the center of the room. 

Fun lighting our jack o lanterns

Cold enough to wear my big coat

 Looking our our window

November 6, 2020 week 42

 Hello

It has been a good week.  We had zone conference and then Halloween.  We had fun carving pumpkins, hanging out at the church, and walking around during the day.  This last Sunday they restricted the numbers that could come to church so the ward divided and so only 20 members were there.  It was fast and testimony meeting and so almost everyone in the congregation got up to the podium.  We had District council on Tuesday and then several member visits during the week.   Those have gone really well. I am enjoying meeting with the families in the ward but I still do not say much or participate in the lesson.    On Tuesday for P-day we went on another hike - It was super cloudy and so I did not get any good pictures.  We took a gondola up to this peak and we could not see anything.  Even if Elder Benge got 10 feet in front of me I could not see him.  We ate at the restaurant at the top.  I thought it was going to be fancy but it was ham, sauerkraut  and potatoes.  It was fun just to hang out with Elder Benge.  Next week we have transfers and I am super worried about my new assignment.  I did have an interview with President and I am relieved that I will not be a trainer.  I will keep working on my German and hopefully be ready to take that assignment on next transfer.   I am still discouraged that we can not make contacts and we do not have a lot to do with our time. We are encouraged to do Facebook and I struggle to do that and find value.  We will receive 10 new missionaries this next week that have been in Preston England MTC for a two week quarantine.  President told us that every two weeks our mission will be getting new missionaries.  These will be the first missionaries to enter our mission since my group that came in on February 28.  We are doing splits today so I had time to write this while hanging out at the other Elders apartment.  Love you and miss you.  I think I and happier and staying more positive. 

Love Elder Carson Brown

Happy Halloween from Elder Carson

 

October 29, 20 - 41 Weeks

Hello everyone 

My week has been good I feel that I have more hope. I believe that things are going to get better. I am not as discouraged and feel better about the work. Sometimes it’s very difficult to get up each morning when you know that you are going to have a rerun of the day before or perhaps a rerun of the past several weeks or month. The sad thing is our routine or daily schedule are really boring. 

We did have a couple of good things happen this week. We made some good ward member visits and I got a haircut. We had a district meeting and I was able to see some of my past companions. I was excited to see Elder Porter he was my trainer he was very encouraging to me. I’m sad that he is going home next transfer. I was happy to get out and go for a hike on our Pday. I think that does my psyche good to get outside and get some fresh air like mom would always say. 

I’m doing my best to stay positive and we were happy to hear that they are going to start allowing some missionaries to come to the Preston England MTC to stay in quarantine for a two week periods. Then they will be allowed to come into our mission. So in 2 weeks we will be getting about 10 new missionaries and then every two weeks hopefully more. President Naatjes said we may have our mission back fully staffed if all goes well by February. I think this is exciting but it also makes me quite nervous because that means I need to be ready to help them and possibly be a trainer. I just I’m not confident on my language skills. I still sit back and don’t say much when we go to members homes. I usually can understand what they’re talking about but I don’t do well in forming sentences and communicating. I keep trusting in the Lord and hoping that if I do my work and do my part that he will help me. Love you and appreciate your prayers and support.

Love 

Elder Carson Brown

Hiking near Dornbirn Austria - South of Kreuzlingen, Switzerland