Sunday, March 6, 2011

.:Second Letter!:.

As you can see The Browns are still quite giddy about our letters from Brock. I'm not sure that will change but maybe!
Today's letter made almost everyone cry. Sid sure misses her big brother. Brock gave some awesome advice to all the siblings and seemed very concerned that everyone be taken care of.
He started out with "Bula Vakacaua tiko" (Hello, How are you). They started learning the language and he is very excited about it. He says it's "pretty awesome"!
He recieved his first calling to be Sr. Companion. His companion recieved the calling to be Zone Leader and he is very nervous about it. He says they've been going going going and not getting to their rooms until 9:30 at night. He had to get a new alarm clock because his was too small and didn't wake him or Elder P up, ha ha. Luckily they still made it on time to their meetings!
He can't believe how long they study each day. He says it's nuts, but really fun. Coming from Brock that is so cute because Brock was never much of a studier. His companion, Elder P, fell asleep in class ha ha. We all thought that would be Brock!
Brock is not much of a writer so we're all ecstatic to get almost a full page from him!
Can't wait for the next one! Stay tuned for more updates.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

.:First Letter!:.

We got our frist letter from Brock on Friday the 4th. SOOOOO excited! He was very cute and opened with how grateful he was to Mom and Dad for supporting him and teaching him what was right. His first companion is a Tongan Elder named Toomoelupe Tuai Pakileata, or in Brocks words "aka Elder P.". He says he's really cool. Right now they have a room just to themselves. The first day they both quickly took off their "retard/newbie" sticker because people were "creeping them out". Ha ha. He's been super excited and happy to see a lot of friends from home and elsewhere and he was ecstatic to find out the had.... {drumroll please} BLUE POWERADE! He closed with telling us his P day is Thursdays and his tenative date to leave the MTC is May 5th. Fiji here he comes!!!

Friday, March 4, 2011

.:Here We Go!:.

It's official! We "launched" {as President Anderson put it} Brock to the MTC yesterday at 12:45 after breakfast with the family at ihop and pictures at the temple. Stay tuned for pictures and more detailed account!

.:Launching Brock:.

Sams decorations



Breakfast at Ihop


Pictures at the temple




















Brocks really good wrestling friend taking him in





See you in 2 years Brother Bear!
We LOVE you lots!