Norman & Karen Brown MA Boston Mission

Life is good! We love this courageous group of young people who love sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ . Our days are made brighter when we work with them. As non native English speakers, these missionaries can describe in their wonderfully simple and sincere English what will bring peace to your life, why we need prophets, or tell you about the miracle of the Book of Mormon . We feel so blessed to join them in their lessons with people seeking answers to life's questions.    We had the opportunity to visit a cranberry farm on the day they were harvesting the cranberries. The ponds were pink with floating cranberries. They suck the cranberries out of the ponds and we saw them fill two huge truckloads. We even got to get in a pond and play in the cranberries.   These beautiful cousins chose to be baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . We've been bringing them to church for the last month and we've grown to love them. They are truly young peop...

Our front door... Our one room, one bedroom apartment... Our place has the cutest little parks on either side of the block where we live. Norman is thrilled that one of the parks has basketball courts--and just this week got himself a ball. Our multicultural area is a quiet little neighborhood of families and good hard-working people. Some charms new to us are the nearby church bells announcing each hour of the day and the train horns in the distance. We rarely hear an airplane or heavy traffic. It is quiet.    Last Sunday there were 33 "friends," people who wanted to come see what our church was about. Some spoke English, others Portuguese or Portuguese Creole or Spanish or French Creole, but all seeking Jesus Christ and peace in their lives. Two weeks ago we brought two beautiful young women to church with us that the sister missionaries (pictured above) had invited.  The young women were cousins, ages 11 & 18. These two girls have decided to get baptized as members...