Elder Brown

These are some pictures of the events that took place prior to Elder Brown entering the MTC. Elder Brown gave his farewell talk Sunday, May 2. After church we had a big barbeque at our house. On Monday, May 3, at 5:00 pm he was set apart as an Elder. After we left President Barlow's office, we went to Grandma and Grandpa Winegars house. Elder Brown was given a beautiful blessing by his Great Grandpa Winegar. His Grandpa Stokes, Uncle Wayne Ashton and his father stood in the circle. On Tuesday, Bill, Elder Brown and I traveled to Utah. We had dinner with his Uncle Jeron and his sons, Spencer and Austin. And then we we stayed at his Uncle Steve's house. Wednesday May 5, Elder Brown entered the MTC. He is very excited to start this new chapter in his life. He will stay in the MTC for 9 weeks. While he is there he will learn to speak Portuguese. After the 9 weeks he will be flying to Cape Verde, West Africa. I will write more details about that later.
Good Luck Elder Brown! We love you.
We had 22 people in our front room after the barbeque. We were watching The Little Rascals.

We had a big barbeque after Kent's farewell talk on Sunday.
Heidi, Karder and Dallen playing under the trampoline in the dirt.
Grandma and Grandpa Stokes
Uncle Kalab barbequing a great dinner.
Uncle Adam and Aunt Valerie after eatting a fabulous barbeque dinner.
Kerry and Shalisa enjoying lunch after Kent's farewell.
Kent with his best friend Tyson Green
Elder Brown with Grandpa Stokes
Elder Brown visiting with his sister Cassandra
Elder Brown with his Great Grandma and Grandpa Winegar
Elder Brown saying goodbye to Stokes'






Saying his goodbyes.
Elder Brown walking away with his host companion. Ready to start a new adventure. It is going to be an awesome 2 years!