Hello family from Arizona!!!
Well I made it here safe. I am loving it a bunch! Before I get into amazing miracles that have already happened here is just some stuff you need to know. I am not giving my home address out (mission rules) but what you can do is send any letters or packages to the VC because I am there every day. Here is the address

Sister Danielle Brownell
525 East Main St
Mesa AZ 85203

Now for the fun stuff.
I LOVE ARIZONA! IT is soooo  amazing. I even love all the bug bites all down my legs and everything ;) The people here are fantastic and I have a wonderful trainer. Her name is Sister Javed. She is from Pakistan and I love her! We like to match clothing some days and it is just super fun! I have already learned a lot from her and I am excited to continue in my growth. I get to help her with English. She said this cute quote the other day "If you love someone you will correct them" I realized its true! I was scared to tell her she was saying things incorrectly, but now because I love her so much I know that it is okay to correct her :) yay.
Saturday was probably my favorite day all week as far as field work goes. WE are usually half in the VC and half out (except starting thanksgiving to christmas we are there most days from 3-10 pm!!! So excited!) Anyway... Saturday. We had a baptism! First week!! Briana is a 14yr old who has an amazing testimony. Because of her now her step dad is reactivated and her mom will be getting baptized in two weeks. How exciting is that! It was an amazing service filled with the spirit! That night only got better. We have this investigator, Matt, who is living with a newly reactivated member and wants to get baptized. We talked to him about the importance of commandments and making goals and such. We showed an amazing film about John Turner (i think thats his name..) he was a non believer who changed when his leg was healed by faith in Christ. So Matt expressed how he loved that movie and how it related to him because he was too a non believer and that had changed. How amazing is that! Sooo when he said that I followed my prompting of the spirit I had and asked him to set a baptismal date! He committed to the 22nd of December! He would be ready this weekend, but has to get married first! So we have a marriage of these two people I love so much and his baptism coming up! I just love seeing the happiness in this families life now that they have found Christ. I know that living a life in accordance to Christ is so important. 
Those were the two most exciting things of the week! I have meet so many amazing members here. Its funny when I ride my bike the first day or two I was always scared when the car next to me would roll windows down or honk, but now I know it is just a member saying hello! :) I am getting much better at the whole bike thing just to let everybody know. I haven't fallen yet! Today I even mastered riding in a pencil skirt! I am planning on going to buy my own bike later today because I'll be on it a lot this mission. It is great! Its about a 30 min ride to the VC each day. The other day Sister Javed and I realized we probably bike about 2hrs minimum a day! Its fun. 
I am going to send another email with some pictures on it from the MTC and from the first week in AZ :) 
I just want to share how much it means to me to be on a mission. I am continually thanking the Lord for this amazing call to serve. I know it is going to be hard work! It already is!! and I love it. Every day I see miracles- people coming to Christ, people asking the perfect questions, me not falling on the bike... They are everywhere because the power of Christ is with us as missionaries. I know that this is the Lords work, it is not my work. Having that knowledge is so humbling. I am thankful for the chance to grow here, and I am more thankful for the chance to be an instrument in the lords hand. Much of what I do is completely faith based. The other day at VC I talked to a nonmember for about 40 mins about the importance of faith and coming unto Christ. I know faith is something that is unseen, but it is something that we can not live without. My favorite Scripture 2Cor 5:7 played a huge role- we walk by faith not by sight- in our lesson. I am thankful for this knowledge of the gospel! I am so glad you are all doing well. I love you very much. Know you are always in my prayers!
-Love, Sister Brownell
Mesa AZ 85203