pg 3 of my longest email EVER! xD whoa! we just had some crazy rain!

Ha Ha HA! you totally destroyed that tastiness, didn't you? good stuff. also, you shouldn't let any of my Frangos go to waste either. they are just too tasty too be wasted. ;) :P so eat 'em!

Oh, gosh. I'm TOTALLY going to take a picture of it. I have figured out that if I rip my bangs hard to the side that it looks like a basic combover... but... ha ha ha, if I just let them hang straight down then it looks like a spock haircut. no joke. :'( it's killer, yo. but yeah, I finally have that missionary haircut. :P oh my goodness... I just realized that I only have a week and a half left until the field... :-O CRAZY!

speaking of which, my spanish is doing much much better, however it's still super difficult to understand anybody in the outside world, but now I have more of a semblance of what they are talking about. :)

and yes yes, I understand about the soup and the possibility of it being all they have, but still! :P oh, we had our safety meeting last week too, and the doctor told us to NEVER eat at a members house in the Santiago mission, it's just too risky. uncooked food, unCLEANED food, all that stuff. so he said, for puerto Rico, be SMART about it. if you think it's bad, you MIGHT have an allergy, or you MIGHT be fasting... HA HA HA! I thought that was so great when he told us that. xD

oh goodness. I am so glad that my girl is looking more like a cat now. you should send me some pics so that I can see her! :3 and wow. I am impressed that you were able to hold her upside down. but then again, she's always loved anyone else but me. :'( oh well, she love me when I get back. or not recognize me. then I can get a FRESH START! :D

gosh, thats a bummer about Andreu though... lame sauce. well, he's gone now. I don't think we'll ever get one that will trump Miriam, though. she was just way too awesome. :')

aw yeah, I heard about that storm. we got tons of rain, but we were all safe here. I love the thunder here though. it's just so crazy loud. :D

and yeah, we do get to go to the university every week. every Tuesday we get to teach and every thursday is when we go do service out there. :)

and as for Puerto Rico... I just can't belive I'm gonna be out there in a week and a half!!!!! :-O thats just crazy!

oh. and I be gettin emails from Ehren, you guys at home (speaking of which, I wanna get hannahs and Donnys emails. (hint hint hint) ) and I just got one from Cameron a little bit ago, Rueben, I sent an email to Bryan last week and got one back, Steph babb, austin, and I got one from Ella that I replied to, but she hasn't replied to it yet. so that would be everybody. oh, and I got one out to Grandpa Tony last week but he hasn't replied yet. so we'll see how that goes. :)

... and Oh goodness, I hope Lou is ok! :'( tell her I will be praying for her por favor!

and I will be praying for dad as well as putting his name on the prayer roll... I was actually gonna ask if there where some people that you wanted me to put on there, cause next week is my last week of going to the temple for the next two years so I was going to get everyone that I could. xD

aw suckage, a green pool! xD

thats crazy that they are finished enough on the Junior high that they can have people in there already. bummer about the Elementary school changes. Pioneer Valley is RIGHT THERE! ridiculous!

oh goodness, you want to get all the YW to write me and Ehren?! Crazy! ha ha ha! I can only imagine how that would be recieved. "EW, Brandon? EW, Ehren!? thats disgusting!" ha ha ha!

oh my gosh, I'm so glad that you went on that hike. I love that one so much. I'm so glad you remebered the name, too. I'm gonna put that on my list of things to remember. xD

ah, and for stuff that I need: MY PATRIARCHAL BLESSING! I've wanted to look at it so bad, and Dad forgot to get it back to me before I left... :'( and a mouth guard thingie for when I'm sleeping! I woke up and my mouth was all tense and tired... so yeah. I need one o those. :) and what else... oh! my memory card thingie that I can just plug it into the computer and have my memory card in it. if that wasn't really clear dad should know what I'm talking about. :) but that will make things so much easier to send pictures. :3 also: Twizzlers! starburst Jelly Beans! Candy, snacks! :D :D: D

oh my goodness! here in the East mission of Dom Rep,they have Banana spiders with bodies the size of two fists put together! :-O and we can buy machetes, so I'm gonna pick myself up one, cause thats just way too cool to pass up. xD also, they have rats seriously the size of small dogs. and they chase you. and nibble on your feet and hands. and not softly either.

poop! outta time, but I will be back after lunch!

~Brandon! :D

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so ANYWAYSIES, I just got back from doing service. this week we weeded the temple grounds. :) facil, pero it takes tiempo. le gusta mi spanglish? :) me gusta mucho. xD yeah, I guess like hurricane bob or somethin is around the corner, but it's far enough away taht we can't even see it. but we got like this flash rain attack, so we headed in about a half an hour early.

also, don't tell anyone, but I take more than a half an hour to type out your email... shhh!

so anyways, things that I would be needin' in my package? hmmm... lets see. more candy. oh, theres alot of people that have some instrumental music, and I was thinkin that you guys could send me my Ipod, cause alot... in fact, almost all (except for like Satch and Steve Vai and a few of the other instrumental guitar players on there) of the instrumental music that I have on there would be acceptable. :3 that would be nice, seeing as I've pretty well worn out the three CDs that I have on the MP3 player I have here. what do you think of that? maybe too risky to send in a package? yeah. better not risk it, but it was nice to think about it. thanks for offering though. ;) lets see... crackers... cookies... what else?

speaking of FB and gleaning things from it, how is my page doing? you even touch it once? do I have any messages? has anybody sent me anything? I sent out like four or five messages to some people before I left and I wanted to know if they replied to me at all. :P

oh, but yeah. I really love the fremont trail. it's such a gorgeous hike all the way up and it's so great up at the top. I'm really glad you were able to go. :3

aw, thats suckage that the Sabins are moving...

oh, so I sent my email to Bryan last week like I said in the first page, and I totally was like "dude, you know what would be the coolest? is if we went to college together!"


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sorry, I just had to send that before the computer freaked out. It almost closed itself down. but yeah, I figured if I could get Bryan in college with me then 1)he'd actually GO to school, and 2) it would be a GREAT influence on him if I we actually both got into BYU, but from what I've heard, I probably have like NO chance of getting in there until I boost my GPA... :'( man I suck. oh goodness! I've heard from one of my old roomates (Elder Lane) that BYU I automatically accepts ALL return missionaries. but I mean, it's BYU *I*. :-/ it's just not the same. plus I still have LDS BC, right? I dunno. but you should at least look into the whole BYU I accepting all return missionaries. that would be good to know. also, I've been told by another Elder here that theres more and more people applying to BYU, so I should actually apply as soon as possible. at least, it would be a good idea to. but I don't know if I can apply tha far out, can I? would it be a better idea to wait? no sé. you should find out. but yeah. thats that. :)

so yeah, I'm gonna try and email some other people now. :P even though I've BARELY told you anything about here... I suck at that sometimes. I'll see if I can write about it in a letter. for now I'll just start with my companion. :) his name is Elder Patrick, which is nice. he's a fellow first name for a last name-er xD um, he's from Orem Utah, and played hockey for BYU. he was a forward. and he still has ALL of his teeth! :-O he's about my height, Brown hair. pretty cool guy. I enjoy his company (fortunately, whew! xD) so yeah, thats what I've got for now!

I love you guys!

~Brandon