Wed, 4 Nov 2009
YAY! first email ever! :D alright, I'm so excited! :D :D <-- now, just in case, those are smilie faces. kinda like: :) except with a bigger smile! :D
but I'm really glad that my letter for Cole got there safe and sound. thats very good. I really hope that he really really likes it. I'm gonna try to keep a nice constant letter conversation between me and him. be a good influence, ya know? :D
and you know, I don't even know if I can really express how much getting a letter from you ever week means to me. it's just so fantastic to hear from you. ESPECIALLY about when you wrote me about Bryan reading my letter. that just gives me that extra little boost to do the very best I can as much as I can.
and I got your postcard/Halloween card yesterday! HA HA HA! I loved it! and the other halloween cards that you sent me were absolutely fantastic. excellent puns! :D YES!
I really hope to hear about you trip to Cali! I really hope that it went quite fantastic and I'm really glad that Grandpa was able to recieve my letter. I'm really happy that I was able to see him before I went into the MTC as well. I just really wish I coulda gotten more time to spend with him, you know? but thats what I get AFTER the mission! :D
but yes. I'm really looking forward to getting my letters from you and I hope to get them soon! :D
I love you so very much grandma!
SUPER hugs and Kisses!
~Brandon
Current Location and Address
Puerto Rico, San Juan - East Mission
Puerto Rico, San Juan - Mission
Adjuntas, PR 00601
Mark 1:4 and 9
4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.
Christ was not baptized for the remission of sins because he had none. But, as Nephi recounts, he was baptized for the following reasons:
(1) As a token of humility before the Father;
(2) As a covenant that he would keep the commandments;
(3) As a prelude to receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost;
(4) To gain entrance to and be saved in the kingdom of God, for no one, not even the Son of God, can so obtain without baptism; and
(5) As a pattern and an example for all men, and so that he could say: “Follow thou me” and also, “He that is baptized in my name, to him will the Father give the Holy Ghost, like unto me; wherefore, follow me, and do the things which ye have seen me do.” (See 2 Ne. 31:5–12.)
Bruce R. McConkie, “A Man Called John,” New Era, May 1984, 4
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
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