WOO! chillin in Caguas! :D

Wed, Dec 02, 2009

ha ha ha! well, I'm glad you liked the kinder Buenos. :D did anyone else like the malta though? ha ha ha, I guess you're not a super big fan of it then, eh? as for myself, it's not super fantastic. I can drink it, but it's just not... the same, ya know? yeah. I don't think that there's prunes in it... but it TOTALLY smells like spaghettios!

yeah! the cake I got was actually from a less active now turned active. her name is Jolanda. she was actually the first person I ever taught out in the mission field. and ever since then I've been stopping by and teaching her and her son, Sebastian and she's become active again!!! :D :D YAY! she's been reading the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and covenants like KaRayZee and she loves it. I'm just so happy that she's become reactivated. :3 but yeah, we stopped by her house the Saturday before my birthday cause we had a lesson, and then she's like, ''oh, hold on one sec'' and then she bings me out a CAKE! :D SWEET!

and then the little girl is Gabby, she's the youngest of the two daughters of the Branch President. SOOO CUTE! oh my gosh. ha ah ah, she had the BIGGEST crush on me and kept telling me that we were going to get married. xD and then when we went to go visit them for my last day in Rio Grande, she told me that after my mission I had to come back to Puerto Rico so that we could get married. ha ha ha! oh, and the whole family (except for the Branch President) speaks English, so I was able actually build a stronger relationship with them, because I could UNDERSTAND them. Ha ha ha!

and HA! I TOLD you about that haircut. but NO, you didn't believe me. :P gosh, it was so bad. I just kept combing it over till it got longer. blech. but yeah... I think the guy was just used to buzzing everybody's hair or cutting black peoples hair (most everybody in the Dom Rep is either black, or has a lot of black in them.) (I hope that doesn't sound racist. that doesn't sound racist. does it? :-O )

ha ha, as for the faux hawk, I WISH... heh heh, it's not a missionary appropriate haircut, is it? I'm not really sure about that... gosh... I can't even really remember that picture... I think it may have been right after I cut my hair... huh. but with it being shorter... I dunno.... I still like it longer, I'm not gonna lie. it IS much better for the heat if it's shorter, but still. I can make a sacrifice to have longer hair! xD

as for the paper ball, I have some pictures of how to do it on my memory card that I sent you. just get a little search through ém. they would be back from when I was at the CCM. :)

that's really interesting that Bryan hasn't responded to the text yet... has he come over since the birthday party? cause he STILL owes me my package. I WANT TO HEAR FROM HIM, dang it! whats the dealio!?

(Q2)How is the new place and companion? We need your address!!!!!!!!! I have your first Christmas package to send but don't know !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2) ok, so the new place. I'm in Caguas, the fifth largest city in Puerto Rico. it's pretty spiffy over here, ya know? the city is nestled right in the valley (where I harvest my grain, I took a look at my wife and realized she's very plain. but that's just perfect for an Amish like me, you know, I shun fancy things like Electricity.) sweet. ANYWAYS, yes. in a Valley, so it's kinda like Salt lake city, where we have the mountains on both sides and we're in the Valley. ya know, ya know ya know? yes yes. as for the Address... I'm not too sure about it... like, Elder Bailey has told me that he really hasn't used it, so he doesn't really know... he's always just sent stuff to the office. so what you could do is, I have it right here, but what you could do is that you could send a test letter or something to that effect to the apartment address, to see how long it would take to get there, and see if it ACTUALLY does get there, and if it does, then you could put that address up on the Blog. as for now, until we verify, it might be much better to just have the office address on there.

but here's the address:

Urb. Bairoa
Calle Pargue de Romances S-6
Caguas, PR 00725

ok, so be careful with that, it's a wild card. :) but Elder Bailey is Pretty sweet. I'm not gonna lie. he's only got one more transfer than me, but he's got a very nice sense of humor, and even better, he doesn't take everything I say literally! YAY! he enjoys using some sarcasm as well, so I think this transfer is gonna be much SMOOTHER than the last two.

(Q3)And you need to find out if you need an international phone card to call home or a us one so I can send it or you could just go buy one!

3) as for the international phone card, I should be fine there... I still have the others that you gave me, plus we're still in the united states, yo. :P but yeah Hermano Mejias, the ward mission leader here, said that we could use his phones. he's got some cells/his home phone with unlimited national calls, heh, so he told us that we could use those. ha ha, he was also like, ''yeah, you guys can totally use them for as long as you want. an hour, two hours, THREE hours if you're REALLY ''home sick'' ha ha ha, so we're good on that, I think. ( he speaks english, by the way, as well, so I think I'm getting off pretty easy around here! xD but I've noticed that I'm understanding people's spanish a TON more now. SWEET!)

(Q4)How was your Thanksgiving? What did you eat?

4)mmm, thanksgiving! so it was the day AFTER transfers, but thats ok cause Elder Bailey had some appointments set up. YAY! we went to a recent converts house, the Mendozas. they are SUPER cool. the father speaks English, but no one else does (he was in the air force) they have VERY strong Testimonies. they made us some FANTASTIC super soft turkey, rice, macaroni salad, and for drinks, we had some orange juice xD and we also had a drink that they make over here... I can't remember what it's called at the moment, but normally it has Rum in it, but they left that out. aw darn. ha ha ha! but it was quite tasty. really sweet tasting... I'll try and remember the name. :)
(Q5)what does chacho mean?

5) he he he, Chacho is un palabra Boricua. (it's a native puerto rican word. Boricua is the word the use for like, born puerto rican, I guess?) but chacho means like, gosh, or jeeze. a nice little fun word to use. :)

yay! say hi to the Jones Family for me!

-to the Franzens-

Hi Franzen family! oh my goodness! I got the pictures of your daughter!!!! she is SO CUTE!

I'm getting better at my spanish, so I'm thinking that I might attempt to send you guys a letter in spanish this week. I really hope you'll be able to understand me! ha ha ha! but yes, I've been meaning to send one sooner, but packing for transfers took a bit longer than I expected. Entonces, voy a tratar y darles una carta ESTE semana!

pero, Ustedes son el mejor que hay!

Con mucho Amor,

~Elder Bryan

-End transmission for the Franzens-


well, it's good that Grandma Laster enjoys hearing from me. thats what counts, right? xD as for the list of smilies, it might be better for you to make a list... I've been trying to, but I just get so wrapped up in stuff that it makes it difficult. :'(

you better get dad on editing those emails. that's important, you know.

but yeah, let dad know I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to reply to his email today... gah, I feel horrible. ok. I'm gonna try and send you guys a letter today. I got TONS of stuff to talk about, cause it's a whole new area and everything, so I'll do what I can. :)

so remember about the address: send a tester letter first, just to see if it works. the little Teenie mailbox we have doen't have a top on it. it's one of those ones that you hang up on the wall, so I'm gonna see what I can do about that. maybe fasten a little to out of scraps... I don't know. I just gotta come up with somethin so the letters don't get wet. I'll see what I can do. but don't forget, send a TEST LETTER FIRST. I don't want any of my precious Mana to get lost. :)

so yes, I Love you guys a MUCHOTONSPLUSSEVEN!!!

~Elder Brandon Bryan

as for 6 & 7, I'll address those in my letter! LOVE YOU GUYS!