Current Location and Address

UPDATE: Reassignment (click)

Puerto Rico, San Juan - East Mission


Puerto Rico, San Juan - Mission
E-mail: Brandon.bryan@myldsmail.net


(Remember to keep things upbeat and supportive try to not to share or say things that might distract or make him feel homesick.)


He will be happy to hear from you all.

Current Location:

P.O. box 33
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, January 27, 2010

hey, my tooth feels funny

Wed, Jan 27, 2010




NO WAY!111!! dad got the Job?! YES!!! WOot! MAN! and he even gets a ride on the SHORT BUS?! he's is totally super awesome lucky. "He gets on the train in Tacoma goes to Seattle and takes a short bus ride" <---- ha ha ha! wow... that really does sound like he's gonna be tons busy. that's crazy!

wow! and robin got accepted to BYU I?! dang, she's got some stuffs to work out, yo. I personally think that SLC would be better, cause she would have the family support and all that stuff, but then again, maybe BYU I would be a nice eye opener, eh?

oh my gosh. elder Bednar is TOTALLY the coolest!!!! WOW. I mean, just the way that he teaches is incREdible! my gosh. so, ok. we had our missionary meeting on Saturday with him, and he was just... basically, the whole thing was led by the spirit. and it was obvious. (but I'm not sayin' that he's like, not to be guided by the Spirit, I mean, he IS an apostle of the Lord) but it was just incredible. we went over a LOt of things. he shared a few stories with us, and ESPECIALLY how to improve our teaching. focusing on the area of questions and how to better them. one thing that I've noticed a lot is that some of the questions that people ask kinda just... I dunno, they're bland. and kinda obvious. and fake. I dunno... it's just like... blah, I don't know. people just kinda go into this auto mode when they are teaching and they don't seem to really think about what they are saying or about involving the person they are teaching. they just go. meh. so He kinda addressed that and a few other things, you know. good stuff. AH! and on Sunday, which was absolutely awesome as well, I GOT TO SHAKE HIS HAND!!! :DDDDDDD OH YeaH! I was handing out paper copies of the hymns that we were going to be singing during the meeting with him, and it kinda died down. I look over the parking lot about two minutes later and his van pulls up! I was like "NO WAY!!!" and he and hiss wife get out, and Elder Costa of the 70 and his wife, and some other security personnel and they all come up to the entrance and we shook their hands! :D I was still holding the hymn papers so I was like "Elder Bednar... would you like a hymn paper?" Ha Ha Ha! he was like "sure. why not." and took it. SWEET! yeah... it was really cool stuff. and it was so weird. it really kinda almost felt like conference when he was talking. I mean, he sounds EXACTLY the same as he does when he's talking in conference. it was just trippy. but yeah... yup. super awesome superness +2

gosh, I hope you've called Breanna about her card now. :P you loser. yes, and talk to Bryan about my birthday package! I want my present. don't forget, you could always remind him about when he destroyed the front of our suburban. they'll get him to hunker down. xD

wow. I can see just how important your son's dental hygiene is. I understand. it's whatever, just go and forget to write him about it. I mean, it's not like he really NEEDS his teeth or anything. :P however it IS true that I probably wouldn't have been able to get that letter on time anyway. *sigh* oh wells. I did end up paying for it with my savings. gosh, 90 dollars today for the check up/cleaning and x rays just to make sure that I don't have any other ones than the one that I already did know about. for February 17th (my next appointment) its gonna be about $125. I'm going to have to get my cavity filled, and MaYBE some sealants done. I don't really know dentistry lingo in Spanish, you know, so all I really know is at LEAST, I'm getting my cavity filled. but it's going to be $125 for sure. *sigh* man, I was really hoping to be able to buy a new amp when I got back. well, the JSX amp, Joe Satriani's amp, is only $800, you know, so I'd still be good. :D just throwing that out there. ;)

holy crap though... oh my gosh, do you realize that I would pretty much just die if you won that guitar. you have to do all that you can to win that!!!!!!! talk to my friends, my coworkers, people on the street. EVERYONE!!!!! oh my gosh!! that would be so epic. *puppy dog eyes* please try as hard as you can. I bet you grandma and grandpa would likely help as well. and maybe Great Grandma even. :3 but yes. that DVD and CD super combo would TOTALLY be way mega better than valentines goodies. no joke.

ok, I'll get that letter sent to Ehren right away, cause I actually kinda got that one a while ago... heh... yeah. so I'll get that sent to Ehren. :)

yeah, all four sets of the scripture mastery cards would be sweet. :) they wold actually be for me to use. I actually wanna get all of them memorized, so If I had the cards I wouldn't have to make up some new ones. :) ...but I still have yet to find my scripture marker... *sigh* I might have to talk to the office to find out if they have one and pick one up through them. and as far as I remember, they SHOULD be all in my scriptures already, but for some reason I don't think that I do... so yeah. those cards would help with that as well. :D

as for that tie... you should really keep searching that out, cause that would be EPIC if it existed. so... yeah, you wouldn't mind doing that would ya? :3

but yes... I should probably bust a move, cause Elder Harvey has been done for like twenty minutes already. I swear, nobody seems to talk to their family here. its ridiculous. *rolls eyes* oh wells.

SO, Until next week then, I LOVE YOU!!! have a supercrazyawesomemegahypersweet week. LOVE YOU!

~Brandon

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