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, February 3, 2010

how come forks have four prongs?!

Wed, Feb 03, 2010

CAUSE THEY'RE FOUR-ks. :D HA HA HA! lame. xD

Ha Ha Ha! I'm glad that the short bus comment was entertaining! xD ha ha ha!

naw, Elder Bednar actually had to leave right after that stake conference to the airport, so he busted a move pretty quick outta there. but he talked a little bit about (yes, he did not finish his sentence)

yeah, you know. that whole getting to sleep on time thing really makes everything a little different. you sleep a lot better too. ;) that's good that Dad has gotten into a nice routine for work AND school. is he just super busy all the time now? :-/

who did Robin bring to the Priest Laurel activity? just a friend from school? DAH! I can't believe that you told Brother Christianson that! blarg... I'm NOT a problem child... :'( *cries* ITS NOT TRUE! >:(

whoa! Sister Earl and McCorkle went home?!11oneoneone?! that's crazy! and no. I Have NOT been out for seven months, thank you. I only count the time in the field. the MTC and CCM don't really count. so I've only been out for 5 months. nyah. :P

wait... whats the Levy election for...? :)

and I just said hi to Robin, along with a fairly decent sized email, so she should have a corazón apacible now. (quiet heart. xD)

are you serious?! did I seriously make over $5000 last year?! how is this POSSIBLE!? dang... I would've had MORE than enough money... for the amp, a cab, AND a custom Warmoth... *sigh* blarg. well, I SHOULD still have some money left over when I get back. BESIDES, I did pay for some stuff back at the beginning of my mission. ;) Plus, I'm gonna have to buy like a whole new wardrobe! :D I need new clothes when I get back, yo.

ha ha ha! sister Curtis really wrote the same stuffs? well, no problem then. I'll get right on writing Darren. :3

YES!!! Joe Satriani DVD and CD waiting for me when I get back. ALRIGHT! was it a NEW CD by him? :3

didn't Bree and Bryan both say that the package would be on it's way soon last time? and the time before that? COME ON! :'(

oo, Tell April and Angela ""HI!" :D and tell April that she needs to write me. now. cause she's a bum.

Eh... I dunno If I'll stay with this comp or not... I guess it all depends. :P however, more than anything I really really REALLY hope that I stay here in Caguas, more than anything. I LOVE it here. all the people are totally the bestest.

yes. where is my old memory card? HMMMM? you send you would send that back! jeeze! :P

so, news from this week! WOO! I'm excited now.OK, so, you remember me recent baptism, with Fernando? the guy that was TOTALLY prepared and found out about the church through the internet? well, we had a lesson with his SON this last Saturday, our second one after sharing the restoration DVD with him and leaving him a book of mormon and 2 Nephi 31 to read, about the doctrine of Christ. He is PERFECT!!!! OH MY GOSH! so we get there, and he pulls out his Book of Mormon, and a NOTEBOOK, and he's goes ÿeah, I read what you guys left me, and it just all makes sense. and then, I was flipping through the book and was picking out chapters that I liked"". He totally read like 10 chapters EXTRA than what we left him! WHAT?! he read Alma 7, Mormon 7, Moroni 7,8,10, 2 Nephi 31, and a few others that I can't remember right now. and those are some of the most doctrinal chapters in the Book of Mormon. he is a beast! Moroni 8 is about the baptizing of little children, and he was like "yeah! I had a question about this before! it totally makes sense why they shouldn't baptize kids." and he's just... wow. hes just got this incredible hunger for the Gospel, just like his father does. speaking of which, Fernando... wow. (side note: his sons name is Fernando as well ha ha ha!) so Fernando, the FATHER, has been doing his studying. he works in the Radio, so while he's there, he's got TONs of time to read and stuff, so hes been studying the duties of a priesthood holder, the Book of Mormon, DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS, AND the Gospel principles book. all. at. once. holy COW! (Santa Vaka! (except tha'ts not a saying in Spanish. xD)) they both are very prepared for the gospel, and I'm really excited about Fernando (his son) he's only 18, and he has this HUGE hunger for the gospel. right after our lesson with him on Saturday, we had a lesson with his father right afterwards, for after baptism lessons, and we retaught the plan of salvation a little bit. that was going to be our next lesson with his son, this THURSDAY, and while we were teaching it, Fernando his SON comes out and says, hey, I just read about that in the pamphlet you guys gave me! and sat in on the rest of the lesson. Wow. super totally awesome. plus, after our lesson with the SON, he asked for all the chapters that we had on the plan of salvation. *jaw drops* WHAT?! so we gave him four chapters: 2 Nephi 2, 2 Nephi 7,Aalma... 34 I think and Alma 40... I think. I can't remember right now... hm... blarg... I need to remember that... eh, I should have it in my planner. :)

so yeah... super awesomeness. AH! I have lost myself my memory card to USB thing... (thats why I wasn't able to send pictures last week) *sigh* so I'll probably pick one up at Walmart today. BUT, I do have my camera cord with me today so I CAN send SOME pictures. :) I'll get those sent in just a sec.

Also, how is your search for the EVH style tie goin?! :D Tell me you're still LOOKING! :D do you think there might be one hiding on the internet some wheres? :3 I bet you $2 there is! BUT, you can't win the $2 unless you LOOK! :D ;) GO! go and look! :D :D DO IT! *eye twitches*

so yeah... lemme get those pictures sent. :D

I love you guys lots!

~Brandon (Elder Bryan) :3

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