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, April 21, 2010

Re: Happy Conmemoración del Natalicio de José de Diego day!

Wed, Apr 21, 2010

wooo! nothing happened really this week either... :-/ blarg! well, basically we've got like TONS of time to be searching fore more people this past little while, 'cause all of our investigators are now either baptized, avoiding us, or we had to drop them because they weren't keeping their promises to read and pray... *sigh* oh wells, I suppose. success isn't ALWAYS infinite. but yeah. tons of yelling outside of people's houses (everyone has gates here, and the way you get people to come out of their house is to yell inside "buenas tardes" or "buenas noches" so they know you're outside. it's fun stuff, it really is, especially since my throats been really tight since I got out of the hospital. I think that might just be from where the stone is right now, though, so I just gotta wait and see how everything goes. :) but yeah... I've only really felt the stone today and a little bit last night, sooooo I think it might be moving really soon. which I hope, cause it just sitting there is kinda disconcerting. but we'll have to see how everything goes this next week. I've only got one more week to go, and if it doesn't come out, even though the doctor said it was supposed to, then I'll have to go in and get myself some surgery! WOOT! I'm so excited. :'( that would've been really sweet if you had called while I was there with president though! ha ha ha, I wonder what would have happened.

but it is very true, mother's day is coming up! three more Sundays! :D woo! ~kinda crazy that it's already been SIX MONTHS since our last call, ya know?~

I... didn't forget about you're birthday! when was it again? heh heh heh...


ANYWAYS, GUESS WHAT?! today, me and Elder Harvey are going to old San Juan! :D WOO! So I'm in the Trujillo Alto university doing my email right now. I promise I'm going to take lots and lots of pictures, OK? :D I promise. :3

ah, redneck golf. that's the game that we played for mutual one night with Brother Kent Johnson, with the three PVC pipes parallel to each other and you throw two golf balls with a string tied between them at it, and you get one two or three points depending on which of the three poles you hit. it was fun. :D oh ha ha ha, red neck golf pun! :P

Yay! I've gained more sympathy points from the young women! sweet! that makes me feel nice inside.

oh... yeah. Cameron IS waiting on a letter from me. I just haven't really had the chance to write it all out yet cause I've... well, you know. the whole kidney stone thing is really kinda boggin me down. BUT, we have LOTS of driving time today so I'm gonna try and get that done and sent out. it''s been a lot more difficult to get letters out recently cause of the stone and Elder Harvey just really isn't a super big fan of writing letters too much. just to his girlfriend. whatever. I'm working on it Cameron! it's coming soon! (what did he need an amended patriarchal blessing for?) but it's really nice to know that he really looks up to me... I guess I never really realized what kind of an influence I had until I left... it's crazy. but yes... I'm gonna get that letter out soon. :)

ok. so for LDS BC. you mentioned that there's a thingie where the AA only transfers if you take the course thing for an extra year... hmmm... OK. that's interesting. will it not transfer to BYU either unless I take that? the RM scholarship is a VERY nice bonus. ha ha ha, good thing I'm servin a mission, eh? xD OK. and you also can be employed in your chosen field after three years... how does that work? do you happen to know? is it just really because you need to just study first before anybody will employ you? also, is there anything different from LDSBC and BYU I that you saw that would affect me? similar to the transfer hangup thingie at LDSBC? and if you go to a church school you need to have insurance? well... thats interesting. seeing as I don't have any of that... poop. well, I guess that's just more fun, eh? :-/ xD

hoochie! Robin got $5500?! do I have a chance to get that much from FAFSA? that's CRAZY! that would really help a lot. I mean, A LOT. :3

AH! OK. I had no idea that you were talking about Spokane when you were talking about driving on the wrong side of the road.(I was not driving on the wrong side I was just driving in the left lane too long with out passing) ha haha! but then again, I'd been super wiped for the last two weeks. but man! drivin on the wrong side of the road. (I was driving on the wrong side of the road in a remote area that was really icy and the other lane was not at bad! I only did it when there was no other cars!) that must have been sweet! ha ha ha! ah cool! you guys were following the Lewis and Clark trail! gah. you know, I seriously seriously want to go on a road trip when I get back, like no joke. I wanted to go on one before I left, and I did, I guess, in a way. a small, very fantastic one, but I've always secretly wanted to just drive around Washington and SEE things. :D so yes. If your down with it, I'M down with it. and we can bring BRYAN! :D man, that would just make the trip that much more awesome! it would become our road trip of win! Washington, MT, Oregon, Idaho. yes. very very very fun. Very. muy. bien. mucho. un montón! :D oh yeah! but yeah. I got some cash. you know. I think we could pull it off. I would totally start saving up some more now, but it's not really my money to use, heh heh heh, but you can, right? :D yes yes. lets do it.

AH YES! I did very much enjoy my package.(from his friends Bre and Bryan) the cologne smells VERY nice. :3 and the little "picture" book they sent me is really quite entertaining. I've got something that I have to send to Bryan that I think he'll really enjoy, ha ha ha. It's pretty good. :D however, that little egg puzzle was too easy! ha ha ha!

hooray for Angela! that's really cool that she's going to that conference! I think that if she got a blessing to go there, she'll find what she's looking for. very nice. very nice. :D

well, I'm sorry this isn't as long as I wanted to make it, BUUUUUT, we've got to get going so that we can get ourselves out to old San Juan! :D WOOT! so, here I am, about to leave. and before I go, I just wanna express that, well, that I love you more than Robin loves changing her clothes! :D ha ha ha!
but yes. AH! one more question before I bust a move. how does Donny enjoy having his own room? oh noez... one more question! did Hannah get my letter yet?! :D weez! ok. I've got to bust a move!

~Elder Brandon!

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