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, May 5, 2010
Re: Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!
*EPIC MUSIC* DA DA DA DA!!!!!! DA DA DA DA NA NA NA DA DA DA! (I dunno what tune, I just pushed some random buttons. :D) ANYWAYS! BEHOLD!!!! I have given birth!!!!! attached pictures shall appear sometime some. :D and turns out, it was a boy. so It's perfect that I named him Steve. ja ja ja! I had been going to the bathroom Saturday night and I just felt his little... erm... pressure? I GUESS that's the word I could use, je je je. and guess what, I felt it come down, and I was like "AH! my water broke!" and then it stopped. I ran out of pee. and guess what? he was only halfway out. yeah. awkward! so I went and chugged some water and didn't sit down because it was... kinda tender having some extra cargo there.... je je je, so yeah. I waited for about another half and hour and then "oo, I have to go to the bathroom again." so I got a cup. hey, I'm not just gonna let him get away after all of this! *pop* surprise. I now have a new baby. I stuffed him in a little tabasco bottle that they stick in the MRE's, you know? I emptied it out and cleaned it with some soap and water. so now I have Steve in a little bottle! WEE! I've also become the new poster child for sister and president Dewsnup about drinking water. ja ja ja! they used me in Zone conference to give a little "testimony" about how everybody should drink water or they'll get a kidney stone xD ja ja ja! but all in all, it wasn't very bad pain. just a little discomfort at the most. BUUUT, a LOT of the tension in my neck has been clearing out, so I think all of that may have been from Steve. that little stinker. xD I'd give it about another week to see how everything feels. Ha. and President told me that I might have already passed it. I KNEW I hadn't passed it. JA! xD what angry face were you talking about? I can't remember.... was that from me? :-O
So yeah. that was fun. OH! ha ha ha, the bishop here, Obispo Román, told me he's gonna look for a smaller bottle so I can keep him with me always. xD Lolz
so yeah. I'm sorry if I'm kinda slow in explaining things today, we had been originally planning on going to the bowling alley with some other elders, but they weren't able to make it, so we're a little bit late and I haven't had any lunch yet. :-/ *sigh* so I'm a bit tired and hungry. WOO! go hunger. :'(
ok. so for this Sunday. I think I might be able to call a little bit later. gosh. part of the problem was that Elder Harvey needs to make his calls too, and he had ben planning on going AFTER me, seeing as he keeps making all kinds of plans. he's one of those more, do it himselfs kinds of people, you. without consulting... so yeah. that just makes everything fun. everything. OK. but from what I just got from talking with him is that it's all cool if I call at 6:45 our time. that's a bummer that you have to skip out early on church, but this is more important. ha ha ha! I'm supposing that you want me to call your cell phone then. No Problemo. :3 We'll be talking this Sunday! :D WOO!
yay! package with cookies! :D I hope it gets here soon. I've been lacking cookies. xD
goodness... things to talk about? oh WOW... I'm gonna have to think of LOTS to talk about... ja ja ja. well... I guess I can find some stuffs. :P
I actually haven't really been emailing a super of other people. Steph's the only person that I've really been emailing other than family... come to think of it, she's the ONLY person I email besides family.... but last week was the most recent... before that... it's been like a month. I'VE BEEN TRYING to email more!!! :'( I really have! *sniff'* I'm sorry.... I'm going to try harder to email more.
goodness, from what I gather, Annie thinks you're pretty cool, yo! I mean, I think your pretty cool. isn't that enough? :D
Ah, I'm glad you got your package! that's crazy it got there in two days.... wow. that's a LOT faster than I thought. :D but yeah, I thought the soap smelled amazing too! gosh. did you get the card that I sent yet? if not, it should be on it's way. Along with Donny's letter that I sent him... what did donny need his passport for?
OH! ha ha ha! that movie quote had actually been from Jumanji, when the vine on the side of the road eats the police man's car? do you remember that? it was like, right after he got it. he was all proud of it and everything and the it gets eaten. but I might have been misquoting it. I don't know. it's been WAAAAY too long since I've seen it.
ja ja ja, I like the thing you sent! but it DEFINITELY was written by a sister missionary. it HAS to be.
but yeah... it really had been super hot here recently. the other day it was over a hundred. bummer that the weathers been sucking so bad for you out there. I've been really enjoying it out here. except for the whole sweating cause it's so hot thing. you know. all that fun stuff. AND YES. I have been drinking TONS AND TONS of water. no way am I going to get another kidney stone. oh heck no.
but yeah. I think I'll talk about recent things that have been happening here in my phone call. I think that's good. this way I can appease Elder Harvey and not take too long email. that whiner. he got done after 30 minutes! CRAZY! that's not anything! and he wrote BOTH his parents. there is just nothing to his emails. well, I guess he just doesn't love his family as much as I do. I think that's it. ;)
but yeah, I guess it's time to bust a move. lemme get those pictures of Steve, eh? :D WOO! now, while you look at these pictures, just think. this thing is super hard. and I had to pee it out. the first ones a bit blurry/ but still. it's better than nuthin. :P
so, while they load. what did you think of my car picture that I sent a while back? eh? EH? I really like it. :3
LOADED! ok, off I go!
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH THAT I'M GOING TO CALL YOU ON MY MISSION! :-O *GASP!*
~Brandon (Elder Bryan)
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