Wed, May 26, 2010
Oh, goodness. this week has been quite soggy indeed. :-/ fortunately, things weren't TOO horrible, but I did get a LITTLE wet. :) you know, the whole walking thing doesn't really help much. but yes, it's rained, we got some thunder, but not TOO much lightning. even better, every time it rained, the humidity just shot up ridiculously high, so even if it wasn't 90+ degrees outside, it still felt ridiculously hot.\
OH HECK YES I read ALL those fish! every single one! basically what I did was I just pulled ém off the string one by one, read ém, then I folded them right back up. why WOULDN'T I read all of them? that's AWESOME that so many people were willing to sign them. so NYAH. :P I read ALL of them.
as for the card that you sent to Annie, I don't believe that I got to see it... :-/ but her letter to you? yes. FOUR pages. both of us are VERY good friends to her. :) as for this area and finding a friend like that? hmmm.... I think that might be a little difficult here.... I'm going to try, but almost all of the members live in Hato Rey, the other area connected to our ward... plus it's difficult to visit people when we're so limited without a car... :-/ *sigh* I'm just not too certain it's possible here. but I shall try. no worries! :D but I'm glad that you got my card. :3
Ha ha ha, it's RALSTON. :) just so you know. but yeah, he's pretty sweet. I think, even though this might be one of the hardest areas that I might serve on my mission, I'm gonna have a good time. this would be his second transfer here in Santurce, but he knows it pretty well, plus we have a little mappy that we carry around with us. :) He's a pretty tall guy (6'3'') but hes not like super buff or anything. he's got the same metabolism that I've got, so... yeah. but so far, I think that the most hostile thing that I've run into is those fanatical Catholics and... *shivers* the Jehovah's witnesses. yeah. they're fun alright. just makes me wanna jump for joy. oh, when we were in a car area, no, we never had to pay for gas or anything. that was paid by the mission.
Caguas gold... that would be a place where I picked up a sweet bracelet... heh, I'll have to take a picture of that. :)
I'm outta time... I took too long to get myself situated, so now I've got to bust a move. sorry about that... I'll be sure to take less time next week so I can get a full email out.
I LOVE YOU more than Elder Harvey loves sugar! (and that's a LOT! ha ha ha!)
~Brandon
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 26, 2010
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