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, December 8, 2010

Back and Forth

Wed, Dec 08, 2010

HELLO hello hello jello fellow pillow willow gigalo... wait... take that one out. pout, tout, rout, grout, snout. that's all I got.

anyways, hows it going!?

I'm still not sure what the plan is with Elder Lehr and his going home ... :-/ I'm actually up in ponce starting last night and until the end of today's P-Day because Elder Lehr is up in Bayamon spending some time with his going home group, but because He's not going home until four weeks later, he's coming back. so all day today he's gonna be up in El Morro chillin and stuff, and I'm gonna be spending time with the zone leaders all day. WOOT! ponce. fun stuffs. but last weeks P-Day was pretty eventful! we got to FINALLY go on our hike with Alberto! the only problem is that I left my memory card reader back in Yauco because it was a last minute thing they pulled together to get Elder Lehr up to Bayamon. but we got to check out the Marshalls too, he he he. Elder Lehr got a pretty sweet hat that I would be able to send a picture of if I had my memory card reader. but we hung out there for like... two and a half hours before busting a move up to Guanica. :3 but hopefully we'll be hearing about what the plan is for when he leaves. Maybe a treeoh until he goes, or a surprise buddy coming in after or something... I dunno.

he he he, we tossed the leftovers before they got too bad... we ate most o them, but some of them we just couldn't get to, so we just got rid of them to keep them from killing us. but Christmas is coming, so I'm getting ready to fill up the fridge again. :)

oh yes, I shall keep Bryan's birthday presents forEVER. let me tell you, this was a big step here. not only did he actually SEND something, but he also sent it ON TIME. amazing. other presents include two birthday cards from grandma Nita, and a box o goodies from Grandma Jan (including one of the best foods on the planet, Crumpets. :3 ) however, interestingly enough, I also noticed $3.98 missing from my home account. *leers* hmmm. strange.

quick item of business: I should have asked you to do this sooner, but I kept forgetting... it's about time somebody took a look at things with my geetar. I wasn't thinking and I loosened the strings a bit too much with those cards under the bridge, so I'm kinda worried about the truss rod and the neck straightness... so if you could possibly be so kinda so as to pull marra out of her case and take a look at her, that would be fantastic. :) when you take the cards out from under the bridge, be sure to stick the whammy bar in the bridge to lift it up enough to get the cards out then to let the bridge down slowly. too much shock on the bridge could be a problem... :-/ could you do that? :) thank you so much, you're amazing!

so this last weekend, Yauco had an artisan festival! :D live music, arts and crafts representing yauco and a ton of other Latin countries, and TONS of families to talk to! :D unfortunately, I didn't take too many pictures... but the good news is, Elder Lehr's family sent me a birthday present! :D we just got the package yesterday! I got a sweet tie, a letter from Elder Lehr's mom, a card from the family, and some SOX! :D OH YEAH! can't even have too many socks. ;)

I just realized... I only have five more transfers left. :-O that's ridiculous.
also, president wants me to sing el Villancico Yaucono for the Christmas party! it's the Yauco theme/hymn/song thingie for the city thingie. Yauco is actually the city of coffee, El Pueblo de cafe. just so you know. so I'm gonna play the guitar and sing and Elder Lehr will accompany me. :)

a Christmas tie connection with Donny would be pretty awesome... I think I actually might have to go with that. :)

ah! you guys are on the decorating committee!? when did that happen? is is just for the dance itself, or are you guys on the committee in general?

jlbryanx2@juno.com wrote:

Dude, it just cut off!!!!! tear and another tear!!!!!! waaaaaa didn't even say goodbye ;'{ what happened?????/

Re: where is the rest??????

I KNOW! :'( I finishing it up right now. there's all kinda of random buttons, and I'm just so tired I can't really focus, so I keep pushing random things... :-/

jlbryanx2@juno.com wrote:

by the way, the tie has a push button that plays a Christmas song! sweet,cant remember what though!!!! and don't tell Lehr but Freddy's got Yoshi's back in so i got him one!!!!!! woo hoo! now where is the rest of my emaillllllll!!!!!!!!!

Re: ps

are you serious? it plays a christmas song?!!?!?!? AWEOSME!!!! that'll go with my tie that grandma got me last year :3 it's perfect. :D YES! YOSHIS!!!!!!! I'm so excited now. plus I'm trying to finish up the other part of the email... patience! :P

Subject: NOOOOOO!


that wasn't supposed to get sent off yet! ridiculous random buttons on keyboard. gosh.
so ANYWAYS,
I'M SORRY I HAVEN'T SENT OFF MY MEMORY CARD YET!!!! :'( I've been meaning to but I haven't yet... and today was going to be the day, but then all of a sudden I'm here in ponce, still crazy tired because I'm still not sleeping well. which unfortunately happens because for some reason my kidney hurts every night while I'm sleeping so it wakes me up. and the fifteen year old missionary mattresses don't help either. not one bit. especially when there's a permanent rut in the mattress from past users. >:( I've tried some sleeping/advil pills a few times... but I don't want to use them, because for some reason they just make me irritable and angry. it's just so weird, like things that would EVER make me annoyed or angry and just amplified to the EXTREME whenever I take them... so I figure for my sanity, I don't need that. not that my sanity is really intact right now anyways. I can say that I find that I'm forgetting large amounts of information... most of the time, I don't ever remember any of my studies... my teaching is increasingly faltering, it's very hard for me to be awake enough to feel the spirit and I just want to sleep! that's all I want. I just can't even really focus anymore, I'm always zoning out and things that people tell me just goes one ear and out the other, even when I'm focusing all my energy on what they are saying! DAH! so annoying. so I'm not really sure what to do about that. it's a catch 22. I can take sleeping pills and sleep almost all the night and then be really angry at everything all day (and it takes a few days to fade away), or I can not be angry and just zone out all day... do you have any suggestions?
but, since you're wanting the other half to the email, I figure I should send this off then. :P
yeah! You gots ta send me that picture of the cats under the Christmas tree :3 that sounds so cute!
AH! so, Damarys hasn't been able to come to church still, this last Sunday something happened with her mom, so she had to go be with her.... and tonight we have another appointment with Marcia and Francisco, so hopefully we'll be able to get a baptismal date with them, finally! :D I hope so. 'cause they need to get baptized before Elder Lehr goes home.
so, I love you more than I love surprise changes to my P-Day and not being able to send off my memory card or get a haircut! :D
~Brandon (Elder Bryan) tu hijo. <--- I realized a while ago that you had it right. it really was tu. but I thought it was su because as missionaries we have to use the usted form more than the tu form... sorry bout that... you were right! I just kept forgetting to send it to you.
also, check this out. I didn't read it, but I just found it really quick. Am I going to die?
jlbryanx2@juno.com wrote: I have not read it yet but you are not gonna die!!!! Look for some melatonin today and i will send some in your package too. it is a natural sleep hormone and i am hopin' it will help! it helped dad a lot when he worked grave yard get better sleep. it doesn't make you feel drugged but it could take a few days to feel like it is working. it is just the natural stuff your body releases to put you to sleep. they should have it at a Walgreens or drug store, Google translator said it is melatonina in spanish- check it out shouldn't be too expensive and I will check on the money from your account plus i need to transfer- 25 from Vivien and 40 from Gma Jan to your acct plus ice cream money ;)

Subject: Re: NOOOOOO!

aw, vivien gave me some money for my birthday?! she's so amazing.

aw, times up. I love you!

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