Re: the big thaw

Wed, Dec 01, 2010

oh my goodness. turkey day was ridiculous. we had three people invite us over to eat, plus President Ortiz and his wife invited us over to pick up some food from them... we STILL have food in the fridge. our next door neighbor as well invited us over to her families house to eat, so we went there, to a less active family's house, and the relief society president's house. we all were both absolutely stuffed! Elder Lehr had to bring home some food, and ALL the people we visited gave us extras. it was a ridiculous day. aaaaand... I have a feeling Christmas is going to be worse... heh heh heh... we've ALREADY been invited to three other peoples houses. and speaking of which... do you realize that we'll be talking on the phone in only three weeks? :-O when should I call? who should I call? where shall I call? what should I call with? what color will it be? how big? is it a cell phone, or a home phone? did I steal it? from who? where were they when I did it? did I just call from our cell phone and just make all that other stuff up? am I really Elder Bryan? if not, what did I do with him and how did I steal his identity?

however, if I were to guess, last time I saw the REAL Elder Bryan, he didn't look like he gained any weight at all. :-/ too bad for him. even though he ate himself STUFFED, it did nothing for him. and yes, if it's a holiday that might even be REMOTELY connected to them or somebody, they jump on it like today's special of the week, ha ha ha. and yup, they closed the day before it too. xD

OK, so Elder Lehr would be going home... January 8th. that's his flight day, but his family is coming the fourth, and he gets to go hang out with them... oh, the 8th in the morning he gets to go hang out with his family before he goes back, but that's it.

holy crap, we now have a zombie car! SWEEEEEETTTTT! it's even missing parts, just like a REAL zombie! (thanks Bryan. :P )

alright, so a roster of the things Bryan got me:
1 very shiny super durable universal utensil. otherwise known as spork by the normal people.
1 very classically styled tie.
1 shockingly fun hot potato ball.
and 1 pair of singing monkey balls.

and they are quite amazing. however, I have a feeling that he took some of your ideas for Christmas presents. ;)

yeah, I think that if you send the San Diego picture in the Christmas box that should be good. :) as long as it doesn't take too long.

OK, so for news this week.

Damary's couldn't come to church... darn it... her daughters have been in the hospital for the past little while suffering with a nasty fever and throwing up... soooo... we haven't even had the chance to teach her since the last time we talked... I just hope everything's OK. however... that also means that her baptismal date fell, because she has to come to church for at the very least three weeks before she can be baptized... so... yeah. we have to talk to her about that. darn you Satan and your dirty tricks! :(

we also found a mother on Sunday named Carol Saez. my gosh... she is super duper hunky dunky big mac super size really really really prepared. at least from what I feel so far... she basically knows half of the things that we say before we say it... while we had been teaching her, one of the things that came to my mind was something in preach my gospel and the scriptures... I don't remember EXACTLY where, but here: "they are kept from the truth only because they know not where to find it". so we have entered to show her where the truth is! WOO! :D last night she said " I will read the Book of Mormon tonight and I will pray tonight. I promise you." wow. but I feel good about it. I almost felt like I did when I was teaching Fernando back in Caguas, so maybe we were led to find her. To be quite honest, I skipped talking to a few other people till after talking with her because I felt slightly pulled there... ooo, I hope something REALLY good comes of this. while we talked to her last night, we invited her to get baptized when she knows that the Book Of Mormon is true and she said yes. :3 and on Thursday we have another appointment with her, so if she has received an answer, we're going to extend a specific date to her. cool beans.

wow, sounds like you had a fun experience with your talk there, huh? ;) but that is a really good point about prayer. thank you very much for sharing that with me. I'm definitely going to try and implement it in my teaching.

speaking of the gospel and things, have you guys read any of those assignments that I gave to you? :P you know, 2 Nephi 31 or 2 Nephi 2?

Im feeling a little better. I'm not feeling sick in my stomach all the time any more, but I still sleep horribly. but the best thing to do is just go on. I've noticed that even if I don't really know what I'm saying because I'm so tired, the Lord has definitely been putting words in my mouth. without a doubt, ha ha.

as for the stuff from last Christmas... well, I've mostly held on to it all in my bags and stuff... except for the candy. that's long gone. ;) but I had to leave my last Christmas tree back in Caguas because I didn't have enough space... so we might hit up the Kmart and get one there. maybe even today.

and speaking of today! yay! finally we might have a P-Day activity! :D we've been talking with a less active about going on a hike up to this old castle/tower thingie out on the coast in Guánica, so we really hope that we can do that today. if so, pickies! :D

and we might even be stopping by Marshall's today, as well. a newer, bigger one opened up in the plaza to replace the older one, and they've got TONS of new stuff. :3 but it's just to go look. no worries. :P ah! and we picked up some ice cream. moose tracks, 4.99 from Walgreen's. just so you know. :) but Elder Lehr had to buy it because I forgot my card... so I owe him the money... eh heh...

but anyways, I think I might have to get going. we have to go shopping, and we might go to pizza hut with Elder Ralston and Elder Patton :D

ah! and transfers. President told us yesterday in district meeting that we shouldn't expect to see very many transfers/changes this transfer in the ponce zone. he's been pretty pleased with the things so far here, so I think I might be in Yauco for a while.

so yes. I think it's time to bust a move! :D

I love you more than my kidney loves to act up! :D

~Brandon (Elder Bryan)