HAPPY BIRTHDAY AARON!

youz be the big 18, i dont know why i look like a chick with short hair in this pic..... but to ALL everyone,

this week was the best of the mission yet, God has been giving us miracles back to back, he has more then just his hand in the work right now, we found 8 new investigators, and i feel the spirit working through me stronger then ever, if it werent for the spirit, my tones would be terrible, but when i bear testimony of the atonement, the spirit never fails to make my Chinese SICK!!!! im really becoming who i want to be, i care about others more and more, i cant get our investigators off my mind, and i like it, i think bout them when i brush my teeth, i think of them when i sleep, eat, and desire their salvation, i wish we could meet with them everyday! i don't wanna leave taidong, because God is lighting this place up with the spirit, in the next 2 months with gods help we could easly see 10 baptisms! heavenly father hasnt just given us people to teach, he has prepared them, some have been seeking to know who god is, some have been wanting baptism but don't know which church to join, one of our investigators has the same situation as joseph smith himself, he reads the bible wants baptism, he's 17 and his family is all in different churches..... we set a baptismal date the first sit down with him.... he gives me fire for the work! im grateful for the blessing and progression the lord had been blessing elder You and i with, i honestly swear the key to success is EXACT obedience, diligence, and just a little blood and sweat thrown in the mix! well i could try to write down the spirtiual experiences i have been having, but would be dissapointed in my ability to discribe them, they are to unique for words.

love you all Keep pushing, and REPENT, becuase general confrence is coming up!

A TYPHOON!

well im alive, i survived my first typhoon, and it wasnt all its played out to be.... it didnt seem dangerous at all, but i guess dangerous enough to cancel church in all the taipei mission, so yes i spent all sunday inside trying to not go insain, but it was nice, becuase it reminded me how boring life is when you dont have a goal and a plan to exxicute it! made me fear alittle to have my mission come to an end, gave me a taste of idlness, and i didnt like it, life will definelty be a new one when i go back!

well not much to report on this week,,,, one of our investigators parents have signed the papers fanilly after 6 years of waiting saying he could get baptized..... talk bout enduring.... i dont think i ever wanted baptism that bad,,,, seeing people struggle for things that we had just given to us, really makes me realize the blessings that we are actually surrounded in! the mission is Great, and i know i still have so much to look foward to !!! love you all! happy b day brooke

elder Brunson

this week was hai hao

hey all well i finally had enough of the ingrown toenail, so i went to the doctor, the first hospital i went to said i would have to make an an apointment and we sont have time for that was i went to another one, and they took me right in.... to me it seemed a little toooo quick, and the doctor seemed aliitle to excited to me, to be working on a white guys foot. but he pulled me right into a room told me to lay down on the bed, and i said no i wanna sit and watch ( i wanted to make sure they wouldnt be REMOVING the toe) then he pulld out this ball of rags, and unrolls it and inside is more rags, then iside of that is all his tools:) so he stabs my toe with a needle bout 4 times and starts cutting right away before asking if i was numb... i told him i could feel the pain, so he said ohhhh okay, and stabed me again twice... it was cool to whatch my toe sweel up like a balloon.... i asked him if he could do my other big toe, so i would never have to go back but he said no becuase i waouldnt be able to walk then,,, i told him no problem, but he still refused..... so saturday ill begoing to get the stuches removed,,,,,and probly getting the surgery done again.... ohhh and makes the thing even better, is once he finidhed, the told me we were down, didnt tell me how to tke care of it or anything, and didnt give me supplies to do it.... but all is weel its been two days since that happened and i still have my toe :), the work here is going good, miracles keep happening, like so...... ( as i was sitting here emailing one of ou investigators that has been ignoring and aviding us for 3 weks just came in saw us and started talkng, we set him up.... the only reason we were here emailing at this time, is becuase our phone just all the sudden stopped working, so we went to get it fixed, then email, which just happened to put us there at the same time as him :)

i love this gospel, and that the end of that

Elder Brunson

Hey All

well I'm with my new comp, and we are just working hard being obedient as much our wilds selves will permit.

the first three days wee had together were hard, it was hot and we had lots of special mission meetings so it was hard to find new people. then on Thursday it was very hot here and we just decided to go find until dinner, all day out on the streets looking and talking, we laminated two family Proclamations to the World and went from family to family that we saw, sharing the message, and then at about 1:30 after seeing NO success i got rejected again... that whole day we had been getting rejected and rejected, and after that last one at 130 i just felt totally sick of the people, then said a pray in my heart, asked God why it was this way, I'm hot my arms are fried (my arms get burnt all the time, I'm sure ill have cancer when i go home)(they burn because they are always facing the same way cuz we're on bikes) and no one is listening. then as soon as i ended my prayer, our district leader called, and said a member needs help with service, she was moving out cuz here husband who trains Olympic karate people keeps beating her. i was so happy i was like yes i can get out of the sun... so we go do the service and on the way back we see more families and start talking, get invited in and teach a mom dad and son, they became new investigators, then we went to go visit a member, and he just happened to have a friend at his house, we taught him and he became a new investigator, then as we were leaving his house we saw a former, and sat down with him and he became a new investigator! we got five new investigators in one day, that has never happened to me before,,, that's our golden numbers for the whole week! God really does answer prays,,, but sometimes he just wants to see how bad we are willing to work for it. love you all... oh and i had some good reading this morning in Heleman ch 4-5 there, i learned the gospel is the worlds greatest weapon, its funny how just two missionaries Lehi and Nephi saved the Nephites, Not a military force.... read it think bout it! the gospel is a nuclear bomb in itself, the radiation is still spreading,,, it just hasn't made it to china yet

love elder brunson!

MOMMA!

well i have become a mom, my comp went trainer, and my son is from Hawaii, so i moved hahah but only five minutes down the road, to the other branch,,, when i bore my testimony to leave the 2nd branch i told them i was leaving and wouldn't miss them,,, then i let it be quite for a little while, looked at them all, then said because i am moving to 1st branch they laughed, so yes this is a weird move call, i companions with elder you, its his first time to be senior, hes is my first native so my Chinese will become sick ( i say that with boasting in the lord ) hah just like Ammon (not Lynette's son, even though he is cool too) when he glorifies God. elder you is the one that has been following me every where i go and now we are comps,,, i prayed to get a native just like him, turns out the lord did me one better and gave me him! so i moved from taidong south to taidong north, which means i should still get my typhoon !!! well all I'm really just starting to understand what the mission is all about! i can actually say I'm really starting to enjoy myself! oh and i hear Sara is becoming quite the talented singer, and randy sent me a picture of Ryan's wife.... SCORE if my arms could reach to America i would bump knuckles with him right now!

love you all

elder Brunson