I'm HOME!

Well I guess I need to do the mission wrap up! I'm home And the mission was quick almost feels as though I never left. I met so many great people on the mission. So many people willing to make big changes in their lives. It was so awesome to see what the gospel can do to people's lives. It 180 many of the people I taught and 180 me as well. I will miss always thinking about others instead of myself, but some time to myself lately has been quite nice lol. I know God will greatly bless me and I know he will greatly bless the people who were willing to change. I love TAIWAN, and will go back again, but might make a quick stop at china first.

Sincerely Kyle Brunson

LAST EMAIL!

Hey yall Well we had a good ending week, found some good new investigators, they are quite prepared, ones father just died, and the other is looking for a true church and work. they are progressing as of now and the willingness they have is going to get them in the water, its nice being able to leave the area with something to leave behind, well I'll be seeing you all soon, it still hasn't hit me yet, and I still don't feel trunky,,,, But i do miss mexican food :) Love ya all!

LAST WEEK!

hellos you all. As you may have noticed I was not able to call home.... oh well, time to talk will be plenty when I am home.... I look forward to spending time with ALL of you so will have to figure things out so time with ALL of you can be spent, I want to develop relationships with ALL of you and I’m glad I will have time to do it. This is the last week and now its time to give the extra last big push get it all out of me. I'm excited too bad you ALL cant be here to see it happen! Well I love sharing my testimony about Jesus Christ and watching people change, that’s the meat of a mission. Love you all! Love to seeing you all, Aaron and Brooke especially :) sorry I cant spell, my English out here hates me for that.... well see yas in a week peace!

LOVE ELDER BRUNSON

Thanksgiving #3

Hey everyone I’m still alive despite the 3sty's I had in one week, hitting my head on an edge of metal that took off a chunk of my hair while on exchanges, loosing the phone for two hours (it fell off my comps waist outside), and the many other experiences God has given me to keep me on my toes these last couple weeks, still doesn’t feel real yet and probably wont till I'm on the plane. These last two weeks I can spend some time with my recent converts from my mission I'm excited. And then I will be seeing you all at the airport... before you all come I would like to ask you ALL to read a talk. It is the April 2002 edition of General Conference, by Thomas S. Monson, called hidden wedges. Click Here We all have some wedges we can work on getting rid of. Well Aubrea had an idea of going to Murrillo’s after the airport and I think its a great idea, because Mexican food is what I miss the most... enchiladas and homemade tacos! You people are so spoiled... my face is hurting out here because I'm trying to get all the last bit of Asian food I can get in me, but it's all so oily! Well the phone disappearing and being found is actually a miracle and an answer to a prayer me and my companion both said together, it turns out a lady we had contacted that same night had stumbled across it in the street, I think God allowed it to happen to prepare that family... because they actually before we realized the phone was gone, set up a time to meet with us. Well everyone take care... still don’t know if I can call home i'll figure things out... soon maybe.... don’t worry if you miss my call if I even do call, i'll find some way to let you all know a head of time, when i'll be calling...if I do. Happy Thanksgiving... this is #3 for me as a missionary. Love yallz

Pictures! Nov. 13, 2011

I'm Not Getting Married...Cuz I'm Not Ready to be Fat"(Nov. 9th, 2011)

Hey all, congrats to randy on your new baby girl... now you have all the excuses in the world to get fat, I hear once people get married they are aloud a le way of up to 20 pounds of gaining and once you have kids its 40.... so in that case I probably wont be getting married in two years, because I’m not ready to get fat yet. I cant imagine what being pregnant must be like.... because your not really fat and you cant stop it either, but it still looks like your fat.... every morning I wake up I am grateful to still be a man. Well congrats Tim on completing his 2 year mission, I expect him at the airport waiting for me with Flowers and letters of apologizes, because he didn’t write me the entire time, at least a dear john would have been nice, and you too Dylan, where’s my letter that you were going to send over a year ago :( its okay at least my Taiwanese friends write me:) so I was thinking about the best way to enter into the airport and surprise you all, I was thinking something along the lines of Chinese fireworks and a tazer in my back..... But then I realized you cant take the act test in a jail cell, so I have order a jet pack online and plan to be landing in the corn fields of Dixon, I have asked my Chinese friends in America to burn one of the fields to make a clean landing, so if your at the airport and don’t see me, be sure to check the sky first, ill leave a banner connected to the end of my cap so you guys can tell its me, but it will be written in Chinese so family be sure to bring your Chinese friends to translate best would be the lady from Mongolian bbq, she knows me :) well love you all say hello to the Vacaville ward for me PEACE

Free Hugs and Pictures

Hey alls well not much to say. My new comp is from so cal his name is elder Kasparian... well I’m alive and well... went on four exchanges this week all back to back,,,, so I am tired... its the first time I've done that but I wanted all exchanges out of the way fro the last 2 weeks so I could visit people so I’m making this first 4 weeks super xinku (tough) loves Elda B

Oh yes I forgot to mention one thing, well there was this tour bus with lots of people that got off so I rode up to all the people as they got off and starting contacting them and teaching about Jesus and then they pulled out cameras and next thing I knew there was a woman next to me pressing against me putting a peace sign up then she put her arm around me... I froze and all this rules that were being broken went threw my head, the first one being when ever there are cameras I get nervous because then I cant mess up and we cant take pictures with woman alone so when this woman got right against me and there were cameras I just froze and smile it happened to fast I smile cuz there were cameras and then all the sudden her arm was a round me,,, an then I ran away a couple feet shouting not allowed then they starting complaining and said she just wants a picture, and then she ran over and threw her arms around me....well then I called President I told him I feared it would get on the news and the church would look bad, and he laughed and said yeah it could,,, I told him I had to contact them cuz it was a bus full of people I cant pass that up, then he asked some questions like how old she was, I told him 40 something .... And mentioned "for the record president, I didn’t enjoy it" then he laughed again....

"The Crazy Elder" (Oct. 23, 2011)

Hey you all, well the mom got baptized, I found her last month on the street using the book of Mormon, she got in the water quick, she was one prepared soul, she would right down notes when we meet with her, and take them home type them on the computer and insert them in her book of Mormon, we told her she could just write in the book, but she refused and said she didn’t want to make such a beautiful thing ugly. She has a 7 yr old daughter who loves coming to church in her dress and spin around, like she is the princess of the world, she also has a 1 year old child, the father needs the gospel, he is not a family guy, and needs what the gospel has to offer. I have a picture of her family except the husband he decided to go play instead of attend her baptism. I would have emailed the pic, but I'm moving so all my things are packed, I’m going back to SHI LIN the place where I opened and first went senior, now over year later I get to go back and finish un finished business :) I’m excited its really gonna make me a fire ball these last 6 weeks. Still not trunky and probably wont be, home is home and mission is mission, two completely different lives why miss them, they're both great. But I am looking forward to my touchdown walk at the airport though, just so your not too surprised, let me make this clear.... I’m a little different then your average missionary so if you see a man sliding on the stomach in your direction you can probably assume its me :) ahahhah Just kidding,,, I shouldn’t be that crazy... I think? Love you ALL PEACE elder Brunsonator

51 more days!

Hey all we will be having another baptism this Saturday, its a mom with two kids,,, we are gonna try and get her husband in next... but she was the golden lady I contacted last month... so she is dunked quick :) passed her interview, and she is ready and excited, I’m happy for her,,, hopefully if I move next week I move to where she lives because she doesn't live in our area but works here a lot and her mom lives her, so she got baptized her... if I move to where she lives ill get her husband in too,, and that would be my mission family.... :) the beginning of this week was tough, for the first 3 days I didn’t see a single good thing, and it was all day on the streets 3 days of rejection, I was super frustrated, because I was like why on earth is God testing me, he has done it so many times.... why again.. But like always just kept pushing,,, then I had crazy miracles coming, I had never been hit with so many in one week, we ran into so many investigators on the streets and I ran into this guy who is the older brother of an investigator I baptized over a year ago.... when I contacted him he mentioned his brother was a member of our church, and I was like oh really what’s his name... not thinking anything of it, he said guo ming chang, and I was like oh snap, I baptized him!!! Just lots of things happened like that, and now I get to go out of zhong he with a sweet baptism!

I'm ok and alive not trunky at all, but look forward to spending lots of time with Brooke... AARON keep adding oil (jia you) means keep going... mission right around the corner,,, sweet!

Peace you alls!!

Conference Recap

not much to report on this week. Conference was good, i was spiritually exhausted by the end though... they gave us so many invites this conference, really pushed me to do all i can to honor the priesthood i have been given. i look forward to spending time in the temple consulting with the lord when i am home. i have a feeling this time here at the end is just going to fly, its a little scary, I’m not quite ready yet, but am ready to get into school and start working on the new project.... me lol

but i don’t got much to mention this week,,, just a lot of meetings we had.. handling zone leader stuff... well i love you all hope all is well

ELder Brunson

Oct. 3, 2011

hey alls I’m lows on time again , when is Tim going home? next month right? hey and you all stay happy, randy fill me more in on that apt. and stuff, how much is my part of the rent? Aaron keep aiming high, Brooke do good in school, Aubrea keep hitting the streets, i love you all, and miracles are just being worked out here,,, its a bummer i dont really write in my journal,,, and thats a commandment to from the book of mormon,,, i can see why. well im pretty sure next transfer there throwing me back down to DL ive been ZL for five now, and president pretty much already told me it would be that way. im excited for that, because i was only DL for one last time and trained at the same time. well time is here and its time for me to get off this thing prob, love you MoM love YOu Dad, and of course Lynette and chris you guys rock too, see yalls soon. peace ELda Brunson

Miracles/power (Sept. 26, 2011)

ok i don’t have tons of time so i figured i would write one of these big emails again in order to reply to you all. well lets see,,,, miracles are coming a lot more now that the mission is coming to a close, found a woman couple weeks ago, she has 2 kids and is married but the relationship aint so hot,,,, she calls me her angel... she said i found here when she was in her lowest time of need, now she is just this super golden women that screams with excitement when she can come to church,,, when we teach her in lessons she takes what we tell her then shares scriptures with us from her own reading, proving to us she knows its true,,, hahah she has also stopped swearing as a way of repentance,,, i cant explain how prepared she is,,, ooohhh the blessings of talking to everyone... how i found her was just showing her the book of Mormon and asked if she had seen it... she said no and asked if i wanted to give it to her... i told her she had to meet with us first. Then another miracle taking a man who rejected me right off the bat and after a few words i was then walking away from him with tears strolling down his eyes, as he said "i felt it, i felt it". (Aaron) the gospel is POWERFUL, when we are set apart we are given the ability to unlock the powers of heaven... but as it says in PMG pg #4 .... it says you "can" can meaning it is up to us to take that authority and turn it into power. as i was on exchanges with a 3rd transfer missionary i almost cried with him during comp study (it would have been my first time to cry on my mission), because it finally hit me of the POTENTIAL we have as missionaries and the authority given,,, and i realized it was going away soon. we can do the things of Alma’s missionaries after he clapped his hands on them... we just have to realize it, believe it and do it. ok now directed towards Aaron.. hey i know you dont like me preaching to you... but just a little advice as a thing to focus on... Learn the potential... Aaron when you are set apart as a missionary you are given the same exact power given in alma 31 as he claps his hands on them. The olden day people are not any different then us, times have change when you look through our eyes but not when you look through the eyes of God.... BELIEVE you can have this power, it’s amazing. You will work miracles, don’t worry bout ch3 in pmg the mtc will pound that in you.... LEARN the POWER of what you are soon to behold.... im just starting to learn it... but out here i cant get my hands on the things that would teach me a lot of it... all i have is the BOM and PMG but honestly it is enough...

ok all you now... i have really been trying so hard to get to know the savior now,,, and it is coming,,, i will be giving up things when i come home, so that i may draw near him.... if any of you are thinking of getting gifts for Christmas or anything for me... here are ideas BOOKS from prophets who speak about the savior, anything as long as it has been approved of the church and is about the savior... the thing i want the most though is a BIG NICE PICTURE of the Savior that i can just carrying around with me the rest of my life... i do not want to drop spiritually after the mission i want to keep going. i know it will be hard, and you are all just saying oh its just the phase of the coming home missionary,,, but no I’m being serious,,, i always told my self i wouldn’t be this missionary,,, but why not? its what the savior wants.

love you all !!!! ps dont worry im still Me ..... and Fun i will still be

She Contacted US!

Well aubrea made me do this again.... so world well I’m still in zhonghe... its my 5th here, and I’m with elder Visser, we are becoming quite spiritual. This man has really taught me how important it is to LOVE Jesus,,, man success is just happening from our faith in Jesus,,, we love it, mostly what we talk about is Jesus, now were not crazy spiritual freaks, we are just learning to love our savior Jesus Christ,,, I’m still a member of the Jedi council ( zone leaders) and this transfer our zone got bigger... it about doubled in size.. And we have lots of young missionaries. The mission is cruising right along and its just getting better and better... President was really happy with our zone this transfer.... we have four elders in our apartment right now,,, so sometimes that can be a little more stressful... but it spices things up and keeps us on our toes. What exactly am I suppose to write in these emails... there are lots of funny things that happen but they all just flash out of my head... biggest miracle of the week,,, found lady on the street who has read the book of Mormon and believes its true... she was riding her bike and we pulled up next to her and contacted us while we were riding... she didn’t understand what that meant though that the book of Mormon was true.. She is already Christian so I boldly told her it meant the restoration was true and she had to be baptized again... she don’t live in our area so I sent her info off to another zone,,, hope they get her in :) ummm the weather is getting nice and I’ve been really studying about Jesus Christ lately,, and learning how bad I want to get to know him... if started to make a list of things I want to give up so I can know him more.... well for all you punks thinking bout serving... GET OUT HERE! PS said with LOVE <3 really guys get on the mission if you look at my high school pics and me now,,, you will notice the changing affect it has ahahhahh BROOKE HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I love YOU. You are 11 NOW.

elder Brunson

Super Late..... from 9/5/11

aub said i needed to send a blog... so okay well i have like 5 mins,, so ill try... ummm im alive and still kickin... baptism next week she's a miracle.. we found her on the street turns out she was investigating years ago. reads scrips and liahona everyday since but never could just quit smoking... well simple put, she doesn't smoke now mwhahahah... im staying busy out here and some days i feel like my head is going to pop... President caught me playing hide and seek with one of my new members in the chapel at the taipei stake center before our fireside.. it was more of the new member running over to hug me and i pretended to act like he scared me and was a pervert so i ran from him... i did all this knowing president was watching.... and i saw the smirk (smile) he cracked during it all... but he told the assistants i need to mature up a bit... they told me pres. thought it was hilarious but still had to deliver the message... all i read in the scripture is we are to be as children so i believe growing up would be apostatizing so ill just keep playing hide and seek ahhaahh :) well thats all i got time for.... LOVE yalls

Short and Sweet

Sunk 2, More to come! Peace!

Crazy Guy and Sara! :)

well another week has zipped by,,, i cant believe its been been i week since we kicked that 15 year old punk out,,, ahahh just kidding i actually like the kid,,,, but the stress brought upon wasnt fun, well those two sons of the old monk,, which he was actually was only a monk for like over a week, it was like some training thing,, but he has been very devout Buddhist his entire life. well his two sons have interviews this week.and well me im still here alive and okay,, except on saturday we meet with one of new investigators who actually turned out to be tricked by satan,,, we taught him and the spirit was so strong, he told us the book of mormon cant be true because as when God tells prophets things and they write it down most of the meaning is lost through the writing of it, we asked him if he would be willing to pray do the moroni promise and he didnt say anything, then asked us what spirit he thinks is in the lesson satan or god? the guy is weird,,, then he went off and some rant and then i bore strong testimony of the book and power of prayer, but that time i felt as my heart was in my throat, and felt impressed to look him in the eyes and tell him the only reason you dont except, is because you reject the holy ghost, that set him off, but i felt good after words,, my comp gave me a weird look then i saw thought process going on,,, i asked him after the lesson and he told me at that point he was thinking why i would say that then as he was thinking he felt impressed it was right so we got really bold with him together,, so after the man was done with his rant we invited him again to pray and ask god,,,, and again didnt say anything.... ( he writes his prayers on paper doesnt say them out loud) so he starred at us,,, in deep thought, picked up his pen and began PRAYING (writing) once he finished writing he stood up as quick as he could got to the back of the wall, and said "when you read this i hope you wont be angry" he prayed to god that our life would be full of challenges and pain, and darkness and confusion, and that life would be full of annoyances, by the time my comp read it out loud to me the man was already gone... as he left when he got backed up against the wall i told him i was glad to meet him thanked him and he left and as he was shutting the door, did my last testimony of the truth of the church.... i wasnt angry that lesson at all but would have loved to punch him in the face until the devil is so annoyed he leaves his presence. well yeah that was the experience of that week... the mission is good :) love you all,,, oh and happy birthday to sara,,, and happy late bday to tim and justin, love ya ELder Brunson

Check Out my Spelling/Grammar.... it's horrible!

so having the short time missionary was not easy, he would always ask me ?s and laugh the weirdest laugh, he also crashed alot on his bike, which made me get a good laugh, ecsept for when he crashed into mefor the 6th time! we did have our fun moments too though, but it was a hard week becuase i had to be an angel to this 15 year old "thing" or else members would begin to not like me, since he was from our stake. but i survided, i made it!!! but thats not it, last night was the fanalley, when his bike tires rim bent so it couldnt move, so i had to carry his bike home on my shoulder for a half an hour walk, i was covered in sweat as i walked through the streets of zhong he( which by the way is soppuse to be the worlds most densely populated area, or thats at least what i here, and god chose one if his, well lets say less smarter kids to take care of it.) i bet it looked really stupid,,, either it looked as though i was stealing, or i forgot that bikes are for riding not for walking. IM TIRED! IM BEAT! but its funny how you can still feel like the happeist person to ever walk the planet,,,, well sometimes it feels that way...or than that your to tired to think of how you feel.

well the monks kids are doing great his two sons definetly well be getting wet in the next tree weeks,, they have changed so fast! before from believing in many gods to getting down to the one.. heavenly father,, they have felt the spirit and know the things we tell them are true, they have family pray and read together every night. ive never been happy for any one then them,,, the mom works nights so i still hvent met her. really want to though, so we can get them into the temple,, i see good things in the futrure for their fam.

well works still moving out here, i still look like a maniac rolling on my two wheel babed in the streets of good ol taipei holding the beast of "blue" in my left hand for the world to see, with an invisble trump in my mouth playing the sweet words of repentance. our zone is catching the fire. love you all peace

Last 4 Transfers!

well i'm just pushing these last four transfers, and its feeling great,,, its nice to look in the mirror and realize your actually starting to forget yourself,,, well me and my comp have been told by president we get to babysit for a week,,, we are having a week, short time, missionary with us... sorry if my grammar sucks,,, all i do is speak chinese now that i have a Taiwanese comp again. well the mission is going great we are finding tons of new investigators due to help of God, but are having a hard time to keep tract of them ,,, need to slow down a little and work with the ones we already have... finding has become my favorite thing, talking to everyone and laughing at the rejection,,, when they reject me most the time i just play with em for a little then leave,, let them know we aren't robots,,, they usually wave their hand to go away, and when they do that i usually take the role like i just got to taiwan and say what does that wave mean, are you saying hello,,, so then i start waving,, or if i'm feeling really special ill hit there hand and say awesome high five,,, id say 9 out of ten find it really funny, and the one,,, well i better just not say what they do... well i forgot to mention,, for the past month i have been having nose bleeds once or twice a day,, so im on meds right now,,, and their starting to not work as well again,,, its not my sinuses cuz its so wet here.... so not quite sure whats going on... oh and 2 weeks ago i contacted a lady that said she was willing to come to church, i asked here why she was willing and she said because this is the 4th time you've asked me,,, and i said me or other missionaries,,, and she said YOU , well now she is super golden, but i handed her off to the sisters, just like any other golden person,,, last night contacted a girl and was inviting her to english class cuz i was in hurry , then she saw jesus name on the tag and said you re christian,, and we were like yeah and she was like i really wanna get baptized,,, thats my first time to here that on my mission,,, well she goes to the sisters too....we really need more sisters missionaries,, they do so many things we elders cant get done.....so all you single woman engaged or not drop what you got going and get your butt out here! love you all! elder Brunson

The Monk Gets Dunked!

so all, well we had another baptism. the monk finally got wet!!! hahahh he has had so many great experiences to help build his testimony, yesterday in fast and testimony meeting he got up and beared his testimony,,, he wasn't even baptized yet cuz we baptize them after church then give holy ghost on next sunday. well his testimony was great,,, sacrament meeting was very boring and needed someone with some good stuff to say,,, well (lu an rong). our investigator got up and started bearing his testimony, and of course he mentioned how diarrhea in his pants was his answer to not drink coffee.. every one started laughing,,, it really helped our other investigators enjoy church more, and it help everyone one to stay after for his baptism,,, the ward loves him! well now his sons want baptism, so we are meeting with them tonight... thats the pic of the baptism... i know my pants look really high..... ummmm its all i could find at the moment hahaha brother Lu is just another testimony to me that god has a sense of humor, and does love all his children.

the other pic is my new comp... we have fun together with in the first week we were throwing blankets over the other ones head and then hitting each other, together we have lots of faith,,, we are getting above the golden standards in our mission for finding each week together..... well all i decided i'm coming dec 6th,, i didn't like how people were calling it "coming home early" if i took the oct date. they do the oct date because if we don't take it then we go over our two years, but i told God dec sixth was my decision and if its wrong tell me, well he hasn't told me, so dec 6th it is. but the mission is great its getting better and better and i'm working harder and harder,,, we are seeing lots of success.... love you all ELder Brunson

Meet The New Zone Leader!

well this week was tough,, we had an investigator pass his interview, he is 17,, but then his parents didn't approve so he couldn't,,, but that saturday night after much pray and faith of our investigator and us that week, his father agreed, so he came to church sunday and i asked him how he has been thinking he would be sad because he cant get baptized,, then he said my father said i can,,, then my comp said to me do we baptize him then, and i was like heck yeah! so then six hours later, he got wet! so we have another baptism in two weeks, it was the other guy who was suppose to get wet this week too, but ran into money problems,, he's the monk guy... but turns out he lives on the border,,, so we might be giving him away.... :( we are still meeting with our white guy tommy, hes good,,, might get him in the water, or pass him off to the english ward.

okay now the rumor about me coming home early i guess needs to be explained because i have people emailing me now asking if its true that im coming home early..... NO its not true. i mentioned that i can choose the date october 25th or dec 6, i told President, december 6th is when i want to go home, but might oct, depending on when Aaron leaves, but even after i find out when he leaves, i will still ask what God wants,,, because i know nothing could be more important then staying here, unless president or God wants otherwise. so plan on december 6th, the pride in me doesn't want to go a minute less then 2 years. hahahah

well its a new transfer, my new comp is taiwanese, he's my second one im excited for my chinese!,,, and im ZL driver now honestly the difference isn't much,,, same responsibility, just now if we mess up i look like the idiot,,, i killed my other comp, he was blessed to be able to leave with that last minute baptsim.

the first pic is my old taiwnese comp and our new member who served six weeks on a mission just finished his short mission. the second pic kid in white on left is the 17 year old... he was so happy im also sending a video i dont know if it works or not,,, but well see, its a dog that walks on two legs more then it walks on four,,, if they put clothes on it, it would appear a kid,, literally the dog walks,, and likes it better,,,, it looks best from behind!

well love you all, sorry personal emails were short this week.

Elder Brunson

Shrek

one of the missionaries here, put me and my comp next to jesus on their mirror that they look at before they leave the door every morning... he drew my comp like shrek, cuz people say he looks like him hahah , the other pics is just some big buildings.... ,, no time to write sorry... love you all!

Keep The Sabbath Day Holy (From May 28th)

well our baptismal candidates passed their interviews, so they should be getting baptized either this friday or sat. problem is we might change one of them because he didn't come to church, he went to visit his mom, in the hospital, then took his kids to the movies,, he thought it was ok because it was a family activity, but we told him, yes family things are good to do, but you cant spend money,,, then he was like oh yeah,,, man i need to repent,,,, he is the Buddhist guy. other then that we should be having another two getting wet soon,,,, its the blessing from talking to everyone on the street..... thats what we do with most of our time, don't let a soul get passed us with out at least throwing out an invite! well all i wont have a problem with talking to anyone when i get home.... ahahh i love you all, i miss the WARD, and its leaders!

Elder Brunson

Obey the Word of Wisdom... if not, coffee=diarrhea

heyz all we got two Baptism interviews this week coming up , so we should have 2 people getting wet on june 4, one kid is 12 who has grown up in the church a little because his mom is a member, but wouldn't let him get baptized because his dad died and she felt like it would make the dad upset, because the dad is Buddhist! but a couple weeks ago she felt like the dad said he could get baptized.... so well we started teaching him... the other guy is 50,,, he is Buddhist and a taxi driver, he walked into the church himself about 2 months ago, saying he wanted to learn about Jesus,,,, about the first 2 weeks we spent teaching him how to pray correctly, since then he has been getting answers to his prayers... for example we taught him word of wisdom,,, and he was up on a mountain doing his morning exercises.... he prays and exercises there every morning,,,, well he prayed and asked if the word of wisdom was true,,,, if he's suppose to stop drinking coffee and he said 10 mins later he had bad diarrhea... haahah i laughed so hard when he told me this.... well at least he believes it was his answer... he was like i have drank that stuff for over 30 years and never had a problem till i prayed....hahah he's so funny, i love the guy! things are going good, our zone is getting better!!!!!

love elder Brunson

love you ALLLLLLLL

ROACHES!!!!

well for Pday, we spent 5 hours cleaning our apartment... it was a battle field, the missionaries won, the roaches had well over 30 casualties,,, not sure how long of a period of time,, but big chunk of those casualties were the 20 that came from the egg laid under my bed.... it was gross, i pulled my bed out and there were a good 15 hiding in the dark,,,, they were babies, probably just hatched... but it wasn't cool,,,, it seems to me every apartment i move into i have to clean,,, GUYS are SO sloppy,,, i hate Filth! we did the deep clean today 1030-330 today pday just GONE, but now we will be able to sleep well!

missionary wise we had a good week, miracles were all over,,, its gotten to the point where we are having to have to be careful with our time. we are now having to chose the good, better, and best decisions,,, trying to get the best in the water first, then the better then the good! i see us having two baptisms this transfer! we are working hard and the spirit is BEING felt ALOT!!! i love testifying on the streets! its almost dangerous that God has given me the skill on the street, because going home and getting numbers will just be to easy now lol hahh well i love you all ! the GOspel is TRUE! PEACE!!!

oh ps... aaron keep up the good work love you bud

Time's Running Out.... Last Phone Call Home

well i was able to call home, it was nice to talk to the family, i love how everyone expects me to bring home an asian woman, hahaha

time i guess is counting down for me, i believe that was my last call home. Elder Dean should be getting home soon i believe. well i got a new companion, his name is Elder Stoker, he is from Las Vegas, Elder Raskey has left, he was very emotional VERY!! it taught me a little more of how to open up, mostly because i had to or life would have been very tough. i liked him a lot, and it was a great chance for me to grow, but you all know how i am lol, not much one to express my feelings, like to handle things on my own, i learned this last transfer, that not only does it hurt when you say things wrong, but it also hurts when you Don't Say Things.... i had to tell my companion i loved him, he had to hear it, REMEMBER i like the guy, i'm just explaining the transfer i had, but yes i told him the way i explain him, is by saying he is a woman trapped inside a mans body.... i wasn't even used to being around women as emotional as him.... oohhhhh man what a great growing experience.

one thing i have learned about my personality since i been here, is i am a molder,,, i mold to those around me, like i change this quickly to make this work,,, but i am only willing to mold so far.

this transfer is going to be good for me, i'm killing my new companion, and he seems to be one focused missionary so i am excited.

well i love you all ELder Brunson

COSTCO! Finally

hello everyone, this was a pretty good week. i finally went to costco! i have been waiting to go there my whole mission, we went last week, i was so happy! we got some good things going on in this area, we had five people at church this sunday, we got a good five people, progressing towards baptism... i could see three of them getting wet, here in the next month. i started writing in my journal again, because some church historians came last week, and told us its a commandment, and use all these scriptures and experiences to get on us. they are the guys who have the keys to vaults in utah, so they have complete access to all church documents. they said only 4 people in the world have that ability, and two of them spoke to us last week! turns out joseph smith had 30-35 wives, and Brigham young had 55 so far accounted for. a lot of interesting things were learned, they answered our questions and were able to answer any question we asked them,,, these guys know so much. all of those wives they had most of them were not ones they had kids with. i don't remember if i mentioned this but last week i got hit by a scooter, i flipped off my bike and just rolled for a little bit, the guy just drove off. i thought to myself when it happened "bout time something exciting happens" i haven't been put on the ground in over a year, it felt great, the most exciting thing i have had happen out here is surgery on the toe lol... which still isn't fixed, i have to soak the thing twice a day in water and put cotton under the nail in hopes the little bugger will just come out... well last week while rushing home, i saw a guy on the street, and passed him while saying hi,, he said hi back, then i felt impressed to turn around and go back to him.... so i did, talked to him for a bit, and he just got married in jan. and loves to pray but doesn't know who to pray to. not only is he prepared ( because we taught him yesterday and he's good) but he loves junk food, especially burgers, and he knows of a place here in taiwan, that taste like IN N OUT,,, so i was blessed spiritually and physically for finding him. i LOVE FOOD i cant wait to just eat then exercise then eat then exercise... OH by the way Dad your bday is right around the corner. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! and MOM mothers day is right around the corner too! happy MOTHERS DAY!

well i love you all, the mission is good, like i said i'm being blessed very much, not only spiritually lol! i've grown a lot, haven't changed much as a person, at least it don't feel like it, but i have learned what is most important in life!

love elder BRunson TAKE CARE