IT'S HOT!

ITS HOT!!! I thought it was suppose to be cooling down now! well the area im in doesnt seem to be improving, but i was thinking this morning actually just as i was writing this, lately i have been wanting to learn how to follow the spirit, and what better way to do that then to tract and contact, to stop for random people on the rode because you feel its right... maybe God is just giving me an opportunity , because i know God never Knocks you down, some people say, and i have heard other missionaries say, i get gong Good and then God just knocks me back down, hits me with something else out of no where, what i have tried to explain to other missionaries and people, is that.... that moment when you feel knocked down, is actually When God has just brought you up a level, God is only one to lift, never to knock down! so when trials come just smile and tell yourself, God must think im ready for the next big thing! love you all !

Elder Brunson

oops I'm a little late from July 25th 2010

hey all, I'm alive! here is me with stinky fruit :) i like this stuff,.. well i got brooke's letter! thank you for that, but i got a call from the mission office getting interrogated as to why a girl with the name Brooke was sending me a letter with hearts all over it..... they where like we have a question, do you know a Brooke and i was like yeah i meet one in Taipei and they were like do you know any in America and was like i know a lot,,, and asked them why you ask, and they said you have a letter with hearts all over it ... ahhahaahh i laughed and said ohhh that's my sister...... hahah thanks Brooke for the laugh and great letter.... you draw spectacular! elder brunson

DONT SMILE AT THE MONKEYS!

ok so as i was saying last week we went and saw monkeys... we had a member drive us threw the mountains... well i brought a loaf of bread because i wanted to get close to the monkeys.... and i start feeding them... and there was a sign in Chinese characters, which i cant read,, but the other missionaries could and they didn't tell me hahah, it said don't feed the monkeys to avoid getting attacked... so we got lots of video... to big to send.. of me feeding the monkeys..... and at one point,,, i was feeding a mom and a baby a lot, and the king got mad at me.....and while doing this i forgot your not suppose to smile.... so i am smiling as i am giving this other monkey and her baby food, then i hear this growl,,, and one of the elders says he is going to attack you elder brunson, and i look at him and he wasn't happy,, so i threw a piece of bread to him,,, but ....... it hit him in the head, so he launched after me,,,, i ran like a girl!!!!! i also had two monkeys take my bag from me, and there is a video of me trying to still it back.... threw this hole adventure i kept forgetting to not smile.... i had lots of monkeys mad at me....

hey all well its a new transfer, now transfer 5, and im staying in my third area still Taidond.... the good ole south. hopefully a typhoon should be coming soon, im ready for it.. i want the biggest :) im in the area where it got hit the harderst last time... oh and i didnt get to mention,,, for that uchtdorf broadcast,,, our branch didnt have the set up, to be able to to watch it on tv..... but what do you know that used to be my job, so i ran a wire for our church in the attic, probly the first missionay to go into the church attic in taiwan lol.... thats the 2nd time AVE has paid off. the attics are really hot here in taiwan too, and i was up there for about 1 and half and one of the mebers was freaking out thinking i was goona die so he cut a hole in the ceiling to get me water lol... my companion was down with him and was like what the heck are you doing hahhah elder brunson

ummmm

its was a coal week (rough dark and a little annoying, ) but i just like i knew it works, in the coal lies a diamond, and thats what went down, i am so happy to be out here. last week we went to cheng gong and saw an 8 arch bridge that goes out to an island. ill send picks. and this past week we got a pet, which is against rules in thw white handbook lol but hes actually more of a friend, hes a gecko and the sound like birsds cherping, we put him in our apartmet to eat bugs lol so i see him every so often... i still need to name hime... i think ill call him pinky,,, since he is so tiny and is no bigger then my pinky lol :) here are some random pics,, the bridge and views from one of the branch presidents house in taidong... ps hes loaded... yep im in a branch out here...oh and please everyone read the talk by Elder holland the "best is yet to come" i think is the name... ensign januray 2010 its about worry bout the future..

well thats the quicky email.. i could put lots more but am so short on time... oh and thankyou grandma for your letters!!!!!!

love elder brunson

Pictures

Here's a wild dog I saw. I gave him my food. He's dying and I felt bad for him. This was a member's Dinner in the freezer :)
The bug from A Bug's Life!
These beetles are big and pretty much do nothing. These kids keep them as pets and hold them.
One of the boys put the beetle on my shirt and ripped it off really fast. The legs are so sharp and they stick really well.... SO it ripped my shirt!
My area is very open. WE sometimes have to ride on a bike for an hour just to get to some appointments (ONE WAY)
Typhoon season is coming up. I'm excited cuz my area got hit the hardest last year!!!

Our GOLDEN investigator.

Brian? I think. This is one of the friends he's made since serving in Taipei

TRANSFERED!

ok so when i first got to taiwan i served in zhudong, i thought they put me in the south but i misunderstood,, it wasnt the south... it was just a 2 hour drive from taipei... but we got move calls and i just flew in to taidong... the southest our mission goes.... yes thats right i flew on a plane lol everyone was jealous i was going here (the flight took about 40 mins).. because its like the promised land of taiwan... alot less people and alot more nature... and monkeys :) and only four elders are down here... 2 snr and 2 jr so that means out of over 150 missionaries i got to come here... i have been here a couple hour only and already love it,,, the streets are actually some what quiet.. so now i can think... taipei was cool,, but cars would get to me every so often, i will miss running people over and weaving in and out of cars though... so yeah no one comes down here to the south.. the missionaries get forgotten lol i have been BANISHED. my new companion is elder Stout from utah... i am gonna miss elder cazier though,, we had lots of fun together. well on saturday we had a baptism, but i dont have my camera cord.. so i cant send pics.... his name is brother ke (brian) he is in danbing.. (the required military service they do here for one year) he only gets let out on weekends... so we would meet with him on saturdays... he was golden... we only sat down with him three times three saturdys and he was ready for baptism.... so quick!!! he was so good that the last lesson we laid down pmg in front of him nd said here are all the commandments you need to keep. red em with him an he accepted!!! so QUICK!

well my stomach has been acting better...oh and they changed the rules agin.. i can recieve emails from anyone now,,, i just cant reply unless their family...so feel free to email...there were lots of funny stuff tht happened this past week, but i dont think i got time to type it all... well thats bout it from me.... ill probly get mail once a transfer cuz im all the way across the island from the mission office sooo sorry if it tskes long time to reply..

love elder brunson