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