I'm Back!!! (last post from the Philippines)

hey everyone,

just a short note to remind you all that i love you. today is my last time using the computer in the mission, so its up to you if you write back or not. ill be home in 9 days, but i only have 7 days of work left. 5 of those 7 days i have things going on like service projects, 3 hour planning, meetings at the mission home, church/PEC, temple tour, and my last baptism. ill enjoy this time and take lots of pics.

i love you all

Fun Times!

hey everyone,

just want to say sorry if any of you got hurt over my last email. im sorry i cant please wveryone at the same time.

this week has been a tough one for me. i had my last zone cof this week and after that a new feeling came over me. i felt so tired and ready to go home. i have not slept very well this whole week. one time i was being crawled on by a cockroach, so i got scared and didnt fall back asleep, one time water from our tank was falling 3 stories and crashing next to my window right next to my bed, and i have had a lot on my mind. its hard for me to get up each morning, and i have found the only thing that does get my up is my hot coco hahaha.

work has taken its toll on me. we bust our butts and the blessings have been comming in. we had 8 at church yesterday and we have 7 with a bapt date. when i came in we had 3 atchurch and 1 with a bapt date.

if any of you want names of people to pray for here is one ALMIRA. she has been taught for 3 years and her bapt is on the 20th. she is 19 and her parents are both dead, so she has some social problems. we try to help her, but she is scared to do anything in life so its hard for her ad us.

there is a pic of me with some fake hair on and another one of me and my daughter in the mission.

i miss you all. elder brunson #1

5 More Weeks... Will My Shoes Last?

hey everyone,

so 5 weeks left here and im spending it in a place called GEN T. DE LEON valenzuela. my companion is elder apostol, we are co-senior. he will be the lucky one to kill me. i have been put with him again (i follow up trained him) because he about to be sent home. i have to help him change and endure to the end. i love this elder though. he is one of my favorites of all time. we served together for 12 weeks before and now we have another 6. this area is good, but the work is low because of the things the elders did here before. the ward hates us because of the same reason.

im so excited to work here. we should have a bapt on march 6. and a few more after that. i hope....

anyways i love you all and i cant wait to see you.

elder brunson

It's NOT a Joke!

hey everyone,

so i got the message that you all think im just joking about going home on the 1st of april. its true. thats the end of my 24 months. i thought i would extend, but i had to make a hard choice, and i got the answer that it would be best for me to come home in april.

i found out last night that i will be leaving antipolo. tomorrow i find out where i will be spending my last 6 weeks in the mission, and who will be my last companion. i really hope that i train another american, that would be fun.

last night i didnt sleep at all because an elder from my zone is going home. he is finished with his 2 years. its a weird feeling cuz i met him in the mtc and we have seen eachother grow these 2 years, and this morning i walked him out with his bags and waved him off. i will miss him, but ill see him when i get back to cali.

the work here had been hurting the ladt 2 qweeks, im tired of being a ZL and dealing with all the problems of the zone. i have never been so stressed in my life, at the same time our investigators make 1 step toward the good side, then fall back a few steps. im out of ideas, so its a good thing im leaving antipolo zone. they will get some fresh meat in this place.

this computer wont let me look at my pics, thats why i cant send you any of them, but next week i will.

just a shout out to TIM in brazil. keep up the coackroach killing.

cool stroy of the week: i had a dream that i pissed all over everything everywhere. i woke up amazed at how much i was able to pee. so i drank a super amount of water that morning and peed a lot. well, we were about to walk out of the house when i had to pee again, so i ran to the CR to go pee, but the floor was all wet and i was in socks. i was just going to pee on the floor, but i decided to make my dreams come true and pee in the sink. it was nice, and the best part is i never use that CR, only the other elders in our house do. we have our own CR on the 2nd floor. hahahahahahaha

love you all