HAPPY NEW YEAR! (from 12/27/09)

Hey Guys!

the infamous sister gabel at the christmas party.

this one is of the drunk guys cooking a pigs head on the 24th.

one is of a jeepney at night, i just though the pic was cool

this week we had a lot of fun, but it was a lot of stress at the same time. i was really disapointed in the zone cuz the numbers werre low and they wasted a lot of time, but oh well right? it just shows their desire for JESUS.

i have had a special week, that i wish i had time to tell you about. lets just say i have found the real meaning of christmas. a memeberfrom the states came here and we helped him find a poor family and we gave them christmas.

thank you for your letters especially the ones grandma sent me. i loved it. thank you as well for your love.

for those of you who wanted to know, im with elder loveless right now. we are the zone leaders of antipolo zone which is in the mountains of a province called rizal. its cold and beautiful here, so we call it "the city of angels"

elder brunson

Merry Christmas!

hey everyone,

this week has been pretty good. we didnt see a bapt like we had planned, cuz the girls parents said she couldnt do it at the last second, but we are working with her still and also a lot of others to get them in the waters and get the holy ghost.

i sent pictures of the meal we made today as a zone activity. we dug a hole, made a fire, heated rockes, then cooked chicken and pork, and fish, and some other stuff. it was soooo good. i loved it. its the style of cooking that the people from islands like fiji, tonga and samoa do. its kinda funny that we did it cuz we have only white people and filipino people and one sister from pakistan, so we just tried it and it works.

i got to climb the coconut trees and we drank fresh juice and ate the coconuts. we really had a good day.

we hope to see one bapt on saturday the 26th and then the next week he can baptize his two step daughters. i think that would be really cool.

oh so there is a member of the 70 who lives in my stake here, and i sawe his wife walking one day and i said hi as we passed and she just said hi as well, then the next minute we are walking and she pulls up in her car and gives us a huge cake and says merry christmas. we went home and ate it that day. i dont know how many elders ge cake from a 70's wife, but at least i know 2 (me and my comp).

i love you all.

elder brunson

Pictures from 12/15

Amazing Week! from 12/15/09 (sorry... kinda behind)

hey,

so im going to be calling home the 25th in the evening. thats friday night for all of you at home.

this week has been great. i sent some pics of the temple tour we went on with our investigators, and there is one with an old man who we teach. and then one of me and my comp and sister gabel with her comp.

we have a bapt on the 19th and one on the 26th. we should be seeing so many more now. we have a part member family we are teaching and we will be baptizing so they are complete. the mom is a recen convert and the husband just changed, and now the kids are all home so we gave them dates and they all said yes.

we have been seeing so much successs. 16 people at church and so many lessons, if only the members would work with us more, we could help more people.

time is short like always, but i love all so much.

elder brunson