Out of Order... Sorry (From Jan 5, 2010)

hey everyone,

happy new years to you all an i send you my love. im here in antipolo and we just got the news that im staying here aNOTHER 6 weeks with elder loveless.

we had 22 people come to church this week. thats my personal best my whole mission, and i know its cuz im doing what the LORD wants.

well we spent new years at home cuz we ate too much and got the runs, but at least we had time to talk a lot to each other.

we are teaching a family that we found about 6 weeks ago from tracting. i walked right inside these peoples gate and up to the house and told them we are going to share about jesus. they are the PASTOR FAMILY. we have been teaching them and they have been commig to church, but we have been dragging our feet. we gave them a goal date for jan 2 and only the mom and theoldest daughter said yes. well since we were taking it slow we didnt teach the word of wisdom to them and it turns out they drink coffee once in a while. we forgot to push thier date back and the daughter asked why she didnt get an interview. i had to explai since the coffee problem. the girl was devestated. i said sorry about a million times, then she told me that she had not drank coffee in a very very long time. only the mom drinks it abut once a week. she said she wanted to be bapt on the 2nd of jan, so we made the district leader come out the next day and interview her and she passed. she was bapt last saturday along with 2 other girls from a partmember family. it was so nice to start the year with 3 bapt. and the rest of the pastor family will be bapt on jan 23 (the day after my 21st bday).

AMBROCIO FAMILY UPDATE

they have been commin to church on and off, but not really progressing. we gave them a new bapt date for jan 23 and we told them everything they had to do to get married. we thought they would do it, but 2 weeks later, they still have not acted. we knew there was a real reason. yesterday we went there early, before brother came home from work and we talked with sister a little. it turns out brother abuses them sometimes and he has started drinking again. she is planning on leaving this year and going to live with relatives in another country. she wants to be a memebr so bad and enter the temple, but at the same time she needs someone who could take her to the temple and her "husband" is not helping.

so we have to try to help them fix some things and see if we can let the kids get bapt first, or whats going to happen, but im sad now.i love this family and i thought that i would see them all become members together.

well i love you all so much

elder brunson

Shout Out!

hey,

im alive this is short, but i want you all to know i love you. my mission pres just aproved me today for my extension, so its for sure now. he told me plan on leaving may 13th.

work is good we have about 13 bapt lined up for this month, so im way ready. i just wish that the elders in the zone would stop being so stupid. they dont listen to me or even the pres of the mission, but what can you do????

right now we are off to talk to one of the district leaders and his companion who have been givin us problems.

love you all