From Braedon!

this week was uber ken aeslehc, if you know what i mean. hahah. sabrina and lidia got baptized! woot! we had the service between the two sunday sessions of conference. it went really well for the most part (and i say most part because the water ended up being ridiculously hot...like worse than a jacuzi haha. i was already in the font but sabrina wouldnt get in because it was so hot, so some other elders brought in a bunch of ice from the kitchen and we dumped it in to help cool it off a little bit. the elders from el centro, who filled it, said they usually dont get much hot water so just turned on the 'hot' handle and let it fill up all the way like that haha. next time ill fill it myself haha). anyways, it was great. we had a big turnout and sabrina and lidia were bawling right before they went in to get baptized (either they felt the Spirit or our musical number right before was horrible hahah). their sisters came to watch it, but the dad ended up not being able to come. that was a bummer. but regardless, it was awesome.

to make the weekend even better, we had a good number of people come to conference, especially for it being up in el centro. the reyes dad came and brought his daughter, martin oregel came, juan and esperanza made it, then the benitez gang showed up too. the cruz family and celia were thinking of coming, but then the member they know decided she wasnt going to go because she had a lot to do so they backed out too. chispas! oh well, it was still fantastic. everyone that went had a great time and we had a lot of members helping us out with the people that came, so it turned out rad. brother medina, a member that was up in bonita 3rd ward when i was there, moved down to the valley and is in our ward now, and hes all over missionary work. hes coming with us to work every friday and saturday, is determined to get home teaching up and running here, and asked the bishop to assign him to teach temple prep class. the guy is a machine. he definitely reps good old bonita 3rd ward.

i know you all thought that transfers were this week, but theyre not til next week. so, no transfer news for you. i have no idea whats going to happen to me, and i dont really have a preference anymore. i already know this area so well that i may as well stay here to wrap it all up, but if i get sent to a new area than im sure theyll be a good reason for it. whatever happens, happens, im not really worried about it. regardless, ill let you know next tuesday whats up. and yeah, just send stuff to the mission office. well be going up there once each week for the next 4 weeks for different things anyways, so ill get it regardless.

as for ashtons mission call. if you can, ask president if you can just call me. i feel like thatd be easiest. president has our phone number and all that. if i dont answer, wait like 10 minutes for me, i may be in a super awesome lesson or something. but yeah, im excited to see where that boy goes! im going to guess that hes going to alberta, canada ;) or if its in the states, then he'll go to texas.

well, i know this is a shorter email without too many updates on each individual, but im just not feeling it this week haha. dont worry, my 'not feeling it' with writing isnt at all connected with my feelings of love and appreciation for you all, youre all the best ;) and hey, i saw that you sent a package to the apartment but i havent been there to get it yet. ill see if i can snag it today. whatever it is, thanks haha. and adam, i promise you a letter this week. i found some international stamps that im just going to use on your letter. sorry bro, know that i love ya man. anyways, you rock family. im impressed with all the stuff i hear about what youre doing and i really am super grateful to have the bunch of you. youre all legit...too legit to quit!

love,

elder roney