From Braedon

well, so the news came in and ill be spending my last transfer...in Calexico! hahah. yup, 10 transfers/14 months in the same area. same exact bed, desk, chair, roudy neighbor kids upstairs, everything hahah. i was shocked. still kinda am hahah. but its ok, i guess im supposed to be here, and so ill run with it. president has been leaving people in areas for a long long time. their is an entire district in santee that hasnt been changed in 10 months. elder pearson, an elder here in el centro, has been here since july. there are quite a few people like that. president must have gotten burned out of doing transfers and just decided to do the least moving as possible hahah jk. theres a reason behind it all, its just funny because a year ago, this was unheard of. 5 transfers was considered really long. oh well, it is was it is. and it looks like this last transfer is going to start kinda rough, but weve got some good potential to boost it back up again. all the people we were working with before kinda crashed into a brick wall and burned. k, it isnt that bad, but yeah, everyone threw on the breaks. the cruz family is so stressed by their financial issues that they put us on pause (and they wont accept help from us...theyre determined to do it solo. aggravating). celia is just impossible to get a hold of because shes always going to visit either her sick daughter or friend in san diego. martin got hired back on at work so thats causing issues, but he says he'll make sure easter sunday is open so he can come to church again. the laborin family is going through some legal situation so is super hard to get time to see too. thats kinda how its going with most everyone. however, like always, God rescues us from the less than ideal situation weve created. we just met 4 new awesome famililies in the rich part of town. then we had another 2 new people come to english classes that were starting to work with. so weve got potential. sabrina and lidia got confirmed and everything continues to go well. theyre rocking it. both their sisters in san diego are meeting with the missionaries and this last week both sisters told the missionaries that, after going to conference here and seeing the baptism, they know that what theyre being taught is true. woot. it looks like well get a new bishop this weekend at ward conference. thatll be interesting. brother medina rocks though. we went out to work with him on saturday and hes super solid. that guy really needs to stay here, hes could help make some awesome improvements around here. hes determined to get a spanish branch up in el centro and has us working with the el centro elders on people that he thinks could help make it happen. such a stud. im glad youre all enjoyin life on your trip. one day ill break free from the desert and escape to some sort of beach too hahah. as for ashtons call, make sure i get that call before he opens it! anyways, the gym is finally open after months of repair, so im going to go play some ball. and hey, i have an idea for a birthday gift if i didnt already tell you. whitening strips. hahah. besides that, dont worry about it, those things are expensive. love you all!

elder roney