From Braedon

so, big news for the week is this. the mission is getting another 2 stakes added onto it starting may 2nd. so, there are a bunch of changes taking place around the mission. we had something like 58 units before, and theyre adding on 23 more. but were not gaining any missionaries. so it looks like theyll be taking two companionships out of the imperial valley...leaving us with 4 companionships in the zone hahah. tiniest zone ever. i had districts bigger than that back in san diego. anyways, im not going anywhere and im nearly done, so it doesnt matter to much to me, but its exciting news for everyone else. also, elder perry is coming down next tuesday to talk with the carlsbad and san diego missions. exciting stuff. i had my last interview yesterday (thats why i didnt email yesterday, we switched prep day around because of interviews with president). congrats again on your mission call ashton, thats super sweet. start doing all you can now to prep for it, that way you can show up and just tear it up for 2 years right off the bat. brolin and avery, happy bday again. today i sent off a package with some stuff in it for you guys. its just a stuffed animal for both of you, and then the luchador mask is for everyone to enjoy hahah. britt, im sorry to hear about the break in with your car. hopefully they find the rest of the stuff soon. as for this past week of work, its been a battle but its moving along ok. we taught the reyes family again and they were down for church on sunday, but saturday evening there was some sort of 'emergency' and they took off to arizona. even though it was horrible timing, it sounds like it was pretty legit and not just an excuse cause the mom apparently was able to cross and go to yuma too. the reyes dad and grandpa have health issues, so im guessing it was for something like that. pray for them. celia continues to be good and open, but buffed us on sunday (she told us saturday that shed be at church for an hour before she took off to san diego to see her sick sister). bummer. the laborins are doing well. ivan ate up everything we taught him about prophets. the guy had super solid questions that led him perfectly from one doctrine to another. we havent been able to see any of the new families yet, but we did have a good experience while trying to see them. we called up a 19 year kid named salvador that isnt super into the church and asked him to come out with us. he said sure so that he could 'get his time done with the missionaries' hahah. even though we got buffed 3 times that evening (it was bad, out of the 20ish appointments we had fri-sun, we only were able to teach like 4...ouch), he had a really good experience. by the end of the night, we told us about his recent girlfriend and how he wanted to start inviting her to activities and church and such. shes supposed to be coming to mutual tonight, and then to YSA on sunday. woot salvador. sabrina and lydya continue to do well. their two sisters in san diego have their baptisms planned for may 1st. yes. this sunday we planned out an easter activity and so were inviting everyone and their grandpa to go to that. well see how it rolls out, i think it should bring out a good number of people. tons of people are out of town because its a spring break and plus almost every mexican goes to san felipe for easter weekend. regardless, were expecting to pwn. well, im going to head out so i can figure out stuff for school. love you all

elder roney