From Braedon

hey everyone,

so, its been an eventful week. thursday-saturday were full of prep for the easter fireside/finding activities we had lined up for different areas throughout the zone. then sunday was busy with church, meetings, helping out with a ward baptism, then the activity. we had hno reyes come to church, along with esperanza, martin, and jaime. so it went pretty well. there were a good number of members missing, but it was made up with less actives that have their catholic tradition of going to church on easter haha. seriously, we had like 20 less actives come haha. the activity went pretty well too, besides some technical difficulties with the sound system. monday morning the car was in getting fixed and we didnt have any appointments set up, so we got to it and just went around finding with whatever we could. potentials, formers, street contacting, the whole shabang for hours. although it was the straight up work work work style of finding, it worked out and we found two new families. lots of work, little results, but we found two new homes that were into and plus we can try to start finding using them as the source. yesterday we woke up bright and early, made the 2 hour drive and went to the temple. it had been a long time since ive done a session, it was really nice to get back. after that, we got to go off to the meeting with elder perry and elder clayton. there were a tooon of missionaries there. it was super cool though. my head was pounding and my knee was angry at me (...my knee acted up a little bit starting last thursday. it swelled up a bit, but its ok, i saw the mission doctor, he stuck me with a needle and sucked out some fluid, and im back to normal. hahah), but regardless of the fact that my body was completely dead feeling, it was a great meeting. general authorities are super funny and youre laughing, then next thing you know theyre laying down a powerful sermon and youre trying not to cry haha. it was great though. elder clayton spoke about finding, obedience, and hard work. classic missionary talk. then elder perry spoke about working with the members. its funny, cause during his talk he definitely spoke with a ton of power and such, but it was while we were singing a simple hymn that i really felt the Spirit confirm yet again his divine calling. it was a great evening there. then after that i had my doctors visit, drove back home, and showed up for the last hour of institute. they threw a surprise party for me with cake and pizza and balloons and all. it was super nice of them and the perfect way to top off a long but great day. well, last week i talked about how well jesus reyes is doing. well, we invited him to be baptized and guess what? hes already a member! hahah. turns out he was baptized when he was 8 by some missionaries in mexicali. hahaha. that explains why he had such a good vibe about him haha. however, his family isnt part of the church, so tonight well be teaching his kids and going from there. great family. others doing so so. celia in san diego for her sisters surgery she just had. martin doing well but his mujer doesnt want to get married to him. mugre mujer. haha. things are going alright. dad, ill keep my eye out and let you know what plans i whip up. i havent gotten the bday package yet, they dont leave it unless im there to sign for it and as missionaries were never there and then ups doesnt show up at the time they say they will haha. but itll get here, dont worry about it. thanks a lot for the bday emails though. i did get a bday envelope from virginia, aubrey, kinny and adam though. that rocked haha. i got a good laugh out of that. thanks again big time, i really am spoiled to have the people i do around me. best family and friends ever. brolin, if you cut free another ipad, remember that im your favorite brother hahah jk. avery...stop growing. if you grow any taller you wont be able to use the scooter while im using the subaru ;) heheh. jk bro, wellfigure it out so we can both use it. ashton...everyone is super excited about your mission call, including me. ill try to bring back any good stuff that you can use. youll be getting a good amount of ties haha. britt, sorry to hear youre sick again. but at least you got to have some fun in the sun in cayman before it hit, right? mom, i got the card dad sent of you. bahama mama huh? sounds like a new nick name to me haha. christine is getting married?!! tell her congrats. i wish i could be there, but ill just barely miss it i think. lov eyou all. be good.

elder roney