Email from Elder Branham today:
Well this week was good not as many lessons but we had a busy week. We had zone training last thursday so i got to see president. No one seemed to be home last week so we ended up only getting 2 lessons. But we did set some baptismal dates so I am excited for those they will be in february. Well we took our car in today to get it fixed where some missionary layed on the roof and messed the roof up so we won't have the car for about 2 weeks so looks like we will be doing lots of walking. I dont really know what to write about. lol
He also finaly received his package from home today, it took 11 days to get there. Crazy when it was sent 2 day priority. Grandma's package got there today also hers took 7 days. I guess Wyoming uses the Pony Express...I will have to get his Valentines box in the mail now so he gets it in time....lol
Monday, January 30, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
January 23, 2012, Phone Call home!
Monday Jan. 23 we received a surprise phone call from Elder Branham at the hospital. His dad has been in the hospital since Jan. 20th and his Mission President gave him permission to call home to check on Patrick. He sounded totally awesome! I asked him if he had been on the Indian Reservation and he said yes....He stated that they were not very nice Indians...ha. He has been very busy working in Wyoming and really likes this area ALOT! He and his companion stay in the Basement of a sweet Elderly Sister's home who he just loves. He said that they have taught 26 lessons last week, 9 progressing well and possibly 7 - 9 baptisms next month. He and his companion are working really hard and doing good. He wanted me to send him the deer meatball recipe that I cooked for him and the Chicken enchilada recipe...I was sooo great to hear his voice and hear that he sounded really good...It also cheered up his dad to talk to him. We are so proud of what he is doing.
Monday, January 16, 2012
January 16, 2012 from Elder Branham
Well this week went good. This past Friday we taught a 11 yr old and a 13 year old that were referrals and they were very receptive and they want to be baptized. So we just got to teach them the rest of the lessons. We also lost 2 investigators they were also young and they moved and they were gonna get baptized but that's just how it works you gain some you lose some. Yes we did get 5 potentials they are not investigators yet. We tracted the dorms at the college and one girl told us that she loved our church and has really been looking into it and was considering getting baptized so that was cool we will start teaching them hopefully this week. My companion is turns 20 next month. I am trying and praying to get along with him its hard cause we don't have much in common and he is a little prideful but I am trying to find the best in him. He is from Nevada and he came straight on his mission no college. Well we met with our ward mission leader the other night he own a construction business and has about 250 employs so he is pretty big... He is in the process of building a HUGE house and we told him we could help. He said oh I don't think ya'll would know to much. And I told him I grew up working with dad he was very surprised at what I know so needless to say he said he will have us over to help him :) I told him that i wanted to start a construction business with dad when I got home and how I loved doing that kinda work cause I liked to see a finished product. He reminded me alot of dad he designs things his own way and his words "I like to sleep on things" just what dad says haha out here when they dig a foundation they have to dig down 4ft to keep frost from getting underneath the house. it would be so different doing work here cause its so cold they have to do things alot different because of code. Well I don't really know what else to write about. but that was basically my week. love yall
Monday, January 9, 2012
Last week in Deer Lodge, MT Dec. 26 - 30, 2011
Wow lots of snow
Up to his knees with Snow
Beautiful picture, look at the deer
2nd Baptism in Deer Lodge Dec. 30
Baptism in Deer Lodge before transferring
Christmas 2011
Mema Sandy was not to be outdone by
Grandma Nell so she sent a Charlie Brown
Christmas Tree
Christmas Tree from Grandma Nell,
Camo skirt, deer ornaments and neat topper
Great Calendar from Emily for Christmas
Tie Rack from Mom and Dad and look
at those PJ's, too cool!
Christmas Morning opening presents
at Bro. and Sis. Oxnam's home
Deer Lodge December 2011, First Missionary Christmas
Wow look at the snow, it's a blizzard
Showing off his stocking from Grandma
Elder Branham and Elder Akina showing off Christmas
cookies they made to deliver
Ho, Ho, Ho, Christmas gifts from
Mom and Dad
First week in Riverton, WY Jan. 9, 2012
Weekly Email:
Well this week has been hectic. We have not had time to facebook at all this week. I didnt get here till wed. night long drive. We could have possibly 5 baptisms by the end of Feb. hopefully everything goes through. Yes this area is nice just have to get used to it. I like living with Sis. Larsen she is so nice she keeps us supplied with food so I should be good. and I have not been on the reservation yet will probably go tom. I miss Elder Akina. Me and my companion are getting along good so far but not near as good as me and Akina did. well I don't really know what to write about plus I only get 30 mins. on the computer but love ya hopefully we can get on again later.
Well this week has been hectic. We have not had time to facebook at all this week. I didnt get here till wed. night long drive. We could have possibly 5 baptisms by the end of Feb. hopefully everything goes through. Yes this area is nice just have to get used to it. I like living with Sis. Larsen she is so nice she keeps us supplied with food so I should be good. and I have not been on the reservation yet will probably go tom. I miss Elder Akina. Me and my companion are getting along good so far but not near as good as me and Akina did. well I don't really know what to write about plus I only get 30 mins. on the computer but love ya hopefully we can get on again later.
Monday, January 2, 2012
Happy New Year January 2, 2012
Monday, January 02, 2012 1:17 PM
To: Sherri Branham
Subject: Re: hi well this email may be long if i can get everything out. As you know we had a baptism this past friday and it went great. I never told you the story though i just told you it was a 10 year old girl. well i am gonna tell you the story now. So Jaci Brosseau was a less active lady that we had been visiting she would come to church every now and then. She had been trying to adopt a Serena who is now a 10 year old girl for a while. But things just wouldn't work out. Elder Akina and i felt that we should stress the importance of coming to church and the blessings you can receive from it. so we did. After we did this she was reactivated and came to church every Sunday. Then Serena wanted to be baptized but we cant baptize if she is not officially adopted yet. So one day we got a phone call from Jaci saying she wanted us to fast with them and they were gonna fast and pray that the adoption would be finalized. She had already been told by her lawyer it would take several months to be done. But we all fasted anyways this was on a Sunday. That Tuesday we got a call from Jaci saying she had got a phone call and the court date would be the next week. So the next week everything was finalized and Serena was officially Jaci's child. Now all we had to do was plan the baptism because we had already taught Serena everything. So last Friday Serena was baptized. It was just amazing to see that when you put your faith in the lords hands all things are possible. Well that was the story of Serena. Now I will talk about my transfer. Elder Akina has been here for 4.5 months and is staying which is VERY unusual. So I only look at it as they must really need me in Wyoming cause this rarely ever happens. But I tell you it was hard leaving. I now see why they say it is so hard to leave when your mission is up. Cause it was hard for me to leave deer lodge, and anaconda it felt like i was leaving home all over again. They had become my family. But it was just hard to leave and i didn't wanna go. New years eve we spent it with a lady Michelle Tennis and her son Dillon who we reactivated them. And she has always been there for us when we needed dinner appointments or anything. Then last night we went to the oxnams and it was really really hard for me to leave there. Bro. Oxnam had gotten really close to me and was like my mission dad and sis. oxnam like my mission mom. It was really hard to leave them. They had become like family and I didn't wanna say goodbye. Bro. Oxnam even got a little teary eyed as I walked out of his house for the last time. But we hope that i will go back to that area at some point again before my mission and I can reunite with them again. Well I guess that's enough of my sob story. The last week of transfers we didn't even stay at our apt. There is a family in anaconda that was out of town and they asked us to stay at their house while they were gone. So we did. And the room I slept in smelled just like my bedroom back home I felt so at home. lol well tom. I will get on the transfer van in Butte and head to Wyoming I wont get on it till like 12:15. So they said I will stop in Billings at the mission home and stay there tom. night. and wake up wed. morning and have breakfast with all the new missionaries that came out (Greenie breakfast). then I will get back on the transfer van and head to Riverton. My zone leader here in Butte just came from Riverton and he said he loved it and that there are alot of people that are close to being ready for baptism which is really exciting. He said the lady i will be living with Sis. Larsen is really really cool. He also said that the other Riverton missionaries live directly across the street so you will get to hang out with them alot. There will be 8 missionaries there in my district compared to 6 here. The only down side is I will be in a car share he said you share a car with the missionaries that live across the street. But he said that really isn't a problem because Sis. Larson will drive you EVERYWHERE. I looked it up and I will only be about an hour from Uncle Josh which is comforting to know. my area backs up to Yellowstone national park ( hopefully it doesn't erupt) and I also have an Indian reservation in my area. I will cover 1 ward which from what i hear is pretty big. And then a branch on the Indian reservation. And then I will be covering a college ward. which I heard is alot of fun because it is alot of people your own age. So that will be exciting. I got way to much stuff though it is to annoying to pack. so please don't send stuff unless its food ties or money. I have no room for anything else. I will need some medicine like thera flu and sudafed and ibprofeun cause I had to leave all that in Deer Lodge cause I couldn't fit it in my suit cases. well I guess that raps everything up. love ya
To: Sherri Branham
Subject: Re: hi well this email may be long if i can get everything out. As you know we had a baptism this past friday and it went great. I never told you the story though i just told you it was a 10 year old girl. well i am gonna tell you the story now. So Jaci Brosseau was a less active lady that we had been visiting she would come to church every now and then. She had been trying to adopt a Serena who is now a 10 year old girl for a while. But things just wouldn't work out. Elder Akina and i felt that we should stress the importance of coming to church and the blessings you can receive from it. so we did. After we did this she was reactivated and came to church every Sunday. Then Serena wanted to be baptized but we cant baptize if she is not officially adopted yet. So one day we got a phone call from Jaci saying she wanted us to fast with them and they were gonna fast and pray that the adoption would be finalized. She had already been told by her lawyer it would take several months to be done. But we all fasted anyways this was on a Sunday. That Tuesday we got a call from Jaci saying she had got a phone call and the court date would be the next week. So the next week everything was finalized and Serena was officially Jaci's child. Now all we had to do was plan the baptism because we had already taught Serena everything. So last Friday Serena was baptized. It was just amazing to see that when you put your faith in the lords hands all things are possible. Well that was the story of Serena. Now I will talk about my transfer. Elder Akina has been here for 4.5 months and is staying which is VERY unusual. So I only look at it as they must really need me in Wyoming cause this rarely ever happens. But I tell you it was hard leaving. I now see why they say it is so hard to leave when your mission is up. Cause it was hard for me to leave deer lodge, and anaconda it felt like i was leaving home all over again. They had become my family. But it was just hard to leave and i didn't wanna go. New years eve we spent it with a lady Michelle Tennis and her son Dillon who we reactivated them. And she has always been there for us when we needed dinner appointments or anything. Then last night we went to the oxnams and it was really really hard for me to leave there. Bro. Oxnam had gotten really close to me and was like my mission dad and sis. oxnam like my mission mom. It was really hard to leave them. They had become like family and I didn't wanna say goodbye. Bro. Oxnam even got a little teary eyed as I walked out of his house for the last time. But we hope that i will go back to that area at some point again before my mission and I can reunite with them again. Well I guess that's enough of my sob story. The last week of transfers we didn't even stay at our apt. There is a family in anaconda that was out of town and they asked us to stay at their house while they were gone. So we did. And the room I slept in smelled just like my bedroom back home I felt so at home. lol well tom. I will get on the transfer van in Butte and head to Wyoming I wont get on it till like 12:15. So they said I will stop in Billings at the mission home and stay there tom. night. and wake up wed. morning and have breakfast with all the new missionaries that came out (Greenie breakfast). then I will get back on the transfer van and head to Riverton. My zone leader here in Butte just came from Riverton and he said he loved it and that there are alot of people that are close to being ready for baptism which is really exciting. He said the lady i will be living with Sis. Larsen is really really cool. He also said that the other Riverton missionaries live directly across the street so you will get to hang out with them alot. There will be 8 missionaries there in my district compared to 6 here. The only down side is I will be in a car share he said you share a car with the missionaries that live across the street. But he said that really isn't a problem because Sis. Larson will drive you EVERYWHERE. I looked it up and I will only be about an hour from Uncle Josh which is comforting to know. my area backs up to Yellowstone national park ( hopefully it doesn't erupt) and I also have an Indian reservation in my area. I will cover 1 ward which from what i hear is pretty big. And then a branch on the Indian reservation. And then I will be covering a college ward. which I heard is alot of fun because it is alot of people your own age. So that will be exciting. I got way to much stuff though it is to annoying to pack. so please don't send stuff unless its food ties or money. I have no room for anything else. I will need some medicine like thera flu and sudafed and ibprofeun cause I had to leave all that in Deer Lodge cause I couldn't fit it in my suit cases. well I guess that raps everything up. love ya
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