Weekly Email:
Hey well this week was good. We had 29 lessons and set 3 baptismal dates for March 10th. so it was a good week. We have 2 baptisms this sat. for Jada a 11 year old girl. and John a 13 year old boy. Jada wants me to baptize her and confirm her in sacrament I am nervous.. we also gave out 15 book of mormons this week. We can't go hiking today cause of the snow it snowed last night and hikin in it would just be miserable. so far my new companion is good he likes to talk alot though. Well tell Rachel I said happy birthday. oh and my entire district had a sleep over last night so it was pretty fun.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Monday, February 13, 2012
February 13, 2012
Weekly Email:
Hey,
Well as you know we got transfer calls last friday. I will be getting a new companion this wed. I will be training which I am really excited about. I am only the 3rd missionary to go senior companion after only 4.5 months so i am really happy about that. Last week was a good week we planned a little bit for the baptism we have on the 25th. We will be baptizing a 10 year old girl named Jada and a 13 year old boy named John. They are great kids and they have really understood everything we have taught them. We tracted into a guy about 4 weeks ago his name is william. we have been meeting with him and he is SOLID! He told us he has been looking for a church to be baptized into for the last year but says that he feels that none of the churches are right. He also does not like how most churches dont practice what the preach. He is a firm believe in you must show faith. faith without works is dead. he also doesnt believe in babies being baptized. so i am really excited for him. So i ask all of you to keep him in your prayers so that he may receive an answer taht this is the true church. and that this amazing gospel will bless his life. We have also been teaching a 23 year old for a while now. He wont get baptized cause he is scared what his parents will think so just keep him in your prayers also. Also keep praying that the area i am in will continue to grow with success. My companion did leave yest. he will probably get to his new area tuesday. he is going to lolo, montana which is near missoula. His new companion is the district leader and is a really hard worker which i feel is what he needs cause he didnt wanna work at all when he was here. I am excited for the opportunity that the lord has given me to train, i feel this is like what coach laprad always told us " when you get the chance to shine and show people what you are made of take advantage of it and soak in teh feeling you get from your success" and thats what i hope i can do is show people how great i can be. My new companion is coming from eureka montana which is the farthest point north on the mission he is only about 5 mins from the canada border. So he will get here at about 2 pm wed afternoon. So he will be on the transfer van for 3 days. So until wed. i am with the elders from down in lander wyoming. there companions all got transferred so we are all getting new companions. One of them is getting Elder Hatch which is a elder i came out with and was in the MTC with. And the other is gettign Elder Savage who will be our new district leader and i served around him up in butte and he is a really cool kid. So i am excited for this transfer and hope to find lots of success. Well the weatehr here continues to be nice i hope it stays like this both winters once i get home from my mission it can be cold all it wants. Well i guess thats all i got.
Love, Elder Branham
Hey,
Well as you know we got transfer calls last friday. I will be getting a new companion this wed. I will be training which I am really excited about. I am only the 3rd missionary to go senior companion after only 4.5 months so i am really happy about that. Last week was a good week we planned a little bit for the baptism we have on the 25th. We will be baptizing a 10 year old girl named Jada and a 13 year old boy named John. They are great kids and they have really understood everything we have taught them. We tracted into a guy about 4 weeks ago his name is william. we have been meeting with him and he is SOLID! He told us he has been looking for a church to be baptized into for the last year but says that he feels that none of the churches are right. He also does not like how most churches dont practice what the preach. He is a firm believe in you must show faith. faith without works is dead. he also doesnt believe in babies being baptized. so i am really excited for him. So i ask all of you to keep him in your prayers so that he may receive an answer taht this is the true church. and that this amazing gospel will bless his life. We have also been teaching a 23 year old for a while now. He wont get baptized cause he is scared what his parents will think so just keep him in your prayers also. Also keep praying that the area i am in will continue to grow with success. My companion did leave yest. he will probably get to his new area tuesday. he is going to lolo, montana which is near missoula. His new companion is the district leader and is a really hard worker which i feel is what he needs cause he didnt wanna work at all when he was here. I am excited for the opportunity that the lord has given me to train, i feel this is like what coach laprad always told us " when you get the chance to shine and show people what you are made of take advantage of it and soak in teh feeling you get from your success" and thats what i hope i can do is show people how great i can be. My new companion is coming from eureka montana which is the farthest point north on the mission he is only about 5 mins from the canada border. So he will get here at about 2 pm wed afternoon. So he will be on the transfer van for 3 days. So until wed. i am with the elders from down in lander wyoming. there companions all got transferred so we are all getting new companions. One of them is getting Elder Hatch which is a elder i came out with and was in the MTC with. And the other is gettign Elder Savage who will be our new district leader and i served around him up in butte and he is a really cool kid. So i am excited for this transfer and hope to find lots of success. Well the weatehr here continues to be nice i hope it stays like this both winters once i get home from my mission it can be cold all it wants. Well i guess thats all i got.
Love, Elder Branham
Monday, January 30, 2012
Monday January 30, 2012 email
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
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 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
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