Poor Braidon,
He has been so sick for almost a week. He has been learning about the power of priesthood blessings tho. And he has been learning that he can take care of himself even when he is sick, with out being pampered by mom.

After being sick for so long, he broke a blood vessel in his nose. He bled for over an hour, and about a full cup worth... So, he got to visit the insticare...

Braidon is having a great time at the MTC.. He is learning a lot. He will fly out to Omaha on January 31... any one wanting to write to him, his address at the Omaha mission home is

Elder Braidon Sanders
Ne-Omaha Mission
11903 Arbor St. Ste203
Omaha, Nebraska
68144-2998

January 25

Dear (insert name),
I am doing fine, i was pretty sick for this last week, and then broke a blood vessel in my nose and bleed for and hour and a half (new personal record by the way)
and went to the instacare, but im feeling and doing much better now, i leave for Nebraska this up coming tuesday the 31st, im really excited, but I am wondering why Januarys care package hasnt arrived yet ?? JK i dont really care, besides all the other elders in my dorm would eat it all, i have made some amazing friends here that i will hopefully keep in touch with the rest of my life and even if i dont i will remember them, i hope everyone is doing good, and i miss all of you, thanks for all the support and if you see any of my siblings please poke them in the fore head and tell them its from me.

Sincerely,
Elder Braidon Sanders

January 18

January 18

well as for the kids writing tell everyone to go to DearElder.com and write me it will be mailed to me and i can read those ANYTIME, they have to type in 191 and my name, i got a letter from freya and it was really awesome that i actually got mail to read during the week so please have everyone write me you can email me as many times as you want i can only read it on p-days thought, my companion is from west haven, utah, and elder prosence has a prosthetic leg he is really funny i love all of my companions and was blessed with them they lift us up, i sent you another letter that has pics and a letter for all the kids, ii heard freya came and over and talked with you and dad?? what did you talk about, dont drive this one away please i really like her, the MTC is SOO amazing we heard from Elder Kevin R. Evans of the seventy this last tuesday, and is was a really great talk, i cried last Sunday during the Sunday Devotional i knew this gospel was true before coming but how can anyone deny it when you feel the spirit that powerfully, im learning a lot and i bought an awesome shirt its says, " Like Peter....Like a Rock" and it shows a super buff dude fishing....lol i love it, i have an awsome Zone and awesome teachers, its wierd but im starting to understand what they mean when they say love people with a christ like love, i love the people im teaching here and my heart breaks when i think about if i cant help them find what they are looking for which is the gospel, i love you mom and dad so much, and i wrote both of you a letter i love letters more than sitting here at a computer typing, which ill still do but the thought that you guys personally held the letter makes it more important to me, its really wierd im in p-day clothes and i feel like i used to feel in sunday clothes, everyone here is awesome and i just found out that Fred Devanture is in my Zone, i went to high school with him and he just got in today, the other missionaries are saying that my district is a now a veteran district because we've been here a week, i got to do a endowment session it was really good, my candy has not run out but we did find out i can fit 31 pieces of gum in my mouth however elder Nielson beat me by 3, also, ya i have everything i need, and ITS SNOWING ive been surviving up till now but as soon as i started laundry it started snowing, :P, man the first full day or two here i was REALLY sick but then asked to get a blessing from Zone leader and felt great the next day, i think its the food, its really great but gives me the bottom roars. lol oh and i dont know what else i can write, the time seems to be flying now, i work out everyday so i hope im losing weight besides being a little sore im feeling great, feeling the spirit and feeling loved, i challenged all of the kids to read the book of mormon so follow up with them please, how are my dogs doing???? oh and in this latest later is a picture of one of the elders in my dorm who wanted one of the cousins to write him i wrote on the back which ones and the address told him if he gets a letter then they said ok if not what evs... and all the elders in my dorm want to SUBMIT there pics to try and get one of the cousins to write them, ill describe them so you can tell who is who, elder Palco has sqare glasses, elder benson  is blond and shorter and kinda thinning hair on top... elder hollingsworth looks thirty, elder neilson is kinda my size with a baby face and elder Prosence has a prostetic leg and is the shortest of us, so let them see that picture and write me and ill give the elder of there choice there address.....im doing really well so ya im kinda running out of time and my laundry whites are almost done, lol did you just reread that last sentence,,,YESS im doing laundry lol well i love you i love dad i cant wait to here from you again, and did you put money on my card i might need it....and when do i get my care package also i dont need that much jerkey anymore, just send me anything, mostly letters, miss all of you and love you guys tons, but i have to go.........ITS TIME TO BE A LIGHT!


-love your son
Elder Sanders