Dear mom,

its really insane here, first of all yes send it to the martha street address, because then if i get transferred ill still get all my mail, second we live in the apartments above all the businesses, i havent gotten a letter in 2 weeks so im feeling a little forgotten FYI, but there has been so much going on that im fine, ill start off from last monday.....our apartment has a freezer in that freezer there was a deer the deer's been in there about a year, and lo and behold the freezer has been unplugged for about a year, so our apartment didnt smell good, well FINALLY the landlord came and got it out which made our apartment smell so bad we couldnt stay there, so we stayed at the home of one of the mission presidency's they are awesome BTW. he then bleached the freezer and it smells good again. next in just this one week I was able to get 2 people set for baptism, and we have taught some amazing lessons, the area when i first got here was doing 49% of the mission standard yesterday we reported 71% so me and Elder Smith are really working hard and bringing the area up, I believe its because we are relying on the lord to help us, I love it here so much, i bought a Huskers Hat lol, i think that is awesome that moses said he misses me ill have to write him a letter. i hope everything is going good at home seeing how its been two weeks since i got a letter, i dont know how everyone is doing so i prepared a small statement that should help.

" I write this Epistle to the family of the faithful missionary in who'm letters have been in short supply, have ye forgotten the smiling face of your brother so easily that you so not remember the promises made of letters plentiful, have ye already forsaken your dear brother and plan on keeping him in the gall of bitterness, are you not your brothers keeper, and should not ye remember to write, in hopes of keeping his spirit alive with the pleasant images of home, or will you harden your hearts and deny that which is wanted, oh ye stiffnecked, cease this drought of no letterness, and send letters in great supply for your brother, your friend loves you and forgives your tresspass against him, but if ye will not soften your hearts, and write then will the blessings of picture stop, then will the individual letters of love cease to be and you shall be cut off from the presence of thy brother, oh ye fair ones how could ye have departed from the ways of writing letters, oh ye fair ones how could ye have forgotten your brother, oh ye fair brothers and sisters fathers and mothers, oh ye fair cousins and uncles and aunts, how could ye have so easily forgotten, my soul is rent with anguish because of the forgetfulness of my family, but behold I am gone away and long for caring words, of remembrance, and i close my epistle saying, cease this idlness, cast off the temptations of worldly desires and write your brother/cousin, and repent and write unto him who loves you, i close my epistle Amen."

-Elder Braidon Sanders

anyway i've been doing really good, meeting some amazing people and having an awesome time, oh by the way the ring fits perfectly, so thanks for that, and in the branch there is a brother Leavitt so i think were related, he was telling me where his Leavitts come from and its the same as ours so,,,Small world huh, besides that im continuing to work hard, and hope that i hear from you guys soon i miss you and pray for you everyday, i send my love,

Elder Sanders