Monday, March 19, 2012

Elder Braidon Sanders

Dear mom,
well elder smith is still not 100% so thurs-sunday we did ....NOTHING ive been going crazy every things pretty good just feeling kinda weird, im not getting sick its more.....i dont know....just weird, i didnt realize how much i love missionary work till i couldnt do it.....good luck dylan and chylie.....the area is still going good, and elder smith became the District leader he could be it for 1 transfer or a year, lol anyway, we had to reset our one baptism for the 31st he missed church but came yesterday, so he is reset, and doing good, im sorry i dont have much more to report unless you want an in depth report on my stratagies i used in Risk because thats all we did, and i just about have the testaments memorized so, ya i bought a bike.... found a really nice one i like on sale, its a really good one too, i like it, so .......ya.....how is everyone doing there? i hope your all good, love you guys, miss ya....

Elder Sanders
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On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Chai Sanders <rvpchai@yahoo.com> wrote:

You know that I forward your letter to everyone..? well, one little tiny letter??? at least you could make something up. like how you have now converted the deer head in your apartment since thats the only teaching you have been able to do while E. Smith has been sick.. or something... lol
love mom
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On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Braidon Sanders <braidon.sanders@myldsmail.net> wrote:

fine....it was such a spiritual experience both me and him were crying, the spirit was so strong, finally he responded to us.....yes ill be baptized, we were so happy, he only had one concern, how could he be baptized if he was missing a body....we then realized we were stuck in the apartment but the deer head on the wall was converted...We have to go now, I love you all and miss you....

Elder Sanders

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Elder Braidon Sanders

On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Braidon Sanders braidon.sanders@myldsmail.net> wrote:
>
> Dear Mom,the reason i didnt write monday was because this week is exchanges, so Pday is on Wednesday, so im writing now, my garment top size is extra large tall..so XLT, the bottoms were XL and 2XL, i am out of stamps and have a ton of people to write, i got dads letter and dylan's letter the other day as well as a letter from, The Barlows, ......hmm ya its getting warmer its already between 70 and 80 with 70% humidity, so its warm they say its a really early spring, no complaints on my end though, but nebraska is weird, its all sunny with a slight breeze one day the next its overcast and foggy, so :P we met a really cool pasture for the St. Johns Lutheran church, which is a HUGE church in this part and he told us to come by the church and have a discussion with him sometime, lol apparently he loves religious discussions, so ya, if we convert him, (unlikely but possible) then we could convert his whole congregation, that's over 600
> people, lol maybe thats what im meant to do......"Prez Kunz i need more missionaries in Seward, We've been baptizing for 6 hours and were not even half way done, please my arms are killing me, !! " lol ya im kinda hyper today, we have been walking like ALL week, we have probably gone more than 15 miles, this week, AND we drove to a small town that is nothing but dirt roads to get to it, and the map we had we didnt realize it didnt cover that area so we were lost for like 20 min, both going there and coming back, so ya that was fun....elder Smith is sick, and he just so happened to inform me that when he gets really sick he gets grounded for up to 3 weeks, and last time that happened, the elder he was with, his name was elder Wallace, well he is WAY hyper, and crazy and he broke down by the 2nd week do to boredom he said he sat there staring at the wall ALL day the last week and almost called prez Kunz thinking he had broken his companion........I WILL
> DIE, if he is that sick..........anyway, everything in Seward is really good, im healthy happy......oh and the list for the care packages is as follows.
>
> January: Tracy, February: Mom, March: Chad, April: Jackie :May: Karrie, June: Kelly, July:Melanie, August: Cousins :), September: Grandpa, October:extra or if you forgot your month, November:extra or if you forgot your month, December: extra or if you forgot your month.( Aunt Mickie sent one with me to the MTC.... I didnt forget her. But if she wants to take one of the extra months...... :)
>
> hmmm what else, i cant think of anything.....oh can you put some more money on my card (if you can...if you can't dont worry about it) there are just some things i could use, turns out im allowed a tote to help put personal stuff in like souvanirs, so i need to get one, and so i can get souvenirs/b-day presents for the kids, i dont want to go below 300 just in case i need to get a bike and im at 314 or something like that.we had some stuff pop up where i had to go to a different area for a bit, and had to buy dinner and lunch a couple of times like 5 times so this month i have 30 dollars left for food, luckily Gma S sent me $40 so im good, it was a life saver and yes im going to write her,:D anyway, oh i need you to put money on for a new belt, this one......doesnt fit anymore....and....i already put 2 more holes in it...and my pants are kinda loose...... :D
>
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> i put some awesome pics on the card, and i want to you put some in the fair and send me the money i win....there is one with a train track in it...ya its a 1st placer.....anyway :D
> i am also following up on who made a mormon.org account if you didnt im about to singe your eyebrows a little with my chastisement.........when you were baptized you promised to take upon yourself the name of Christ, and as such you have promised to share your testimony with the world, not just promised, COVENANTED, when you dont, your aren't fulfilling your end of the deal, which is the easiest part, not only should we be doing are best to serve others, but its been asked of us BY THE PROPHET, to make a Mormon.org account, and if you have, I'm disappointed in you but more importantly the lord is disappointed in you, but it doesn't mean your being bad it means
> your not being the best you can which is what I want for you and what the lord wants for you.....so as a representative for Jesus Christ, i ask on his behalf, Will you Make a Mormon.org account ??
>
> :D whew glad thats over, unless you dont in which case you'll be hearing from me again....
>
> hey one more thing P-day will be on mondays always except every 6th week
> then they will be on Wednesday due to transfers ill try to let you know
> the week before so you dont freak out, AND ill be on this monday, i
> sent a lot of letters so tell them that if i dont reply to anyone for a
> week thats why.....and please let everyone who wrote me know that i will
> try to reply to everyone hand written letters BUT i dont have a lot of
> time, i already wrote like 12 letters today, so i will do my best, to at
> least reply to the family in general, but that individual letters will
> (eventually) be sent, when i have a p-day with nothing to do, so
> .......ya thanks, and love ya lots, oh and.....some things ive been
> missing/ craving, jerky( and that california beach jerkey you sent me
> was really wierd..) swiss cake rolls, .......and I have decided that i
> am going to be playing the cello again after my mission, i really miss
> it.......also can you please get a couple of things out of my truck and
> put them in my container, such as...my 2011 tassel....my tigers sun
> visor, and whatever else is in the truck that is mine, and please please
> please please, dont let chylie wreck my truck..... i want it when i get back, love you :D
>

Monday, March 5, 2012

Elder Braidon Sanders

Wow i have so much to say, so much has happened i dont even know where to start, Tuesday, there was an ice storm warning AND a Tornado watch, one of our baptism dates, did some bad stuff and got arrested and we had to drop him, its really heart breaking when you can see someone struggling and they dont want your help anymore, and I think this has been one of the hardest weeks of my life, i was talking with elder smith and having a discussion, he mentioned something to me and i started thinking really hard about it.....i could feel the true weight of all of my sins, and i felt alone, as soon as i felt this way i called president Kunz and told him what i was feeling and what i was remembering and he is such an amazing man, he said that whats happening is that because im coming closer to Christ I am remembering all the things that i used to not consider sins, that are sins, and i want to get them out he said its the atonement truly in work and that its was going to be really hard for a few days, he said he commends me on going strait to him instead of trying to bear it alone, and that he has no doubts about not only my worthyness but that he is expecting great things from me, my heart was rejoicing but that was just the beginning, thursday- sunday were truly the hardest week of my life, because i had to endure it without the help of my family and friends, elder smith was there for me and gave me a blessing but other than that he couldnt really do much for me, I Truly know what Alma was talking about when he says his heart was ripped out and reorganized by the lord and put by in, and i can testify that IT HURTS, i have been rebuilt of the lord, reborn, but what i had to go through I do not wish on my greatest enemy, what they dont tell you is that while the lord is rebuilding you Satan is also hitting you in any way you can, everything ive ever done was thrust upon me, I WAS in then gall of bitterness, I know a little what its like to have your soul racked with torment, i felt truly alone.....while this was going on, i had to go on a special split because elder smith was called to a special training meeting, and i met an elder brown, he is really sick and is probably going home which is really sad but he told me two things 1. that the best Remedy for yourself is to serve others. and 2 "i want to serve the people and pray for inspiration for them until i physically can't" he helped me see that what i was going through was to help others.....when elder smith got back (friday night) he said that something he learned was that We can all have an Alma the younger experience, we simply have to kneel down and say Heavenly father im not getting up until i get a 100% sure sign that i have been forgiven of all my sins, so i did that, and its true, when you no longer have the strength to continue onward and no longer can fight, KNEEL, i thought i had a testimony of the atonement before, but as i prayed to know if i was forgiven, and sat there, i was looking for that big BOOM from the spirit, finally the spirit told me to pay attention to how i felt, and i finally noticed that my soul, my mind and my heart were completely still, and peaceful, i wasn't tormented, i wasnt doubting, i was so happy, this last sunday as i partook of the sacrament i could feel the lording telling me to get back to work, and never doubt again............the second part my letter i want to challenge everyone, we get on mormon.org once a week and i dont see ANY of my family with profiles, if we have been baptised and we have taken upon us the name of Christ then we have promised to do missionary work and a mormon.org profile is a good start i not only challenge ALL of my family and friends but i challenge the WARD to make, update, and fill there mormon.org profiles so that the world may here there testimonies...