Elder Braidon Sanders

Dear mom and dad,

   well we just found out that They are shutting Seward down for a little bit, so we are closing it, Elder Smith is headed to Kanesville, which  is in Omaha, and I am going to a small town called Logan, in Iowa, population 1500...Seward has 6000.....its going to be awesome, though, i have been really struggling, but really turned a new corner this last week after interviews with Pres. Kunz, im doing a lot better, i am kinda starting to play a piano, i can play midnight sinata like the first two cords. lol not much but its fun,  and ya i got the cd's i like them, and if you could send the jericho road one that would be awesome.....i''m sad that i will miss Stetson's baptism, and i cried when i heard he was sad i won't be there, but I am soooooo proud of him for wanting to be baptized, and remind him that daddy is the one who taught and baptized me as well....so he can be even better than i was because he has such a great teacher,  im glad dylan and jake are ok......i knew dylan would eventually ROUND the corner and have a ROLLING experience that just sends him FLYING....lol lmao haha........sorry i really am glad he is doing good, lol oh my bro. (Elder Wallace) he gave me his sisters address and told me to write her so :D......yes dad she told me she got you a glock........'sigh'.....i am having gun withdrawls, i smelled gun oil the other day and almost started crying.........i knew dylan would love driving my truck, but if he breaks it he owes me a new one, i LOVE that thing........im glad they all had fun at prom, it sounds like everything went well thats good....you guys should tell Brandyn and Ben to write me becuase i wrote them and they havent returned my letters.....i hope my letter made it to ben...i didnt know the area code so i used Hurricanes and figured they would just be like what an idiot, and forward it for me...so ya :D, tell him to write me.....hmmm what else, oh stuff i could use.....ya that $60 lasted most of the transfer thanks, buts its gone and im giong to a new area where i dont know if they are going to have ANY food, and im out of money so i might be using some E-Cash, not sure though, ill find out tomorrow.....and no that wasnt me that did the girlie scream, it came from no where.....so ya.....oh...ya we are DEFFINATELY coming back to Nebraska, i went to Lincoln and they took me to this place called M&N's (look it up on facebook) its owned by a member and he feeds the missionaries for free.....he has the BEST Italian beef and Pastrami sandwhich ive EVER had in my life, .... its SO GOOD......so thats the second reason i need to bring you guys back to nebraska!!! lol can you tell that i found the E-motes  lol, hmmmm i dont know what else WAIT......there is a new thing out there selling in walmart called ....wait for it........BACON JERKEY  ya B-A-C-O-N  J-E-R-K-E-Y they are all sold out here but i found it...a member told us about it 0_0  anyway.....im doing good, loving the mission, hoping to hear from you guys soon......

love Elder Sanders

Elder Braidon Sanders

April 16,2012

Dear mom and dad, and family...

i have not yet received the package but it should be here soon, it turns out transfered are not until NEXT week they are every six weeks, I am doing much better, the lesson i am learning is that i need to change the way i think, not to dwell on the past but to "keep and eye single to the glory of god", and that patience is required, and that is the part i have a hard time with is the patience part, lol, anyway, we have been feeling like the area is going to shut down, its a great area but its just not prepared for the word yet, and we have been having a real hard time finding people, we tract....a LOT...but i love it, I LOVE President Kunz, he has helped me so much, and always knows what to say, its going to be sad without him around, but i know that the new mission President will be just as good, he get here next month, I am glad that Jaxon is taking his duties as Deacons Quorum Pres, seriously, its a big job but he is the one to do it I have full faith in him,
.oh ya, um don't freak out, but this last weekend there was a HUGE storm, we were on tornado watch, even President Kunz called and told us he wanted us carrying 72 hour kits with us, lol, i (being the scout that i am) was prepared for the second coming, my pack was more like a 108 hour kit lol but there were 2 tornadoes spotted 5 miles to the north of us, and 1 spotted 5 miles to the west of us, lol and it rained HARD like it was almost a wall of water, i didnt know that was possible....lol....but i survived, I did have an anxiety attack though, i was really freaking out ! but im good, now. lol Pres. Kunz in his phone call even told all the missionaries "not to try to outrun a tornado and do not go outside and try to take pictures" lol ya, i was laughing pretty hard cause i would probably do just that. other than that not much more to report,
i hope jaxon got his birthday card in time, ITS THE COOLEST....not much more to report on, im doing really good, loving the mission, cant wait to see where this next transfer puts me, new people? new adventures? i dont know, but Seward is the most.....Interesting area.....every missionary knows if you go to Seward you can expect the craziest of experiences, and i have...i was born here, and yes we do the thing where Your trainer is your father and his trainer is your grandfather etc. my grandfather got sent home do to health reasons, so i wont be able to meet him, and elder smith thinks im going to be a dad soon so....ya but i dont know, im good with what ever the lord wants me to do.....and if only you could see my notes...i am learning so much stuff its crazy to think about....i am currently filling up a book of mormon and when im done im sending it home, so i can have it when im off my mission, not much more to report, I hope eveyone is doing ok and i can't wait to here from you guys and get that package :D.
.btw how are the aunts and uncles, because its april and i havent gotten a single ASSIGNED, package, i thought i was being so clever and yet they still forget, :D its ok i love them anyway.----

here is a list of things that could help,

a cook book ( im running out of things i can cook by memory)

spiritual Cd's (alex boye, MOTAB, vocal point, Jaricho road, ) please send me some music

im dyeing here,

Love

Elder Sanders

Elder Braidon Sanders

Dear mom and dad,

We are finally all better, and going back to work, I am really struggling though.The kid we had set for baptism isnt getting baptized anymore, a few years ago he had a drowning accident and now has a couple problems from it but is a really smart kid, he just doesnt want to let anyone down. He knows its true, and knows Joseph smith is a prophet, but a minister friend of his convinced him not to be mormon, no real reason, but thats not why Im struggling, Im struggling because he got out of school for easter break and we saw him at a members house on saturday, and come to find out he hadnt eaten since thurs. i know the gospel will bless his life so much, but i cant help him, as a missionary there is only so much i can do...and its killing me.....i have really been wrestling with the lord for help this week.....we had a great session in church yesterday, i have really learned to appreciate the atonement, i never truly understood before......other than that i am doing fine, i need to send the card back soon i keep forgetting.......oh ya my belt is destroyed,I guess its not made to be worn like i wear it.....oh and fun story of the week, we were helping a member move a deep freeze out of a truck and one of our investigators, Jake he is my size but buff, ya he jumped in to the truck and his foot clipped me in the high notes, elder smith said he could here the hit from the front of the truck ( we were in back) said he heard a Thud and looks over and saw me on all fours.....needles to say my stomach and gut have been hurting for the past few days so ........ya other than that not much more to report.

love you guys,

miss ya

elder sanders

Elder Braidon Sanders

Dear mom and Dad, April 2, 2012

Yes there is a wallmart but they dont have white shirts, instead they have husker hoodies lol, i know i need to budget my money and i have been, this last month was just a really wierd one and we dont know where the money went, and the card money i had to buy some stuff to get the bike up to mission standard, but we should be good a couple of members commanded us to take food, so we have more than both our budgets could have gotten combined, so we are good on money for a while this will put us ahead becuase the money rolls over each month, so im not worried,
We had to reschedule his baptism because of conference which he came to, but he has asked me to baptize him. :D a video diary would be pretty cool, doubt i would remember to do it though, i make videos every now and again anyway so..ya.....i was sick again this last week, fever hit 100.5 which is really high for me, i never get fevers, so ya it was fun, we were helping a member out with a nonmember last monday and then got a call at midnight saying that the nonmember was now in the hospital with Influenza A, and we were exposed, so ya fun stuff, luckily you were right in forcing me to get the flu shot before i left, Sis. Kunz said it kept the flu from getting really bad, dont worry about money, the lord will provide, i have faith that we will be alright, dont freak out about putting money on the card , i dont want you guys to be more stressed than need be, just remember the talk about all the sacrifices of missionaries including my time and my association with you guys, Sacrifices bring blessings, so i know everything will work out, but also remember he said to hand write letters, lol anyway, i am aware that jaxons birthday is coming up soon, so he will be getting something from me for his birthday present, soon, also if anyone else has a birthday please send me a list each month of birthdays in that month and i will try to write them, hmmm ya my chaffing is done i got a new seat that isnt has hard as a rock....and i have grown to love Gold Bond........
.i cant believe its been almost four months 0_0 its crazy, and i think its awesome i learned a ton from conference about being a husband after my mission, the spirit was teaching me what i needed to know for afterwards, i didnt realize i was going to learn stuff like that as well......the pictures you sent on the card were nice.....Stetson is getting Tall.....and Jaxon is looking very buff and starting to slim down, oh has chylie gotten a letter yet....lol there is a young man here (member) i set her up with a pen pal :D he is just like us ....OOBER DORKY......but so are all of us so :D ya......i havent heard from anyone is a while how are all of you doing??? oh and yes XLT Dri lux round neck please make sure they are Tall or my butt shows lol...... ya me and elder smith only have 3 more weeks together and then its exchanges my training is done and he said he will probably get transferred, so ......ya sad sad... .....mothers day is coming up and i am told that we are aloud to SKYPE home so ya i will email you the details when i get them but just so you know its coming up soon! ..... Ya and dad those two talks you slept through you should watch online, their important, i really loved the ones talking about priesthood responsibility and how we loose the priesthood power by doing nothing.....so yes let us RISE up and be Men!!! for shall we not go forth in so great a cause....oh and dd you guys go to the priesthood sessions??? -_- i hope you did they were really great talks, and have you talked to dylan and jaxon about the aaronic priesthood yet??? anyway......i love you mom...and i love you dad......i miss everyone, and as soon as they write me ill write them back......

.....man i dont know what else i can say other than the work is progressing, im becoming a man.....a mighty work Has come forth among the children of men, and i am trying to figure out how to use a sickle, and i cant wait until the lord extends his hand to me and says " come let us walk together",

love, your missionary son.