Area: Grange area of the Firle Zone
Companion: Elder Hamilton
Excerpts from Mom's email:
Hey Mom!
Yeah I have got the bike lights. I still haven't got the jacket and stuff yet just because last P Day was so busy, but we will get everything today. Dang this was a really long week haha. So much has happened and thinking back to last Monday it seems like ages ago.
So good news, Elder Hamilton and I are staying in this area! We both think that I will be his last companion by the looks of it. The District has changed up a bit, but for the most part it is looking really promising. This next transfer should be a really good one, because already at this point we have 2 upcoming baptisms and two more later in the transfer.
I got to tell you about how crazy this week was! It was a week of firsts for sure! Just a few things interesting that have happened is first sang happy birthday to a girl, got kissed on the hand by an African, my companion offered me up to marry a Vietnamese women's daughters, and other weird things like that. I even saw some dolphins on the coast this past week so that was cool. Just chalk full of funny stories this week I don't even know which one to tell you about, but there is a couple of them.
Last P Day was really fun! We played basketball, volleyball, and some Foote with the district and with two investigators as well. That was a really cool experience to build that relationship with our investigator M......! He is a really cool guy! He was trying to show me how to throw a rugby ball and all these things haha, but idk how good I was at it. I will be pro by the end of my mission though!
We have a baptism this next Sunday! I think I have talked about him before, his name is C.... He is a really good man and he has just been so solid since we started teaching him. He has excepted everything that we have taught because he knows it comes from God. I am really excited for the baptism and he is having his interview in a couple of hours. Starting off the transfer right that is for sure!
We have also started teaching two aboriginals at the moment. First there is T.... who even said he will paint our scriptures all nice. He is a really good artist for sure, so I am excited for that. His baptism may be a little ways down the road, but he definitely has the desire. The other is M... and he is pretty new. He is very open to finding God, because he has reached a point in his life were he needs to know if God is there. He has kids who you can tell he loves so so much. His little daughters are adorable and he seems like such a nice guy.
Love ya mom!
Elder Bryner
Excerpts from Dad's email:
Hey Dad!
President asked me to share with him my most inspiring experiences. I thought I would share it with you.
So my most inspiring experience since I have been on my mission? That's a hard one... but I know my answer!
The biggest miracle I have had since I have been on my mission has been the chance to see the change in one of our investigators. It has been a long journey with them taking baby steps. When they started out seeing us, they were atheist and didn't have any desire to learn about the gospel. As time has gone on, I have had the opportunity to see the dramatic change in them. Every lesson we have with them for the past month have been amazing. They are coming to know God in ways that they don't even completely understand. They have told us countless times how much learning the gospel has blessed their life. They are not to the point of baptism yet, but I know in my heart that they will be in the days to come. They have acknowledge what they have come to know to be true. They applied what we have taught to their own life and has become a better person for it. The next big change will be them quitting smoking, which they have even said will be possible through Christ. This miracle is in the making, but to me it is a miracle none the less.
It is hard to put into words or to express what I have felt and have seen in them. God has allowed me in certain moments to see our investigator as he does, to see the amazing potential they have. I have had amazing experiences so far on my mission so far. Have received promptings on where to go, have seen the beautiful baptism for A....., have received personal guidance from God. All of these things I have been blessed with and are amazing experiences, but the change in our investigator has been so large, I would have thought it would be impossible before. It has shown me that the atonement is truly infinite. That the gospel truly does change lives. I pray one day soon they will make that next step and be baptized. That will truly be a miracle!
Love ya dad,
Elder Bryner
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I received a text from one of Elder Bryner's cousins Jaxson. It was something he wrote. I thought it would be something Elder Bryner would like to share with others.
The True Church
Today's world is hard to live in
A world where every kid gets a ribbon
Not even for winnin
To make sure no ones confidence it hidden
But really it's missin
A world where everyone compares themselves to others
Gotta be better than Brother
Gotta make your parents proud
Especially mother
Make your successes loud
To bring back your missin father
All these expectations
Causing you to drown in water
Losing focus on God's creations
Cause everyone wanna be somebody
Scared to be a nobody
Wanna be put on the map
Of a world full of crap
But there someone you mean something to
Who doesn't care bout your shoes
Whether you win or lose
And that's God
Tryna keep you sane in a world based off fraud
Hold to the iron rod
Throw away your vape mod
Go and read the words of God
Listen to my lyrical
Try to be spiritual
Go to church, go home
Get on your knees, then pray a little
Make talking to God something critical
So listen
If something is missin
Be worthy to receive God's advice
Don't think twice, be nice.
Be an example like the one who paid the price
Listen to His teachings
Not the false preachings
Search for the true church that Christ Is leading
Repeating, the truth to others
So that families can be forever
Welcome to the church,
The church of joy
The church of confidence
The church chased out of Providence
Church of family
Church of caring
The church sending out missionaries
Church of God
Church of love
The true church led from up above⬆️
Welcome to the Church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints.
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