Sorry guys, my mom didn't have time to edit. I thought that this would give you the opertunity to see how Colton truly writes...
dang excited to see all the hefty e mails im getting this week! haha got a whole 3 and one was from the mission haha. its cool.
anyways this week has been a real test of patience for me. its been insane. so i emailed you and everything was awesome. then that night whail sharing a spiritual message i had to split in the middle for a bathroom break. it was at the stake patriarchs house too. she said i turned white as a goast is like 3 seconds. so we went home and called the mission presidents wife and she told me to sleep it off. i then woke up the next morning threw up some more and then went out to work. asfter not making it very far we came back and sister christison told me to stay home and sleep. i hate staying home on a mission. there are never any people to talk to in our room. its frustrating haha. then the next day we had to stay in again cause the same thing happened. then i didnt feel better till monday so we went out that morning. i took us about an hour to bike to the place we were gonna tract cause i kept almost passing out haha. then we got pulled over by a cop hahaha. then we were knocking on doors and out of about 30 , 1 person came to the doorthen i almost passed out again so elder mcmurray made me go home and take a nap. . . and im still at about 50%. so the bike riding isnt going very fast but its cool. we are getting there. haha so yeah its been a fun week. but the reason im telling you is because as everyone knows. when things get rough and tough and you put your trust in the lord he will bless you. now no we dont have any baptizms yet or anyone like that. we are working really hard to find them. but not yet. infact we are goign to get about 32 hours of tracting in this week. haha. the mission standard is 20 haha. but it has all been worth it. when ryan ( the investigator in willow creek that we had) called and said he got excepted to byu idaho! i was so excited. we became really close as we were teaching him and he is a great guy. so i was way excited. . . then the next day he called and told me he has just set a date for his baptizm!!! i was so excited for him. ive been praying for that for a long time and now was the right time for the lord to make it happen. so needless to say i am pretty excited. i mean sure. he dosent count as a baptizm for us but hes a good friend and i was able to partisipate in his salvation. and im very thankful for that opertunity.
eather way. with trials. come blessings! im excited to see we happens next!. . .
( i need to write a sweet action novel on this or something.)
but ive got to go. im hackin up a lung in the library and everyone is looking at me funny haha
LOVE YA!!
Elder Bragg
4 comments:
Wow that was a rough read... Thanks for the editing mom. Sorry about being sick Colton! Matt is sick too at the moment.
Hey Colton,
A few thoughts..Faith preceeds the miracle. You are showing great faith.
Maybe that baptism doesn't count for you but you will mean the world to him. Think of how overwhelmed Shane was to meet Ryan Meecham (guy that gave him his first B of M). He will forever give thanks for what you helped him to see and feel.
We are proud of you. We'll pray for your health.
Jacque
So hard to be sick away from home and even more so on a mission. I can't believe how you kept powering through. Keep up the good work Elder Bragg and the windows of heaven will open. That's the promise and that promise won't be broken!
Everytime I eat an apple I don't think of the one that picked the apple but of the one that planted the seed for the tree to grow. I know from a converts point of view it was Elder Halls that put me under the water, but it was Elder Bailey who 1st taught me and was transferred before he saw me baptized. I will never forget either one of them or their faces. Love you for the dedication and work you are doing.
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