BIG FAT U LOCKS ROCK!

Howdy Dowdy!

Sounds like everyone had a super week!. . .actually, sounded pretty boring, I'm not gonna lie.

We've had a pretty intense week. Not too much happened at the start but it picked up. It all started with Friday when we found out that a guy that we've had on our radar for a bit, wanting to teach. His brother (who was taking the lessons in the Arapaho Stake) had cancer and his kidneys failed. They didn't think he would make it through the night. They gave him a blessing and he somehow pulled out of it for a bit. . . he was doing better and we just found out he's going a little down hill again. Kinda way lame. Hopefully once he gets better he is going to move in with his brother. . . who is in our ward boundaries. . . aka. we get to teach him. On Sunday we went to the hospital to see him, it was a good visit. . . oh and tell brother Schmidt that he is the greatest guy ever, just walking into that hospital was the most depressing thing in the world! The critical care unit is such a downer! That's why the gospel really does bless families!

Sunday night we went and stopped by a less active families house and they let us in. We wound up talking to them and their Columbian maid for a while. It was awesome! We are going to start teaching the maid. She wants to take the lessons, watch Finding Faith in Christ, cook us columbian food, read and pray about the Book of Mormon, and have her baby blessed in Sacrament meeting! haha So totally out of the blue. I love the doors that God opens when you work hard!

We went to Wendy's today with some other Elders and they both got their bikes stolen straight up out of the middle of the parking lot. This guy just came up clipped their lock off, put it in his van and drove off. . .like it was nothing. He didn't get ours cause we have a BIG FAT U LOCK. We pretty much got to talk to cops all of our preparation day! Nuts right?!

On Monday we were tracting and our goal for the mission is to get 10 baptismal invitations every week per companionship. . . we totally got 10 in one day! haha We were asking everyone if they wanted to be baptized. It was awesome. And surprise, we got some good return appointments too!!! I love being a missionary! . . . not District Leader though.I don't seem to get as muchsleep! Well, its not that bad. I get to serve a lot so it's cool, I guess.

Love you all!! Good to know that LAN akaLaycee Ann is doing well. And you tell the little Shmuck inside Mickie to start those Kindely going better. haha. Shmuck. . . such a funny word. LOVE YOU ALL!!! Have a great week. Share the gospel with your friends!!!

Love Elder Bragg

Bike problems

The district leader gets a lot of phone calls about problems and questions. . . what the junk! haha. but a new elder didn't have a bike so i let him borrow mine. . . turns out he is a little heavier and my bake tire was so out of true it was hitting the side of the frame when i got it back. and i'm pretty sure he put a lot of pressure on the peddles when he was shifting cause the chain was stretched out farther then the bike mechanic had ever seen. . . it was pretty intense. . . more intense then camping!!! ooohhh bet you missed that one! haha. but anyways. so i had to replace the chain and the front and back tires, true both of them and i might have to completely replace the back crank. . . and those alone are about 100 bones. . . but i might not so well keep it on the bright side. plus i think in the doctrine and covenants it talks about how the harder you work the better your back crank will be. . .yeah must be in there. but other then that it have been an awesome week. working hard. tracting. trying to find people to teach. . . the lord will bless us. i know he will. a little patience is all it takes. but hey i've got to run. Love You, remember that if joseph smith really did see what he said. . . we need to share it with everyone. there is a great talk about it in one of the recent ensighns. . . or however you spell it.
Love Elder Bragg