Elder Preston Bruner

This week was pretty good! To start out, we had a baptism on Saturday! Hna Esther was baptized, after having had visits from the missionaries for more than 4 years. Now was her time. God prepares people, and as missionaries we have to really listen to the guidance of the spirit to know what He would have us do. I know that to be true. A baptism is never easy, and many times trials will pass by. Whether it be trying to heat up water using a huge pot on a stove in the kitchen of the church, or accidentally locking the keys in the sacrament meeting room and having to use whatever long pole was available in the church to reach them through a barred window, things will work out as you rely on God and have faith! It was a joy in the ward to have this baptism though. Hermana Esther knows many members, so there was a lot of support from the ward during the baptism and after as well! I was able to confirm Hna Esther on Sunday. From what I remember, I think it was my first confirmation,...

Wow, in 2 days I'll have one year in the mission! But more importantly.... GENERAL CONFERENCE WAS SWEET! I could spend so much time talking about what I liked about conference, but I don't have my notes with me, and it would take forever! But, as a misisonary, I think that talk that stood out most was the one about the Book of Mormon. As already said, there is absolutely and positively NO WAY that the Book of Mormon is false. Science has tried to destroy it. People with great knowledge have tried to say it isn't true. The Book of Mormon IS true, and will stay true until the end of time. As President Nelson said "The Book of Mormon contains the fullness of the gospel. Period." It's simple. And I love it! This week was pretty great! As we were visiting families, a member named Angel came with us. Turns out that he is a great person to work with, because he recognizes things that sometimes us as missionaries from other parts of the world don't re...

Now is actually the halfway point of my mission I'm pretty sure.. To start off, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!! WWOOOO!!!!!! This week has been crazy. Let's start off with Tuesday. Tuesday morning, we got a call as we were contacting from the zone leaders. They had us put the phone on speaker, and we listened as they told me that I was now district leader.... yep.. I'm now District Leader! Our district is just sisters though. Me and my companion are the only 2 Elders in the district. I had to hurry and plan a little lesson that day to give in the district meeting on Wednesday. Pretty crazy, but it'll be a good learning experience! Then wednesday came and we went to a little family home evening / birthday party for Hermana Flor in our ward. We ate some Anticuchos (cow heart grilled on a stick, but it tastes like steak so it was really good), and were talking about experiences with bad spirits on the mission. Well, we kinda got scared (but not too much) because we ...