Happy Birthday Elder Bryner

Email #33
Area: Cosmo City
Companion: Elder Kwabaisi

Hey Everyone,

We had another great week and loved it and went by so fast from the beginning of the transfer! We had transfers this week and now our district leader is now training as well! We painted another house for a member on Saturday. We washed another car on Thursday and the car was an Audi, if I might add. We have a tendency to wash all the nice cars haha! We had a confirmation yesterday and that was so cool. Her mother is now being baptized the 29th of June, along with potentially 6 more people!! We are harvesting more than ever before in Cosmo City. A member told us the most that has been baptized while one set of missionaries have been there is only 5 and we have already hit 4, so we will hopefully be at 11 by June 29th! I am so happy at the blessings that Heavenly Father is letting me have and for the opportunities he is allowing me to have as well!!!

One lady has been taught by missionaries for almost a year, she works on Sundays, but the days that she is off she comes. She brings this little girl with her that lives behind her, but we were not aware of this. We tracked into that house where the little girls stays having no idea who she was or anything. Now we are teaching her and her sister. She and her sister came to church yesterday and it was just a miracle that we found her and her sister just completely inspired and directed by the spirit to go to that home!

Nothing much else has happened this week. President and Sister Omer are heading home June 30th and President and Sister Dunn are arriving!! I have enjoyed serving with President Omer, but his time has come and time for a new one to start his adventure!!

Elder Bryner

Elder Bryner and Elder Ajei

Elder from Utah and Elder Bryner

Making his own birthday cake or treat (not sure)

Looks like a cake :-)

First baptism Elder Bryner performed & Zone Conference

Email #32
Area: Cosmo City
Companion: Elder Kwabaisi

Hey Everyone,

Just a great week and so much has happened this past week! Baptisms and service, lots of walking and coldness. Haha wow it really is getting cold now, like it is just as cold as it would be if there was snow on the ground but no snow. But we are managing just fine. We had a great zone conference and learned so much. We spoke about the Book of mormon and how much it is needed in the conversion process and if we do not have it we are nothing and not different than any other church. I completed the BOM on Tuesday and have enjoyed the testimony that I have gained from reading it. I commit all to read the Book of Mormon who reads this! It will change your life and will help you understand about yourself and more about God!!! We are cleaning an Audi this week, so I am excited for that. It is strange, but the cars they have here are so nice and really cheap! I baptized for the first time in my life yesterday! The spirit was so strong and couldn't believe the testimony of the one I baptized. Her name is Dineo and is 23 with a son and married to a recent convert in our branch. He brought her to us and said to us that he wants her baptized and he plans on going to the temple with her next year. It was such a blessing to see her testimony although it wasn't in English and I felt like I understood what she was saying! I could feel the love she has for just knowing the truth now! Words can not be said on how you feel when you baptize someone for the first time and you feel like you have known them your whole life! I have never felt that way before! It was the best feeling ever pulling her out of the water and seeing her. I taught her from the beginning and just seeing her make the promise just made everything worth it. The water was a little cold, but hey it was an experience that will never be forgotten! We were suppose to have 6 baptisms total on both sides, but only had 4. Those 2 that didn't make it, will be making it this month for sure!!! One is the mother of Jessica that was baptized and another was a cousin to Dineo, but the work will never stop!! For those that are thinking about serving a mission do it! It is a huge decision of course, but the experience is all worth the time and the effort that is used. You will experience nothing else like it! You will know what I am talking about when it comes to be your time! God's hand is in everything you do down to the breath that you take and the words that you speak! Remember to never lose the faith and never doubt the faith you have. Love you all and hope for the best for you!

Elder Bryner

Elisabeth, Elder Compton, Robert, Elder Ajei, Dineo, Jessica, Elder Kwabaisi and Elder Bryner

Elder Kwabaisi, Jessica, Dineo & Elder Bryner

Elder Ajei, Robert, Jessica & Elder Compton

Jessica

Dineo, the one Elder Bryner was able to teach & baptize.

Elisabeth

Elder Ajei, Robert, & Elisabeth

Elisabeth & her son Rolisang.

Elder Ajei, Jessica and we think this is her family.

Elder Ajei, Robert and his mom (maybe her son) & Elder Compton

Jessica & Sister Dorkus

Elder Kwabaisi's first Kota

New baptismal font

Zone conference.  Elder Bryner is on the bottom row, second from the right.

Elder Bryner, Rolisang & Elder Kwabaisi

Elder Bryner, Rolisang, Thumelang, & Elder Kwabaisi

Kids at the crush

Elder Bryner with his birthday gifts from Cami.

Elder Bryner sporting his new South Africa tie.

Elders on a walk

Simple perspective on being young and doing service for others

Email #31
Area: Cosmo City
Companion: Elder Kwabaisi

Hey Everyone,

Another good week and this week went by faster than last week!! Transfers are next week and we have a zone conference this Saturday is my greeny first one on mission, so he is really excited for that!! Wow I remember my first one, haha not too long ago actually! Time really is going and it isn't waiting for me and just keeps going like that!!! It really does feel like yesterday that I was in the airport and meeting all the other Elders and traveling on the plane for miles and miles. Finally getting the MTC and just really enjoying the time that I have!! For those that wish that they were just all grown up and just on their own you better think twice about that, because becoming an adult with responsibilities and stress and all these crazy things is just something that makes you wish that you could go back and do it all over again!!!! Take time to appreciate how young you are and don't jump to the end. Enjoy the journey that takes you there!!!

We didn't get to do the service this week because the branch president canceled for some reasons, but hopefully that we will be able to do it in the near future!! We did get to clean that members car and she really appreciated it haha! It was a BMW so I enjoyed cleaning it haha!!! She came out saying that it looked brand new, so we did our job on cleaning the car!!! We have some more promising investigators and they continue to progress and make more return appointments with us so that makes us really happy!!!! Baptisms are this week so that is something that we are looking forward to and we should have 4 so that will be a great turn out if all of them make it!!!

Elder Bryner