Hump Day!!!!

Email #52
Area: Secunda
Companion: Elder Going

Hey Everyone,

My comp is so cool and he is so funny! Yeah my prayers were answered for sure and I did learn a lot from my last comp especially patience. No one is perfect and that I might drive people crazy too! This week has been good, we found some more people that missionaries used to teach awhile ago. We found them yesterday, so that was cool we looked through the area book and found that they were taught a lot so we went and tried to find their house and they seem really cool. I am one year today and it is just the weirdest thing and it doesn't seem real to me. We watched General conference this passed weekend and that was nice! It took our whole Saturday pretty much because they scheduled it just as they do when it is live so it took up the whole day pretty much, but Sunday was good. Next week we are going to do a ton of finding and stuff because some of these investigators are getting dodgy and they don't want to learn anymore. It is nice that Synthia feeds us and she makes freaking good food except when she made tripe or intestine that was a little nasty, but I had to do it you can't say no. I told her that it makes me sick and she got a little offended because she thought it was hers that made me sick. It is that in general and it was funny because she said that she wasn't going to cook for me anymore. She was joking it is so nice we can just be free with each other she is like an older sister/mom because she hosts us! Father led means that there is a full family like ours so if we were being taught we would be a father led family because most families we visit only is a mom and kids and/or they are not married and living together so yeah that is a struggle! Yeah the other two ladies are not doing well, they just ditch us. We went to her house and she just walked out the back door saying she was coming and she went to the house down the street. They are friends and we sat there for like 30 minutes and we went out looking for her. We saw her at the house and they just shut the door real quick, so yeah just dodgy people! Yeah sending vids is a problem, but you will see it eventually because the vids are long but super funny! I think they celebrate Halloween, but only a select few.

Love,
Elder Bryner

This is where he is going to get buff!

Looks like he got burned

New companion

Email #51
Area: Secunda
Companion: Elder Going

Hey Everyone,

What a great week we had. The best week I have had since I have been here and had a good amount of lessons and people at church. AND we went to the temple and had transfers this week so this week is going to be so good. The temple was so nice and a good renewal. My comp is the best and it is the coolest thing. So Elder Wambua trained him and he was trained in Pimville assignments well. So technically he is my brother on mission. His name is Elder Going from New Zealand and is just the coolest kid and one of my favorite comps. He loves to have fun and work so that is good with me. I have had a comp from a different country and it is just the coolest thing to just be able to know the culture that they come from and just to know so many different cultures. We are going to try and learn the Haka it is their traditional dance. He loves rugby and I have come to love the game as well. He is 6 months on mission and just to hear how all the people are doing in pimville was just so nice. We had 14 lesssons this week and hope to jump this week. But we helped synthia on saturday with her house. We laid tile haha and it actually looks good. They are building their house on their own so we thought it was a good idea to come help them. The husband usually works so we took the chance to go help. She is the best cook too let me add that. She cooks for us all the time and she taught us how to make some of their traditional food so hopefully I can make it for you guys when I get home. We found some more people 2 ladies but haven't seen them yet but we found this sweet father led that stays behind the chapel in some flats where we teach some other people. Their kids came to church and some others and the good thing is we have 3 families in the complex and all the kids know each other so they love to come to church. But the pics with the mustaches is rachel's family. she is a single mom I think and she is working and going to school so she is really busy but we manage to still see her during the week. Yeah the heritage day pics that day was so much fun we got to eat a bunch of different foods and yeah the kids are cool. It is me, elder johnson, Holmquist, and Going in the district. yeah the package still isn't here but its fine no worries just hope it comes. That father led that we found is christian and has seen us walking around before so they knew who we were.But I am doing way good now that I have a new comp and we get along perfect. I actually wanted to serve in tonga or samoa or and island somewhere because I love those people such good food and funny but this guy is just hilarious and get along great so hopefully we do some cool things here together. But I hope you are doing great and keeping well. I hope that you have a good week and it just keep running like nothing and it is so crazy I turn one year next week just not real to me.

Love,
Elder Bryner

Email #2 from Sister Berg

Email from the couple missionaries that are serving in the same branch as Elder Bryner.

Elder Bryner & Elder "M" with some of our handsome Secunda Branch young men. This was Elder M's (sorry, but I can't say his full name) last Sunday in Secunda before he transfers to his new area. We'll miss his warm personality & smile! Thank goodness we get to enjoy Elder B for at least 6 more weeks :)