The final Countdown!!!

 My mission has brought me to crazy lows. Emotional ones I never thought I was capable of. I've always been real careful of who I let in. Doctor house's famous quote "Everybody Lies" has never felt more real.  But I know what to hope for. I know who my friends are. I know who to rely on. I know God lives. I know my Savior lives. The atonement is incredible and he will never forget us. I know me better than I ever have. I know how to trust in whats real. Life got a lot more complicated out here but at the same time so much more simple. I was dead serious when I wrote my email two weeks ago. I may be rough around the edges but I am enlisted, and I'll stand for the title of liberty. I fight. Not because I hate whats in front of me. but because I love whats behind me. That has been my mission. and it forever will be. Satan has personally cut me deep and I've never wanted more to knock him upside the head. double jab, straight. this is my house. kinda deal. My faith has grown. I have learned to recongnize the spirit at the most random times. I needed this. Every young man in God's eternal kingdom needs this. The armor of God does not cover our backs. It's meant for battle. we cannot turn away.

I dont really have a clean shirt. but im not looking to go home all clean and pressed. I'll wear these worn things till i'm done. I can't really tell the luggage stuff now. but i'll look into it. also the activities. I'll finallize it.

Our trip probably wont get approved...but i got a once in a lifetime chance yesterday. I'll tell you guys about that later. :)

I love you guys. I'll see ya'll soon. My camera is full so please bring the macbook and my external hardrive.
 

-Braydon

Finishing!!

Well this week was a good one. mostly because we got to move. Our new house is way legit. I really like it. I've got more space, and a bigger bed. too bad its only mine for the next couple of weeks.  I'm kinda in a weird stage. I woke up the other day with "Kings and queens" by 30 seconds to mars stuck in my head and it carried me through the day. Yesterday I woke up early and I went and sat on the couch and just reflected. I picked up Elder Mafi's guitar and played it a bit. I don't know if I coulda learned all I learned out here with out coming. I've learned so many great facets of life. Before the mission i used to get stressed out and I'd always worry. I'm a lot different now. I look at life differently. I dont think i told you guys, but I ditched the linguistics idea. I'm back on the doctor trip but this time I believe this is it. We'll see how we go. My mission has taught me that the people are what make it all worth it. I've made some great friendships out here. If a place is only as good as the people, this place is good. I've also done a lot of thinking about the places i've gone, the things ive done. Both good and bad. Everything has shaped my character and more likely prepared me for the future. I thought about all those trips with stewart and aaron erick and dillon. about college, skydiving, grade school, family vacations. Life's good. It's fun. sometimes you screw up but everytime you fall you're only making your chin strong. Chris blaser wrote me a story last week. I'm going to include it....." I just read something about a marathon runner who finished an hour later than everybody, because he got an injury half waythrough the race... people wondered why he even finished when he had no chance of winning. He said 'my country didn't send me here to start a race, but to finish'"....ain't that the truth. we're here to finish. Obviously there is a better path and an ideal and excellent way, but some walk a different path, not always by they're own choosing. most importantly we make it through. we triumph, we regulate, we conquer. I've met many people out here who walk through hell. This gospel is true and can pull us out of the deepest holes. You gotta pick yourself off the floor, and although you feel you can't take no more, remember what you're here for. This one goes out to all those I've come to love. from America, to Kosrae, to Europe, to Spain, back to Chuuk, around Guam and currently holding it down in Saipan. God loves you, satan hates you. This world is a fight, and we've gotta go home. Stick with me, i've got your back, and imma take you there. "What we do in life, echo's through eternity." much love ya'll keep holdin it down.
-Elder Lapeyrouse

"until the referee rings the bell, until both your eyes start to swell, until the crowd goes home...what we gonna do ya'll?