Elder Bronson Scott Puzey

Editor's Note: Elder Puzey did not send any pics this week so attaching one his sister took while traveling through his mission this week while going to Disneyland. No she did not stop, but as a mom it is weird to think they are so close to each other right now! So this week has been back to the normal grind. Not too much to report but we should be having a baptism coming up in a few weeks if everything continues as planned. Right now Elder Etheridge and I are down the hill in Rancho Cucamonga. Elder Etheridge is being whitewashed into the Big Bear area which is like a resort place that a lot of people visit to go hiking/skiing/ other recreational activities. I am staying put in Adelanto/Samoan and I will find out who my son is (the new missionary I'll be training) tomorrow, so that's exciting.   I'm sorry that there isn't too much to report this week, I'm sure next week will be more interesting. I just want to remind y'all how important missionary wor...

Dear loyal fan-club, Sadly this week has been plagued by some sickness throughout the whole Hurtado house (the house I'm currently living in). So by going on some exchanges with the companions that weren't sick we still met with some of our investigators. We're feeling better but none of us are 100% yet. One of our goals in the mission right now is to contact 10 people a day. A contact is inviting someone not currently in our teaching pool to do something that will bring them closer to Jesus Christ. So for the past few weeks we've been trying our hardest to contact as many people as we see. It really gets you into the missionary spirit.  While being sick or home with another sick missionary I read Our Heritage which I loved because I love the pioneers. Their faith is passed by none. I'm a little jealous because they got to be around Joseph Smith (my favorite guy ever). It's amazing to read the stories of these early church members that would leave all th...

What's up everyone? This week went by super fast and we had some good adventures. On Wednesday we went down the hill to Rancho to pick up our new car. The Lord really does know us individually and knows that Elder Etheridge and I love cars so this is the third car we've had. It's Toyota Corolla and even though it's base model it has some pretty cool gadgets. I always love going down to Rancho to see the palm trees and see all the cool cars. Often times it is also quite a bit cooler down there with just a slight increase in humidity.  On Saturday we went to the funeral for a member in the Adelanto Ward. We would go to visit JT and his wife every Thursday. Because of health complications they were not able to go to church so we would go over and talk with them, share a message and take the trash out. At the funeral the most talked about topic was how amazing it is that we will be able to be with our spouses forever. Being a member my whole life I think I have taken th...

This week has really been more of the same but we've had some good breakthroughs! We put three of our investigators on date to be baptized so that moves it up to four potential baptisms!! We have Betty, Stephen, Jose and Diane on date and we are continuing to help them get closer and closer to their Savior Jesus Christ.  Yesterday we had an Area 70 at church which was super awesome! Elder Miskin talked to us about a disease that is plaguing the whole world, including within the church. The brethren have named this disease "Apathy" which is a combination of two words A- Without and Pathos- Feeling. Nephi described it as past feeling. As the world continues to grow further and further from the standards of the gospel and as people continue to lose face to face interactions, people are becoming less and less loving for one another. Too often we see hate crimes and a general disregard for our brothers and sisters in the world. Elder Miskin said that the cure for this is c...

Editor's Note: Elder Puzey's email was very short this week and he sent no pictures. Anyone who knows Bronson is not surprised by his lack of words :) But we got information from the field via facebook: Elder Puzey's district made a scripture study event and we had a really good turn out so we're going to read all of the Book of Mormon with some investigators, less actives and recent converts! It's very exciting! And I'll get you a picture every Wednesday plus dinner on Saturday! ********* Sadly there isn't much to report like last week. But some good things have been happening. We got two of our investigators (Diane and Stephen) on date. While that doesn't guarantee that they're going to get baptized, it does increase the likelihood a whole lot. We recently had some training that reminded us that there are people out there that are ready to be baptized and we just need to find them. Our mission set up a goal to contact 10 new people...