Mission Pics

So i found some old mission pics! The greatest time ever!!!! Check these out!


MEANS OF TRAVEL...jk

Church in Maimon (1st area)

Crazy CCM (MTC) plant!

Making a roof in the middle of the street!

Tropical Dominican Republic!

Updates

So some people have requested that they want to hear what's going on in my life or something. They said something about that's what blogs are for...I still refuse to believe them.

I work at the Florida Bar, and I'm going to school for business. I'll probably be in school the rest of my life though so i still have no career plans yet. The second coming might happen before i get out of school. :)

James R. Brannen, My grandpa and father in the gospel recently passed away after 6 weeks of problems in the hospital from a car wreck. He was the one that baptised me, gave me the priesthood (Aaronic and Melchesidec), he gave me my patriarichal blessing, and was my escort in the temple, he was there supporting me for my eagle scout award, and always rewarded me for good grades in school, he challenged me to memorize important scriptures and the articles of faith, and would always encourage me to do good in life. He is a hero in my life and one of the most influential people to me. I only wish he could've been there to seal me and my future wife in the temple. I'm glad I got to spend a part of his life so close to him. The funeral service on wednesday was very special. There were tons of people there and many good words spoken. It was his time to go and he's doing a lot better now. He was a great example of how to overcome the flesh and successfully make it through this probationary state we are all in. Losing someone close, as I imagine some of you are familiar with, really puts things into perspective. How short this life is and how important it is to do good. He will be missed but we'll see him soon. until then i'll strive to do the best I can in this life so I can finish strong just like "Qua Qua". :)

Chuck Norris

So before my mission I always thought Chuck Norris was kindof a low budget actor that wasn't very famous but could kick someones trash. His best known film..."Sidekick" LOL! I loved it! After my mission there's this huge fad about Chuck Norris quotes and how amazing he is. I don't understand it? why Chuck Norris? The quotes are pretty hilarious though.

-Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.

-The chief export of Chuck Norris is pain.

-The Great Wall of China was originally created to keep Chuck Norris out. It failed miserably.

-There is no theory of evolution, just a list of creatures Chuck Norris allows to live.

-Chuck Norris originally appeared in the "Street Fighter II" video game, but was removed by Beta Testers because every button caused him to do a roundhouse kick. When asked bout this "glitch," Norris replied, "That's no glitch."

-There are no weapons of mass destruction. Just Chuck Norris.

-A Chuck Norris-delivered Roundhouse Kick is the preferred method of execution in 16 states.

-Chuck Norris CAN believe it's not butter.

-If tapped, a Chuck Norris roundhouse kick could power the country of Australia for 44 minutes.

-French surrendered to Chuck Norris just to be on the safe side.

-Chuck norris once roundhouse kicked someone so hard that his foot broke the speed of light, went back in time, and killed Amelia Earhart while she was flying over the Pacific Ocean.

-Chuck Norris recently had the idea to sell his urine as a canned beverage. We know this beverage as Red Bull.

-If you can see Chuck Norris, he can see you. If you can't see Chuck Norris you may be only seconds away from death.

-Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.

-Chuck Norris once shot a German plane down with his finger, by yelling, "Bang!"

-When Chuck Norris plays Oregon Trail his family does not die from cholera or dysentery, but rather roundhouse kicks to the face. He also requires no wagon, since he carries the oxen, axels, and buffalo meat on his back. He always makes it to Oregon before you.

-The quickest way to a man's heart is with Chuck Norris' fist.

-What was going through the minds of Chuck Norris' victims before they died? His shoe.

-If you spell Chuck Norris in Scrabble, you win. Forever.

-The following is a short list of things Chuck Norris cannot do: .

-If you make a list of 10 things Chuck Norris cannot do, he will appear at your house and perform them all. Your life may be forfeit.

-Chuck Norris does not hunt because the word hunting implies the possibility of failure. Chuck Norris goes killing.

-When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.

-Chuck Norris can slam revolving doors.

-Chuck Norris Isn't funny, stop laughing.

-Chuck Norris has an unbeatable poker face, concealed beneath an even more unbeatable poker beard.

-Chuck Norris doesn't read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants.

-Chuck Norris has counted to infinity. Twice.

-In an average living room there are 1,242 objects Chuck Norris could use to kill you, including the room itself.

-When Chuck Norris falls in water, Chuck Norris doesn't get wet. Water gets Chuck Norris.

-Chuck Norris is the reason why Waldo is hiding.
-When Chuck Norris does a pushup, he isn’t lifting himself up, he’s pushing the Earth down.

-Chuck Norris has already been to Mars; that's why there are no signs of life there.

-Chuck Norris doesn't own a stove, toaster oven or a microwave... Because revenge is a dish that's best served cold.

-Since 1940, the year Chuck Norris was born, roundhouse kick related deaths have increased 13,000 percent.

-Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.

-There is no chin behind Chuck Norris' beard. There is only another fist.

-Chuck Norris has two speeds: walk and kill.

-Chuck Norris can set ants on fire with a magnifying glass, at night.

-It takes Chuck Norris 20 minutes to watch 60 Minutes.

-Chuck Norris can divide by zero.

Funny Quotes

"Time is that quality of nature which keeps events from happening all at once. Lately it doesn't seem to be working." --Anonymous

If a man speaks in the forest, and there's no woman around to hear him... Is he still wrong? - Unknown

"Nobody goes there anymore...it's too crowded." Yogi Berra

Great men talk about ideas; Mediocre men talk about things; Small men talk about people. - Admiral Hyman Rickover
(What does that say about a society in which People magazine is a best seller? - JK)

When a cat is dropped, it always lands on its feet, and when toast is dropped, it always lands with the buttered side facing down. I propose to strap buttered toast to the back of a cat; the two will hover, spinning inches above the ground.

Better English

Having chosen English as the preferred language in the EEC, the European Parliament has commissioned a feasibility study in ways of improving efficiency in communications between Government departments.
European officials have often pointed out that English spelling is unnecessarily difficult; for example: cough, plough, rough, through and thorough. What is clearly needed is a phased programme of changes to iron out these anomalies. The programme would, of course, be administered by a committee staff at top level by participating nations.
In the first year, for example, the committee would suggest using 's' instead of the soft 'c'. Sertainly, sivil servants in all sities would resieve this news with joy. Then the hard 'c' could be replaced by 'k' sinse both letters are pronounsed alike. Not only would this klear up konfusion in the minds of klerikal workers, but typewriters kould be made with one less letter.
There would be growing enthusiasm when in the sekond year, it was announsed that the troublesome 'ph' would henseforth be written 'f'. This would make words like 'fotograf' twenty persent shorter in print.
In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reash the stage where more komplikated shanges are possible. Governments would enkourage the removal of double leters whish have always been a deterent to akurate speling.
We would al agre that the horible mes of silent 'e's in the languag is disgrasful. Therefor we kould drop them and kontinu to read and writ as though nothing had hapend. By this tim it would be four years sins the skem began and peopl would be reseptive to steps sutsh as replasing 'th' by 'z'. Perhaps zen ze funktion of 'w' kould be taken on by 'v', vitsh is, after al, half a 'w'. Shortly after zis, ze unesesary 'o' kould be dropd from vords kontaining 'ou'. Similar arguments vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters.
Kontinuing zis proses yer after yer, ve vud eventuli hav a reli sensibl riten styl. After tventi yers zer vud be no mor trubls, difikultis and evrivun vud find it ezi tu understand ech ozer. Ze drems of the Guvermnt vud finali hav kum tru.