January 3rd Letter

Hey mom. everything is good here. just another week. we had alot of people that went to church and quite a few people that we are teaching. its freezing one night and hot the next night. really weird here. and my friend josh says hey. he is the one from atlanta. he is 14 and his family just came here. well my size is the same. 32. i just need bottoms. its half cotton and half something else. im just going to leave half my stuff here. we have changes tonight but im pretty sure i am staying. ill probably end my mission here.... i dont miss games at all....but i do miss movies. there are movies i want to see and we need to start planning my trip to idaho.i have to talk with my friend to see whats up with the job with him but we have time i still have a while left. but anyways mom. i love you. i have to go. bye.

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elder gentry

hey sis, dont worry. ill be home and ill help you with the kids. they have to get to know me again bc i know they dont remember me and peyton said he is going to beat my face in. so i have to go out there.....everything here is good. we have 2 sisters in my zone and they make me NOT want to get married. drive me off the wall. so much drama and complaints. i decided ill stay single.lol. jk. but this week was really good. alot of people in church and alot of possibles. the lord really blessed us. and sis just keep on and on. life is hard but its how we progress. the kids are going to help u become what u need to become. just pacient and uncle jordan will be there to help out. remember to teach the kids good things. love you.

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elder gentry

November 30th Letter

hey mom, i did take money out, for my b day and christmas. its all i want and i moved. i am in an area called estanzuela. im in the church thats right beside the temple so i get to see the temple atleast one time a week. here they have the book store in this church so im happy. i feel like im in america finally. it has carpet and i have a new comp. his name is elder smyth from utah. he is cool. we are the zone leaders here. my zona is where the ofices of the church are too, so im pretty close to everything. in monterrey once again and ill probably finish my mission here. we had 3 confimations but our baptismes feel through. hopefully we will make up for them this week we have like 5 possibles. but that stinks about johnny. i feel so bad but the lord knows what he is doing. and the greatest thing u can do is share the gospel and be a good example. so do that mom. from what i remember we never did it too much. the gospel is the best thing u can give so take it to a less active or to someone thats not a member. well mom i have to go. i love you lots. im doing good. bye
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elder gentry

November 23rd Letter

Mom,

just to let you know when i get back we are having christmas in florida and with all the family. we havent changed anything for 20 years ansd we are not going to change it now. so when i get back it better not be a broken up christmas. well those are my complaints for the week. lol. everything here is good. changes are tonight. we had 5 baptismes sunday and it went well. always stressful but well. but we will see what happens and my niece will love me when i get them. im not worried about wade. well mom im sorry but im rushing this message. i dont have much time. but im good. my stomach is fine. i love you be good. everything here is great.

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elder gentry

November 15th Letter

hey sis. everything here is great. im still in the same area with the same comp. we had a bap and 9 people in church. we baptized a kid called blays and all his family are member butr he never got bap. so its an exciting week. so how are you. how are the kids. how are all the cousins. this week i complete 20 months in the mission and i didnt do anything for my b day. i just worked. i met an elder that is kin to us. elder murphy says he is cousins with bridger and brittany and them. i love you guys alot i have to go. be good. endure to the end.oh yeah i have a cool story. we baptized a women about 3 months ago that had cancer. she couldnt ever asist bc she was always getting medical treatments in monterrey.well we gave her a blessing and well we saw her the other day when she went to church and said that she didnt have cancer that it went away. so she only has to go to monterry one time every ten days. instead of 5 in one week. cool huh. love ya


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elder gentry

November 8th Letter

Letter to Mom:

well for my birthday i get to go out in the cold wether and talk to people all day long. lol. i honestly dont know what day it is. is my birthday today or tomorrow. i thinks its tomorrow. i diont have a watch so i dont know. so how are you doing. send me the article. i would really like that. we might have 3 baptismes this week but pray for us. so dave is coming dowm. jake is going to be so jealous. ill send him alot of pics to get him homesick. lol. so how are you. im doing good. just getting colder and colder. my stomach hurts alittle. i havent bought it yet. but probably this week so how is the familia doing and is jonathan about to have tthe baby. i cant remember. well mom everything is giong good. we have some cool people we are teaching and hopefully we will find more this weeek. love you
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elder gentry

Letter to his favorite sister:

i was thinking about going out in june bc i have a friend here who wants me to work with him selling alarms. and he is out in idaho. well thats kind of sad he doesnt remember me but that will change when i get back. its so weird how old i am. how many kids did u have when u were21. like 2 right. geez i dont know to think. im enduring to the end. its going good here. just getting wore down. we had one kid in church and 2 last week that didnt get baptized so hopefully we will have 3 this week. so pray for us. the church is true sister no doubt about it. the blessings from our heavenly father are great and i just hope we can all endure to the end and do what we need to do. i hope and pray you guys are getting better and learning everyday. im trying to do it. just to be a better person. i love you alot. ill talk to you guys in a month.
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elder gentry

November 1st Letter

sound like things are busy. u were always the busy one in the family. so how are things going. cant believe that he is three years old. glad your having another one so i can take care of him. i kind of missed seeing landen grow. but he is at the good age to hang out with his uncle jordan. peyton is huge and brynn too. soo cute. so everything is going good here. learing alot and trying to change more spiritual. i still lack alot but im working on it. so what are the plans. are you guys goign to florida or no. i cant believe how fast the mission goes by. when i get home its going to be like i never left. just the kids will be bigger and a few changes. we had two people in chruch so hopefully that turnes into a baptism or two. things are good here. i love you guys alot. see you soon

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elder gentry

This is a letter from a convert to Jordan

Hola elder Gentry:

Como ha estado soy brandon solo quería saludarlo y pues mas que nada porque ya ni se nada de usted y quería platicar muchas cosas que me han pasado y quiero que me de un consejo primero que nada pues voy a discursar este 17 de octubre de 2010 jaja de la obra misional como ve y ya estoy trabajando en este discurso como ve y pues pues perla, Maria y Raúl ya ni van a la capilla y ya les dije que fuéramos pero dicen que si y ni van jaja lo extraño bastante y extraño de sus consejos y solo quería decirle que como ha estado, como le ha ido por allá ? de verdad lo extraño bastante, también pues agradecerle ya que cuando estuvo aquí no le di las gracias por haberme enseñado estas cosas y espero irme a la misión y que me toque en florida jaja si no como quiera voy a ir a florida un día y espero verlo allá OK jaja y pues decirle también que mi familia le extrañan también le agradece por habernos enseñado el verdadero evangelio de Jesucristo
No sabe cuanto le extrañan y pues espero y este bien y recuerde que debe hacer lo sig: en su misión:
(DyC 4:2) por tanto oh vosotros que os embarcáis en el servicio de dios, mirad que le sirváis con todo vuestro corazón, alma, mente, y fuerza para que aparezcáis sin culpa ante dios en el ultimo día “
OK eso es lo que debe de hacer y eso fue lo que me enseño ah y una cosa si le digo un día voy a llegar a ser animador ok hasta luego lo queremos y lo extrañamos
Atte: brandon y su familia

Hello elder gentry

how have you been, its me brandon. i just wanted to say hey and more than anything bc i wanted to talk with ya about many things that happened and i want you to give me consuel and im going to give a talk on the 17th about missionary work. im already working on it but perla maria and raul are not going to church. ive told me to go and the say ok but the dont ever go.i miss you and the consuels that u gave me. but how have you been over there in your new area.when u was here i never got to tell you thanks for having taught me the gospel and i hope to go on a mission and that i go to florida.lol. hopefully we see eachother there one day. well the family misses you too. we are so grateful that you taught us the true gospel. i hope that you are doing good and that you must do the following in you mission. d and c 4:2..................ok well that is what you should do. this is what you taught me. one day im going to be an animator. see you later.