NEW AREA

Brother and Sister Dunn,

One of the great experiences for Sister Jacobsen and me is welcoming new missionaries as they arrive. They are anxious to accept their new life in the mission field. They bring with them a special spirit from the Missionary Training Center and are excited about exercising their newly found Gospel teaching skills.

Sister Jacobsen and I met your son, Elder Dunn, at the airport. We then took him and the other missionaries to the Mission Home for dinner, so we could become better acquainted and start our missionary orientation. Elder Dunn's first assignment is in the Grand Rapids 2 area with his companion, Elder



Elmer|Sumsion



. Your letters are to be sent to:

Elder Braxtyn Cord Dunn2516 Normandy Dr SE Apt #304-CGrand Rapids, MI 49506USA

May the Lord bless you and your family for supporting your son in his missionary work. Your love and encouragement are vital to his success. A weekly letter from home is so appreciated and should be positive and uplifting. On the other hand, too frequent communication, phone calls, or personal visits are distracting, and cause the missionary to lose his focus. We ask that phone calls be limited to Christmas and Mother's Day.  We discourage personal visits from family and friends. We know that you will find a special spirit in your home and in your heart as you share this mission together.

We are pleased to serve with your son and know he will be a great blessing to the work of our Heavenly Father.  Thank you for sending him. We will look after, take care of, and love him in every way possible while he serves the Lord. Should you have questions or concerns about your son, please call me.

Sincerely,


Michael V. Jacobsen, PresidentMichigan Lansing Mission

HE MADE IT TO MICHIGAN

ELDER DUNN WITH PRESIDENT AND SISTER JACOBSON

 

WITH HIS NEW TRAINER, ELDER ELMER AND THEIR COMPANION ELDER SUMSION

 

 

 

NEW ARRIVALS WITH THEIR TRAINERS IN THE CULTURAL HALL

Back: Elder Paulson, Elder Elmer, Elder Wheat, Sister Whipple, Sister Jones, Elder Derricott, Elder Green, Sister Chatman, Elder Elwood, Elder Palmer, Elder Foust.  Front: Elder Olsen, Elder Sumsion, Elder Dunn, Elder Johnson, Sister Weeks, Sister Manning, President Jacobsen, Sister Jacobsen, Sister Steele, Elder Rugg, Elder Pace, Elder Webb, Elder Tang.

Last day at the MTC

mom it is so good to hear from you! i am doing pretty good but im just very excited to be out in the field! i couldnt last in the mtc very much longer i would probably go crazy!!! anyway i gave a talk on sunday on the Holy Ghost and it was awesome it really strength my testimony!i pray for you everyday i love you! you will have to send me the link so i can see the blog! and i will try to send more pictures today! i sorry about your noodle soup too... i cant wait til i can see meet the mormons it sounds good we were suppose to be able to see it on sunday but the couldnt get ahold of the film or something so we could not see it so that sucks but hopefully we can see it in the field! i think that you know more about the preach my gospel then i Do! we have just gone over the lessons and how to begin teach and how to teach buy the spririt i will try to pray before i read cause i know that will help me. i dont have a whole lot to talk about today so i will try to send pictures later and email the kids back. I cant wait to talk to you all!!!!!

 

im not sure what time for sure i will call but probably around 7 so have everyone up by maybe 6:30 just incase we leave the mtc and 3:35 and our flight leaves at 8:50 then we have a lay over in minisota the to michigan and we should be there around 4 well i love you i hope you get feeling better and the doctor can help you i love you mom cant wait to hear from you!

 

love Brax

 

 

 

 

Sundays at the MTC

6/15/14
Hello everyone, Dad I'm not sure where all the missionaries go to church I think they said they have 73 different branches in the MTC so that's where they all go.haha Thanks for the advice I will try to be myself and prepare myself for the field. Mom I'm doing good! Everything is doing good & the MTC is awesome., Yes we have gone to the temple on Tuesday it was awesome going to a different temple, it was such a good experience. All my district say hi & elder Johnson and Elder Rugg said to tell you hi and say they specifically did. Probably sent the stuff I need to Michigan I don't think it will make it here soon enough.T ell the kids hi and that ai love them all! and tell Park good job at his concert. Yeah it is crazy how many promises us missionaries get! Mom how are you feeling? I hope you are OK I love you and are praying for you all! Mom I need brown socks too. Thanks I love you all and I hope you are doing well! I love and miss you!
Love, Brax

1st PDAY

Hello everyone how are you all doing: how bud how was your game: lily how is school going sis parker how is school and ffa mom how are you doing are you feeling ok i hope you are i am praying for you! anyway sundays are pretty cool here at the mtc! we have a branch or a ward that consist of a total of 20 people including our branch presidents! haha is is really small and different but it is good! we were able to go to a fireside last night and watch a talk that brother bednar gave a while ago the only place you can see this talk is in the MTC it was amazing it was all about the character of Christ and how he always was serving and never was selfish mom im doing great! im sleeping so good that some times i wake up and i think that im at home so i roll over and im not at home haha that has happened a couple of times! my compaion is kinda weird i hope that is not rude to say but we teach together pretty good but we are just really different people. there is another elder in my district that i really get a long with his name is elder rugg he is from salem. he lives on a dairy farm he use to ride motocross but in 2012 he broke his neck and now he doesnt ride anymore but we have become really good friends so that is good. the food still sucks i swear i am taking a crap every day so ya that sucks! I love you all so much sorry that my letters and emails are so short but i have a lot to do i love you all!!!! o and on oct 22 is when we are leaving the mTC our plane leaves at 8;50 in the moring so i will try to call around 7 in the morning so you all better make sure that you are awake! my whole district is traveling together! so that will be nice and i am so excited for chey and her mission!!! mom thank you so much for watching out for her thanks so much i love you so much!!!!!!!! give her a big hug for me next time you see here!!!!!!!! i love you all hopefully i answered all of your questions for now i will try to send pictures soon i love you!!!. talk to you soon and when you email me do it through dear elder so i get the letter sooner o and email me too do both!!! mom could you please send me some more t shirts, and a llike ally 1 work jacket and a multi tool with like plyers on it thank you so much i love you guys!!!

Brax

 

1st letter

 

10/9/14
Well Hello everyone! I hope you all are doing ok and everyone is good! Mom how are you feeling with health and emotional stuff too? I'm doing pretty good there is a lot gong on all the time. We are almost always learning or teaching. In the morning for a while my roommates and I have to teach ourselves for our district study time, but for most of the rest of the time we are being taught, or we are teaching investigators. In my room there are 6 of us total. We are from Utah except one who is from California. We are all going to Lansing Michigan and we all leave around the 22nd to go to Michigan. We all get along pretty good so car. My companion is Elder Pace he is from Kaysville. We don't have very much in common but we get a long pretty good. so far I like the MTC it is pretty good. Dad the food is not very good so I don't think I'm gong to get very fat here. sorry to disappoint you. So far we have heard from 4 different investigators and tried to teach them, only 1 have my companion and I taught the rest we have done as groups. So has Chey got her call? Does she know where she is going? Mom I hope you are giving her a lot of love and I hope you gave my sweatshirt to her! ha ha Well I got to go I am doing good I'm a little nervous about things but Heavenly Father and the Holy Ghost are helping me out a lot! I know I am ding the right thing! I love you all and I am praying for you! Stay Strong and pray that I will be able to feel of the spirit and know how to be a better missionary.
I Love you! & miss you!
Love, Brax

THE BIG MTC DROP OFF

October 8th We dropped Braxtyn off at the MTC in Provo Utah. We asked him to look back when he was leaving he said he couldn't do it, it would be to hard. Well he did it. We weren't able to capture it in the picture just right but he had the most peaceful happy and content look on his face. It is a testimony to us that He is on the Lord's errand, and that our Heavenly Father will take care of him.