We all know that there are lots of reasons why a missinary doesn't have the opportunity to write home. Last week was one of those weeks for Elder Brown...well, sort of. He actually wrote a letter but it was deleted by his "double-clicking mouse."
As the person in charge of sending out weekly emails to Elder Brown's friends and family, I decided to go ahead and send out an email explaining why there wasn't an email coming from Elder Brown. I also asked people to write back to me, his mom, with a funny reason why he didn't manage to send a letter home! It was truly a joy to read your responses!!! Some of the emails would come through while I was lying getting ready to retire for the night. Every response brought a smile to my face as I pictured Elder Brown actually doing the things that had been described in the email. THANKS for helping me and my family have an enjoyable week without our usual missionary email!!! The only thing that would make these stories better, would be a small illustrated sketch of each...too bad I can only color and not draw an initial picture.
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I have compiled the responses we have received so far and am posting them below. If you want in on the fun, keep on reading. Better yet, right your own version and comment below or email me at smbrown1415@gmail.com.
I think that it rained lots again but even more this time...it was so much that it washed away the place where they do their emails. They couldn't find any computers so he is in the process of writing a really really long hand written letter and will finish it as soon as he can find some more paper to write on. —T.B.
I hope you enjoy this! The reason Elder Brown didn't write is because he was sitting at the computer to type a long letter and accidentally fell asleep. His head hit the keyboard which resulted in a very long stream of characters all comprised of one letter of the alphabet. So technically he did write a "long letter" but not one that he would send. When he woke up he didn't have any time to write a letter so he used his "double clicking mouse" to delete the whole thing ;-) —K.T.
First of all, thanks for all the email updates! They’ve been a lot of fun to read, particularly as we all watch Brock grow spiritually through his emails. That’s been pretty cool. Okay, my reason for him? He and his companion were attacked by a pack of dogs. Elder Brown saved his companion’s life by sticking his arm in the mouth of one dog and flexing. His bulging muscles pried open the dog’s jaws as Elder Brown flexed, breaking the dog’s jaw bone and causing it to whimper away. However, Elder Brown caught up to that dog and started swinging it by the tail at the other dogs. The teeth in the wobbling, broken jaw of the swinging dog cut deep into the arms of the other vicious dogs, dismembering them. That ended the problem with the dogs. To prevent infection from the dog bites, Elder Brown and his companion went to the doctor to get treated for minor dog bites. The doctor and nurse were so impressed from hearing how Elder Brown handled the dog that they were converted to the gospel. The other elders in the mission now have a new name for Elder Brown… Elder Ammon! —Have a great day! B.M.
He was doing the Mexican Hat Dance, tripped over his feet, fell breaking both hands and ended up with a concussion, but God has healed him & he' be writing next week!! Or---he got translated Or---a Tsunomi (spelling ?) & hurricane winds swept through the area taking all computers to never land! —M.N.
He and his companion were trying to rebuild the kitchen table using marshmallows and toothpicks in hopes it would harden overnight for them to use for breakfast. —C.J.
Top Five reasons why Elder Brown failed to write home: 1. He found a calculous book and was so captivated while reading it, he ran out of time to write. 2. He was teaching his new companion Brock’s theorem. 3. His mission pres asked him to teach Brock’s theorem of relativity at Zone Conference. He had so many questions after that he had to answer them all on P-Day. 4. On a recent trip to the temple, Brock discovered engineering flaws. The Temple president asked him to take a P-day to work with architects to fix them so as to save hundreds of lives. 5. Bus Flat tire! While riding the bus on P-day, the bus hit a typical TJ pot hole and the tire burst! No spare was to be found, so Brock went to work. He used a tie, a page out of the Book of Mormon from the writings of Isaiah, and the sole of his companions shoe. After an hour of working he stuck Isaiah in the tire, a piece of his tie and rubber from the shoe into the hole. He proclaimed, “nothing gets through the Isaiah chapters” then had his companion blow the tire up proclaiming “Elder your full of hot air.” The Elders saved the day. The font was filled. Dozens were baptized. But no letter was written to tell his dear mom all about it. —B.K.
Elder Brock Brown did not write home last week because he has turned into a Rock. —P.B.
"We held 9 baptisms every day this week and I was too busy to write you Mom." "And they wouldn't let me go the apartment until I had the paperwork done." "WaHoo!" —C.C.
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