Elder Jarom Broc Brimhall

I heard about that from another email and all those posts on Facebook about it. Tell her I send her my best wishes and prayers for them. Be safe on the way there! That was fun to hear about Grant though, he'll become a superstar the more he works at it, and that basketball court will help out, tell him when I get back I'll ball with him!  Concerning that jacket, just something more casual, the only one I have is that big one from the beginning so its can get warm. Just something for the preparation days or just lounging around at night. Probably should have but more information on that request, my bad! You can have Bryson pick something out, I'll make sure to email him today and maybe he'll do the same. We had some really cool things happen this week though. We started teaching this older couple, Ralph and Terry, and they are such great people. Ralph is currently in a wheelchair because he lost a foot, and I swear the jokes he cracks are phenomenal. This is my f...

The first week with Elder Johnson went really well! We've served around each other in Ontario and in Apple Valley so being companions makes it a little more fun. He's from North Carolina and he'll hit his year mark this week. Mary's baptism went really good actually! She was nervous at the beginning and she looked so much better. Her son who was baptized 2 years ago bore his testimony during the baptism service and it went really well. She already feels like she has been a part of the ward and now that she has been baptized and confirmed she feels even closer. Darla has been sick ever since she came to church so hopefully we can meet again with her soon. Yeah I got an email from Bryson so hallelujah! Throughout the week it got pretty stormy over here in Hesperia. We've been getting good amounts of rain and its been getting pretty chilly along with it. I think our little weather app told us at one point it felt like 34 degrees outside. When you got a drizzle of ...

Yup transfers happened today and Elder McLaughlin is leaving to go finish training another Elder who just came out 6 weeks ago. He'll do great out there, I'm getting Elder Johnson (he came out into the mission when I was in my 4th transfer in Ontario) and he's from North Carolina! I've served around him quite a bit so this'll be fun! I think PDay will still be the same. We can email from our phones and not everything is closed so it'll be fine, what holiday is coming up? I don't know anything so far as of right now concerning my mission reassignment. It'll probably be talked about later in the future, still up in the air but I believe President Taylor has been talking with the neighboring missions concerning what'll happen.  Mary did pass her baptismal interview though this past Wednesday! She's super excited for her baptism coming up really soon. We started making her baptismal program for her and inviting everyone we know to come and attend. ...

I'm doing real good thanks for asking! The two hour church was really weird, not having Elder's Quorum right afterwards just felt odd. Yeah and the class right after sacrament meeting was FILLED to the brim, and the fact almost everyone was there was even weirder, it'll take some time to adjust I believe. Those kids are funny, you'll find a way for them to like it and be entertained. As missionaries we just get more time to work now sooooo there's that. I was going to tell you about the mission dissolving but word gets out quick I guess. It'll be interesting, my last tranfer is just going to be a little twisted up but it'll be good. I have a good feeling about it and it'll just be another wild transfer. Speaking of transfers we have another one coming up next Monday so I'll fill you in with what happens when the time comes.  Thats fun to hear that Bryson got to play some games with people. Kind of miss those days just playing games with family and ...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMA!! 🎂🎉. That's pretty funny that that Dad and the kiddos got you a cake, and that sounds like a ton of fun that you and the family are going out to do whatever you want. I think for New Years we'll just go to sleep, maybe, we still have to be awake at 6:30 in the morning. I didnt know you and the family was going out to Mexico, it sounded like a ton of fun. Its amazing how serving can give us a new perspective of love and thankfulness.  I was super grateful to talk to you and everyone in the family. It was funny seeing how Grant, Savannah, and Bryson have changed over time. It was honestly really weird talking to all of them. By the time I come home they'll be even more grown up. After the Christmas call we had some goodie bags made and gave them with #LightTheWorld cards to all our neighbors in our apartment complex and some other people.  We were walking down a street trying by some people that used to meet with missionaries and looki...

Our program went really well actually. We had about 5 or 6 music numbers and one speaker that took about 10 to 15 minutes. We got to join in with the Elder's Quorum and sing. Would calling California time at 6:00PM work for the family? Elder McLaughlin's family is in Texas so their time is 2 hours ahead. Arizona is 1 hour ahead right? I haven't heard back from Bryson since the beginning of this transfer which was December 3rd. If its at all possible, maybe I could talk to him for a little bit personally. And maybe to make it even talk to everyone individually for a little bit. Do you still have my Skype information from Mother's Day so we can use that again. Dad wants to use Zoom but I can't set it up on this phone. I'm honestly super excited to talk with y'all tomorrow! I'll try and respond to emails as soon as possible today. 

Concerning all those Christmas questions. I did get the large grocery bag of goodies and all that hot chocolate. It was pretty funny because the Monday of that week I bought a thing of hot chocolate and my companion joked with me how someone would send me hot chocolate, and low and behold it happened. Nobody signed up for Christmas dinner yet and I dont really know what time I'll call you guys. Probably in the evening, but I'll talk with my companion see if his family has plans like that already. Those Christmas packages I'll probably get them tomorrow or later in the week. I'll make sure to take pictures this time for Christmas.  Yeah it was super weird seeing the Nevitts at the Christmas party. Someone started waving us over and when I saw them I almost did a double take because my mind was going "OK those faces are SUPER familiar... Where have I seen them", then it clicked and it was pretty funny. I'm glad they sent a ton of pictures, I've been tr...

I remember you telling me about what happened about great grandma Stapley, but now I know that she has passed away it brings some more peace and comfort. Seeing great grandpa Stapley pass away was hard and I know they're both together now. As for Hesperia, I've only been here for a week and I'm loving it a lot here. Our area is MUCH bigger than all the areas I've been in and its because its developed neighborhoods but also houses spread out over the desert. It should give me more opportunities for pictures so I'll jump on it. This area is reminding me a TON about my first area and I think I'm going to love it more. As for Elder McLaughlin, we are doing really well. We are both working hard and having laughs as we go. He's from Texas and he went to BYU Idaho before he left and its been fun so far! As for the special box, I couldn't find a companionship going down so I'm just going to ship a couple things home as presents and maybe donate some other th...

Thats super cool to hear Bryson and Savannah got to hear from Elder Bednar. Sounds like Savi has been having fun with just about everything. Bryson emailed me and it sounds like things have been tough for him or that he's being tough on himself. If there's anything I can do to help on my end let me know, but maybe when the Christmas call comes could I get a couple minutes alone with him? I know thats asking a lot but it might be good for him and for me. I'll ask him about that idea or you can to him.  I just recently saw your email about what Elders want as gifts for Christmas. And the only thing I can think of is food, maybe clothes or something (that'll be hard because sizes), and maybe things they can play with. I dont know we Elders out here are very easily entertained by just about everything.  Some information about transfers that just happened. I left Apple Valley and am getting moved to Hesperia which is literally not too far away. I'm with Elder McLaugh...

Lets start off with answering those questions. For Thanksgiving we spent the entire day walking trying to talk to anyone outside, we walked to the bottom of our ward to the top, but we had Thanksgiving dinner with our ward mission leader. It was a ton of fun and we got to spend 3 hours over there! I was on exchanges in that other Elder's area and she took us out, she was super sweet. Yeah I got all the packages, there is so much stuff I dont know how I'm gonna take everything with me wherever I go. I'm grateful for it though, please try not to send anything else till Christmas 😅. You two are coming again? That'll be funny. From my interview with President Taylor it sounds like I'll be leaving this area, so we'll see what happens I guess.  In terms of the Axio you could send some more of whatever flavor for Christmas. In terms of you wanting to know what I want for Christmas. I wanna say you guys can come up with whatever you think best. I really dont NEED any...

Lets start with answering those questions. So the topic about member dinners has been brought up, and honestly the way people are looking at it is ridiculous. Ideal member missionary dinners involves having a non member friend over, member who hasnt attended in awhile, or one of the people they are teaching. And the "prime time" for missionaries to work is from 4PM to 7PM, so people pretty much are saying "Welp sorry missionaries, we cant do those requirements so we arent going to feed you". They are trying to bring back the PURPOSE of member dinners by force. Its been starting to get placed in action, but so far we are still getting fed every now and then.  We havent gotten any smoke from the fires over along the coast, but literally two days ago this donut shop went up in flames and it was pretty nuts. There's been a ton of fires and things happening in California recently. Along with your questions about Christmas, I honestly have no clue. I dont want to ca...

There have been a ton of emails written by you and Dad, and I'm still trying to go back and think about the things you shared with me. Whether it was talking about food, some quotes, pictures, whatever it may be, it helped a lot. I'm grateful President Taylor gave you permission to write everyday and the fact I could read them every night as well. I expressed this to Dad in my email to him, but I really dont feel worthy or right to be receiving so many gifts or things from you and even from others. There's so much love and care that I dont feel like I appreciate it enough and that I dont deserve it. I dont want to tell you to stop, but I am not sure how I feel honestly. I've been given so much love and support I dont feel like I can show enough gratitude for it all. To say the least, I have come to the conclusion that broken things are a part of God's perfect plan. To assemble a camera, you need little bits and pieces and other things but together to have that c...

I'll try and do better with writing these emails. But there is almost no desire to write to anyone anymore unfortunately. I have all these people reaching out and emailing me but I don't even feel like responding. Little warning right now, this email is more than likely going to be short. I had a longer email written of just more pure venting and I couldn't send it so I deleted it. I got a call from President Taylor about you and Dad reaching out, and I am very grateful for that. I'm trying, but holy crap I don't know how much I can handle. We literally ended up every single day walking for about 4 to 5 hours just trying to talk to people because we have no appointments and no members trying to help us. I am quite literally waiting for a miracle to fall out of the sky. But I did realize something. Next Preparation Day is going to be on Wednesday because of our temple trip next week so thats a heads up. I loved getting the emails from you and Dad these past coupl...

Dear Elder Brimhall, Hey bud! Hope you're doing a bit better than last week. Last weeks email was hard to read...but I'm also grateful that you're sharing what you're feeling. I hope you can continue to be that open and honest with us. Please don't stop writing. I don't think I could handle that. We got to talk to President Taylor again on Friday night. He said that he had just talked to you and you seemed to be doing a bit better. He said that counseling seemed to be helping some too. Do you feel like your counselor is a good fit with you? Bryson is going to counseling weekly too and I've noticed he seems to be doing quite a bit better. We went to dinner at Karli's house tonight. Garrett turned 12 last week and received the Aaronic priesthood today. Crazy to believe that Grant is next for that. We had 3 different kinds of soups, homemade rolls, and then Karli had made a double chocolate layer cake with crumbled up Heath candy bar on top. Pre...