I LOVE YOU FAMILY!! I love General Conference! Thank you so much for all the support and the PACKAGE! That was AWESOME! It seriously felt like Christmas already... ha.
This week was really good. Where to start? Ok let's just start on Monday. We were walking back to our apartment after visiting a couple investigators that lived in nearby apartments around 9:00 when a car that was parked next to us started throwing eggs at us! Knowing us and our ninja skills, we dodged all of them then I raised my scriptures up into the air and they drove away!!! Ha-ha priceless. Then as we were walking down the next street, they did a drive by and came up behind us and one of them drilled me right in the leg! I took the bullet for Elder Kennard because he was hiding behind me. I then just raised my scriptures in the air again and they hurried and peeled away! Love it. Once we got home, we had a surprise in our apartment. President Martin and his wife were waiting for us while talking to Elders Jackson and Emery! They wanted to see how we were doing. I then walked in with an egg all over my pants and said, "PRESIDENT, I LOVE THE MISSION AND BEING A MISSIONARY! Everyone got a pretty good laugh.
Then Tuesday, we were knocking in a neighborhood right behind Wal-Mart when all of the sudden cop cars started flying up and down the streets with officers running through. We were so confused, then a cop asked us if we had seen a black male wearing all black running through this neighborhood because he just attempted to rob Wal-Mart? And in the process stabbed someone 3 times! What!!! It was so intense. We just stayed on the front porch of someone’s house and waited for them to catch this guy. There were THIRTEEN, yes, 13! Cop cars and at least 20+ officers patrolling in this neighborhood. They were everywhere! Finally they located this guy in the backyard of the house across the street from us! They started braking down the fences and getting back there and chasing this guy down and arresting him… it was EPIC.
Then I had a companion exchange with Elder Bennett Thursday and Friday! He is our Zone Leader and goes home tomorrow! NOOO! We have become super close and we wanted to hang out before he left so he requested me for 2 days! It was so much fun. Elder Kennard was not very happy about it. He has a hard time getting along with anyone in our District and I feel like I’m the mediator between him and his own District. As I was talking to Elder Bennett he said that so far I have been a Mop Elder and probably will be for the rest of my mission... (Mop Elder as in cleaning up every one's messes) I really do feel like the therapist around here. But speaking of this, we got transfer calls and everyone thought I was going to take Elder Kennard spot at District Leader but come to find out, NOTHING. Nothing is changing again! WHAT! I want to see something new and experience something different! I feel too comfortable here now. But here we go! Bring it on. I know this is part of Heavenly Father's plan so I will go and do.
Conference was awesome! We got to watch all the sessions in our church building! It was so much different. Us missionaries were the only ones in there and we brought some investigators to watch it with us. At the Priesthood session, there were only like 30 people in there! Compared to having a full house and it being completely packed back at home.
I don't think I have ever watched ALL the sessions before... I LOVED IT SO MUCH! I couldn't get enough. Elder Jackson and were blown away by how fast it was over. I love Elder Jackson. He is awesome. He reminds me a lot of Andy and his mannerisms. He is hilarious and super cool. We spend a lot of time together at the apartment. Definitely makes life a lot more fun.
WE SHOULD BE HAVING OUR FIRST BAPTISM THIS THURSDAY!!! Juan Sanchez. He gets off parole either today or tomorrow and we have been working with him for a while now and he is super ready! Hopefully everything goes according to plan! So exciting!
My Pre-Earth friends: We met with Carrina Cruz and her son Dillon Stafford (14yrs old) and we taught them for the first time yesterday morning and brought them out to conference with us for the 1-3 afternoon session. They loved it and Dillon asked me during Randall K. Bennett's talk what he has to do to gain this Eternal Life. And so I told him and they both decided and said they want to get baptized!! We went over again after conference last night and they fed us dinner! We laughed a ton and I have never connected with anyone so QUICKLY and so well before in my life! We taught them some more and had a great time with them last night! Right before we left they wanted to give us a hug because we had already established this super strong love for each other. Then we talked about how we didn't even know each other on Saturday! It was such a crazy feeling and I know that I knew them before somewhere :) :) :)
As you can tell, we had some extra time today to e-mail. I wish I always had this much time.
My last thought and testimony for you guys is that God DOES ANSWER OUR PRAYERS and he answers them perfectly. He knows us better than we do and knows our potential and will put the obstacles/trials/experiences that we need to have in order to push us to our full potential! What I have been trying to figure out lately, and what we should all try to figure out, is who we were before this life and why we were saved and chosen/chose to come to this world in these last days. We are the strongest and chosen generation. INDIVIDUALLY figure out our duties and Destinies to help bring to pass God's great and marvelous work. We are God's hands, so we should act like and serve each other. Don't get caught up in these worldly things and materials. All the riches in the whole world would not even be able to purchase a loaf of bread in Heaven. Worldly possessions will get you nowhere. God loves the humble and meek and they will be the richest in Heaven! Set your heart upon the things of Heaven and not of this world. For where your treasure is, there will be your heart also.
I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH and think about each of you all the time! Thank you so much for everything and the great examples you are to me!
P.S. don't get used to lengthy letters like this because I usually am really short on time ha :) Love ya
<><><>ELDER BRADY<><><>
---NO REGRETS---
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