Hello Family! Thank you for all your love! Those updates were awesome! Abby's first time skiing! Those pictures were amazing! Nice work Abs. Ha well to answer some questions, you're right mom, my card is broke already ha-ha... but don't send me anything. I already have that money you sent, I WILL learn how to budget eventually. Thank you. And transfers are on the 5th. I have no idea what to expect... I would assume stay? Because that is the only news I have heard so it's becoming routine. :) President told us that he doesn't need both sets/5 missionaries in this area so possibly one of us is going to leave. We'll see. Sister Brown ("my mother") is finishing her last transfer and goes home in 2 weeks. Very sad. She asked me if I would give her a blessing because she is getting very nervous and sad about going home and needs some strength because she knows going home is a good thing and she should be happy! So we went over there last night and gave her a blessing. Exercising the Priesthood is the most amazing feeling in the world. The powers of the Priesthood TRULY ARE inseparably connected with the powers of Heaven. Every time, without fail I know that it is all Heavenly Father giving these people blessings, and I am just an instrument in His hands for him to speak through. (I feel like I should share the details of how I feel when I participate in a blessing.) Right when the blessing begins, the room always goes silent. Such a still silence to the point where you can hear the silence... ;) Then, as I start thinking of things to say, I feel like I am floating and the sensation that I am going to black out comes over me because the Spirit is so strongly present. But then, at the same time my mouth keeps going on and on. I always try to remember what I am saying to figure out if it even makes any sense, but I never can. Then after the blessing, sister Brown says thank you so much that is exactly what I needed. Then runs off to write it all in her journal before she forgets. We all sat there with each other in awe over how amazing the Priesthood power is. Then sister Brown looks over at me (as she is writing in her journal) and says I almost got it all, I just need to remember one of the first things you said... I just looked back at her and said, Sorry, couldn't tell you...
It really is so awesome to be able to be so fortunate in this world, where 80 billionish people have lived, and be in the sliver of time (past two hundred years, out of however old the earth is...40+ billion years old?) where we have access to the FULLNESS OF THE GOSPEL. Not even just access, but also to be so fortunate to have it be in the SMALLER fraction of people that actually have it apart of their everyday lives. - We must share this with everyone possible. -
Overall, this week was considered "slow" number wise. Ludlow and I got a stomach flu/fever thing this week from something a kind soul in our ward insisted on feeding us... and we were K.O.ed for 2 days. But besides this, it was a very good week!
Well I have to go now, sorry if I forgot anything. We have amazing plans for today! We got permission from President Martin to go with the Castillo's who invited us to go hiking with them down in Santa Clarita! We are stoked. I love them so much and it will be awesome to spend today with them and do something rather than sitting up here at the church all day. Love you all
Love, Elder Brady
---No Regrets---
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