Valentines Week

Hey Family!

Sorry I didn't write you guys yesterday, because of the Holiday, the library was closed, so we got permission to come up and write this morning. Thank you so much for all the pictures this week! I officially have the cutest nieces in the world! Air Elle... ha-ha that was so awesome! And her swimming suit. I seriously cannot believe Logan is as big as she is... I just look and think, you have got to be kidding me and just laugh. That picture of her helping Papa G paint was priceless, holding on to G $'s leg :)

I love the Maxson's! They are such wonderful people and it has been so much fun getting to know them! Mother Helaman decorated our door with tons of hearts for Valentines Day so we had a nice surprise when we got home! Well things in this area are going good as always! Come to find out, in the past, Bishop Stanley, (our Bishop) who doesn't really even talk to the missionaries, (so Elder Norton tells me) came up to us Sunday and somehow knows about my background and where I came from and challenged us to teaching 25 lessons a week! This area averages around 10-15... So from missionaries always living under the radar in this ward are now in full throttle! Ha-ha. We are going to try really hard to find some new people because like you said Dad, no matter what area you are in; there are people that need help! When I got here this area has a total of 1 investigator, someone who we like to call an "Eternigator" (an Eternal Investigator) who has been meeting with missionaries for the past 6 years... but besides this, missionaries just share messages with members in the ward.

Everything is coming together a little better now after getting a feel for this place for the past 2 weeks. A couple of nights I felt a little depressed, because I wanted to continue teaching the people I loved that we had out in Lancaster and not teaching anyone here at all. Sad combination... But, Last Saturday we met a skater kid named Jesse (20) on the street that is questioning life and investigating religions at the moment. We got his number and we are meeting at Central Park today at 4:30! So hopefully that goes well and he shows up. I bet he will, he was pretty emotional with us and is searching for answers. So if he really wants to know, He will come. :) Well we need to get going now so we can teach a record braking 25 lessons in this area for once! After all Bishop, it's all about the numbers? Even if that sounds weird (because it does to me), but a very important lesson that i have learned is, Always listen and obey your church leaders and you will be blessed. Even if they are wrong, they're right! 

P.S. this is only Elder Norton's 2nd transfer being DL so we are both figuring this stuff out together. Ha-ha  

Real quickly, I just wanted to share that we just found out about our new Mission President that is coming this year! President Hall! I will just copy paste everything Pres. Martin has told us below.

 I have exciting news to share with you.  Brother Kenneth T. Hall and Sister Dianna M. Hall have been called to succeed myself and Sister Martin as the new mission president and wife on or about July 1, 2012.  The Hall's have already been highlighted in the Church News as a new mission president but without a specific mission assignment.  The new mission president assignments will be published in the Church News on March 3rd.  Below is the article that appeared in the Church News.  The Hall's have four children.  Two daughters age 18 and 13 and two sons, age 15 and 7.   I had the pleasure of speaking to the Hall's this weekend.  They are bubbling with excitement to serve in this great mission alongside each of you.  They were fun to speak to.   The Halls have a very deep faith in the gospel of Christ.  They are people of capacity.  You can trust them to lead you well and lift the mission to even greater levels.  Sister Martin and I already feel a great love for the Halls.  Now with that said, I want you each to know that Sister Martin and I will serve to our capacity to the last moment of our mission.  We have much work to still complete here.  We have many missionaries to teach, many seekers of truth to baptize, much work to do with the stakes, wards and branches, many miracles to still experience.  We will finish our course until the Lord says: "Your work is done here."  In this tender moment, we realize even more how precious each of you are to us.  We are all fellow servants in the work of the Lord to bring about his great purpose, which is to "bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man."  So let's remember whose errand we are on and get back to work!
 With heartfelt love,President Martin Kenneth Troy Hall and Dianna McConkie Hall.
Kenneth Troy Hall, 43, and Dianna McConkie Hall, four children, Arrowhead Ranch Ward, Glendale Arizona North Stake. Brother Hall serves as a gospel doctrine teacher and as a stake strengthening marriage instructor and is a former stake mission president, stake Young Men president, high councilor, bishop, high priest group leader and missionary in the Argentina Buenos Aires North Mission. Former senior vice president, Pet Smart, Inc. Born in Richland, Wash., to Troy Edward and Lucille Yancey Hall.Sister Hall serves as a Relief Society president and as a stake strengthening marriage instructor and is a former counselor in a Relief Society presidency, counselor in a Primary presidency, institute teacher and gospel doctrine teacher. Born in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., to Stanford Smith and Kathleen Ann Sorensen McConkie.

Well like always, we've got to get going especially because it's not P-day and we have appointments to get to.

P.S. I think we might miss e-mail again on March 12th (so hopefully we'll e-mail the 13th if we can) because the entire San Fernando Mission is coming together to hear L. Tom Perry!!! And Elder Richard J. Maynes!! Speak to us!

Love you all!

Love, Elder Brady

---No Regrets---

Happy Birthday Grandma Erickson!