Holy Cow! It sounds like this week
was spiritually insane for the both of us!
Congratulations Abby! It sounds like
your baptism was an amazing day that you'll never forget! I love you so much
and I am so happy for you! You look so big in your pictures!
Thank you all for all the amazing
letters this week and the birthday wishes! And yes Grandma and Grandpa, I got
your letter! Thank you Thank you! Love you "bushels and Pecks!"
I am glad you guys got our video that
we finally got thrown together! I'm not going to lie; Heavenly Father
definitely helped us out with that. We recorded that I think on Wednesday and
we had one free hour that day... So we quickly asked the Sarmiento family
(Awesome family!) if we could use their house to record. Then on our way to
their home we figured out what we would do for a lesson and we thought of that
"egg" lesson but we have yet to teach it together or anything... So
once we got there we were going to run over it once together before filming but
it was already 4:30 and we had an appointment every hour of the night starting at
5:00!!! So long story short, we were hilariously stressing out about it and
just sat everyone down in their house and starting filming right when we got
there. The boys on the couch didn't even know what was going on until we told
them after! Don't tell anyone but that lesson was us totally winging it... ha
ha and then we hurried off to our appointment so we didn't even get to watch it
and see if it was good or not? I have finally seen it and we were pretty
disappointed with the volume. Sorry about that, we should have done a lot
better.
Anyways! Besides this, we had an
amazing week! We have been teaching 20+ lessons every single week so far! In
the past 2 weeks we have found 10 new investigators! And this week we set 3
more baptismal dates! We are making this Newhall 2nd ward explode! The members
love us so much and we have amazing trust with them. They have struggled with
missionaries in the past because they didn't do anything, but they have come to
find out that we are not all talk and see us working super hard and we now have
them all on our side with helping the work progress! It is so great! That is
usually the hardest part, but we think it's safe to say that we finally have
the members trust back now. We just started a 40-day fast with the ward and it
is going super well! We brought 4 investigators to church yesterday and right
away got up and bore our testimonies first, and again dropped a spiritual bomb
up in there! ha ha. It's so amazing to me, with this calling that we have, that
it seems like every time we have an opportunity to speak the spirit pushes us
up there and that Heavenly Father literally speaks right through us! Everyone
always thanks us after for what we said because it was exactly what they needed
to hear. Interesting how that works... every time.
I'll tell you guys a story really
quick, one of our investigators Daphina and her daughter Tanisha, came to
church yesterday. We have been meeting with them every day this past week.
Daphina has been a hardcore smoker for her whole life and she is so ready to
quit and she is completely trying to change her life as we teach her all the
missionary lessons. The gospel is literally transforming her and turning her
life completely around. She is overwhelmed but the spirit is always there and comforts
her and us reassuring all of us it is completely possible. They are like
sponges right now and loved church! She was so happy after the 3 hours of
church and we got outside she said," Yes! I haven't smoked for 3 whole
hours and I don't even want to!" We then told her that the spirit can
change and transform us and it will change her habits, as long as she keeps the
commitments we give her, her addiction will be gone! It has been super powerful
teaching her. Yesterday after church she wanted to destroy them and she ripped
a cigarette up to "destroy her addiction." Then Elder Otis and I
wrote all over her other packs of cigarettes fun and inspirational sayings like
"Don't do it! It's a Trap! These will kill you! (Drew some skulls and
cross bones) and wrote if you continue smoking you will look like this --->
(pointing at the picture of the Camel.)" ha ha. So pray for her, she is
trying really hard. She actually told us to take her unopened packs so we
destroyed those for her.
Miracles are happening right now in
our area! We are working super hard and I know I have said this before but I
feel like I am the most tired I have ever been my entire mission! Again! For
example, we got home last night around 9:30 and had to make our weekly calls to
the missionaries in our zone and collect numbers for President Martin. Right
after we finished, I laid down on my bed for a sec before getting ready for
bed... and then I accidentally fell asleep and the next thing I knew, it was
morning and the alarm was going off! Time is going by way too fast right now...
Elder Otis and I are hoping so badly we stay together for another transfer this
week. We are having too much fun together, we feel the spirit so strongly,
we're super tired all the time with everything we are doing, but the spirit
always gives us strength! We pretty sure we wouldn't be able to accomplish all
that are without this missionary calling. This is so rewarding. Best thing I
have ever done in my life. I am so glad I still have a whole year to apply what
I have learned.
I love you all and hope you all have
an amazing week!
Happy Birthday Jason!
Love, Elder Brady
<<<NO REGRETS>>>
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