Hey Hey Family!
First off, I just have to say, that I just had an adrenaline
rush looking at those pictures you sent me from the Lake Powell trip! Holy cow
I miss that place so much Ha Ha. It sounds like Jason pranked you guys pretty
well! "June Fools!" Ha ha, that is so funny. Well yeah, Pres. Martin
leaves at the end of this week and they are going to give us one last departing
training on Tuesday. Pres. Hall will arrive this Friday. Right when President
Hall arrives and steps foot in the mission, he then has the Mission President
Mantle and Pres. Martin has to take off his badge... so sad! It's sad to think
we'll have to take off our badges someday as well...
But on a happier note, we spent some really great time with
him this week. I even had the opportunity to talk with him for like a half hour
in the celestial room! That was a cool experience. We even spent some time at
the mission home yesterday and he signed my guitar and wrote a big message on
there along with all the other signatures I have acquired. That guitar is
becoming very sentimental to me and I wouldn't sell it for the world. This week
has been really good for Elder Otis and I. We had 6 investigators show up at
church yesterday and we even got invited to attend a Baptist church as long as
they came to our church. So long story short, we went to the Placerita Canyon
Baptist church and they introduced us to everyone and it seemed like they were
all putting on "happy faces" for us. But deep down they despise us...
Anyways though, they have an awesome band and I felt like I was at a concert!
Ha Ha. It's definitely a cool place to be entertained and party, but not a very
good place to go to receive truth... They started bashing us after and we just
left as politely as we could. It felt like we Daniel in the Lion's Den! Crazy!
Come to find out, they attend the "Masters College" which is not a
very good place to become educated. They take classes there that are for the
total purpose of "How to Prove Mormon Missionaries wrong..." So they
all have crazy ideas about us and whip out papers with questions to ask, then
report them back to their classes/professors how we respond... Ha-ha so
pathetic. As you can tell I wasn't a big fan of how they treated us, but the
spirit helped us out a ton. The scripture just kept coming to mind that
"contention is of the devil" and it wasn't worth it to talk with
someone with that mindset. But we kept our cool and stayed nice so hopefully we
left a good impression on them. Anyways, enough about Baptist...
Our investigators, who are actually investigating the truth, are
doing really good! :) Daphina, and her daughter Tanisha are planned to get
baptized July 7th. They came to church again and love everything about it and
are already converted! We are just waiting for her to prove to us she is
conquering her addictions. She struggled last week, but spiritually, she I
growing stronger everyday! We are stoked for them to get baptized. She is
already doing missionary work as well. Last week we taught two new kids because
Daphina has been inviting her neighbors over to sit in on our discussions when
we go over and telling them how much it is changing her life for the better! So
we are now trying to get to all their friends in their circle of influence
within their apartment complex.
To answer some questions really quick, President Carlson is a
different stake president. He is over the Valencia stake. President Lindberg is
over the Santa Clarita stake, which I used to be in. These are the only two
stakes in Santa Clarita Valley.
Elder Norton got another companion! I'm still the only one
that he has been with for more than one transfer. He is very lucky though, he
got moved up to Bishop/Mammoth area! So he sounds like he is doing really good
up there from his phone calls.
And yes you're right, In n' outs are everywhere and it's
probably my favorite fast food place by far, besides Training table, but that's
not an option right now... Ha.
Now my last thought before I get going has to do with what we
trained our zone on this week... It's interesting to see how the most powerful
thing to bear testimony of it what you are currently going through. So this
week for me was Prayer. Doing our best to make our prayers very meaningful.
Matt. 6:6-8...We should not use vain repetitions or phrases that don't have
meaning to us. He doesn't want to hear that. I could go on forever and ever
about prayer... How Enos "wrestled" night and day... the Definition
of Prayer in the Bible Dictionary... (He has blessing prepared for us and they
are given to us upon our asking for them) D&C 101:7-8... My motto for this
week.--- "WHAT YOU PUT INTO YOUR PRAYERS IS WHAT YOU'LL GET OUT OF
THEM."---- Alma 34:27-28... then with what you pray for, don't be a
hypocrite and just say it, DO IT!
This is my thought for this week and what I'm working on :)
Prayer takes a lifetime to master. We just need to continually work on
it.
Love you all! Have a great week!
Love, Elder Brady
//// NO REGRETS ////
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