Happy 30th Anniversary Mom and Dad!
Hello Family! First off I would just like to say thank you so
much for all the e-mails/thoughts and gifts! They are awesome! I have been
sitting here for the past 45 minutes just straight up reading e-mails! It's so
great! The downside is that we have to get going soon so I try to write as much
as my fingers can type before then!
NEWS UPDATE: Elder Otis and I are STAYING TOGETHER! We are so
happy. Every other Zone Leader companionship had a change except for us!
Amazing! We also figured out that Elder Otis is the oldest zone leader in the
mission and I am the youngest! Quite the deadly duo! ha ha. So we are VERY
happy about how things are going right now. Things are going to get crazy this
transfer! President Hall comes at the end of this month and right when he
enters and steps foot in the mission boundaries, he then has the mantle and
President Martin is no longer our mission president :( Pretty crazy how that
works. So we imagine we will probably be helping Pres. Hall out a lot when he
gets here. And Elder Richards, the assistant to the president goes home, so
we'll have a new AP as well! Lots of changes. We had our last Zone Leader
Council with Pres. Martin... He just informed us how we'll be able to help with
the mission president exchange. So we will see how that goes! We think a lot of
things are going to change, which will probably be good. Give the mission life
a little spice!
Anyways, It sounds pretty eventful at home still! You’re going
to Lake Powell? Lucky! I'm so jealous.
Elder Otis, Elder Verive (one of our District leaders) and I
have been doing Marshal Arts on P-days with some members! It's so intense! We
are literally dying on the floor after our trainings! We are getting pretty
good though! So watch out! I might be a black belt when I get home. :) Ha-ha
nah, jk.
Daphina update: So Daphina is doing extremely well with
overcoming her addictions! We have still been meeting with them every single
day since we met them. They love us so much and we all enjoy being together!
She calls us her little angels... Last Monday, she was struggling really
bad and freaking out when we got to her house. She demanded her cigarettes back
that we destroyed and we told her we didn't have them... After being furious
and needing one SUPER bad we finally got her settled down said a prayer and
shared scriptures with her for about an hour. By the end of our visit, the
spirit completely filled the room and she was totally calm and was stating her
purpose with her head back on straight. Thank goodness... Then we helped her to
recognize it was the spirit helping her right now and she didn't even notice at
the moment! Then she broke down and said she had no desire to have a cigarette
again! Absolutely amazing. The spirit TRANSFORMS us when we let Him into our
lives. Then we agreed that this was a perfect example of why we need to visit
her every single day and bring the spirit into her house until she is baptized
and has the spirit with her! Daphina is doing amazing and her 15-year-old
daughter (Tanisha) is super supportive and loves it all so much! Daphina is
usually drunk for 14 hours of the day and smokes a whole pack of cigarettes a
day. Since we first met her, she hasn't taken one single drink and she has only
had 7 cigarettes in the past two weeks!!! We also had a little meeting at
the Whitmore's house yesterday where we invited Daphina and her daughter
Tanisha to come. The purpose of these meetings is just to get our
investigators more comfortable and get to know the ward members so they can
fellowship into the ward smoothly after baptism. Our meeting was on Satan’s
influences and how to recognize them. Daphina started bawling because she is
very sensitive to spirit and being in the awesome atmosphere of the Whitmore's
home. Ladies that were there comforted her as she wipes away her tears and
says," I KNOW THIS IS TRUE. I KNOW I NEED TO GET BAPTIZED. SATAN IS
WORKING VERY HARD AGAINST ME. THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING ALL THIS FOR ME." It
was so powerful! This has been an amazing experience and please keep praying
for her!
Quick weekly thoughts:
Trials are blessings. We must face them and overcome them. It
is how we grow. It's the purpose of this life. Grow, gain experience, prepare
to meet God again and have JOY in the process! God will never give us a command
we cannot fulfill... (1 Ne. 3:7)
----LIVE FISH SWIM UPSTREAM----
"No Effort is ever wasted" -Abinadi
Unfortunately, we had a very sad instance in our zone where a
sister went home this week.
Nobody ever saw it coming. (Sister Welker, Layton, UT) There was nothing we
could do... President Martin said she was struggling with personal stuff.
Zone Leader advice. "No matter how many sheep you find...
DON'T lose any of the Shepherds" -Brother Rich
Love Elder Brady
---No Regrets---
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