Hello Family!
So I got my transfer call and it was
exactly what I hoped would happen! I am now serving in the legendary Valley
that I have heard so much about my entire mission! The San Fernando Valley,
which is what our mission is actually named after so I am stoked! Come to
find out, its even more ghetto than East Lancaster! I didn't think that was
possible!
They also put me with an awesome
missionary whom I am already really great friends with! Elder Scottie Johnson!
He has been out one month longer than me so we have seen/hung out with each
other a lot in the past year and a half. Right before the transfer meeting we
were talking to each other how awesome it would be to serve together and we had
our fingers crossed, and it actually happened! Elder Johnson has only been in
the valley for one transfer and so we are both getting thrown into the
"pit" together. They have a lot of different nicknames
for places down here that we are coming to find out. They also say that
Van Nuys is the Heart of the Valley, so we will get the full effect really
quickly :) The first night I was here, there was a car chase where a cop
slammed a car into a barrier and 12 cop cars showed up to the scene where the
victim started shooting at the cops so they all unloaded back, destroying this
poor car... The missionaries in the ward next to us witnessed it and they had
to bear testimony of what happened and couldn't leave the area until the cops
were done "cleaning up"...
It's interesting how I feel total
peace and comfort with where I am at serving Heavenly Father at this time, even
though it's a super sketchy place, I know nothing can harm us when we are doing
the work of the lord. It'll all work out as we walk down the streets in our
little spirit bubble ;)
Elder Johnson and I just got called
as the new Zone leaders in the Granada Hills Stake. One of
the last zone leaders down here just went home and the other one got
transferred so they just changed the zone leader area from the Sherman Oaks
ward to the Van Nuys ward now. We have both served as ZL's for 6+ months now so
we feel that we are going to do great together. He was a ZL up in Ridgecrest
area (bishop/mammoth)!
Well, I feel like I am going to get
some crazy stories and experiences serving down here in the Valley... I can't
wait to show you guys these areas where I'm serving... It'll blow your mind. My
mind is currently in shock. I feel like I am seriously in a movie at times,
being in the world but not of it!
Oh! Yesterday we had our usual 7 AM
meeting with the stake presidency and this one was so much better! President
Jex is the stake president that we get to work with! We had a lot to talk
about its funny odds that I am actually here like we envisioned before the
mission started! President Jex is such a cool guy. Also, after I bore my
testimony in my new ward, people came up to me and like half of them had some
kind of connection to draper! One even asked if I was related to an Andy Brady?
I was like heck yes I am! I am still a learning the names of the 200 people I
met yesterday, but I am sure they will become "extended family" to me
as well, just like in previous areas...
Things are going really well! I love
you all! Hope you have a great week!
P.s. Touchdown Jesus and First down
Moses was hilarious! Thanks for that.
Love, Elder Brady
---NO REGRETS---
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