Finishing Strong

Hey Family!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LYNDSEY! I LOVE YOUUUU!!!!

This week was a great week! Still experiencing the little miracles all around us. With the exchanges, we had some really great experiences dedicating an entire day to straight up finding! We ran into numerous people who were looking for us and we got some numbers to contact them. For example, we had really cool experiences talking with people who told us they were actually already a member but have been having some trouble sharing the gospel with their neighbor so they actually prayed for a missionary experience a couple days ago, then we show up at their house! Amazing! Coincidence? I think not!

So President wanted to do his checkup with Elder Yovanno and Ludlow, so i got to talk to him as well. I talked to him about going to Newhall 2nd to baptize Brett, and there is a new rule that he is no longer letting missionaries go back to previous areas to baptize... After talking with him for a while, Pres Hall is basically cracking down on a lot of things trying to change this mission to an exactly obedient mission, so when the new missionaries come, that is all they will know and will be okay with it. But as for me, he said since i have been around for a while that he can let this one slide! So i already got permission to baptize Brett on the 24th of March! Then we will also be baptizing Franco March 10th in the YSA ward! Franco found out that we get transferred as missionaries and he got super sad talking about how he has been telling everyone that he has a strong bond with his missionaries! We play basketball with him every Wednesday and we have an official team! It's us three, Franco, and his non member cousin, Allen! It's so much fun and hopefully we will be able to start teaching Allen because Franco keeps talking us up to his friends to meet with us. Franco is probably one of our best friends and has been one of the coolest experiences i have had teaching someone on my mission. We are hoping that we will all still be here next transfer for when he gets baptized.

We will find out what is happening this weekend and the actual transfer day will take place next Tuesday. Next transfer is only 5 weeks long. And that's Ludlow's last one! Crazy! Then Johnson goes home the transfer after that, then comes my time! In the interview with President, he thanked me for everything i have been doing and the "special assignments" he's given me. He asked me what i wanted to do with my last couple transfers and i had no idea what to tell him... Haven't really thought about it too much and he wants me to think about how i would like to finish and he'll make it happen. So i was pretty stoked to hear i can pick whatever i want to do, but i told him i don't think i will. My plan is to continue giving up my will so i can "finish strong". He said i knew you were going to say that but let me know what if you decide what you want and I'll walk through walls for you for what you have done for me. It was a very touching/eye opening experience and Pres got teary eyed and i thought i was going to cry too! We have been partners in crime for some time now and accomplished a lot together these past couple transfers.

Anyways though this is the update for this week, I've got to go now but love you all!

P.s. we should be finishing the Book Of Mormon this Thursday and President wanted to take us out to lunch for such a great accomplishment. Good job Dad! Keep up the diligent reading!

Love, Elder Brady

                                                        no regrets