Transfer 16 calls/Brett's baptism

Hey Family!

We have had an amazing week this week! We did get transfer calls! As you know Elder Ludlow is going home, he goes home Wednesday morning, super crazy! Then Pres also told Elder Yovanno that he is leaving as well. Right after i figured i would be the one to hold down the fort and stay here... Then he began to tell me that he has another assignment for me. He told me i would be getting transferred as well. He wants me to go ZL again. I also just found out that Elder Norton is leaving Elder Johnson and Johnson got a ZL call again as well! Maybe we'll be put back together again! He only has one transfer left! We'll see tomorrow what happens. I feel really good about what is happening though and i am excited for this calling again to get me focused again and help me to finish strong with a motivating companion whomever that may be. President did tell me though that when he prayed about it he felt a strong spirit and told me i am definitely going to like where i am going!

We have felt like Kings the past couple days as people have found out that we are leaving. They are so sad that the 3 musketeers are leaving!  We have made so many great relationships here in this ward and it's like leaving family AGAIN! It was super hard, like always, and the Meza family was in tears! We felt so bad, so we made them a collage picture for them to remember us! lol

But i felt like i recieved a nice welcome home yesterday! We went back up to Valencia to Newhall 2nd ward so i could baptize Brett! Brett and Jen got married last week and now they are going to be shooting for the temple marriage a year from today and seal their family together! Brett, Jen, and Brian :) It was so good to see everyone from that ward again it's so crazy how close i have become with them! Hugs left and right! I felt like a celebrity haha. The Sirias family and Mother Sarmiento! So good to see all of them!

Anyways, i have not yet received the package from Pres Jex... But i am super excited!

Also to answer your question about the homecoming talk... the sooner the better would be nice.

Well i have to go now and get packing! Talk to you again next week with some more details!

Love, Elder Brady

(((((((NO REGRETS)))))))

Congratulations Lynds and B House

Congratulations Lyndsey and Braden! WhaaahWhoooo! That picture was awesome! I have been telling everyone this past week and they thought it was such a cleverly cute way to show it! Come on boy, come on boy... fingers crossed. Lol. :)

I am very excited for this package you speak of that is coming with President Jex! Salsa!!! haha thank you so much!

So yesterday in between our meetings we attended the YSA ward sacrament meeting again for Franco's confirmation and reminisced with some of the glorious memories we once had in that ward. Franco wanted us to be in the circle so we snuck in there and participated. Then Bishop quietly asks, so who is doing your confirmation? Then Franco answered, Elder Brady. In my mind i was like..WhAt? Alright sounds good. Then they put the mic in front of me on the spot... haha good thing i had the confirmation prayer memorized or else that would have been really embarrassing. So i felt super honored that i was able to baptize and confirm Franco.

Then we had our interviews with Pres. which went really well! We talked about how great the mission is and what i am going to do school-wise after the mission and told me what i should look out for when i get home. The rest of it was him basically just trying to get me to self discover on what would be best for me these upcoming transfers. I went on to tell him my expectations for these last two transfers and to have an awesome motivating companion to help me. He then told me that's perfect because he had in mind for me to go ZL again somewhere or to train for my last two. He gave me a list of all the missionaries and ZL areas to choose from and i just got overwhelmed knowing it could be my last mission adventure and companion... So i just told him to pray about it. So the options are narrowed down a little, yet still up in the air. Right before the interview ended he asked me if i would be okay going to back to an area i already served in? Maybe a hint of Santa Clarita/Valencia again? Who knows??? But I'll be sure to let you know what i find out for sure next week!

Sorry it's so short this week, but I've got to go

Love You!

Love, Elder Brady

NO REGRETS

Apology Letter... I LOVE YOU MOMMA

Yeeeah...ummmm...i don't even know what to say to that last e-mail...haha, besides I AM SUPER SORRY MOMMA!!!

That will never happen again! (Even though i am a missionary and nothing bad could possibly happen to me in my little spirit bubble REMEMBER!) But as of last Monday, it was super crazy. We had so much going on and so we were going to e-mail you on Tuesday but didn't get permission from President in time. AKA, he didn't text us back...We had exchanges halfway through P-day with the ZL's so i was in Encino Monday and Tuesday. We had apartment inspections on Monday as well so we did some deep cleaning. We also had to bum some rides to the nearest laudromat to do our laundry and got stranded waiting for someone to pick us up. Basically the same hassle to go shopping as well. Then when i gave a training to my relief society district at the first of the month, i asked them what they were expecting to accomplish this transfer together and we made some visions for this upcoming month. One of their visions they told me was to be ultimate Frisbee champions... So of course i made some phone calls and i challenged the other district to a game of Frisbee for last Monday. It was interesting considering our districts are nothing alike... So it was Me, Ludlow, Yovanno, and 6 Sisters VS. 8 Elders. Needless to say, a super priceless moment when our Relief Society District won! lol. Yet we still turned it into a hilarious spiritual moment when i read the scripture (Proverbs 29:18) saying the only reason we won, was because we set a goal/vision and related that to how important it is to set goals as a missionary, because just like the other district, they had no vision, therefore, they perished... haha. It might of been one of those jokes where you just had to be there?

Anyways, super busy day to say the least and i slept like a baby that night after trying to please everyone except for the most important person in my life!!!... so again I AM SO VERY VERY VERY SORRY Mom and would have e-mailed a later day if we got permission in time...

 

HEy Momma Brady! This is Elder Ludlow I just want to let you know that your son is the most amazing influence for me and Elder Yovanno. <THIS IS ELDER HOLM YOURE SON IS AWESOME> And we want to let you know that he would never intentionally miss writing you on purpose and that we didn't tie him up with yarn, we used Duct Tape, much safer, haha no not at all but I just want to let you know that Elder Brady is a great friend to me and I'm thankful that I've been able to serve with him twice now. I know that will stay close after our missions and look forward to what we become later. Thanks for your son! He's like Elder Holm said, Awesome!!!

 

See what happens when i leave my computer for a second... it's okay I'll be sure to get them back.

So as i was saying, hopefully you have accepted my apology by now, if not, i totally understand... Now i shall go on to give my weekly(s) update.

Franco got baptized yesterday!!! I got to perform it and it was such a special experience with Elder Ludlow and Elder Yovanno being the witnesses. Franco is definitely going to go on to do great things that's for sure! We have already been hooked up with some of his friends and they are becoming interested in learning more as well! Too bad everyone we are finding (such a Franco's friends) we have to had over to the YSA sister missionaries. We feel that we connect with them so well! Oh well, more investigators for the sisters! Wahoo! Still none for us! haha anyways, Franco is going to be such a great example to his friends and family. His member girlfriend came down from University of Utah for the baptism and i know they will be married in the temple in about a year from now. They seem perfect for each other and it seems that she had been waiting for this moment for a long time :) We want to plan a trip with them and the Meza's too!

I am just glad to have some work going on and get to baptize people from my previous areas right now because without that, i think i would go insane having so little work to do right now. Tender mercies from the lord i tell you. lol.

Ludlow is getting his bags packed and starting to send things home and is basically already done haha it's going to be sad to see him go. Everyone is still talking about how ridiculously awesome our Trio is and how well we get along. There is definitely never a dull moment with us three that's for sure! We were just talking about how weird it will be to go back to a duo companionship... I could possibly only have one more companion and if it turns out good with i highly bet it will i could have 100% best friend companions! Awesome!

Lastly we have interviews with President on Wednesday, so i am trying to figure out what i want so i can tell him? It's a crucial moment with only two transfers left...

Well i got to go! Hopefully this letter makes up for the lack of last week.

I Love you all!

Love, Elder Brady

NO REGRETS