Guess I am staying again - Jan 23

Well transfer news is in. I am staying in Covington and Sister Schmutz is leaving, which will be hard for me. Her and I have been companions for four months. I don't know if I will be training a new missionary or what will be happening but I just know that for the next couple days I get to do all the planning.  Oh and Elder Madsen is leaving too. While talking to the Covington Elders last night I admitted to them that it is going to be hard for me and they pretty much called that at some point I am going to cry (they know me all to well to be calling that already). I also told them that it would be harder on me if either of them were leaving (which thank goodness that they aren't) because the four of us have become pretty close, to the point that they are like brothers to me. (No Hunter I am not replacing you, even though one of them could be you personality wise). Oh and we also have heard that they might be moving our district into the New Orleans Zone, which would be good because then we would be with  the rest of our stake, but at the same time it will be hard to leave the Denham Springs Zone because that is all I have known thus far, they are like family, and my trainer is one of the sister training leaders for that zone. Gah so many changes, and we all know how I am at handling change.

 

Anyways things are going good, we are trying to commit all of our investigators to baptism, and stressing that our less active families go to church more and helping them realize that going will help them.

 

Oh ya we had stake conference this last week. Elder Perkins of the Seventy came, and all I can say is wow. You can just feel that he is called of God the moment he speaks. I can't even begin to tell you the things that he taught me. But one thing that he said in the Sunday session was "I can't see why someone who received the endowment wouldn't want to share that power that they have with someone else (aka the dead)".

Oh I have another challenge for y'all. It is that you read the Book of Mormon  cover to cover by the time that I get home (which gives you a year). Not listening to it or reading it on the Ipad/Ipod. Sit down with the book and read it, and then do Moroni's challenge and ask with real intent if the things be true. I promise y'all that will help strengthen your faith and you will be able to do what 1 Peter 9:15 says " But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:". This in turn will help you with the challenge to go to the temple.

Well y'all I love ya and wish you da best this week (Yes mom I know you are cringing because I said da instead of the)

Love
Sister Brady