Ehi bulla, tu sai chi sei ;) magari puoi tradurre per la famiglia!! Vi voglio un mondo di bene. Siete sempre nell mio cuore. Magari possiamo parlare insieme! Mi piacerebbe molto!!
First of all, I know you all have been really supportive of me getting back out on my mission and I am so so grateful to be here.
Weight and Bawden I'm really grateful to have had you guys as companions and for everything I learned from you both, I just regret not being the missionary during those times that I'm striving to be now.
This mission is super different from Italy. There are sooooooooooo many more rules and if you know me, I don't like rules, but something I think is super cool is i was asking to develop obedience and here I am so I've got some character development ahead of me. Every companionship has a car. It's also so strange to be teaching the gospel in English. But actually having the spirit while teaching makes it easy to teach.
My companion is Elder Downey from Rexburg. He's been out for 6 months and was expecting a brand new missionary so he was surprised to get a missionary thats been out 13 months. We are definitely learning a lot from each other and in the most positive way possible. He's like 6'8" so it's nice to feel small. He's an awesome teacher and we've been teaching really well together already and it's only been a couple days, so I know the spirit is with our companionship.
Idk where the heck I am other than the name of the town. I'm in Winona, MN and it's an interesting town. The branch here is super nice. We got a meal my first night and it was super strange as a missionary bc in Italy id get a meal maybe 2 times a week?? Maybe. Sunday we got 4 meals which was insane to me. Like I'd never have dreamed of that in Italy haha. My comp and I got asked to give talks Saturday night and we both gave really good talks. Most of the members are really friendly and open to the missionaries. We have a guy with a set baptism date which is insane. And then we have a few other people that reached out to us which is incredible! Facebook is lowkey a drag, but it's all we got so we're making the best of it. The hardest part about being here is prolly gonna be learning to love the sister missionaries here. Thats about it for the few days I've been here.
My comp asked me why I chose to come back to my mission. I'll be honest, I haven't really felt the spirit in a long time and I had some experiences while at home that helped me eventually feel the constant companionship of the spirit, which good gretchen it feels INCREDIBLE. Because of that, I was able to actually feel the love of God which is so so real and extremely personal for all of us. That's one of many joys of this life. At least for me. Having that feeling makes me want to be close to him, but to also share that. I decided to come back to my mission to 1) become a man and a man true to my words and to my God and 2) help at least 1 person to find the path and feel the consuming light in their heart that Christ offers all of us. I know Christ has a love for each of us, and I mean it's a more personal love than we will ever be able to comprehend. I know God and Christ are both waiting for us to walk with them. When we make it a priority to have the spirit, God and Christ become our teammates and there is nothing more powerful and the light of Christ, feeling the love of God, and feeling the Spirit will push us to achieve salvation and develop ourselves into the divine sons and daughters that we all are.
I love you all and id love to hear from you!! I could always use prayers to stay obedient and loving
Anziano Brady
