Brady's Blog

October 20, 2008 How's it going? Things here are pretty good . . . Transfers are this week and I don't know anything yet. I might know tonight. Saturday was a pretty cool day. We had two baptisms. C & A S. They are really cool and very smart kids. It was such an amazing experience for me because I got to baptize and confirm for the first time . . . I miss you all so much! Elder Brady Blair Parkin

This past week has been crazy. On Friday we lent our truck to the many Farms Elders so we were walking in a giant windstorm, Saturday it turned into a dust storm that knocked the power out. Luckily we got our truck back that morning. Elder Soderling and I have been sick the past two days so it has been an interesting week. I feel better though. This coming Saturday (the 18th) we have baptisms: C & A, the children of P. I have had the opportunity of teaching them every lesson and they have given me the honor of baptizing them. I've never done this before but I'm excited. Things are going well and transfers are coming up (Oct. 22). I don't know what will happen or even what I want to happen. I think that's all for this week. Love, Elder Brady Parkin PS I got my haircut too. Shorter than ever since the buzz cut at age 3 I think. Sorry no picture yet.

What's up?!? Things here are great! Wasn't conference amazing?!? I loved so many especially L. Tom Perry and Pres. Uchtdorf's "Lift Where You Stand." What were y'all's favorite talks? The work here is great! The mission sets a goal of 20-10-2 for us to meet. 20 lessons total taught, 10 hours of tracting and at least 2 lessons to a part member family. Elder Soderling and I have now hit it 3 weeks in a row. Our investigators are doing great! We might have a baptism on October 18 for a couple of youth. Their names are C & A and they are great! They absorb knowledge like a sponge. It will be awesome for me because I have been teaching them all the way from Lesson 1. It makes me so excited because recently the area has not had many baptisms and its almost like its been in a drought. Not any more. The roller coaster looks to be on the up swing. This last week, Many Farms Elders borrowed our truck again (theirs is broken) so we were on borrowed bikes. I rode ...