Brady's Blog

So, now that I am getting back into the swing of home life, I am preparing for even more changes. i am going to college!!! I don't really know how to feel about it right now but I will soon find out. I move over Labor Day and begin classes later that week. This truly is a time of transition where habits are formed and molded. Who knows what the future holds?? I don't but with the right preparation, there is nothing to worry about. The only question: Will it be a smooth transition, or a bumpy one?? Stay tuned to find out.

It has almost been a week now since returning home. My mission was the greatest time of my life. So many experiences that I would not trade for anything. I have learned so many life skills that I am hoping that I can take with me as go move forward in life. Next on my agenda is college, family, and career, each holding challenges that I will have to face to achieve those things that will boost me to where I want to be. Wish me luck.

Elder Parkin's time as a missionary is almost up. His parents received a letter in the mail with the date and time of his arrival home. He will be flying into the Pocatello Airport on July 13 at 5:51 p.m. He is also scheduled to speak July 25th at 1:00 p.m. in his home ward (Lakeview Church.)

Elder Parkin would like to announce that he will be coming home on JULY 13, 2010! Other bits of info you might want to know: * They set two baptism dates with kids on Feb 27th * The rain, wind and tornadoes are gone and the temps are rising back to the 70s * He has been in his current area for 5 months. That is the longest he has been in an area and he loves it! He would love to stay there for the rest of his mission.

How is everything going? Things here are going pretty good. Can't complain. With the new year, we officially started covering three wards instead of two. The Gila River Ward split and now it is in effect. That just means that we are going to have to work harder and smarter. Its kinda exciting but at the same time I can feel the responsibilities grow. What I'm learning is to be patient and that I can't do everything and that is okay. I just have to do my best. For New Year's Eve we had to be in by 6 pm so it was a pretty boring night, I did set my New Year's resolutions though. I went into the Christlike Attributes section of Preach My Gospel and evaluated myself on each one and how I want to improve. I have already been putting it into effect and I have noticed a difference. i am slowing down, being more observant, but always doing something. It is helping me not get frustrated over little thing. Also with the New Year, we began the challenge Pres Beck gave us to wi...

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 This past week for me has been really good. We had two baptisms. The first was B B. She was golden when I met her and in only six weeks of taking the lessons, she is baptized. The other is E S. He is a 14 Navajo boy who is way excited about the church. What's interesting is the fact that I am serving on another reservation. It is the Maricopa Indian Reservation. So I have now worked on my mission with the Navajo, the Pima, and the Maricopa along with working closely with the Hopi and the Apache. It's pretty cool. Elder Parkin Wednesday, October 7, 2009 Last week was pretty slow but this week we have three baptisms. The H kids (even though their last names aren't H). It should be a good service. B's daughter is now going to start taking the lessons and maybe even their neighbor. Now converts are always such good missionaries. Did you get to see any of conference? If not, or even if so, check out Jeffery R. Holland. That was i...

Brady e-mailed me about this incident and I was going to look up some information on it, when I checked my mom's e-mail and saw the following link sent to her from her brother (Thanks Rob!) She didn't quite know what the e-mail was about so I called later to let them know that it was an article and news story with Brady in it. We hope you enjoy "seeing" Elder Parkin. I know we have watched it a number of times already at our house today. My oldest son (4) keeps waving at his uncle everytime he sees him and my younger son (2) just keeps saying, "That's my Bubba." Make sure to click on the video as well as read the article (I missed the video the first time around.) PD: Vandals target cars in church, grocery parking lots - Phoenix Arizona news, breaking news, local news, weather radar, traffic from ABC15 News ABC15.com Posted using ShareThis