Week 3 - September 24, 2019 - Goodbye MTC

Helloooooo from Utah!!!!

First things first, will someone PLEASE tell me how the Area 51 raid went???? I am dying to know. I am so sad I missed it. 

Also, I have a confession to make. I have an addiction to cinnamon altoids. If you think I'm joking I ate almost an entire box of them in 3 days. And then I ate 5 donuts two days later. Oops.

But more onto what I did this week. It was such a sad week!!! I love my district so much and I am so sad to leave them!! We are a bunch of misfit toys and weird combination if I'm being completely honest, but also I don't think I have ever loved a group of people this purely. I can only imagine the amount of love God has for each of them. I truly wish them the best with their missions.

Oh yeah, by the way, just a reminder that I LEAVE today! What the actual heck! This time seriously flew by. I didn't believe it at first but here I am! Leaving and its definitely a bitter sweet moment. I miss everyone and everything so much already (except the food...how I can't WAIT to have real food).

I've learned so much here at the MTC. I've decided that I should share the top 3 of a long list of things I learned. So here I go! 

The first thing I learned here is how important it is to love everyone. Our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love each of us so much and individually. If we really want to be like Christ and God, we must do the same. I'm not gonna lie, it is way more difficult than it sounds. As humans we are so quick to judge! I do it a lot and it has been something I have really been working on here. I've prayed a lot to feel love for everyone and honestly it works. My love and my capacity to love those around me has grown. I still have not so great thoughts about people, but I'm improving and that's all that matters! I can testify that as we strive to be more like Christ, he will help us and expand our hearts to love more fully.

The second thing I learned was that God really does answer my prayers. Before coming out on a mission, I believed it was true, but being here now, I know it is true! Not to say that God answers them in the way we want or in the way we expect, but He will answer them in the best way for us and in His timeline. I've had amazing teachers that I know taught me things that I needed to hear and learn. I was with companions that helped me learn to push myself to be better and to be patient with others, but most importantly myself. I've felt God's hand in almost every aspect of my journey here, and when I didn't, I turned to Him in prayer and He did answer. I promise He can do the same for you if you pray to Him with a sincere heart.

The most important thing I learned here though is that Christ is central to everything and needs to be the center of our lives. Jesus Christ died on the cross, was resurrected, suffered for our sins, and felt every pain, sickness, tired day, and any other feeling that we have ever felt. He will walk with us through all of our trials if we only ask Him too. I cannot imagine what He went through for me, and I can't even fully comprehend it. I am so grateful though for what He did because as the past 3 weeks have gone by, I have sure needed Him with me. He has been my rock here. He has been my shoulder to cry on. And the best part is He understands what I'm feeling. I can testify that he understands each of us. He knows our pains and will help us through our hard days. Turn to Him and hold onto Him. Never let go. He will be there if you ask. 

I love you all so much and miss you all with every fiber in my being. I know that I am here for a reason though and for these next 18 months I'm going to give it my all! 

Send me emails! Send me pictures! I love seeing and hearing from you! Thank you for your support!! 

Sister Brady 

More Pictures:

1. Elder Condie made a super cool cup tower!

2. We dropped Sister Hammond off this morning at 4am! Good luck in Yakima!! 



3. I drew my whole district and our teacher!



4. Cute polaroids of me and Sister Dunn! 



5. My whole district! I love them so much!