JANUARY 21, 2014 (apologies for the potty talk... I blame that on his dad.. almost deleted it but, it's Grizz :)
My Mission
A mission is
a strange experience.
It is a trial and a test.
A mission
throws at you the worst.
Yet, teaches you the best.
I've never
been so happy,
I've never been so depressed.
I've never
felt so forsaken,
I've never felt so blessed.
I've never
been so confused,
Things have never been so clear.
I've never
felt my Heavenly Father so distant, He's
never been so near.
I've never
been so discouraged,
I've never been so full of hope.
I feel I
could go on for forever,
I think I've come to the end of my
rope.
I've never
had it quite so easy,
I've never had it quite so tough.
Things have
never been so smooth,
Things have never been so rough.
I've never
travelled through more valleys,
I've never
ascended more peaks.
I've never
met so many nice people.
I've never met so many freaks!
I've never
had so many ups,
I've never had so many downs.
I've never
worn so many smiles,
I've never had so many frowns.
I've never
been so lonely,
I've never had so many friends.
BOY, I hope
this is over soon,
GOSH, I hope this never ends!
(Author Unknown)
lol I didn’t back up my voice memos… so sorry. Looks like you’ll have to wait till Mothers Day to hear my voice again:) no worries, mom, it’s probably for the best. (We wiped the iPhone that he left all his voice memos on for all of the events that he thought might or will be happening in the next two years. There were a LOT! This is a super, frowny, teary eyed mommy here)
Daddyo !!! My bestest friend!! Thanks dad for the letter! Was definitely not expecting it! I Know I am in the right place! I love the MTC, though it is tuff. Oh stealin some of my pants huh? haha its all good dude I left you like three pairs to wear, should all be in your closet. LOL the food here is so … interesting. It’s good going in but later it’s like it punching you in the gut than you have an explosion in the bathroom. Not good at all. Especially because it echoes everywhere!! WOW !! Surprisingly I feel like God is blessing me to overcome all my worldly addictions. I don’t miss any of it. But I love the updates so keep them coming. YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! But of Course! WHY WHEN I CAN’T WATCH? ARG! HAHA oh well. I’m sure it’ll be a great game. I’ll be happy either way, but going for my Broncos! 10 lbs of gold!! That is so much money!!!! Holy moly! Thanks dad for this email. I love you dude! Hope all is well! Love Braydeo
Ry, dude !! I miss you my little brother. So I loved opening my suit case and seeing a letter from my best friends! Definitely a surprise. I loved your analogy with passes and interception and the gospel. That’s so cool. You have to make connections like that here in the MTC. That’s the only way you ever get your point across to people. But it made me a tad teary eyed, and I really miss my brother. Give Connor a squeeze, thanks for writing me bro! Let me know how life is, and my broncos!! hehehe love you dude !! Braydeo
To CON: Dude thanks for watching Xander! Awesome job man making all the points!! Any threes??? Dude that’s so awesome about all the rebounds! Connor, I cannot find your note!! Where is it? I miss you dude! Thank you for cleaning my room up the rest of the way. I appreciate it dude! I love you so much Connor! How did my Broncos do? heheh. Stinky, thank you for writing me!! Send me a letter or a picture. I like that you draw! I would love that!! Love you so much Stinky!!
So what a crazy week!! I’m doing good, it’s hard at times but I get over it. Instantly after being dropped off I knew that this was the place I needed to be. (Side note mom, punctuation takes to much time so I’m forgetting it all) I was not sad at all. My mind was distracted as to where I could drop the kids off to swim in silence. That is my biggest worry here. But I have come to realize that everyone takes the browns to the super bowl. Any who that elder that escorted me was way nice. We had tons in common, but he is going to Brazil. He’s from Denver and loves The Broncos. No one here at the MTC cares about football. It’s killin me. But you go through like a perfect gauntlet getting your name tag, and all your stuff then you drop your stuff at your room. I was the first one there so I got first pick. Picked bottom front to establish my leadership ha-ha! :) But then you get dropped off at your class and your teachers are all there waiting for you. So everyone else in my district EX: the sisters- had all gotten there at noon and they were doing a computer course. So I sat in the room all by myself with the teachers, as my companions had not yet showed up. So I had no companions after the first hour and we had a meeting to go to, so we went to the meeting (two hours long) and for all the new missionaries. I was all alone and I was like of course I would have no companions!! Went to dinner by myself as I got separated from the sisters, sat by myself, until my name was read over the intercom. I then met my two new companions at 8 that night. Yep that’s right I’m in a trifecta. hehehe. Any who the rest of my class got there, the four girls and the teachers introduces them selves and we did the same. Fun fun. Craziness!!
They made me Zone Leader lol and I’m in charge of three other districts and mine. The spirit here is awesome. And I’m sorry but, I miss y’all, but still haven’t cried. It just confirms to me that this is definitely where I need to be. I have had no problems getting rid of my distractions. EX: cell phone, FB, Instagram, sports, tv, that stuff. I know God loves me and cares about me. Everyone in my district is always so sad so I try to spread my happiness. One of the sisters in my district is 26!! And complains about how old she is but she’s like our mother. ha. She’s awesome. Anyway three days ago our district went through a ruff patch and so I offered priesthood blessings to all of them. My comps had never given any blessings. So they were nervous. But it was really cool. We bonded so greatly that night.
The MTC is great. I love it here. I know this is where I’m supposed to be and God is blessing me. I feel his love daily and it greatly makes my spirit happy. He has blessed me in so many ways; all I can do is thank him. It’s hard here. You have no time for anything. Its always hurry and study, and hurry to the next lesson. Meanwhile my brain is still back in bed thinking about my brothers. ha!
In all honesty I haven’t shed a tear til today about y’all. And today it was a short second. And I think that’s how God is blessing me. I feel as though I wasted so many years not truly understanding the gospel and now it’s affecting me. I have a hard time, but I just listen to the Holy Ghost. Well, that’s all for now. Y’all will have to read my journal when I get home. My fingers hurt. Love you so much!!!! I miss you family!!
Love,
Braydo !!
P.S. Oh and if you want to make cookies for the district :) That would be ok too. Thanks mommy!! You’re awesome! There are 7 of us and 4 teachers.
Moses 7: 62 declares: “… and righteousness and truth will I cause to sweep the earth as with a flood, to gather out mine elect from the four quarters of the earth.”
