Changed for Good

Hey everyone!

So Fact: we had another mission tour

Fact: we met another general authority, his name's Elder Schwitzer

Fact: His wife gave a 10 minute lecture to all the Elders about how to shake hands properly hahaha

Well life is going pretty good. Can't really complain. The mission life is just mission life. Lots of studying, lots of chatting (both physically and digitally) lots of baptizing (in the future).

I can't believe it's almost November! Where did the time go? I feel like it went by REALLY fast, but then again I feel like SO much happened that I feel like things that happened yesterday feel like they were 3 weeks ago.....

SO I'm pretty sure I've already shpealed to everyone my theory about this already but I feel like it needs to be repeated. Several months ago I talked about what the definition of a Hard mission is, and I want to reiterate the importance of YOU coming back CHANGED, coming back, CONVERTED.

There's been lots of things this week that have made me feel like I've made no progress at all my whole mission because bad habits, character traits, and other things seemed to creep up on me that I thought I had gotten rid of. It was then that I was reminded that in order to come home feeling like I'd fulfilled my mission I need to come home converted. Because you can baptized 1000 people on your mission but it's useless walking through all that snow, all those rice fields, through all that heat and having 10,00 doors slammed in your face if you don't convert yourself.

And conversion is permanent

That's why we need to be able to say "the mission changed my life."

Granted, conversion usually takes a life time of continually exercising faith and constantly going through and coming out of many trials. But we have (to some degree) become converted on our missions in order to have it be a hard mission, a fulfilled mission. Because nothing is harder, than permanently changing 18-30yrs of bad habits, character traits, personality problems, and many other things that are in-conducive to the attributes of Christ.

If you find yourself slipping back into your old self. STOP. And then go back! Don't just keep going and accept it! That's Satan! Stop, repent, and pray for strength and then change! You can do it! It's SO hard! But you're not in it alone!

I've still got a LONG way to go, but not a long time left on my mission so I have a lot to work on. But if I'm not giving up, neither can you.

Work hard! Pray always! Love you all!

Sister Bradley

P.S. The pictures explain themselves :P And if you look inbetween Sister Ly and I, you can see the temple, so if our faces don't motivate everyone to write us (or any missionaries for that matter) maybe the temple (God) will ;) hahahaha no pressure :P

and also, the subject title is slightly in reference to the fact that my sister went to Wicked this weekend without me......lame.....I expect a Wicked T-shirt for Christmas.....just saying....