Yeah 1 year!!!!!!!

Has is really felt like that? I would say no.  It feels like just yesterday when we were carrying jack around the state of Wyoming and when Jacee and I were ghosting people at the Denver Bronco game. hahahah Time is a strange thing but when you are just living and loving life, things just seem to go by a lot faster.

I can tell you that a year ago I was not the man that I am now.  I was just a little boy. My mission is changing my life and it has changed my life in a really huge way. It is pretty amazing. I love my life, my mission and I love the person I am becoming. I know it is who my Father in Heaven wants me to be and become!

We had another amazing week here in the city. We are just working as hard as we can, it's a really good feeling.

One day we had some plans fall through, so we were wondering where to go. We didn't know where to go, so we just started walking and contacting people. We got to a cross road and my compa was like, we need to go up the road. So I was like alright lets do it. We started up the road and my comp said they talked to a guy in some apartments in this area like 6 months ago. So we went and knocked on his door. He was really cool and we put an appointment with him to come back and teach him. We left these little apartments and were standing in the road looking at some other apartments.  We were like, we should knock those doors.  We went over there and the gate was open to get in but we stopped and were thinking. If this gate closes we will be locked in and we won't be able to get out----- should we do it? As we were thinking a guy came out of one of the apartments and said hey follow me. We were like ok. Then he went walking and we followed him and he was like hey my house is right here, come inside. At this point, me and my comp didn't know what to think but we followed him and went into his house. We met his wife, sat down and this man Jorge said "alright give it to us, teach us".  Now we were just like wow! After the prayer I asked him why he invited us in his house and then he said "the truth is I am a less active and I want to come back to church because I can feel a huge difference without the church in my life.  But the real reason I wanted you to come is because my wife isn't baptized and I want you to teach her so that she can be baptized. We just about died. So we taught an amazing lesson and invited Myra to be baptized and she accepted and is preparing right now to be baptized.

Really this was one of the most amazing experiences in my mission. I learned a very important principle and I want to share it with you.

My comp said afterwards "what is it feel like to be lead by the Holy Ghost, it feels like you are blind folded."

Elder Bednar said God doesn't need to slap us around with the Holy Ghost to guide us!

We are just going to receive a lot of nudges. A nudge here and a nudge there but through these nudges we will be lead to the thing that God wants us to find or to do or to receive.

We have to be in tune all the time so that we can receive these little nudges. Remember God isn't going to slap us around with the Holy Ghost. We have to do our part to receive spiritual promptings.

So a boy huh!!! How rad is that!!! I am so stoked!!!!!!!!!!!! yes!!!!!!!!!!!! So Brady you said you wanted some names. Well I have one that is perfect for the little youngster you can call him Chancho!! You can get him a saweet pair of sweaaatzzz and maybe he can get himself a saweet machete!!! hahahah No I don't have any names right now haha Well I have mine but I’m not going tell you because my sisters will take them  haha

Oh funny thing my comp woke up the other night and he said that I was sitting straight up in my bed and I was teaching a lesson in Spanish. He thought I was awake but then realized that I was asleep and I was talking in my sleep. I finished teaching and laid back down. Funny huh. Yes that means I am becoming fluent.

Oh mom a huge favor can you send me perfect pushups. That would be so awesome!!! I need to get my body back haha

I never received any of the Christmas packages but I don't think I need anymore sweaters it is starting to get hot here again.

thanks so much.

I love all of you more than all of the lessons I taught in my sleep this week

Elder miller

keep the faith

live life

love life