Adventures of a Mississippi Miss: Brad

What a week! Things get crazy with transfers, and with holidays, but even crazier when you combine them. But all in all, it's been a good week!

We had a fun time in Laurel for District Meeting on Wednesday. We always get some prime quotes when we go visit other districts.

Thanksgiving was so great! We spent our morning baking cookies and writing thank you notes for people in the ward. And then we had dinner with the Gwin/Wittwer family. I absolutely love them! They have a tradition to go around and say what everyone is grateful for. And I am grateful that I get to spend my last transfer here with the people of Purvis. It feels like home here, and I already get sad when I think about leaving.

We finished our night by delivering cookies and visiting people. I think that might be a Thanksgiving tradition I keep. It's way more fulfilling than shopping all night. Haha!

But the greatest blessing of our week was Brad. Do y'all remember him? He's the guy that we went to talk to one night out by Lauren's house. We've seen him sporadically since then, but this week the spirit has just taken over and he is progressing so well in the gospel! We read Alma 36 with him, and all on his own he started likening the scriptures to himself. It was incredible! He is experiencing a lot of pain and heart ache right now, so he really felt like he could relate. We also read 2 Nephi 31 and talked more about the joy and peace he can feel when he's baptized. He said that's something he definitely wants, and he can tell that we have it. He came to church yesterday and for the first time I actually saw him smile a real smile.

It makes me smile to know that the spirit is touching his heart and bringing him light in ways that only the spirit can.

As we talked to him about answers to prayers, I decided to ask him a time when he had felt the spirit. And after he thought for a moment, he said, "Right now. Talking with y'all. It feels so peaceful."

Brad is just another testimony to me of just how true this Gospel is. It's people like Brad that remind me why I chose to serve a mission, and how much I love being an instrument in God's hands. I love Brad.

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