hello
From: Bradley Joseph Phillips (bradley.phillips@myldsmail.net)
Sent: Wed 3/17/10 8:35 AM
To: phillipstrucking_252@msn.com
hey hope everything is well i am good we got our flight plans on thursday and we leave this monday at 4 in the morning and our flight leaves at 705 i am excited to get out there and get started the mtc is awesome but i cant sit that long any more 12 hours a day it is just to long.. although the spirit is amazing last night we got to hear from elder quentin l. cook and it was amazingly spiritual and his wife spoke with him and i really liked that.. this was one of my favorite things she said " there is nothing more powerful than truth, other than truth in a musical form" something like that it was cool though.. i can't believe how much i have grown to love music i love singing hymns it brings the spirit so strong. there is so much to learn and i don't know how i can learn it all in 4 days. i am having the hardest time typing because there is so many retards around me being very disrespectful. but i am trying to be better with my christ like attributes. so it is so cool to see the spirit work and show things to you. i was teaching and i saw a foot note i had a feeling to go to it and use it and it worked great the scripture is romans 8:17 i believe. our zone is so cool elder akina did the haka last night i videoed it so i will have to send my memory card home so you can download it, it was cool. i am sending some pictures home today so be ready for them. i wish i could down load them and send them through email but they won't let us so i have to mail them. i think i told you about elder tenney he is going to the philipeans well he is going to come and stay with us for a few weeks during the fall that i get home so we can go hunting. he is ranked 10th in the world for turkey calling. and elder hintze is coming to. elder hintze is from st. george and is just like me in a lot of ways he plays a lot of sports and hunts to well i will talk to you later i was hoping you would be on but anyway love elder phillips
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
rAiN & miRaCLeS
I think that weeks go faster and faster from here on out. This week was a good er. It’s lookin a lot like spring! It has just POURED! I really gotta find me an umbrella lol. But we had a crazy storm the other day that was just BOMB! So beautiful….
I got to go to the Manhattan Temple on Thursday for my ½ way mark. Wow…. I was a bit nervous the day before, I think bc it’s been so long and I was sad to find that my temple dress has gotten a l.i.t.t.l.e bit…..smaller since the last time I wore it. Lol…darn missions. I gotta find a different release haha. But it was seriously incredible. I love the temple and can’t wait to go a lot more when I get back. I’m dealing with crazy emotions right now. It was crazy to be at the temple and try to think that it was really for my ½ way mark and then that it was all done and over with so fast. I would say the next time I go will be my departing trip, but we’re gonna get some ppl there before then J But it was so nice and what’s crazy is when you realize how much a mission takes out of you. When I got back I was so drained in every possible way. I got a bit overwhelmed with all the feelings of how fast time has gone and I feel I don’t have enough time for everything that needs to get done. It was really hard to focus/concentrate bc I was so “hurry hurry hurry!” But things are pickin up again. Wednesday I experienced a miracle J We were at the bus stop waiting and I thought that while I was waiting I would try to talk to some ppl. I stepped out when I Spanish lady stepped in, I smiled and said hello. I stood there contemplating if I should try to talk to her or fearless someone else. For about 3 mintues I was just standing there talking in my head lol. I was looking around when I turn around and she is next to me. She says, “I need to know about your church.” I think that maybe my jaw just dropped. I haven’t heard that one yet. I was just screaming in my head, “Oh my gosh.” I was like, “Oh, haha, well…” and I pointed right at the street sign, “It’s right on that street on block down.” I thought she was gonna cry, “Really!? That is so great!” She proceeds to tell me that she was living in Manhattan for a little and was meeting with the Spanish missionaries there for about 6 months. But she lost contact bc she stopped going to church bc the commute was too hard and then she moved here. I find that she is a single mom of 7 children, her husband left her. I was able to carry her stroller and talk with her on the bus. She is such a sweetheart and I was able to get her information. She wanted me to send the Spanish elders, she wants to go to church. At her stop I helped get her stroller off and said good bye. I just sat on the bus…so humbled. It was incredible. The elders have called her and she is very sincere. They are meeting with her tomorrow J I hope to see her at church. The family we are working with, Mike, Reshma, and Ashley are getting baptized on Sunday :D It is going to be so nice. We went to another baptism yesterday. His name was Janet (Johnea) and he is actually a famous painter in Haiti. It was really neat. After E. Merrill baptized him, Janet turned around and just grasped him in a big hug. It was soooo cool. Another woman is also getting baptized next week with the family. It’s going to be awesome. Well! I think that about does it for this week! I hope you all have a SPLENDID one! I love you so much and will be back next week! Love you!
Sister Phillips
I got to go to the Manhattan Temple on Thursday for my ½ way mark. Wow…. I was a bit nervous the day before, I think bc it’s been so long and I was sad to find that my temple dress has gotten a l.i.t.t.l.e bit…..smaller since the last time I wore it. Lol…darn missions. I gotta find a different release haha. But it was seriously incredible. I love the temple and can’t wait to go a lot more when I get back. I’m dealing with crazy emotions right now. It was crazy to be at the temple and try to think that it was really for my ½ way mark and then that it was all done and over with so fast. I would say the next time I go will be my departing trip, but we’re gonna get some ppl there before then J But it was so nice and what’s crazy is when you realize how much a mission takes out of you. When I got back I was so drained in every possible way. I got a bit overwhelmed with all the feelings of how fast time has gone and I feel I don’t have enough time for everything that needs to get done. It was really hard to focus/concentrate bc I was so “hurry hurry hurry!” But things are pickin up again. Wednesday I experienced a miracle J We were at the bus stop waiting and I thought that while I was waiting I would try to talk to some ppl. I stepped out when I Spanish lady stepped in, I smiled and said hello. I stood there contemplating if I should try to talk to her or fearless someone else. For about 3 mintues I was just standing there talking in my head lol. I was looking around when I turn around and she is next to me. She says, “I need to know about your church.” I think that maybe my jaw just dropped. I haven’t heard that one yet. I was just screaming in my head, “Oh my gosh.” I was like, “Oh, haha, well…” and I pointed right at the street sign, “It’s right on that street on block down.” I thought she was gonna cry, “Really!? That is so great!” She proceeds to tell me that she was living in Manhattan for a little and was meeting with the Spanish missionaries there for about 6 months. But she lost contact bc she stopped going to church bc the commute was too hard and then she moved here. I find that she is a single mom of 7 children, her husband left her. I was able to carry her stroller and talk with her on the bus. She is such a sweetheart and I was able to get her information. She wanted me to send the Spanish elders, she wants to go to church. At her stop I helped get her stroller off and said good bye. I just sat on the bus…so humbled. It was incredible. The elders have called her and she is very sincere. They are meeting with her tomorrow J I hope to see her at church. The family we are working with, Mike, Reshma, and Ashley are getting baptized on Sunday :D It is going to be so nice. We went to another baptism yesterday. His name was Janet (Johnea) and he is actually a famous painter in Haiti. It was really neat. After E. Merrill baptized him, Janet turned around and just grasped him in a big hug. It was soooo cool. Another woman is also getting baptized next week with the family. It’s going to be awesome. Well! I think that about does it for this week! I hope you all have a SPLENDID one! I love you so much and will be back next week! Love you!
Sister Phillips
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Brad's first email
Hey hows life going the email thing isa pain but i am finally on. so the Mtc is sweet so many nice people and a lot tolearn so you wont believe who is the 1st counsler in our branch president.. it is Joseph Craig Phillips dads cousin so we had a nice talk and he took our phone nember. And this missionary in my branch is elder Funaki's cousin so small world. also there is this other Elder tenney is just like me a hunter and all so it is fun, and the elders in my room are amazing. There is my Comp. Elder Beach then elder Hintzy And Elder Schofield. I hope you got my letter and you willbe recieving another soon. would you like to get me some addresses for colby and logan. andsend me those close and a jacket and the hoodie and a pair of my wranglers the middle color of blue and maybe some Mtn. Dew. ha ha. Yesterday we got to hear from President Bruce C. Hafen of the seventy and it was amazing the spirit is out of control and it is actually going farly fast. but there is still a lot learn Remember I love you. Love Elder Phillips
Monday, March 8, 2010
Hi ya family! This week went by so stinkin fast! The weather here is (opera voice) INCREDIBLE! J It feels like baseball season! Tehe. I can go out with out my coat and in the sun, with out a jacket! J I hope the snow doesn’t come destroy this greatness J Brad is now Elder Phillips J So crazy! I can’t wait to hear how he is doing! Yesterday we had yet another baptism. J We haven’t had a Sunday without one since I have been here. We got our investigator Amos to come with us. He came to church and then to the baptism right after. He is really awesome. There are some crazy things going on that we are wondering if we could get him baptized, but still, he is a great guy who is so….GOOD!
I get to go to the temple this Thursday for my ½ way mark! I can’t believe it is seriously march! That it has been a year since I got my call….???? Fareakky! I can’t believe I have lived in New York for 9 months now. We are working with some great people, investigators and Less Actives. The work is going well. And it is so true what Elder Perry said in his talk from last conference. Tracting isn’t as effective, but when we get referrals from the members the work just flies! The family we are working with is referred from a recent convert, they all want to get baptized. The mother, Reshma (hindu) has a date of March 21st. This gospel is great. The work is miraculous. I love Joseph Smith so much for the things he went through to make the Restoration happen. We are so blessed to live in these times. Keep on keepin’ on family! I love you and will be back next Monday! J
Love,
Sister Phillips
I get to go to the temple this Thursday for my ½ way mark! I can’t believe it is seriously march! That it has been a year since I got my call….???? Fareakky! I can’t believe I have lived in New York for 9 months now. We are working with some great people, investigators and Less Actives. The work is going well. And it is so true what Elder Perry said in his talk from last conference. Tracting isn’t as effective, but when we get referrals from the members the work just flies! The family we are working with is referred from a recent convert, they all want to get baptized. The mother, Reshma (hindu) has a date of March 21st. This gospel is great. The work is miraculous. I love Joseph Smith so much for the things he went through to make the Restoration happen. We are so blessed to live in these times. Keep on keepin’ on family! I love you and will be back next Monday! J
Love,
Sister Phillips
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
mArCh MiRaCLeS
Chellom! Brad’s last Monday at home! I had to force myself to not think about it all week, which was especially hard on Sunday. I kept thinking of what everyone was probably doing and was really wanting to be there. I know Brad did amazing and he’ll be a great missionary. I miss him lots….it’s gonna be a while till I see him again.
This week was a really slow week, but it was really good as well. We went to go look up a former investigator. We were heart attacking her door when I man came out of another door on the same floor. We got done and went to go down the stairs where he was standing. We said hello and asked how he was. He answered not good, he was having a rough day. We asked him if there was anything we could do and he asked if we could talk. We were like, “sure!” We ended up talking for 11/2 to 2 hrs. He was raised baptiste and told to not talk to the Mormons. He asked a lot of great questions. At the end he said, “I really like what you are teaching. It makes sense.” :D He wanted a BOM so we met him again the next day and taught him. When I told him that we lived with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ before we came here he said, “You have blown me away.” He was astounded. He loved it. He told us the first time we met him that he believes that everything happens for a reason and that he knows that we were supposed to meet. He is 27 from Florida and has only been in NY for 21/2 months. He said that he has been looking for a church that is right for him bc he has been putting God second in his life. He was so prepared. We were planning on going to Bensonhurst (S. Smith’s old area) on Sunday (yesterday) bc if you all remember Isabelle, who showed up at church and loved it but ended up not being in our area; well she was in Bensonhursts area and she is getting baptized. So Pres said we could go bc S. Smith was originally “supposed” to be there and I had first taught her. But when Amos said he was going to take Sunday off to come to church, we both wondered what we were gonna do. We went home and prayed about it and didn’t know. When we met with him the second time, the spirit was so strong and we both knew that we must make this sacrifice. We were called here, we must be here. Amos came to church yesterday. :D The hard part was seating. We had over the number that we can fit in the chapel. The elders were bringin in as many chairs as they could fit, and a lady came and stole Amos’ chair. So he stayed out during the sacrament and Elder Merrill taught him about the Priesthood. :D He came in and during one of the talks he leaned over and said, “I like this.” He kept nodding his head at things and even sang the songs. Then we got in gospel principles and man….haha, ppl were all surprised bc he just had such amazing questions. Then we had a game where we had to guess what prophet went to what story. Amos knew all of them except Adam, he didn’t understand why we looked at Adam as a prophet. When he left his only concern was a living prophet and knowing if he was a true prophet and not a false one. He loved the elders and when we got out he told us that he wanted to be a lot more forward and ask a lot more questions but the teacher was so “small and innocent” that he didn’t want to put her on the spot. HAHAHAH. So we are meeting him at the church with the Elders. Its gonna be awesome. :D I am really excited. He is so funny, we just love him. So pray for Amos.
Then we met with another investigator who has only been here a year and is learning English, she speaks French. It was so awesome bc the sisters before never showed her The Restoration DVD, so that was what we were gonna do. We ended up watching it in French with English subtitles. The spirit was incredible…..absolutely incredible. You could really feel that there was someone else in that room. I loved watching it in a different language.
Today we got a text. We have been asked to take the greenies on a street sweep (where we go out on the sidewalk and talk to ppl). They get here today and before they go home they are putting them right in….RIGHT HERE IN JAMAICA! Haha, poor kids….Jamaica is so crazy, this will be their first fearlessing experience. It’ll be awesome. We get to meet the new sisters. There are two coming in, but idk if they are English or Spanish.
I can’t believe it is already March. My half way is on Wednesday which is even more weird. It’s so weird to think that the time I have left is how long I have been here. It’s scary bc it went so fast, I feel like I just got here…..how will the next 8 months be? Hmmm. Pretty scary. But I am excited for summer still!!!! It snowed like crazy here!!! Brrrrr. I can’t wait to get rid of this coat!!!! It is so beat up. I find my wardrobe quite funny….the sole on my shoe is practically hanging off lol. Gotta find some new ones J Hey! I love you all and hope you have a hApPy MaRcH!!!!
LOVE YOU!!!
Sister Phillips
This week was a really slow week, but it was really good as well. We went to go look up a former investigator. We were heart attacking her door when I man came out of another door on the same floor. We got done and went to go down the stairs where he was standing. We said hello and asked how he was. He answered not good, he was having a rough day. We asked him if there was anything we could do and he asked if we could talk. We were like, “sure!” We ended up talking for 11/2 to 2 hrs. He was raised baptiste and told to not talk to the Mormons. He asked a lot of great questions. At the end he said, “I really like what you are teaching. It makes sense.” :D He wanted a BOM so we met him again the next day and taught him. When I told him that we lived with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ before we came here he said, “You have blown me away.” He was astounded. He loved it. He told us the first time we met him that he believes that everything happens for a reason and that he knows that we were supposed to meet. He is 27 from Florida and has only been in NY for 21/2 months. He said that he has been looking for a church that is right for him bc he has been putting God second in his life. He was so prepared. We were planning on going to Bensonhurst (S. Smith’s old area) on Sunday (yesterday) bc if you all remember Isabelle, who showed up at church and loved it but ended up not being in our area; well she was in Bensonhursts area and she is getting baptized. So Pres said we could go bc S. Smith was originally “supposed” to be there and I had first taught her. But when Amos said he was going to take Sunday off to come to church, we both wondered what we were gonna do. We went home and prayed about it and didn’t know. When we met with him the second time, the spirit was so strong and we both knew that we must make this sacrifice. We were called here, we must be here. Amos came to church yesterday. :D The hard part was seating. We had over the number that we can fit in the chapel. The elders were bringin in as many chairs as they could fit, and a lady came and stole Amos’ chair. So he stayed out during the sacrament and Elder Merrill taught him about the Priesthood. :D He came in and during one of the talks he leaned over and said, “I like this.” He kept nodding his head at things and even sang the songs. Then we got in gospel principles and man….haha, ppl were all surprised bc he just had such amazing questions. Then we had a game where we had to guess what prophet went to what story. Amos knew all of them except Adam, he didn’t understand why we looked at Adam as a prophet. When he left his only concern was a living prophet and knowing if he was a true prophet and not a false one. He loved the elders and when we got out he told us that he wanted to be a lot more forward and ask a lot more questions but the teacher was so “small and innocent” that he didn’t want to put her on the spot. HAHAHAH. So we are meeting him at the church with the Elders. Its gonna be awesome. :D I am really excited. He is so funny, we just love him. So pray for Amos.
Then we met with another investigator who has only been here a year and is learning English, she speaks French. It was so awesome bc the sisters before never showed her The Restoration DVD, so that was what we were gonna do. We ended up watching it in French with English subtitles. The spirit was incredible…..absolutely incredible. You could really feel that there was someone else in that room. I loved watching it in a different language.
Today we got a text. We have been asked to take the greenies on a street sweep (where we go out on the sidewalk and talk to ppl). They get here today and before they go home they are putting them right in….RIGHT HERE IN JAMAICA! Haha, poor kids….Jamaica is so crazy, this will be their first fearlessing experience. It’ll be awesome. We get to meet the new sisters. There are two coming in, but idk if they are English or Spanish.
I can’t believe it is already March. My half way is on Wednesday which is even more weird. It’s so weird to think that the time I have left is how long I have been here. It’s scary bc it went so fast, I feel like I just got here…..how will the next 8 months be? Hmmm. Pretty scary. But I am excited for summer still!!!! It snowed like crazy here!!! Brrrrr. I can’t wait to get rid of this coat!!!! It is so beat up. I find my wardrobe quite funny….the sole on my shoe is practically hanging off lol. Gotta find some new ones J Hey! I love you all and hope you have a hApPy MaRcH!!!!
LOVE YOU!!!
Sister Phillips
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