This week has been so good! Most of our week has been focused a lot on finding new potential investigators, visiting less-actives, and of course our current investigators! We found a few new people to teach, but the one we are most excited for is Steve. While on exchanges with some elders in my district, Elder Kimball went to go visit a family that a member asked us to check up on. Turns out they moved, but they found Steve and his girlfriend. They are really interested, and we are going to visit them this week. I went to go visit less-actives on exchanges, and we found Brother Evans. At first he looked like a hard-core biker man, but he opened up and told us his story. He explained how his wife isn't a member, and that she is pretty anti. We invited him back to church, and he told us he has been wanting to for sometime now! He said he would try to make it next week, so hopefully we'll see him there! Chad invited us to get smoothies with him, so we went, and we talked for awhile about what he's going through right now. We promised him that we would be there for him every step of the way, and then we invited him to come to church with us! He accepted, but he couldn't make it this week because of work, but he will be attending church with us this next week. I can't wait for him to come and enjoy the spirit that is in Sacrament Meeting. We tried visiting with our other investigators this week, but they were all busy with something. We are planning to meet with them all this week, and I can't wait to teach them again!
Our mission is focusing a lot on using and vitalizing Facebook proselyting for members. In dinner appointments with older families and younger couples, we are using Facebook to help spread the Gospel to their friends! We invited some members last week to share something on Facebook that was Gospel related, and we followed up with them the other night. All they did was post a little Mormon Message on their Facebook and through that they received positive feedback! One friend told them that her grand-mother was just diagnosed with terminal cancer, and that she wasn't going to live much longer. This member was able to share a little of the Plan of Salvation to bring comfort to their friend while they were going through this hard time. I know that sharing the Gospel through social media is such a wonderful tool that Heavenly Father has provided for us! For Dinner appointments with members we watch a Mormon Message called Sharing Your Beliefs. In this video, President Uchtdorf explains how we need to use social media to share the Gospel with all the world. It explains so well how social media can be used for such good! I invite all of you to watch this video and to utilize these wonderful tools that He has given to us, and share the Gospel with your friends. Even if it's just a little video or a small thought, I know that those little things go a long way in helping others come closer to Christ!
We had Stake Conference this past Saturday night and Sunday! It was so amazing! We had the privilege to hear from the Temple President and his wife, President and Sister McMurray, and many other wonderful speakers! They all focused on Family History work. I want to share a few quotes that I wrote down during these sessions.
When we do Family History and Temple Work we feel the Spirit of Elijah!
L- Learning
O-Opportunities
V- Victories
E- Eternity
"You are never too young to learn, and you are never too old to change." -President Russell M. Nelson
There was another really interesting thing that the Stake President said concerning family prayer. He quoted, "Family Prayer once a day was once good enough, but in the future it is going to be necessary to have Family Prayer both morning and at night." Isn't that so true! Family prayer is one of the most critical things that we can have as families along with family scripture study! Satan is trying harder and harder to get us to go astray, but I know that having that family prayer twice a day will help us have Heavenly Father there to protect us throughout our entire day. I was reading in Alma 56 this past week about the 2,000 Stripling Warriors, and I have always loved when it mentions how they learned from their mothers. They learned to pray, study the scriptures, and love Heavenly Father! They were doing the little things to strengthen their testimonies. I know that if you all do these little things, building up our individual armor, it will provide a way for us to be defended from satan's blows! I know this to be true!
It has been such a fantastic week here is Greeley, Colorado! I love you guys so much, and I am so grateful for the love and support I feel each and every day. I hope you guys have a great week!
Love,
Elder Bailey
I love to see the temple!
President McMurray shared this with us at our last Zone Conference, I
thought you guys might like it as well! Love ya!
thought you guys might like it as well! Love ya!
Some friends, especially the three in the back.
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