fantastic missionary! He is from Mount Airy, North Carolina, he is
the youngest in his family, and he is a country boy! He was my Zone
Leader down in Greeley so we are already friends! I cant wait for
this transfer! We have had a great first week. Through our
diligence, we've seen so many miracles! I honestly don't even know
where to start! I fully believe that when both missionaries in a
companionship are on the same page, and are both striving to be
obedient, then the Lord sends forth blessings beyond what we can
comprehend! We have seen this multiple times this week. The first
one was with a lady named Evelyn. Elder Gentry and I are covering
three wards now, Prairie View, Monterey Heights, and now Cornerstone.
When we got the area book for Cornerstone, there was a lady who
supposedly was on date for Baptism. The problem was she didn't have
an address or any way to contact her. The Moore's, less active
members that she lives with, didn't have any address or contact info
either. We tried getting their number from the past missionaries,
that wasn't successful. Then we decided to have the other
missionaries come and show us where she lived at 3:30. At around 3:00
on that day we got a call of someone who needed a blessing. We got
their address and we got there to meet them. We got talking, and they
told us they were the Moore's and introduced us to their grandma,
Evelyn! Heavenly Father showed us where she was just 30 minutes
before we were going to find out for sure! I loved having this
experience! Such a testimony builder of if you put forth the effort
to get something done, Heavenly Father will bless you for your effort!
The past three days we haven't gotten over ten referrals! It has
been so crazy! We are going to be visiting them all in the coming
week, and we're so hopeful of the outcome! Our area is about to
explode, I can't wait!
We ate dinner at the lien's house this past week, and the wife was
gone visiting friends. Turns out the husband is a non-member who
supports his family going to church. We had a great discussion about
why he isn't too interested about learning more. He said he was going
to bring the kids to church on Sunday, but wouldn't attend any classes
after Sacrament Meeting. We said we would talk to him after Sacrament
Meeting this Sunday. He didn't want us to share a lesson with them at
dinner, so we left and didn't think too much of it. On Sunday, when
the Sacrament Meeting was over, we talked to him and a member invited
him to Sunday School. He decided to go, that's huge! When we were
eating dinner with them, he made it clear he would not go to any
class! It's crazy how much of a difference it makes when a member
makes an invitation, it can make all the difference! We'll see if he
will continue to come to church more often!
We had a wonderful Cheyenne Stake Breakfast this past Friday with
President Bailey and his wife. It was so awesome! We had a
wonderful discussion with him about the different things we have
learned so far on our missions. The Spirit was so strong their! It
was amazing! It is wonderful to see how the Spirit can touch our
hearts when we are talking about the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Yesterday night we were finding potential investigators and we
decided to walk around a little bit. We went down some neighborhoods,
tried to talk to a few people walking on the street but they weren't
interested. We felt that we need to keep walking, so we did. We came
across an elementary school that had some basketball courts. We saw
two teenagers playing, so we decided to go and play so ball! We went
up and asked if they wanted to play two on two! They said yes, so we
got ready to play. We decided to play best 2 out of 3. The rims were
nine feet rims instead of normal size, so we had some fun! We lost
the first game, but came back to beat them two games in a row. It was
so fun! Elder Gentry and I started to go off on these kids! I was
dunking all over them, Elder Gentry was throwing me alley oops, and we
were killing them by the end! After the last game, the kids asked us
why we were in such nice clothes? We went on to explain that we were
missionaries for The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and
they started to ask so many questions! We gave them a shortened
version of what we believe, and we testified that we are here on our
missions to spread this joy to everyone! Their names are Colin and
Evan, and they each accepted a Book of Mormon and we are going to meet
them there again this Friday to teach them and play ball again. It
should be good! Elder Gentry and I are going to use basketball
tracting more often! It is so effective and we have some good
chemistry on the court! Who knew playing basketball could open so
many doors?
I was reading in my studies this week, and this scripture stood
out to me. It's in Mosiah 23:21-22.
21 Nevertheless the Lord seeth fit to chasten his people; yea, he
trieth their patience and their faith.
22 Nevertheless--whosoever putteth his trust in him the same shall be
lifted up at the last day. Yea, and thus it was with this people.
As we trust in the Lord through our everyday trials, with patience
and with faith, we will always feel the love of our Savior Jesus
Christ. As we trust in Him, we can always access that overwhelming
joy and happiness that can only be found through Jesus Christ and His
everlasting Atonement. I know this to be true!
This week was amazing! Elder Gentry is awesome, and I can't wait
for this upcoming transfer! We are going to contact all the referrals
that we received this week, and start to teach Repentance and Baptize
converts this transfer! Always remember to focus on the Savior and
His Gospel! Search the scriptures! Through them, you can find any
answers you have through the power of the Holy Ghost. I hope you all
have a wonderful week this week!
Love
Elder Bailey
1. Elder Gentry and I at the Western Museum
2. Wyoming Sunsets
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