sitting down writing the ol weekly email. Crazy stuff! We had a
pretty good week. We had a wonderful lesson with one of our
investigators named Evelyn. She lives with her children, who are less
active members, and we are helping them get back to church as well.
She's in the new Ward we picked up for this transfer, and we have no
idea what the other missionaries taught her, so we started off with
the Restoration and the lesson went amazing! At the end of the lesson
we committed her to read from the Book Of Mormon and to pray to know
if it is true. She said she would, and we scheduled a follow up
lesson. They didn't show up for that one, but we scheduled another
time for this week to meet with her and the rest of the family! We're
excited to teach her another lesson, she seems like she is ready to
change!
We had exchanges this week with Elder Bush and Elder Fraser down
in Windsor, and they were amazing! I was with Elder Bush, and we had
an incredible day. The most amazing experience we had was at the very
end of our exchange. After dinner, we decided to go Tracting. We
knocked from 7:45-8:45 ish. We hadn't seen any success, but we felt
like we should knock one more door before we ended the exchange. The
yard was fenced in, and they had eight dogs barking at us. We opened
the gate anyways, and the owner noticed the dogs were going crazy and
came out. We got talking with her, and she was so nice! She said she
had a Mormon friend, and she had heard a little about the Book Of
Mormon. We explained what the Book Of Mormon was to her, and
testified of its truthfulness. I had the impression to testify of
eternal families as well, so I bore my testimony that I knew that
families can be together forever, and that we will see all of our
loved ones again. After I had testified of this, she told us her
mother had just passed away, and that she also knew she would see her
again. How amazing is that! I love the Holy Ghost and how it works
through all of us! We set up a return appointment with her, and she
was really excited to learn more and to read the Book Of Mormon! I
have a strong testimony of miracles at the end of a long missionary
day! We call from 8:00-9:00 "miracle hour", and I definitely have
seen miracles such as this one during that time. The Lord blesses us
once we put forth the faith and the effort!
We had a bunch of appointments on Friday, but they all fell
through except for one. One of the lessons that fell through was
those two kids that we met playing basketball last week. They prank
called us, so they probably aren't interested, but hopefully we
planted a seed! A crazy thing that happened this week was we were
eating our dinner that a member gave us at the church, when we heard
all of this noise from down the hall, and we saw some shadows, then we
were driving past the window of the room where the shadow was coming
from, and the window was wide open with a slash in the screen! We
decided to call the cops, so we had six sheriffs show up, and they
searched the church with their assault rifles. They ended up not
finding anyone, but they found that there were six windows open, and
two doors unlocked, so they were thinking the person fled after we
left the church. Crazy stuff!
This past Saturday, we had the opportunity to attend the
temple! Elder Gentry had taught a couple a year ago who got baptized
in Loveland, and they were being sealed! So we were able to attend
their sealing, and Elder Gentry was one of the witness's! It was so
cool! That was the first temple sealing I have ever attended, and the
Spirit was so strong there! Especially when they brought in their
little daughter all dressed in white, I couldn't stop smiling for rest
of the time in the temple. I love the temple with all of my heart!
It is the most peaceful place on this earth, and it is the one place I
feel closest to heaven and my Heavenly Father when I am within its
walls. I would encourage you all to attend the temple as much as
possible! It will help you through any trial you face, any
discouragement you feel, and it will make your life so much happier!
I was studying in Alma 5 this past week, and I loved verses
33-34. It states,
33 Behold, he sendeth an invitation unto all men, for the arms of
mercy are extended towards them, and he saith: Repent, and I will
receive you.
34 Yea, he saith: Come unto me and ye shall partake of the fruit of
the tree of life; yea, ye shall eat and drink of the bread and the
waters of life freely;
The Tree of Life is the love of God that is given to us through
the Atonement of Jesus Christ! We can all partake of His eternal
love, through Jesus Christ's Atonement if we come unto Him. All we
need to do is come unto Him, with humble hearts and contrite spirits,
and He will receive us with such great joy! I know that if you all
come unto Him, you will feel His everlasting love and the joy that
comes with it! I hope you all have a great week, and remember that
Heavenly Father is always there for us.
Love,
Elder Bailey
Giving the cops a church tour and the temple!
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