good success! The 4th of July was great! It was honestly just
another day of work, but we had a good one! We went to the ward party
in the morning for breakfast, and for dinner we went to the Browns.
Before dinner some of the kids wanted to play some basketball, so
Elder Gentry and I balled them up! The Browns had a huge party with
their whole family, and it was really fun to be a part of it! I
honestly just love the members out here, they take such good care of
us! They treat us like family!
We had a fantastic lesson with the Chapman's, who are a less active
family we have been working with. We visited them last week, and they
said we could come back to share a lesson. We got to know them very
well, and read 2 Nephi 32 which is about prayer and feasting upon the
scriptures. We challenged them to study the scriptures as a family
daily, and to have family prayer each night! They accepted and we are
going to visit them each week to have a family home evening on
Thursday nights! It was so awesome to see them have that desire to
come back to church and change! Our next lesson we are going to have
the goal to get back to the temple regularly, it should be awesome!
We had to run down to Loveland, Colorado for a doctors appointment
on Wednesday, and we had a funny run in with a pastor! We were going
up the elevator, and a man and his wife walked in the elevator with
us. We said hi to each other, then he said this. "Two Elders and a
Pastor, I think this elevator is covered!" We all got a kick out of
that! Afterwards we got to have lunch with our friends, Elder
McFadden and Elder Littlewood! We went to Cracker Barrel with them
and had a good lunch! We both drive Toyota Tacoma's so we had to take
a pic! I'll include it at the end :).
We had MLC this past Friday and it is literally all of my friends
in the mission! We had a really good time. I love being instructed
by President and Sister McMurray! I know they are inspired to be
leading this mission! The highlight was when President McMurray had
us watch Elder Hollands talk at the new mission presidents seminar a
few weeks ago. Dad, you shared some of key topics from this talk, but
I'd encourage you all to read his talk! It is inspiring! Elder
Holland shared a few scriptures from the Doctrine and Covenants that
really stood out to me! In D&C 42: 13-14 it states:
13 And they shall observe the covenants and church articles to do
them, and these shall be their teachings, as they shall be directed by
the Spirit.
14 And the Spirit shall be given unto you by the prayer of faith; and
if ye receive not the Spirit ye shall not teach.
I love these two scriptures! Elder Holland stated that the
missionaries cannot and are commanded not to teach without the Spirit!
That is why it is so essential to have the Holy Ghost welcome in our
companionship at all times, when we are teaching and when we are doing
everything else! It is honestly a commandment from God that we have
to teach with the Spirit, and if we don't we shouldn't teach. As
missionaries we need to have that companionship of the Holy Ghost and
we should do nothing to offend the Spirit. Elder Holland promised
that as missionaries have the Spirit with us, we can see miracles
occur. I know this to be true! President McMurray asked us to share
miracles that we see with other missionaries, to inspire them and to
let them know that miracles are possible as we put forth our Faith! It
was such an inspiring meeting to be a part of, and felt so uplifted
afterwards. I love President and Sister McMurray!
We actually had two different miracles this week. One was on
Saturday night. We had been having a rough day so far, and we decided
to walk around in our area and visit a list we received from our
bishop. Our goal was to talk with as many people as possible and to
find someone to teach, so we did just that! As we were walking
around, not seeing much success, we felt like we needed to knock on a
specific door. We did and there was no answer. We kept pushing
forward and we felt another prompting to knock on another random door
about five minutes later. This time a lady answered, and we talked
with her. We testified of the Book Of Mormon's truthfulness, and she
said that we call her and come back in two weeks! It was so awesome,
she seemed really interested! Can't wait to see where this goes. Our
second miracle was on Sunday night. We were out visiting some
investigators, and literally no one was home. It was 8:45 and we were
about to drive home, but we had the feeling we needed to visit the
next person on our list. We headed over and knocked on her door, her
name is Nikki. A little back story on her, we met her at Walmart last
transfer and she said the missionaries stopped coming by a few years
ago and she wanted us to come by again. The screen door was open and
she yelled at us to come inside, we checked and her husband was there
too so we were all clear! We went in and talked with them for a
little bit. We met her husband and there were a few kids running
around! She said she would love for us to come by next Tuesday to
teach them, so we are so excited! I definitely believe in diligence.
Seeing no success, with nobody home is hard sometimes, but we decided
to push through and we saw success!
We had a great week, and I can't wait for this next one! We
have our Zone Conferences this week so we should have a good time with
that! I hope you all know how much your Heavenly Father and Jesus
Christ loves you, and he knows you by name! He wants the best for
you, and wants us all to be happy! That's why we have this wonderful
Gospel that He has provided for us, and Jesus Christ's everlasting
Atonement! I hope you all have a wonderful week!
Love,
Elder Bailey
1. Lunch with Elder McFadden and Elder Littlewood
2-3. MLC
4. Ghetto of Wyoming!
5. Elder Gentry and I at the temple a few weeks ago
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