The weather has been so weird lately, the whole week was in the 50's
and 60's and it rained almost every day! It's actually raining right
now as well. We had another crazy hail storm, but the hail was small
this time so there wasn't any damage. I honestly love rainy cloudy
weather so much, and it has been amazing for Tracting! We have done A
LOT of Tracting this week, and I wouldn't change it for anything!
Speaking of Tracting, we haven't found anymore golden
investigators yet, but we are confident that as we keep putting forth
the effort that Heavenly Father will send the elect people our way!
In D&C 29:7 it states,
7 And ye are called to bring to pass the gathering of mine elect; for
mine elect hear my voice and harden not their hearts;
We are all called to gather the elect of the Lord, as we seek with
diligence and with a lot of prayer, we will be able to find those who
are ready to learn more about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and His
restored gospel! I know this to be true, because I have witnessed it
with our investigator Janet. Like I mentioned last week, we found her
after SO MANY no's! We were able to meet with her on Tuesday night,
and she had researched a lot about the Book Of Mormon on the internet,
which was really good! She got good information from the right
sources, and we were able to explain a lot to her. We read the title
page from the Book Of Mormon, and Ezekiel 37:15-17 where it explains
the stick of Judah and the stick of Ephraim, or the Bible and the Book
Of Mormon, "shall become one in thine hand." It was an amazing
lesson! We had our ward Mission Leader there with us, and it went
amazing! Janet explained to us that after we left the first time we
met her, she was still feeling really sad and depressed, when she
walked into her backyard. She said there was the most brilliant
amount of sunlight she has ever seen. She said as soon as she walked
outside she felt the most overwhelming amount of love, joy, peace, and
comfort she has ever felt in her entire life! She told us she knows
because of this sign that was given to her, that this is the path that
Heavenly Father wants her to be on! She told us that she wants to
pursue this path that she has started on, and find out for herself if
this is true! It was so amazing to hear her experience and her
testimony. She asked if we could teach her every day, so we planned
on it! The rest of the week she cancelled on us every single day, and
we didn't understand what was going on. On Saturday she called and
cancelled again, a little later in the day we decided we needed to
call her back. She answered and said we could come over in an hour.
We did, and she was having a really really hard week. She said she
haven't been able to sleep, and she has been having very scary dark
thoughts, so we talked with her and brought another members from the
ward. We were able to testify to her, about if she read from the Book
Of Mormon, and it was amazing! The Holy Ghost was so strong as we did
so, and it brought her to tears! It was amazing! The next day we had
another lesson, and she asked us if we would dedicate her home and
give her a blessing. We did, and the Spirit was so strong! It was
incredible, and she was visibly happier after we gave her a blessing.
We taught her the Restoration, and she really enjoyed it! When we
testified of the First Vision and Joseph Smith, the Spirit was
incredibly strong, and we know she was being touched by the Holy
Ghost. We have lessons scheduled every day this week, and it is
honestly so amazing to see her progressing towards baptism! She is
working towards coming to church, and gaining a testimony of the
prophet Joseph Smith and the Book Of Mormon, we can't wait to see how
she continues to change! I love seeing people change through the
Gospel of Jesus Christ!
We were able to teach Emily Turner again this past week in the
Webers home. A little background again, her family is a reactivating
family that have been coming to church consistently for the past
month, and she wants to be baptized! She is eight years old, and she
wants to be baptized, but doesn't know the principles of the Gospel
very well because she missed out on primary growing up. We were able
to teach her the Plan of Salvation, and it was such a good lesson!
She is gaining so much knowledge, it's amazing! It was awesome to
have the Webers present as well, so they could help teach her about
the Gospel as well!
We had MLC this past week, and it was awesome to see all of my
friends in the mission again! Elder Tippetts and I are honestly best
friends with everyone else in MLC, so it makes it fun! Our mission is
struggling with the amount of people we have on date for baptism, so
we mainly focused on having the faith to find people to teach, and
putting in the effort. Elder Tippetts and I are going to continue to
focus on diligently finding people to teach through Tracting! We have
seen the blessings that come from it, and we want to show everyone in
the Cheyenne Zone that as we put forth the faith to find with
diligent, that they will find people to teach! It should be awesome!
We are very excited to see more success as we do so!
I can't wait for this week, to see more and more miracles as
we put forth the effort! I was studying in 3 Nephi 11 this week, and
I absolutely love this chapter! It is amazing to read about how Jesus
Christ visited the Americas. I love to see how Heavenly Father loves
all of his children, in every part of the world! I especially loved
verse 33, it states:
39 Verily, verily, I say unto you, that this is my doctrine, and whoso
buildeth upon this buildeth upon my rock, and the gates of hell shall
not prevail against them.
I know that as you all build up your foundation on Jesus
Christ and His Gospel, you cannot fall! Thanks for all the support
and love you show me, I'm grateful for you guys! Love you!
Love
Elder Bailey
Pics:
1-2. The pics that Janet took!
3-4. MLC pics
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