We’ve seen a bunch of different miracles this past week as we’ve been serving here in the Wellington Ward! It has been so awesome! Elder Burke and I are doing great. The members in our ward are so awesome! We get fed every night, and we’ve loved all of the members we’ve gotten to know here. It snowed this past Sunday, and we had to drive down to our church building pretty early for P.E.C and the roads were pretty slippery! It was a little sketchy driving, but we made it safely. I’m grateful Heavenly Father is always watching out for us!
We were able to meet with Bob again this past week. He read what he committed to read, from Jacob 2 to Enos. He wrote down all the questions he had, and we talked in depth about all of his questions. It ended up being a really long conversation, and he loved how well we were helping him understand the scriptures! We asked him if he felt like he was strengthening his testimony in The Book Of Mormon, and he said he thought he was gaining more knowledge, but would never say if he had gained that testimony. Just for a reminder, he was raised in the R-LDS Church and read from The Book Of Mormon as a child, so we think he is regaining that testimony he once had! He wasn’t able to make it to church this past Sunday due to the snow, but we’re hoping to help him continue to progress!
We finally got in contact with a man named Mike yesterday, and had a great lesson with him! He has been investigating the church for awhile now, and has had a bunch of different sets of missionaries. We got to know him, and talked with him about what he has learned from the missionaries. He said that he had been reading with them, and had gotten to Omni. We decided it would be best to read with him. We were able to read Omni, and afterwards we asked him if he had a testimony that The Book Of Mormon is true. He replied that he agrees with everything he has read, and feels it in his heart that it is true. It was so amazing to hear his testimony of The Book Of Mormon, and the Spirit was very strong as he spoke. We invited him to continue to read, and we set a specific time each Monday to meet with him weekly, so we can’t wait to help him progress! He said he won’t be able to make it to church this Sunday, but he has a really strong desire to come! We’ll get him there on following Sunday’s! What a blessing it was to finally meet with Mike! He’s awesome!
We also visited another investigator named Bird, and we have a lesson with her tonight! The past missionaries met her at a gas station, and she asked them who they were. She accepted a copy of The Book Of Mormon when we talked with her last week, and we can’t wait to teach her a lesson! So many blessing happening up her in Wellington!
Elder Burke and I went Tracting from 1:45-5:00 and from 6:45-7:45 on Saturday, and we saw a lot of success! First off, I keep a Tracting notebook and it’s super fun to see how many doors we’ve Tracted out in each area. The last record for how many doors my companion and I have Tracted in one day was 101 with Elder Tippetts in Cheyenne, and we tried to Tract all day, but got caught up helping other missionaries, so we only made it to 101. Elder Burke and I blew that last one out of the water and got 121 in a single day! We are making each Saturday from now on “Tracting Day” and we’re going to push to find more people to teach! We can’t wait to do this! I love Tracting! Anyways, we met a lot of great people while we were out on Saturday. The most amazing one was Paul. When Paul answered his door, a pair of dogs came out and we asked him if they were his hunting dogs. He said they were, and we played with them for a little bit. After they were put back inside, he stepped out to talk with us. He told us he was Baptist, and has talked with Jehovah Witness’s before. He said he believed in God and Jesus Christ as his Savior. Then he asked us “What sets you guys apart from the others?” We replied and testified to him that we have a living prophet on the earth today, like the prophets of old who received revelation to guide us through these troubling times. This truly intrigued Paul, and we could tell he could feel the Spirit as we testified of truth. He followed up with more questions, and it led us to teaching him about The Restoration. He was very intrigued about The Book Of Mormon as well. He accepted a copy, and told us he would read it! We are going back to teach him more tomorrow, we can’t wait! We could literally see the spirit touching him and softening his countenance. The Holy Ghost is so real it’s amazing! We have some other good potentials as well from Tracting all day. We’re excited that Heavenly Father is blessing us with more people to teach! What miracles we’ve seen this past week!
I had another great week of studying The Book Of Mormon of course! I started a new study in a fresh Hardcover copy of The Book Of Mormon. I’m focusing my study on three Christlike attributes, Patience, Charity, and Humility. It has been awesome to start my study so far, and I’m excited to have different insight and learn more! One trait that stood out to me was how willing and humble Nephi, Lehi, and Joseph Smith are. In the front of The Book Of Mormon, in the testimony of the prophet Joseph Smith, Joseph explains after he tried to work with his father, he was returning home and collapsed while trying to cross a fence. He was again visited by the angel Moroni, and Moroni commanded him to tell everything that he had been told to his father. Joseph Smith follows with this statement,
“I obeyed; I returned to my father in the field, and rehearsed the whole matter to him.”
Nephi and Lehi had other examples that I read as well. These prophets are such amazing examples to me of how we can be more Humble and willing to submit to the will of our Heavenly Father. I pray that we all try to be like these amazing men and try and become more faithful servants of our Heavenly Father! I hope you all have a great week! Thanks for all you do in hastening the work of the Lord! Love you!
Love,
Elder Bailey
Pics
1 (Sorry only one this week): We round this nice “Schlumberger” oil field company in Wellington, and we just had to take a pic. We asked some guys in jumpsuits what that meant and they made it sound like a French word. So we have no idea what these guys do, maybe just make those nice machines displayed outside..... haha
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