Beautiful
weather as a missionary = More Tracting! We actually did a lot Tracting
this past week, and we were able to see some good success! We ran into
this lady named Katie, and she said has talked with missionaries
before. She accepted a copy of The Book Of Mormon, and told us that
she’d love to have us come back! She seems super promising, so we’re
excited! We were Tracting yesterday, and we picked a place where we
thought it would be good, and right as we parked and finished praying,
we got out of the car and a guy pulled into his driveway. We went up
and talked with him, and found out his name was Nick. Nick told us that
he had missionaries come over to his house when he lived in Severance,
Colorado. He said he would love to have us come over to his house after
he finishes his basement in three weeks!
How cool is that? It is amazing to see when Heavenly Father places
people into our path who are ready to accept the Gospel! I love seeing
these divine instances as a missionary. We also handed out four copies
of the Book Of Mormon this week while Tracting, so we were stoked about
that! We were so grateful that the Lord blessed us enough to reach out
to these certain people, can’t wait to see more this week!
We had Zone Conference this past week, and it was awesome! The
theme was “The Book Of Mormon”. We heard a lot of good training from
President and Sister McMurray, they are the greatest!! One thing I
loved was when a Training was given by the Assistants, about applying
certain verses from The Book Of Mormon to people we meet. They had some
missionaries role play different scenarios, and it was cool to see how
many different verses applied to every single situation. It is
something that I want to apply to the work, and also we made it a goal
as a companionship to include The Book Of Mormon in every contact. We
had been pretty good at it, but we are making an extra effort to testify
of its truthfulness, it should be good! We had interviews with
President McMurray afterwards, and they were amazing as usual!
President is so loving, and truly wants the best for all of us, it is
amazing to see his Christlike love he has for each of the missionaries
in our mission, what a blessing it is to have him as my Mission
President!
We were able to teach Paul last Saturday,
and it was an amazing lesson! We finished up teaching the end of The
Plan of Salvation, and the Spirit was so strong as we taught. We had
our ward mission leader, Brother Whittier, with us again. He had great
input about how Heavenly Father’s Plan for us, and how it has affected
him as a father. Paul really loved all of his comments, and it was cool
to see Paul ask all of his questions he had about it. We helped him
understand all of his questions, and he loved it! We invited him to
pray directly and ask God if Joseph Smith was a Prophet of God, and if
the Plan of Salvation and The Book Of Mormon are true. He said he
would, and the Spirit was so powerful! After we closed with a prayer,
he opened up to us about some personal stuff that may hinder his church
attendance. We said we would be praying for him and his family to have a
desire to learn more too. He is progressing so well, it is amazing!
I’m grateful that Heavenly Father sent us to him in January as we went
Tracting, what a miracle it has been to teach him! Can’t wait to
continue to teach him!
Our two other investigators
we meet with regularly, Mike and Bird, weren’t home when we had set
appointments..... so that was a bummer. But we will meet with them this
upcoming week! We have a bunch of potential investigators we’ve met
Tracting that are so promising! We can’t wait to see if we can teach
them more! If not, planting seeds is an amazing thing too. But we hope
we can begin their conversion and learning process!!
During my studies this past week, I had some amazing scriptures I read
that I wanted to share! In Jacob 4:13-17 it states (it is a little
long, but really good!),
13 Behold, my
brethren, he that prophesieth, let him prophesy to the understanding of
men; for the Spirit speaketh the truth and lieth not. Wherefore, it
speaketh of things as they really are, and of things as they really will
be; wherefore, these things are manifested unto us plainly, for the
salvation of our souls. But behold, we are not witnesses alone in these
things; for God also spake them unto prophets of old.
14
But behold, the Jews were a stiffnecked people; and they despised the
words of plainness, and killed the prophets, and sought for things that
they could not understand. Wherefore, because of their blindness, which
blindness came by looking beyond the mark, they must needs fall; for God
hath taken away his plainness from them, and delivered unto them many
things which they cannot understand, because they desired it. And
because they desired it God hath done it, that they may stumble.
15
And now I, Jacob, am led on by the Spirit unto prophesying; for I
perceive by the workings of the Spirit which is in me, that by the
stumbling of the Jews they will reject the stone upon which they might
build and have safe foundation.
16 But behold,
according to the scriptures, this stone shall become the great, and the
last, and the only sure foundation, upon which the Jews can build.
17
And now, my beloved, how is it possible that these, after having
rejected the sure foundation, can ever build upon it, that it may become
the head of their corner?
I asked
this question to myself, “Am I looking beyond the mark?” I would
invite each of you to think of this question, “Am I looking beyond the
mark?” The mark being our Savior Jesus Christ. It is only through Him
that we can receive redemption from our sins and life with Heavenly
Father again! He is the mark. He literally has marks in His hands, in
His feet, and in His side, that testify of Him being The One and Only
Mark! How amazing is this? We need to keep our focus, our testimonies,
and our lives focused on the Savior. Jesus Christ needs to be our rock
or our stone for a mighty foundation. Without Him we are nothing, but
with Him we can have Eternal Life with our families. I’m grateful for
my Savior, for all He has done for me, and for all He has done for every
living thing that has ever been created.
I’m
grateful for you guys! Thanks for everything you do for me. Without my
family, I don’t know where I would be........ thanks for being the
greatest! Hope you guys have a great week!
Love,
Elder Bailey
Pics:
1-3: a member in our ward had us over for dinner...... they had some nice stuff!
4: Zone Conference
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