Every week a member who owns the T-Bar feeds us lunch. She is so kind to do this for us! While we were eating, a member came up to us and started to chat with us. He is a member of another ward in the stake, but works a lot up here in Wellington. He told us he has someone for us to teach! In one of his rental properties, a man that recently moved in has been attending local church’s and trying to find one that fits with him. This man’s name is Jeremiah. He ended up asking this member if he attended a church. The member told him when and where, and the man asked if he could attend with him! How amazing! He ended up coming to church this past Sunday, and wants us to come by and teach him. This was an answer to our prayers! We can’t wait to set up a time to meet with him. He seems so solid, and open to learning more and progressing in the Gospel! We hope to meet with him soon. I’ll keep you posted.
On Friday we had a dinner out in the boonies of our area, by a place called Red Feather Lakes, so we decided to visit all of the members up there and find out if they were active or less active as well as if they were interested in us coming by and sharing a lesson. There are a lot of members that live up there! We spent most of the day up in the Colorado Rockies visiting people. A bunch of them weren’t interested, but we did find some awesome families to go visit. We talked with an active family up there, and the husband is a fire fighter. He told us about a community get together in June that the missionaries could do service at to get to know people in the big community up there in the mountains! What an opportunity. Just some background, Red Feather is a big community in the mountains about and hour away from Fort Collins and Wellington, but it is a huge community! There are so many people, and we can’t really go Tracting up there, but this service opportunity will be a great thing for the missionaries serving here! It was an amazing day to go visit a bunch of members up there. It was refreshing to drive up in the mountains! We also saw a ton of deer so that was fun too.
We taught Paul this past Saturday with our Ward Mission Leader, and he had his brother Marshall over as well! Marshall and Paul had a ton of questions about us missionaries, what we teach, the church, etc. Most of our lesson was spent answering Marshall’s questions. Near the end, we invited both of them to watch General Conference next week, and to come to church the next day. We invited Paul to continue to read, and we gave a copy of the Book Of Mormon to Marshall and invited him to read as well. They told us they would! They ended up not coming to church, but we can’t wait to have them watch General Conference! What a cool opportunity to have them see the prophet and apostles speak. We can’t wait!
We also taught Bob this past week, and set up times to watch General Conference with him. It was a great lesson, and he expressed to us that he doesn’t want us to get transferred. Transfers are next week, and he said he is sick of getting attached to the missionaries, and then having them leave. We had the thought and impression to express to him how much the Ward loves him. Bob hasn’t come to church in awhile, and a bunch of different ward members have been asking about him each week. When we told him this, we could feel God’s love for him and the Spirit was definitely there! Near the end he was tearing up, and he for sure needed to hear how much love the ward has for him! What a huge blessing! We hope he continues to have a desire to learn more, and come back to church!
I’ve been having some great studies this past week! I hope each of you have too. In Mosiah 4:19-20 it says,
19 For behold, are we not all beggars? Do we not all depend upon the same Being, even God, for all the substance which we have, for both food and raiment, and for gold, and for silver, and for all the riches which we have of every kind?
20 And behold, even at this time, ye have been calling on his name, and begging for a remission of your sins. And has he suffered that ye have begged in vain? Nay; he has poured out his Spirit upon you, and has caused that your hearts should be filled with joy, and has caused that your mouths should be stopped that ye could not find utterance, so exceedingly great was your joy.
I loved these verses! We are all truly beggars unto our Heavenly Father. He is loving enough to give us what we need. He is merciful unto us because he loves us so much! Later in this chapter it talks about how we need to administer unto those in need. I am definitely going to apply this and watch out for those in need and, when I can, give them help. If we are blessed with so much, would it hurt to give just a little? I know that Heavenly Father is waiting to bless us as we look to serve and bless each other! With General Conference coming up, I want to invite each of you to think of some questions beforehand. They may be spiritual or temporal questions, but as you prayerfully think of a few questions, I know that you can receive answers as you diligently seek them! Those who are speaking to us in this upcoming General Conference have been prayerfully seeking revelation on what will touch the one. I can promise that if you go with questions that you have prayerfully considered, you will receive an answer. These answers may be directly from the talks given, or they may be promptings and thoughts given to you as you listen. Heavenly Father wants to help us all we can, but we have to ask! I hope you each enjoy General Conference. I am so excited to hear these inspired men and women of God!
I am so grateful for the opportunity I have to be a missionary. It is the best thing I’ve ever decided to do. Everyone who serves a mission with a willing heart and who wants to be better can see obvious changes in their lives! Serving a mission is changing me, and I know it is for the better. I love you guys, and hope you have a fantastic week!
Love,
Elder Bailey
Pics:
1. Member had this Brickem Young missionary LEGO guy
2. Nice Colorado sunset!
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