Wednesday, April 18, 2018

4/17/18 | I love Spiritual Revelation!

 What a great week!  This week absolutely flew by!  Weeks are literally days now..... the weather was a little cold some days, but it was beautiful the past couple days, can’t complain!  It was a very busy week, and we had some good stuff happen!
       We were able to have two lesson’s with Jeremiah this past week.  Our first one was great!  We read The Book Of Mormon with him, and he understands it so well!  He has such a strong desire to read, pray, and come to church!  He was going to attend church this Sunday, but his truck blew up on him the night before so he couldn’t make it.  That was a bummer.  We had another solid lesson with him yesterday.  Turns out his copy of The Book Of Mormon was in his broken down truck, and he forgot to get it before it went into the shop.  He hadn’t been able to read, so we read with him again.  He expressed to us how he is going through some tough times right now.  Honestly, the adversary is trying his hardest to make Jeremiah not attend church, and not read!  He wants to read, and we invited him to do so.  We hope things work out better for him!  We are having another lesson in a few days, so we are praying for him!  We were also going to meet with Paul too, but he was out of town.  Shawna and Destiny’s lesson fell through as well, some stuff came up to where they couldn’t meet with us or attend church.  We rescheduled and can’t wait to meet with them this week!!!  
       Through Tracting this past week, especially last Wednesday, we were able to find two very promising potential investigators!  It was so cool!  While we talked with one of them, we felt like we should ask her a question.  We asked, “How has Faith played a role in your life?”  She started to smile and said her name was Faith.  We proceeded to share Alma 32:21 with her, and she loved it!  She accepted a copy of The Book Of Mormon, and said she would read it.  How cool!  I love Tracting!
       In our District Meeting this past week, we had a really inspiring conversation after all the trainings.  The whole district was participating, building off of each other, and the Spirit was so strong!  He was testifying of truth, and it got us all super excited and stocked to go out and talk to everyone!  We are trying to make the Fort Collins Zone a place of miracles, where all the missionaries want to go serve.  It was amazing to see the fire within all of us in that room, and I can’t wait to see how that fire can be spread throughout this transfer!  So amazing!  
       We taught Bob this past week, and he opened up to us and told us his life’s story.  Wow it was incredible the crazy things that have happened in his life.  Just that morning Elder Gordon and I had talked about and studied 2 Nephi 2:11, where it talks about how there is opposition in all things.  We shared with him this scripture, and told him how it wasn’t a coincidence how we had just studied this scripture that morning.  It really hit him hard, it was cool to see how the Spirit works!  Elder Gordon and I’m Companionship studies have drastically improved over the past week and a half.  It is our goal to truly study for our investigators and seek revelation.  It was cool to see how it works!  I love having these kinds of experiences, so amazing!  
       After dinner last Sunday, we were heading back into town when we felt prompted to go visit a less active.  We did, and we finally caught him home!  He told us he hadn’t attended church in 10 years, but said we could come back and share a message with him and his family, how amazing!  Later that same night, we were passing a neighborhood when we received a prompting to visit another person, a former investigator (who was on date for baptism two years ago but she just dropped the missionaries two days before her baptism).  We knocked on their door, and her father answered.  He told us he was busy making dinner, and asked if we had eaten dinner.  I told him that we had just eaten, then Elder Gordon said “but I’m hungry?!”  Elder Gordon was definitely promoted to say this, I have no idea what I was thinking!  Haha. But he let us in, and we had our second dinner with them.  We talked with them, and got to know them really well.  They are an awesome family!  We ate homemade way authentic enchiladas, and they were so amazing!  Afterwards we shared a message with them about Helaman 5:12.  They loved it, and the Spirit was definitely present!  We can’t wait to see if the daughter will be interested again.  These were some amazing miracles we saw!  We were just driving by both and felt the Spirit urge us to visit them.  We followed those promptings and saw miracles!  We truly felt like we were instruments in the Lord’s hands, it was amazing!  These experiences that are helping me grow and strengthen my faith and testimony of our Savior Jesus Christ and His Restored Church!  I love it!  
       Last night before dinner, we were trying to visit some less active members out near our dinner, which was in boonie-ville, and we came across a man named Eugene.  We thought his house was a less actives, but the address was wrong.  We talked with him, and he was such a nice guy!  He drives trucks, and was a little busy at the moment.  We got his phone number and he told us we could try another day when he had more time.  This was pretty amazing!  Out in the boonies, finding potential investigators..... it was awesome!  Can’t wait to visit with him again!  
       In my studies this past week, I had so many verses stand out to me!  A bunch of them applied to our investigators, it was so awesome!  The one I wanted to share today is 1 Nephi 21:14-16 which says,

14 But, behold, Zion hath said: The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me--but he will show that he hath not.

15 For can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee, O house of Israel.

16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

       This is just absolutely amazing!  Jesus Christ, our Beloved Savior, knows each of us personally.  He wants to best for us, because He truly loves us!  He knows what we struggle with, what is hard for us, what we go through, and He knows how to help us get through these struggles we face.  He will Never Forget us!  He is the mark!  He has us, each of us, imprinted upon his hands, feet, and side.  He will Never Forget us, it is impossible for Him to do so!  I will always be eternally grateful for the sacrifice He gave for me, for you, and for us all!  I feel like I am growing closer to Him each and every day, and I love it!  I know that as you do the small and simple things, great things will be brought to pass!  I love you guys, and I’m grateful for your support.  Have a fantastic week this week!  

Love,
Elder Bailey 



Pics:
1. Got Alyssa’s wedding invite in the mail, CRAZY!! 
2. Package from Grandma and Grandpa Burr, thanks so much!  I love you guys! :)

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