So glad you guys had such a great experience with Javier, sounds like a really cool kid. Sad I didn't get to meet him.
My week was pretty crazy down here. It started out last Monday when I had to go to the doctor with Elder Meldrum (he's the one that lived with me in BYU and he's in my district now) where we found out that we both had sarna. ;( So that was cool, we had to take care of all that and it delayed the work a little bit, but it still continues on! We had time to do some good studies and prepare some good lessons for our investigators.
After that we taught some really good lessons to our investigators as well, helping them to progress along. Let's see, which one should I tell you about? So we are teaching una hermana (no miembro) named Tania. She is the friend of our ward mission leader and had been looking into the church for a long time through a Facebook page that the Church has, when the WML offered to have us share a message with her and bring her a book of Mormon. She immediately agreed and accepted us over. From then on we have been teaching her little by little, but she is hesitant to make any huge change in her life. She shows interest and curiosity in what we teach and share, but is just slow to jump on the boat. But this week we taught her about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. One of her problems is that she has had many experiences with other churches and religions that cause her to compare the Doctrine of Christ that we teach with the Doctrine she has learned elsewhere, generally finding and dwelling only on the differences, instead of on the truth. But in the lesson about the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Simplicity of the Way came forth, and the path to salvation was laid out before her. I was grateful for the opportunity i had to share my testimony with her about Christ, about the power of faith in his name, the relief from sin and pain that repentance brings, the rebirth of baptism and the Joys and Guidance that the companion of the spirit brings. The path really is that simple. Our commandments are clear. As we fulfill our purpose, and follow our savior, the destination is secure. We have this life to repent unto perfection. "Be ye therefore perfect" said the Savior, and He gave us the way. He paved the path and taught us the steps. This process is continuous, and something we have to do every day of our lives. We, just like Tania, continue to learn little by little, poco a poco, line upon line, pasito a pasito, here a little, there a little, suavecito. And as we endure to the end; "Asi dice el Padre, tendreis la Vida Eterna" (2 Nephi 31:20).
I hope you guys are all doing good back home, from the sounds of it life is continuing well with many opportunities to learn, progress and grow. I hope and pray that every day, each and every one of us can learn more about our Savior, from his words, and grow closer to him, through following his example, until the day, as Elder Holland says "Eventually" that we will all arrive, together with the Father as an eternal family, purified by the sacrifice of our brother.
Love you all Soooooooooooo Much and I love CC too.
Hope you all Have a great Week!!!!
Elder Bailey
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| (Guess that sun is really working hard on his legs!) |
(Singing Hallelujah in Spanish with friends.)
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