August 13, 2018
Wow! That Hillcrest coach is like famous. He whoops teams into super good shape and I'm pretty sure he has a couple of state championships under his belt. That's crazy that he switched from Hillcrest! But Sadie should like him a lot ... if she survives his workouts!
Ahh - the good old Boise trip, that's a fun park. Saw the pics of Fountain Green too! Looks super good there!
As far as the new area and companion goes, things are super good! Elder Wasson is an awesome missionary. We get along well and we have been able to see some miracles together already. We saw two big miracles this week that I want to share with you guys!
The first is about an investigator that they were already teaching when I got here. His name is Angel. He has had a pretty rough past. He was involved in a lot of bad things, including drugs and what not - bad stuff, but he also really wants to get baptized. So what we decided to do this week was go and visit him with the Stake president (who had known him when he was involved in the drugs and what not), so that the Stake president could let us know what he thought about his repentance. He has really changed a lot and the stake president saw that as well. He completely gave up smoking, coffee, and multiple drugs. He has been clean for a while now. He has truly repented and is very happy because of it. Repentance is always possible! And it works! And best of all it brings us Happiness! True happiness that will not go away with a hangover or a withdrawl, but will last into the eternities! (Mosiah 2:41) Anyways, Angel will be getting baptized on Saturday by the stake president. (pic to come!)
The other miracle story is of an investigator that we found this week, named Juan. Juan is a little older man that we shared a message with after we met him on the street. We went back for our return appointment to see if he really had any interest, we didn't honestly have too much hope (which was bad and we have to repent of). But we shared and taught about the Book of Mormon and invited him to be baptized. He told us how he had already been baptized before (like most people tell us) - but we continued and explained true authority and the necessity to do it again. And he was pretty resistant.
Then in the middle of my companion explaining about the priesthood and the true church of Christ, he just randomly said "Esta bien, Cuando es?" ("OK. When is it?")
I was quite confused and I replied:"Cuando es Que?" ("When is what?")
... to which he quickly responded "Mi bautizmo, cuando es mi Bautizmo?" ("My baptism. When is my baptism?") So I said "Oh, el 15 de septiembre" ("Oh. The 15th of September".) And he just said "Esta bien." ("Ok"). So that was a really cool miracle and experience to see someone's heart get touched and accept the gospel path.
We really can't do this on our own. We can't do it at all, as a matter of fact, without the help of God. He prepares people and helps them on the Gospel path in their right time and right place. We just get the great blessing of watching Gods work first hand every day, for which I am very grateful!
Then in the middle of my companion explaining about the priesthood and the true church of Christ, he just randomly said "Esta bien, Cuando es?" ("OK. When is it?")
I was quite confused and I replied:"Cuando es Que?" ("When is what?")
... to which he quickly responded "Mi bautizmo, cuando es mi Bautizmo?" ("My baptism. When is my baptism?") So I said "Oh, el 15 de septiembre" ("Oh. The 15th of September".) And he just said "Esta bien." ("Ok"). So that was a really cool miracle and experience to see someone's heart get touched and accept the gospel path.
We really can't do this on our own. We can't do it at all, as a matter of fact, without the help of God. He prepares people and helps them on the Gospel path in their right time and right place. We just get the great blessing of watching Gods work first hand every day, for which I am very grateful!
Love you all!
Elder Bailey
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