Wherein Seth Grooms a Dog!

 March 1, 2021

Bom dia mamãe!

So this week was pretty darn cool. Last Sunday we were over at the house of a member (Hno Cervantes) who hasn't come to church in a fat minute and noticed that his dog was pretty miserably hot cause it had a full coat of hair and hadn't been groomed in a while. (turned out to be a little over a year) So I, thinking that dog hair is just like human hair, offered to come over and give her a nice trim. Saturday came around and we did just that. Turns out that it is a lot different than cutting human hair but by the grace of God or some miracle the hair was cut and it didn't look too bad. I did grow however a lot of respect for those that do that for a living.

Anyway, from that little act of service came lots of little miracles. While we were there his neighbor came over and started talking to us and turns out he's been looking for a church to attend and someone to study the Bible with. Hno Cervantes joined the Come Follow Me lesson yesterday after church. And he gave us a ride home in his truck cause we got a couple flat tires and a broken crank rod on the way there.

Yesterday our friend Jazmine showed up at church again. Which was Low-key unexpected cause we weren't in communication with her all week, but she really liked it and now we're trying to set our ward mission leader up with her but alas, he's scared 

We got transfer news and here we will stay as a trio for another transfer. Nothing really changed so that's chill. 

Have a wonderful week fam!

Elder Bailey

Wherein Seth Explains A Wicked Dude's Demise.

 February 8, 2021

Hola mamá! Thanks for the update on the Family! This week went well. Lots of meetings and service. Nothing super out of the ordinary though. This last week in our companion study we read the first chapter of Alma and quite a bit stuck out to me. First of all, Nehor is quite the dude. And the lies he gave were pretty cunning. what I find interesting is when he came face to face with a man of God, and was reproved for his lies, he flipped out and killed Gideon. That reminds me so much of Proverbs 13:18 where it says "Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honored." Not only did Nehor miss out on the Honor of changing and repenting, but received an ignominious death. I don't know what ignominious means, but it sounds pretty awful. Which makes sense. Death for the righteous is but a step forward into the eternities, but death for the wicked is an awful fear. For the way of the transgressor is hard. (Proverbs 13:15) there are so many reasons we should be righteous. And if anything, the price to pay for being unrighteous is enough reason for me to avoid that. Stay good. And don't kill the prophets.

Love you all. 

Elder Bailey