7/13/15 | IHOP

Dear Family!

Wow, I can't believe another week has flown by!  This week was a difficult one but a good learning experience.  We didn't find as many people because of a lack of planning on our part and a lack of relying on God, so to make sure this upcoming week isn't bad we'll rely on God and do what He wants us to do and go where He needs us to go.  We've taught the Restoration about 50 times in the last few weeks, but the people we've taught haven't been the most elect, so we need to let God send us to find the elect.

The biggest miracle we saw last week was yesterday when we tried to follow up with a potential investigator.  She was lame so we were walking away when a random lady stopped us and said, "I need Jesus, could you say a prayer with me?" We said a prayer with her and found her to be elect, so we taught the Restoration and committed her to be baptized on the 1st.  It was a nice miracle to have because right before we had met her we dropped some investigators.  

I was studying this week on trials and was reminded of some of my favorite scriptures in D&C.  First one is in section 122:7-9 "... above all, if the very jaws of hell shall gape open the mouth wide after thee, know thou, my son, that all these things shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good.

 8 The Son of Man hath descended below them all. Art thou greater than he?

 9 Therefore, hold on thy way, and the priesthood shall remain with thee; for their bounds are set, they cannot pass. Thy days are known, and thy years shall not be numbered less; therefore, fear not what man can do, for God shall be with you forever and ever."

In life we will go through a lot of trials, it may feel like the all the powers of hell are working against us, but God has told us that Christ has descended below it all, He knows how to help us through the trials we pass through. 

I love the rallying cry from Joseph Smith in Section 128:22, "Brethren, shall we not go on in so great a cause? Go forward and not backward. Courage, brethren; and on, on to the victory!"

Whenever faced with trials, remember the calling God has given us as His children. He will always be with us to give us the boost to take courage and to move forward!

It's been extremely hot and humid this past week!! It's been fun getting soaked with sweat:)  Earlier this week we got to do some yard work for an elderly sister.  We worked from 7-10 am and then she gave us 60$ to go eat b-fast:)  So we went to I-hop and each ordered 2 meals because we were starving.  The server mocked us and doubted we could eat that much.  So the challenge was on! sooner than later we had a nice stack of dishes on the table and the satisfaction of seeing the shock on the servers face when she came back:)

Also we went to see a LA on Thursday.  We walked into his house and their was bird poop every where! I was so confused on why there was a ton of crap inside his house until I looked up and saw 10 birds chilling in the living room.  Floridians are weird...  As we sat on the couch to share a message I strategically chose a spot not covered in bird poop, Elder Kama wasn't so observant so he sat in a huge pile of it.   hahaha, he didn't know until I told him after we left.  So we had to go home and get him a new set of pants to wear. 

I love you!

-Elder Spencer Bailey

p.s I hope you all went to 7-eleven on saturday to get a free slurpee:)

pic 1 happy america day! found these shades so we couldn't resist taking a pic with them

pic 2- our barbershop