Hey family!
The Temple dedication was amazing! We got to go to the cultural celebration on Saturday and we got to sing a couple of songs in front of Pres. Uchtdorf and others. It was really good! Then on Sunday we went to the Temple dedication at our chapel and we got to see the cornerstone ceremony in the first session. Then the power shut off during some of it so we got permission from President to go to the 3 o clock session as well:) It was amazing! Their was a significant change in the Spirit after he dedicated the Temple. Now we should get a schedule to go somewhat regularly as missionaries, what a blessing it is to have a Temple now!
On the way to the Temple we got hit by a Florida summer rain. The best way to describe it is, it's like a white out during a blizzard. You can't see but 10 yards in front of you and it comes down so hard! the streets were instantly flooded. Then it goes away and the sun comes back out and it gets to be 110% humidity. And it's only May, so we will see what the rest of summer has to bring.
On Monday we were harvesting an apartment complex and knocked the entire thing without any interest. So we were walking back through the parking lot and we felt prompted to talk to this lady moving some stuff into her car. We called after her right before she went inside her house and asked if we could help with anything. She said, "yes! I have a washer for you to move!"...perfect. We went and helped her load her car and then talked with her and her family for a while and said a prayer with them and left the Savior's peace and blessing. They loved it! They felt the Spirit very strongly. They weren't too interested except for the lady we helped move. She wanted us to come back and to teach her more, but she just moved outside of our borders, so we had to pass her. But I realized that service was the reason we were able to pray with her and help her find the truth. Just doing a little act of Christlike service goes a long ways.
Other than that the week has flown by super fast. Somewhere in all of this we painted a members house, spent a day in Fort Lauderdale for doctors appointments, and I stayed a day or two with Elder Millet, who is in my district, he is really sick so we take turns staying with him. Missionary apartments are the most boring missionaries in the world. But I did get to update the area book and call almost every media referral and watch almost every church video we have, and the apartment is really clean now:)
Here are some pics from the top of the Jupiter lighthouse from a couple of weeks ago.
I love you guys and have a great week!
Love,
Elder Spencer Bailey
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| The temple cultural celebration |
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