Heyo Family!!
This week has been amazing here in Fort Lauderdale!! We saw some awesome miracles at the end of the week. We worked so hard this past week to ensure that we will baptize in Miracle March! It was really hard fighting off exhaustion and tons of rejection over the weekend, but it was all worth it, Tasiea is being baptized tomorrow!!
That was the biggest miracle, all week Tasiea had been thinking about the 31st of march for her baptism but she just wasn't sure about it yet. All week Elder Hayward and I used faith-filled words, there wasn't a doubt in our minds that she wasn't going to be baptized on the 31st, we knew that she was going down on that day, she just didn't know it yet. Because of this faith-filled talk she started to talk as if it was happening! Yesterday for fast sunday we fasted so hard, and we had Tasiea fast as well and during Gospel Principles we had to teach last second because the teacher never showed up, we felt prompted to teach about the gift of the Holy Ghost. The lesson was so powerful and we challenged everyone who didn't quite have the Holy Ghost to work hard to receive it asap, in other words be baptized asap! After Church, we met with Tasiea and she started off by saying, "Elders, I don't want you to be upset. I have some disappointing news. I've been thinking about my baptism and ... I'M BEING BAPTIZED ON TUESDAY!!!" That was the best prank I've ever heard, our hearts dropped when she started off talking, then were immediately filled with joy! It was awesome! She said that on the way home from Church she was thinking about the lesson we shared in Gospel Principles and she wanted to have the Holy Ghost very badly. As she was pondering the Spirit touched her heart and told her she's ready to be baptized on Tuesday, it was such an amazing miracle! There is power in fasting
I read some scriptures in 3 Nephi 7 which talked about Nephi. Nephi lived in time of great wickedness, yet it didn't stop him from "testify[ing], boldly, repentance and remission of sins through faith on the Lord Jesus Christ." Because of this "[he] did minister with power and great authority, [the people] were angry with him, even because he had greater power than they, for it were not possible that they could disbelieve his words, for so great was his faith on the Lord Jesus Christ." We've been working on increasing our boldness and love when we teach so that we can have that same power and authority so that the Spirit can work through us more powerfully.
We also got to pick miracle berries at a PM-familys house. Miracle berries are unreal, you suck on them and they coat your tongue with some protein that makes everything taste like candy and sour stuff doesn't affect you. I was skeptical so the guy cut up lemons and had us try one before the berry and of course it was super sour, then we ate the berry and ate the lemon, lemons are so good with miracle berries! Look them up on google.
I'm super short on time! love you!
Elder Spencer Bailey
pic of some guys on the side of the road
pic of my comp and I harvesting miracle berries
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