This week was great! We had 4 baptisms in the zone, we are super happy about that!! We will keep that momentum going and achieve Miracle March! We struggled to find YSA this past week, so our Ki's were very low, but we consistently found elect families for other members of our zone while knocking doors. This week we plan to work very closely with the members. We met with a counselor in the Bishopric yesterday and made excellent plans to involve the members in the work to find YSA to bring unto the Gospel, I'm very excited for these upcoming weeks to see YSA explode with referrals and baptisms!
We saw an amazing miracle yesterday as we went to Church. We hadn't found anyone on our own efforts and we were praying sooo hard for a miracle to occur. As we walked into the church a member from the Hialeah ward pulled us aside and said he brought a friend from work. We went over and talked with him, George, and found that he is Single and 30! It was such a blessing from God, we had worked so hard last week and didn't find any elect person to work with, but George is sooo elect! He stayed for the 3 hours and after Sacrament we invited him to prepare to be baptized, he gladly accepted and said that was his main desire, he wanted to be like his co-worker (which happens to be a Bishop). After the 3 hours we asked him if he had any questions and he said he had a lot, so we pulled aside a recently returned Missionary (he actually just got home on Tuesday) and taught the Gospel of Jesus Christ to George in one of the rooms. He loved it a ton and felt the spirit so strongly!! After teaching about baptism we again invited him to be baptized and set the date for the 21st, he again accepted and said he would give his 100% to prepare for that day! Such an amazing miracle!!!
This past week I did a study on Captain Moroni with the question "What Qualities made Captain Moroni a Successful Leader?"
-He was a strong and mighty man with a perfect understanding(Alma 48:11)
-He had joy in the freedom and liberty of his country and fellowman (48:11)
-He had a heart full of gratitude to God (48:12)
-He labored exceedingly for the welfare and safety of his people (48:12)
-He was firm in the faith of Christ (48:13)
-He wasn't contentious and didn't like to fight
-His heart did glory in doing good, keeping the commandments and resisting iniquity (48:16)
-He was like the Sons of Mosiah and Alma (48:18)
When I got to verse 17 I asked the question, "Why would the powers of hell be shaken forever if everyone was like unto Moroni?"
I believe it was because Satan had no power over Moroni. His faith in God was unshakeable and he didn't yield to temptation. Satan has as much power as we give him. If we don't yield to his temptations his power weakens, if we yield to his temptations, his power over us strengthens. If everyone could be like Moroni and resist temptation consistently, then Satan would have no power over us and his powers would be shaken forever. That is why we must muster all the strength we can get to resist temptation!
Also an Elder that we live with got Bronchitis, so he's been stuck inside a lot. So yesterday I went to Church with his comp, Elder Murat (he's super cool, from Boston, originally from Haiti, and he's the fastest runner in the east right now) from 9-12. then I came back and went to church with my comp from 1-4, then stayed after for 2 hours meeting with members and going to meetings. Surprisingly that was the most energy I've ever had on a Sunday even though I was at church for 8 hours!!
This morning we went and got haircuts at this ghetto barber shop, it was sooo cool! One of the best hair cuts I've ever had! And President Richardson gave us a call and wants to come to our Zone Training on Wednesday! That'll be crazy!! It's going to be a ton of fun and we'll learn a lot!
Also Happy Birthday Dad and Alyssa!!! I hope they are great!
Love you all!
Elder Spencer Bailey
Heres a pic of us at a science museum lifting this giant snake
and a pic of us after a baptismal service:)
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