To start, I am happy to say that our investigator, Brother White, passed his baptismal interview! He will be baptized on June 9th for a fact now and I will have the privilege of performing the ordinance, the first time I will have the chance to do so. Teaching him and his wife has been a great experience, they truly are golden investigators and people whom I will always remember.
Beyond that, the other family we are teaching has been going through a rough time. The father went in for an eye surgery, and all of the stress from recent events has created a lot of contention within the home. On Wednesday we had a powerful lesson about the Gospel blessing families where Elder Pace and I were able to point out the Spirit very clearly. Ultimately the surgery went well but the family still is having problems. Lots of follow up is our plan to help them keep their many commitments.
On top of that, the weekend was very busy. A couple random stories came out of it such as a lady pulling over to the side of the road referring to herself as an ex Mormon and giving us Taco Bell tacos, helping a lady who ended up being a hoarder move, as well as an exchange with the 4th ward Elders. Sunday night was a miracle though. Elder Pace and I went to the northern part of our area to contact a couple of investigators and less active members. From it we were able to find a family who is from India who wants us to come back and teach them more about our church and the Christian faith, talked to a man at a bus stop who is in the process of reading the Book of Mormon without anyone asking him to do so, and setting up a lesson with a family the ward council has been trying to get at unsuccessful for several months. Miracles do happen as we choose to go out and do our best to do the Lord’s will.
Life can be challenging and exhausting at times, but I know that all of the experiences we go through are ultimately for our good. I now know the how and why of what Nephi says in 2 Nephi 31 verse 20 which says, “if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life”. It is truly the small habits that we do each day that allow us to feast upon the word of Christ and allow us to truly receive the Holy Ghost from day to day. If you ever feel in a stuck spiritually incorporate the day to day things missionaries do, those are the things that will help you progress and come to know Christ, which is eternal life. Thank you for all of the support!
Elder Baxter
At Hayward Field
Hanging Out
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