Dear Family,
Wow, so this week has absolutely flown by! I’m more or
less healed of the chikungunya, but for some reason this virus leaves you with
bad joint pain afterwards. So I’ve got a bit of joint pain. Mostly it’s
in the morning, but by the time we finish studying, I’m ready to go. So this
week we have been working a lot with a kind name J. He is 19 and is a super
relaxed, fun guy. He was investigating the church before, but got scared when
the baptism date came. About 3 weeks ago he showed up at church and said, “Hey!
I’m ready to start taking the lessons again and get ready for baptism.” We were like, okay! We can help you with
that!!!! He’s really great and understands everything right as we teach it,
which, you know is pretty nice. We teach him about 3 times a week and he is
progressing quickly! Last week he asked us, “So when are you going to put a
baptism date with me?” So of course we responded, “well right now!” He will
probably get baptized the 26th of August.
I have been studying that book you guys sent me, Articles
of Faith. It is one of my favorite books and I am devouring it. I love it!
Who would of that that I’d be here freaking out over a gospel doctrine book? I guess crazy stuff happens in the mission! Personal
study is one of my favorite hours of the day here. I love learning more, and having
my understanding increase. We were also able to contact the B family again. They
were off the radar for a bit and weren’t answering their phone. So we decided
to use some ingenuity. The 1st counselor of the bishopric has an iPhone so we
used an app called “whatsup” and sent a message with our fotos and
re-established communication. Haha, technology rocks!!!! I actually read a talk
about how technology is here to help establish the kingdom of God and it’s very
true. We are also making great progress with J M. He told us again that he will
soon be an active member of the church. He is a great investigator! Another
awesome thing that happened this week is yesterday we had a lesson with P and Y
with the mission president present. We set it all up and the president came. We
also had the bishop and his wife there! It was a lesson about eternal marriage.
And so we, the missionaries, didn’t do anything more then introduce the subject.
Then the President and P and the bishop and his wife talked and taught the
whole thing! It was a super spiritual moment for P and Y. They are trying to
get to the point of celestial marriage, and to have the president his wife, and
the bishop and his wife, testify of the power of a temple marriage was
fantastic! I loved it and am very grateful that I have this blessing in my
home!
And yeah that’s my week. Happy birthday, Jake! I love
you bro! Stay strong these last 10 days! Love you all.
Stay strong and I'll see you soon.
Elder Bailey Stark
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