This will be quick! 8-12-2019


Running in to Elder Miller at the temple!

So I am currently feeling super sick(again) so I will write this quick because I need to get home, ha ha! Nothing new for me, I guess!

 Saying goodbye to Elder Bailey, my good friend. I will sure miss him! 
(He is going home next week)

To start with, we met a boy this last week named Anxious. We taught him the first part of the restoration of the gospel and he seemed interested. He asked us to come back on Saturday so we can teach him again. When we got there we had a wonderful lesson and we asked him to read the Book of Mormon and we asked him if he will come to church. He agreed to come to church! So we took him to church and on our way there I asked him if he read the Book of Mormon and if he had prayed about it to know if it was true. Well all he said was this, "Oh it's true. I prayed and I just knew in my heart it was true and that God is the one who told me." I was quite surprised by that! He also said that he loved church and he has learned so much. Then after church, we got to teach his sister who is also awesome! Now we have a new family to teach, which I am super excited about! We also had a boy named Israel who just came back from school and he is ready to be baptized, ha ha. He was taught all of the lessons but he never got baptized because he traveled for school. So we are hoping he will work out as well!

Helping a friend named Shera in her shop the other day.

Another cool thing was that, while we were going to the temple on Wednesday for a meeting, I ran into Elder Miller from my home ward! It was such a great coincidence because he just got out of the temple for a session exactly when I got to the temple site. Actually, I know that it was indeed the Lord that orchestrated us meeting because I had no plans to see him. I am so excited to see how he grows on his mission and can't wait to see his success!

Sincerely,
Elder Baird

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