I kinda ran out of time today, so here's what happened in the past week.
Sick Days: Elder Wheelock came down with a bug that just drained him of energy and so while he was resting I got a lot of extra time to watch Church Videos and to study the scriptures. The Lord has a will and it is what helps us grow into the people He needs us to be. Patience is a virtue, and despite the slowness of the week we still had a miracle. One night, I looked through the Potential Investigators that we had for Spanish and all of the ones that we have a phone number for. One of the people we called was a brother of another past Potential Investigator that had read the Book of Mormon and was ready for the Gospel. He was contacted about 5 years ago and there were no updates. I gave him a call and he still lived here, was willing to meet with us, and now we have an appointment for this Tuesday. Miracles.
New WML: We got another new Ward Mission Leader for our area and he has a lot of potential. He is also a Belnap, and he did not know any Belnaps living in Georgia, but you never know if there is a distant connection. Things should pick up more in his ward. We had an amazing ward council where the Oval Chart and the Area Plan are taking steps in the right direction in accomplishing the vision.
Halloween: Halloween was an interesting day. We were told that 6:00 onward we had to stay indoors and so we got together as a zone at a local institute building that we were allowed to use. There was ping pong, pool, Foosball, and we were also allowed to watch a movie (one of a couple allowed options). We started to watch the Cokeville miracle and it was pretty good. Earlier that day I was in an almost all day meeting called MLC, discussing the progress of the mission and making plans to get the mission to the another level of dedication. We did get to proselyte for about one hour and it was a wonderful hour. No holidays this week and no more sickness, so we'll be able to see quite a bit of miracles this week.
The Atonement of Christ: I studied a lot and learned a lot about the Atonement of Christ. I know that He did atone for me and as I repent, I can be forgiven and perfected. This is one of my favorite scriptures from what I learned. This is Samuel the Lamanite teaching in Helaman 14:15-19:
15 For behold, he surely must die that salvation may come; yea, it behooveth him and becometh expedient that he dieth, to bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, that thereby men may be brought into the presence of the Lord.
16 Yea, behold, this death bringeth to pass the resurrection, and redeemeth all mankind from the first death—that spiritual death; for all mankind, by the fall of Adam being cut off from the presence of the Lord, are considered as dead, both as to things temporal and to things spiritual.
17 But behold, the resurrection of Christ redeemeth mankind, yea, even all mankind, and bringeth them back into the presence of the Lord.
18 Yea, and it bringeth to pass the condition of repentance, that whosoever repenteth the same is not hewn down and cast into the fire; but whosoever repenteth not is hewn down and cast into the fire; and there cometh upon them again a spiritual death, yea, a second death, for they are cut off again as to things pertaining to righteousness.
19 Therefore repent ye, repent ye, lest by knowing these things and not doing them ye shall suffer yourselves to come under condemnation, and ye are brought down unto this second death.
I pray for yall all the time. I hope that you can all enjoy this upcoming week and find ways to have joy in everything that you do.
Love,
Elder Baker
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