I apologize once again to everyone who wants to know what I'm up to. P-days are kind of whack! But here's the email I drafted a little bit of last Monday and some more from this week. Love you all and happy Mother's Day!!
Happy derby week everyone!
This week was great. We did a lot of work and saw a lot of interesting things.
First of all the derby is a huge deal here. The whole city came to life last week and we saw a bunch of crazy outfits. We biked around the derby and talked with a family who was renting their driveway (because literally everyone does it in a 5 block radius of Churchill Downs) for parking. They were nice but not terribly interested.
Also there was a baptism on the 7th and on the 14th! The first one was a friend of the English sisters in my ward and there was a crazy rain storm that morning. A big tree fell down on the main road right by the church, and Elayna (the girl getting baptized) just drove on a lawn around the tree because "I'm not missing my own baptism!" That was a great reminder to me that if people are truly converted to the gospel then they will do everything to further their progression.
We also met a man who makes music. We were leaving the home of our friends Akili and Paulina (more on them later) and he flagged us down because he saw my name tag. He asked if we wanted to come hear some, we said sure why not, maybe we could teach a little something too. He proceeds to tell us that he makes jazz, blues, R&B and crap. That's not true haha, it's just rap. And he's telling us all kinds of things, like how he's on house arrest because he got in a fight at a bar, and how he used to sell drugs but now sees the error of his ways and really his true passion is music. But in the end he said he is looking for God and that's why he called out to us. We gave him a Book of Mormon and he said he would make a song about it, so that will be interesting. It's been over a week since we've seen him though so who knows what he's up to.
I had some fufu last week too. It's essentially just a big ball of corn masa and some ground up leaves. But that's a lot of corn for the next morning haha. It was given to us by Akili and Paulina. They were super interested and kind. We taught the Plan of Salvation but since they only speak Swahili, I just sat on the floor and taught the kids. But the parents and kids were interested enough that they had questions for me, and when we had finished and the kids tried to leave, Paulina got mad and told them to keep listening haha. We also just sat with them and they showed us YouTube videos of the Congo. I have high hopes for them and I can't wait to see where it goes!!
And yeah we're still working with Tangent. We just fasted last Sunday to help him be more spiritually in tuned so he can receive his answer about baptism. We're still hoping to make it happen this month!
It's been a great 2 weeks and I hope everyone is doing well. Also for my thought this week, guess what it'll be about...
Mother's of course!
My favorite story, as I'm sure many others' too, is of the Stripling Warriors. Because they were all saved in Alma 57: 17-30 it says, "Yea, and they did obey and observe to perform every word of command with exactness; yea, and even according to their faith it was done unto them; and I did remember the words which they said unto me that their mothers had taught them." Thank you to all the Mother's who have taught their children the way to be good people. You all do amazing work and we thank you.
Elder Baird.
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