I can cook rice!

All of us at the Dominican Republic MTC

Hey everyone,
Thanks for your emails, i love them all!! I just heard from Jordan that he's going to Mexico! Wow, its going to be so cool. Im so excited for him. Well, everything is great here, we have had a lot of heat because of the hurracaine that passed by it sucked up all the clouds and rain so we have had nice weather. So on sunday i baptised an investigator for the hermanas in our district. It was a great experience. So, sending me the prescription for my glasses would work. I dont really need anything else except letters!! I cant believe i only have one week left in this transfer then im not a greeny anymore!! I will most likely stay here in Caguas though. Oh, and tell Brandon i tried the sofrito and it is amazing and actually i have been eating it since i got here and my companion taught me how to cook with it! Well, i love to hear from yall. I love you all so much!
-Elder Bailey

August 19, 2009 Letter

Another Baptism!

Yummy food in the Dominican Republic MTC



Hey everyone!!Thanks for the emails everyone, keep them coming! So this week was great we had a baptism and 2 confirmations, but the bishop does the confirming. And my companion did the baptism on Saturday. The picture is attached. So lately i have been trying a lot of different types of food. I had no idea there were so many different fruits! The best is mango with ice cream! ha ha. I had these skewers of meat too called pinchos & they are so good. Dad & Brandon Read would love them. Plus my companion makes me lunch every day, arroz y habechuelas con carne, its sweet. He makes the best rice i have ever tasted. So lately we have had a lot of rain we had a storm come through and that was the most rain i think i have ever seen. We had a hurricane scare but it turns out its heading north and is going to miss us. Wow, i cant believe this transfer is already almost over. We only have like 2 weeks left. I will for sure stay here in Caguas though, because its my greeny area. So my companion told me that here in Puerto Rico there are mongoose, i havent seen one but we saw turtles and this one time we were tracting and we were walking by this bush and i saw this big black bug flying around and i was like whoa, what is that. And my companion said it was an african bee, and i guess they sting u really bad and the sting swells up pretty bad too. So we have to be carefull around them. So we were parked at a stop light and theres always people who come around and beg for money & one of them his skin was like being eaten away by AIDS it was nasty. So my companion told me that a little while back one of the elders healed a lady of her blindness. Which was way cool, but she wasnt even baptised. I thought it was crazy but when u think about it Christ performed all those miracles and was rejected as well. So i can totally see it now. Well, thats pretty much it, keep the emails coming and letters are good too! Oh and heres a picture of what we ate in the CCM of dominican republic every day and its pretty much what my companion cooks every day!-Elder Bailey

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Domincan Republic temple!

Hey!! Hey everyone!

Hey!!Hey everyone!! Well its another p day and heres the update for me. So the city im serving in is Caguas. Im not next to the ocean, but we have some really cool mountains. Whenever i drive up into the mountains it feels like were going through a jungle. So its funny because my p day is like my busiest day i have and its supposed to be a day to rest and prepare, but we just do a lot of preparing. Ha ha. The language is coming along well. My companion says ill be fluent in a few weeks. We will see what happens though ha ha. So, so far we have had 3 baptisms, one every week, and we have another this week too. I baptized 2 people so far. Its an experience like no other. So the ward i go to is pretty small, but apparently its one of the biggest wards in the mission with 50 people!! The churches are pretty cool too theres like an outdoor courtyard & the class rooms and everything surround it. Emailing is difficult because i have to go to a library. How is brandon reads spanish coming with his rosetta stone? It would be fun for us to send emails in spanish back & forth. I havent gotten my glasses yet, idk if u have sent them yet, so i thought i would let u know. So, the other day there was a iguana on our fence, i took a picture of it. And this is just a baby one. So i eat rice & beans every day, so now im addicted to arroz y habechuelas. My comp cooks them everyday. Oh, Jordan finally told u guys. ha ha. Yeah i already knew he was preparing. Its the best decision he could make. I wish i could say how much a mission means to me now, & how much ive grown because of it. I wish i could show everyone who is debating on going on a mission how important it is. The only choice a person has to make is whether the chruch is true or not. If they dont believe it is they wont serve. Well, i cant wait to hear back from yall! I love you all so much!! Update me on Jordan's progress.-Elder Bailey

Buen Dia!

Hey Everyone!!
Finally getting out some pictures! So far in Puerto Rico its been great. Missionary work is so much fun! So far every Sunday I've been able to baptize someone. It's such a cool experience. The language is coming good and my companion says that ill be fluent in 6 weeks, so that was good to hear, ha ha. The weather is nice here but its pretty weird sometimes. It will pour rain for like 2 minutes and then dry up and be hot for a while and it pretty much does that throughout the day. My apartment is cool, we only have air conditioning in the bedroom so it gets hot everywhere else. And my companion Elder Centeno is way cool - he's from Columbia and helps me a lot with my Spanish. Plus he always makes me Colombian food and stuff. Well everything is great I cant wait to hear from y'all.
-Elder Bailey

My first letter home...

My Mission President and his wife

MTC Pictures!

My MTC Companion

Elders of our MTC Branch