We got in a head on collision!

Hey everyone,

This has been an interesting week. First of all we dont have a car anymore, we got in a head on collision on monday, and its not driveable. The car got towed, so we will be getting bicycles. And now we will be moving out of our apartment we are in now within a week because of the cocroach problem and the leaking problem we have there. It is not the same place i have lived before, usually missionaries live in their proselyting area. It will be sweet to start using bikes, now i will have been in a car area, walking area and now a bike area. Transfers are also next week. We have a baptism scheduled for next weekend as well. She is starting to quit smoking now and she is reading the book of mormon and everything. She is a single mom with 3 kids and she really wants to change her life around. (And thats where the restored gospel comes in) To live a higher quality of life and filter out the things of the world and do the things that our Heavenly Father wants us to do.

Well, thanks everyone for your emails, i love you guys so much. Its good to hear that my emails are doing something! Ill send some pictures of the accident. What had happend is the guy in the other lane had fallen asleep and merged into our lane. We couldnt dodge him, i wasnt driving, we were on a bridge and who knows if we werent there he could have gone off the bridge and could have died. But everything is good im fine and my companion as well.

-Elder Bailey

Boot Camp Week

Hey everyone,

im emailing today because this week is a leadership training boot camp thing for the next 4 days. And im district leader so i have to go. It should be fun, but its kind of wierd leaving my area for a week. Our investigators are doing great, our baptismal date and her dad came to church on sunday and they really liked it. They are planning on coming next week as well. So they are progressing well. Its just rough cause now we are giving satan a week to work on them. And he does work hard it seems. So we have to be working harder. We gave her a few chapters to read and a movie to watch, so she doesnt sit in idleness. Well im hoping to learn a lot this week with the training and everything. I love you all so much, remember to always share the gospel, share spontanious testimony (it doesnt have to be "i testify" or "i would like to bear my testimony" but as simple as "I know God lives" or "the church is true"). Remember the purpose of the church on the earth is the vicarious work for our ancestors, perfecting the saints, and PREACHING THE GOSPEL. Well, i have to go cause the internet at this place is expensive. Remember to send me a Mormon Tabernacle Chior CD! We dont have any music to listen to here.

-Elder Bailey

All is well here in Puerto Rico!

Hey everyone!!

All is well here in Puerto Rico. We had a tropical wave come through here, my companion and i bug bombed our apartment (it didnt work), and thats pretty much it. We have been working with a few investigators but no baptismal dates so far. We had a meeting with our new mission president and he seems pretty cool. He is a lot different than president dewsnup was though. A lot less strict on things. Which i am not used too, president dewsnup is an attourney and was a general in the airforce, so he was really strict and i loved it. When the rules are strict there is less contention, is what i have come to find. But i guess the reason why we have so many commandmentsa nd things is because we are dissobedient. Like the children of israel had many strict laws and much more strict than ours today. It was because of their dissobedience. Maybe after the new president is in for a while he will make things more stict because of disobedience that arrises. So Jordan is already done with 1/4 of his mission?! Thats crazy! Time flies when youre engaged in a good cause. Its interesting how in the book of mormon, it talks least about the times when the church was flourishing. For instance the 200 years after Jesus Christ visited the americas. Not much is recorded about what all happend. The time just flew by as a result of good choices and living the gospel. Much like a mission, all we do is preach the gospel and time flies by! Well all is well here, we just need to find people to teach! The church is true the gospel is true. I love you guys so much, share the gospel with everyone you know! You dont know who is prepared until you ask them. Well, i love you all, have a great week!

-Ekler Bailey