New Investigators

Hey everyone,

This week was a pretty good week. We have a few new investigators and a new baptismal date. His name is Freddy, he is the grandson of the ward mission leader. He seems pretty cool and is willing to learn and listen. The lawyer that we have been teaching came to church on Sunday and he liked it. He wanted to get a Gopel Principles manual so we gave him one. We are going to try and set a date with him tomorrow. Next week will be the leadership meeting again, but only Monday and Tuesday this time. Thats cool to hear about Boise State. So, are they undefeated? Keep me updated on their games and stuff. Well its good to hear from you guys. Dad, i was wondering if you could email me your conversion story? I t would be cool to hear your story, i think i heard parts of it before but i dont remember exactly. Tell Brandon to write me, thats sad that he's not going to church. I love you all a bunch thank you for your prayers!

-Elder Bailey

Transfers

Hey everyone,
All is well here. The zone leaders gave me the package on Sunday. Thanks for the goodies its nice to have something to snack on every once in a while. Sorry to hear about Alexa's bike accident. I hope she heals up fast and everything is good. That's good news that Brandon got accepted in that PR firm, that will be sweet to go to Washington D.C. and everything. Keep working hard Brandon, good job! That's cool that Shane Bowen spoke at your stake conference, we didn't have a general authority at ours. Our stake conference was good though, it was cool to see some of the members in my old area and its cool to see the fruits of the things i did there. A family that i taught and baptized while i was there had a son that was baptized after i left and i had taught him a lot while i was there but he was never baptized. And he received the Melchizedek priesthood on Sunday, so that was cool. So, nothing is happening with transfers, only one missionary in the whole zone is changing. Everyone else is staying. Keep me updated about what's going on with Boise State and everything. I don't know who all reads this but can you forward it to Aubrey and tell her and Brandon to write me too. I love you guys so much, remember, the only thing that you are allowed to hate is sin. Pray always. And i know we are always told to "choose the right" CTR, but strive to always have a "current temple recommend" CTR. That's more for the adults i thought that was cool.
-Elder Bailey

We Got a New Car

Hey everyone,
So, we finally got a car this past week. Its nice because now we can contact some referrals that we have received. It seems like the work is starting to pick up a little bit. We have stake conference this Sunday so that will be cool to see all the people from my greenie area again. Transfers are coming up next week, i don't think anything will change but who knows. But everything has been good here, we have a few new people we have been working with. The lawyer that we have been working with is cool, he has almost read all the way to Alma. But we are still working with him to go to church. President has wanted us to work on activating the inactive members more. So we have been trying to visit them. Last week we had 6 that said they were going to come to church but they never came. But we will try our best to find those who are ready to return. We were told to teach them the lessons again as if they were investigating the church, and commit them to read and pray about the Book of Mormon again. So we will see what we can do. I love you guys so much. The church is true.
-Elder Bailey

Hurrican Earl Was a No Show

Hey yall,

Thanks for the emails. Hurricane Earl passed by on monday. Well, turns out he was a no show for us on this part of the island. We had rain all day except for the time that he was supposed to come. San Juan got the worst of it. We basically just didnt have electricity for a couple hours and thats it. The area im in is Salinas and Guayama is near, its not Guyana, thats in south america. The roaches in the apartment have kind of left, they only show up every once in a while. Everything else is good, you can send me a care package if you want with some goodies in it. Hopefully we will get our car soon. This is not a walking area, so its a pain. Tell me if BSU wins their game on monday. Thats awesome that Parker and i weighed the same! We will have to wait and see how he grows. Remember they always said Barry Sanders was too small as well... Well, there's no new news here. We have 2 investigators that are kind of progressing, but havent gone to church yet. What i think would help a lot is if my companion got a better attitude. I dont care if we are getting referrals from members or have to result to tracting, no matter what you do you do it with a good attitude and do it right. Thank you for your prayers, i still need them. I love you guys so much. Nothing can stop the work from progressing.

-Elder Bailey

Two Weeks worth of emails

Sept. 1st email

Hey yall,

Thanks for the emails. Hurricane Earl passed by on monday. Well, turns out he was a no show for us on this part of the island. We had rain all day except for the time that he was supposed to come. San Juan got the worst of it. We basically just didnt have electricity for a couple hours and thats it. The area im in is Salinas and Guayama is near, its not Guyana, thats in south america. The roaches in the apartment have kind of left, they only show up every once in a while. Everything else is good, you can send me a care package if you want with some goodies in it. Hopefully we will get our car soon. This is not a walking area, so its a pain. Tell me if BSU wins their game on monday. Thats awesome that Parker and i weighed the same! We will have to wait and see how he grows. Remember they always said Barry Sanders was too small as well... Well, there's no new news here. We have 2 investigators that are kind of progressing, but havent gone to church yet. What i think would help a lot is if my companion got a better attitude. I dont care if we are getting referrals from members or have to result to tracting, no matter what you do you do it with a good attitude and do it right. Thank you for your prayers, i still need them. I love you guys so much. Nothing can stop the work from progressing.

-Elder Bailey

August 25th email

Hey everyone!!

Wow, Parker is finally here!! Thats so exciting! Thanks for sending the pictures, he looks just like Brandon. Now you guys have 3 kids thats crazy! Well congradulations, another adventure begun. Well it was good to hear from yall. Everything is alright here. We dont have many people to teach but we have a few potentials still. Hopefully we will be getting our car this week. Yesterday we had a meeting with Pres. Alvarado in place of the District Meeting. They want us to activate more of these less actives we have here in Salinas and maybe ill be working in Guayama part of the time as well. Because Guayama is where the chapel is. I dont know but we'll be figuring that out soon. Not much other news though. I love you guys so much, keep me posted on how Parker is doing and everything. You guys are the best!

-Elder Bailey