Hey!

Hey everyone,

Thanks for the emails. This past week was alright. The only bad part is that i have a cold. Yes, I am still district leader. We're still working in 2 areas. We have just been trying to learn the other one so that we can know where stuff is there. I think we will have a lot more success there than here in Salinas. We don't really have any good investigators. That's been the problem lately. We did however get a few referrals from members, that we will be contacting soon. Just praying that they're good ones.
I don't have the package yet. I'm hoping i will get it at zone conference on Friday. If you're wondering what to send me for Christmas, a shoe polish kit would be nice, one with brushes and brown and black polish. My shoes could use that! And, Mom, if it is possible that you can send me some of the fudge that you make? Also, Dad, did you ever fix my checking account card? Let me know whats up with that. Congrats Aubrey on moving to Zion. Amber, can we work on trying to get me transferred to BYU? Just check out what needs to be done and let me know. Thanks everyone for the emails and all your support! I love y'all so much! Keep me updated.

-Elder Bailey

In our apt at 7 for Halloween!

Hey everyone!

Thanks for the emails and the pics of Halloween. Everyone is growing up! Sounds like it was a lot of fun. That's funny that Brandon was a facebook page! Ha ha. On Halloween here, we had to be in our apartment at 7. Because it gets dangerous. So, we didnt actually move apartments right now we just have 2 of them. We're just keeping the other one open until the mission puts missionaries over there again. The baptism on sunday was good. I attached some pics of it. As of right now we dont have very many investigators. But we do have some potentials. Im pretty sure i will be able to use skype on christmas but we do have a different mission president now so who knows. Its coming up fast isnt it?! As for the college thing. I dont know what my GPA ended up as, but i dont think it was that good. It would be sweet to go to the Y, but i dont know if i would get accepted. But yall can check that stuff out for me. Just give me the options. Thanks for the help, i love yall a bunch! Update me on stuff next week!

-Elder Bailey

!Traslados!

Hey everyone,

Today we had transfers. My district was dissolved as well as another district in the zone. Now the zone will have only 2 districts. Im still in Salinas, but might be working in Guayama as well. The elders that were there both left so now its just me and my same companion in Salinas. I dont know if im still district leader, i should find out soon. So we inherited another apartment, we might spend a few days there during the week so that we can work in the other area. I should find out the details soon. That is a funny story of the primary kid throwing up during the program. Our baptism on sunday was postponed for this upcoming sunday. My companion will be doing the ordinance. Well, Brandon it sounds like DC was a blast! Also, if you could start searching for schools with a pre-med program that would be sweet. And let me know when the applications need to be in and when the semester would start. Another thing, it probably would be good to look for some scholarships that i could apply for as well. Let me know what comes up. I love you all a bunch!

-Elder Bailey

Reactivating Members

Hello Everyone,

Hope everyone is doing well. That is scary what happened to grandpa, i hope everything is back to normal. Everything has been going good here. Transfers are next week, we had a baptism last Sunday and one this upcoming Sunday. Just trying to find new investigators. Something cool that we have been doing in the mission lately is focusing on reactivating members. We are told to teach them everything again with the commitments as well. It has been good we have one that has started to come back to church and another that is commited to come to church this Sunday. Also here are 2 pictures of the baptism we had and the other is my district after district meeting. Enjoy. Well other than that no new news. Brandon R, id love to hear what went down in washington. Had to have been a sweet experience. So how was the guy Aubrey brought home? Amber thanks for the pictures of ashyn and brookyn and yall. Today i have 7 months left in the mission. Goes by way too fast. I should be getting the package soon, just depends on when i see the zone leaders next. Sounds like Jordan has eaten some crazy stuff. Ive just eaten chicken feet, conch, octopus, and dolphin. Well, i love yall a bunch, tell Brandon B to read the book of mormon and make sure he is praying, a falling away always begins with the basics first. As well as the coming back. Update me on BSU!

-Elder Bailey

Transfers are in 2 weeks

Hey everyone,

Everything is good here in Salinas. Transfers are coming up in 2 weeks, im pretty sure there will be a bunch of changes at least with my district. My comp still has a bad attitude, no change. Tried everything i can, he has his free agency. We have a baptism coming up this weekend. His name is Alfredo. Hopefully a future missionary! Other than him we have a couple of other people but no one with a set baptismal date. I havent gotten the package yet. I dont know if you have sent it yet but i should be getting it soon. This past week we caught a mouse in our apartment a few days ago. And we couldnt find a normal mouse trap so we bought this one that is basically a sticky pad that gets the mouse stuck onto it. Which was wierd cause it was still alive when i threw it away. But i think there might be one more still in the apartment. But other than that nothing is new. Just keep me updated on BSU and anything that happens in the fam. I love you all! Have a great week!

-Elder Bailey

Conference Weekend

Hello everyone!!!

Conference weekend was great! We completed all our goals so we were able to go, the only zone in the mission who completed everything! I had to do a split with the other elders in the district to help them get the goals and we got it just in time. And it was cool because my district was the only district to come up with the idea of doing a split to get the goals. Conference was super good, we missed a couple talks though because the satelite connection cut out for a little bit. Well, tell me how this weekend goes, and for the package i think im good on pants, its mostly that i need to sew on some buttons that fell off. But socks would be great and im always down for ties! We have a few new people we are teaching, this weekend im going to do a baptismal interview for an investigator that the other elders in the district have. We should be having a baptism next weekend. But other than that nothing new. Congradulations to Ryan for getting engaged! Thanks Dad for sending your conversion story. You can always build off of hearing others testimonies. I love you guys. I love the gospel! Keep me updated on BSU and any other crazy stuff that happens. Ill tell you if i get the package. Cool runnings!!!

-Elder Bailey

Leadership Training

Hey everyone,

It has been a little crazy the past couple days. We had a leadership training monday and tuesday, i might be moving from this area for a little bit and switching places with an elder in my district. But it wont be a transfer. The training was good mainly focusing on the fundamentos of Preach my Gospel. (I dont know why i forgot that word in english) Its like the basics or principles of preach my gospel. Which my mission is a test area for it. It wont be released until like june of next year. Problem is is that the missionary work in Puerto Rico is rough and has been struggling for a while. So, we first need to contact at least 140 people each week and teach at least 20 lessons. (A lot easier said than done) But we have to do it, if we dont finish it by saturday this week we cant go to general conference on saturday and have to work through it. So, missionaries in puerto rico will now be leaving earlier and finishing later in the evening to do it. Pretty much do anything we can to do it. So things are a little crazy here. My clothes fit good and everything, mostly just falling apart and have stains on them. And i think i have holes in all of my socks. So you could send me some socks, black and brown ones. Well, i hope everyone is well and keep me updated on BSU. I love you all!

-Elder Bailey