Still Lovin' the Mission!

Hey everyone!Thanks for the emails. I love hearing from everyone. So this week was pretty good, we are preparing a family for baptism this upcoming sunday hopefully. and we are trying for new investigators, we havent had any in a while so were working hard to find them. We might have to drop the feminist because she isnt progressing. The next appointment will make or break it. And the 19 year old that has the pastors for parents is having a hard time too. So sound like everything is great in Boise, its good that Aubrey's dating an LDS guy, but he will be leaving on a mission for 2 years so we will see ha ha. Oh and i dont need slacks or anything, actually have too much stuff, im still trying to get through the stuff i bought back home, like toothpaste and etc. So just make sure u dont send Jordan off with too much stuff ha ha. I did email Brandon, i really want him to go on a mission, i cant stress how important it really is, Jordan will know soon, he will feel how i feel. It is a commandment to preach the gospel, i just dont want him to make the wrong decision and miss this chance. Thats so awesome that Jordan gave 2 talks, tell him to brush up on some spanish to prepare for the mtc. Well, i love u all so much and keep the emails coming!-Elder Bailey

Hey Everyone!

Hey everyone!!!Thanks for the emails! So on sunday we had the baptism of the father of the family we are teaching, he wanted to be baptised sooner than we had planned. So the rest of the family should be baptised in the coming weeks, im so excited! We taught the feminist last night and basically she prays to a God & Godess & she aparently didnt like the catholic church so she baptised her own children at home. Shes really interesting ha ha. We will see how she progresses. Basically we get all of the good investigators through references from the members. Knocking doors hardly ever works. Like one day we tracted for like 2 hours and we only got 1 return appointment. Which will probably fall. So references and member work is were it is at. So the 19 year old girl is having family problems now so we delayed the baptism for this upcoming sunday or saturday. So tomorrow we have zone conference and a general authority is coming, Elder Coleman of the seventy. Im so excited. Well sounds like everything is going great, i love hearing from yall.-Elder Bailey

Thanks for the emails!

Hey everyone thanks for the emails!Im doing great here. This transfer were trying for 7 baptisms. Which would be so cool. We have been teaching a family of 5 and they are seriously the coolest family ever! And we are teaching this one girl who has parents that are pastors in the Pentacostle church. When i had my previous companion we were having a lesson with her and it had to be at the church because she hasnt told her parents that she was meeting with the missionaries, but shes 19 so its fine. And my companion commited her to be baptized and then we asked her if she would pray on her knees with us for her to know that the church is true. And i swear we were on our knees for 20 mins. And she started to cry and my companion felt inspired to give her a blessing. So we did and the spirit was so strong, she is going to be baptised this sunday, i am so happy for her. Oh and this sunday we have a lesson with a lady who is a major feminist and has a degree in theology and believes in hinduism and pagan gods. Ill tell yall how that goes. ha ha. So, im not senior companion, my companion has been in the mission for a year. And you can give my address to whoever, im happy to hear from anyone. My spanish is getting better everyday, and im so glad i get to stay here in Caguas. I love watching the investigators progress and build their testimonies. Oh and dad shouldnt have messed with the bee sting. You are supposed to not touch it and if it has a stinger you use tweezers to put it straight out. So dont touch it!! i had a bite on my arm the other day and i scratched it and it started to spread on my arm into a bunch of little bumps and so i left it alone and now its fine. We are told to be really careful here with the bites that we get. Well, email me back, cant wait to hear from yall!!
-Elder Bailey

A new companion tomorrow

Hey everyone,thanks for the emails. I love hearing from yall. So its the end of the transfer and like i expected im staying here in caguas. My companion is heading back to curasou and he doesnt want to leave. So since he is my trainer we call eachother son and dad. Hes my dad. ha ha. So since he is leaving im killing my dad. I dont know its just what they call it. Its funny because now i have like uncles and brothers and maybe ill have a son in the future. ha ha. So yup tomorrow i get a new companion i dont know who it is yet but i heard hes a good missionary. Im excited but nervous because i will have more responsibility now. So thats pretty much it for me, still preaching the gospel and learning tons. I went and bought my glasses today they wont be done till next week. Please try and convince Brandon to serve a mission. I was afraid of giving talks too but the mission pretty much got rid of that because its a whole different story when u have to give a talk in spanish. Doing stuff in english seems so easy now. I dont know why he didnt email me back, ask him about it. Well i love hearing from yall, i love u all so much.-Elder Bailey

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!