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

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