July 23, 2012 Pictures

The first picture is me ROCKING at hoola hooping

the second one is me not NOT rocking at hoola hooping

the third is my companion...she catches random things

and the fourth is our pet spider Chester who lives outside our house.

 

I LOVE YOU!!!

July 23, 2012 Letter

Dear Wonderful, excited, funny, patient, hard working, still good looking even if you dont have time to get ready, best mother in the world,

 

Hi mom! I know isnt this the weirdest. Im so nervous about next week. Its weird. I felt like this day would never come and its still very surreal. This week is board week and President is deciding what is going to happen with everyone and Im not even on the board anymore! It is very weird. but exciting.

Well the person getting baptized I know I talked about her before I just cant remember what name I gave her. We will call her Red. We have been teaching Red the whole time I have been here. She is great and is really ready to be baptized. It has just been a struggle with the law of chastity. She is finally ready to commit though. It almost went down hill last week, thanks alot satan, but we had a good  talk and I think she really wants to gospel in her life. She is a really hard worker and has taught me alot. Its funny how you can meet people and learn so much about what you want in your life and what you dont want in your life. My mission has really helped me see what I want to have in my life. Most importantly the gospel! Man having the gospel in our lives really does give us an adavantage! I have never realized how blessed we are to have it. Im so grateful for it. Ive also realized how important education is! Man that is important to have. I want to get as much of it as I can now. Lots of things I have learned from alot of people but most recently from Red.

We are finding alot more potential lately. I am grateful for that. I have really wanted to leave more in this area then I found. Its proven to be difficult! But I love this area it really is amazing. I love the people. Sister Cunningham and I havea saying its "dont hate the people love the people." Sister Cunningham used to be a bit angsty. Its the funniest thing of my life. I like to give her a hard time about it. Now shes a people lover though.

Im so glad to hear that everyone is doing well!  thanks so much for the pictures! I love them! Baby Ella is so cute! Good Job JaRelle! That is so fun! I cannot wait to meet her. Im proud of  Tyson! I am such a sinner because I get so excited to meet Ella and to watch Tyson play soccer. I really look forward to it! Is that a sin? I dont know. The only thing I am excited for about coming home is seeing all of you. The rest of it makes me sick inside.

Umm yeah we are going to be stingy with Tosha and Eric the next week! I am NOT going to be ok with sharing. At all. Not ok. For anyone. The non sharing policy goes with all of the family members :you dad tosha eric anna wes dave jarelle peyton ella mckay lauren and tyson. No one is allowed to even think of seeing other people. Its not going to happen. Just going to throw that one out there. 

Well not alot of crazy stuff is going on. Just the usual missionary life. I like it though. Its better usual sometimes craziness is not good. 

Well I love you so so much! Thanks for everything mom. Oh yeah my favorite hymn...I have really been pondering it. My favorite hymn is Come Come ye Saints but I feel bad because I feel like everyone just sang it for pioneer day. So if that sounds like an awful idea because I have been given much is a good one too.  Or  if there is one that sounds super awesome on the flute she can totally do that! I have faith in her. Umm also..so next week I have to pay for my luggage. I have no idea how much that is. Sorry mom....I LOVE YOU!!!

Have the best week ever! I love you so much! Thanks for all that you do for me! I love love love love love lvoe you!!!

 

loves loves kisses hugs

love. sister bailey

July 16, 2012 Letter

Dear most special, fun, crazy, busy, exciting, splendid, beautiful, wonderful Mother!

Hi mom! How are you doing? I am doing pretty good. We have had a pretty good week so far. It is amazing how fast the weeks are going. It is truly strange. I felt like this transfer would go kinda slow but it has been SO fast. Holy cow I cant believe it. 

Tyson is the sweetst kid in the world! That little boy is amazing. I love how kind he is to everyone. He is so special and I just love him to death! Powell sounds like it was so fun. I am glad you had a good time and that no ones ribs were broken :)  I can't believe Tyson is wakeboarding! Wasn't he afraid of it when I left? Wow Good Job Tyson!

I cant believe your children aren't calling you! Don't they know how lucky they are to be able to call their mom! I will smack them around a bit for you mom. If I could I would be calling you daily. I'm pretty sure I am going to bug the crap out of you when I get home because I haven't been able to talk/see you for so long!

Well this week we set a baptism date with one of our investigators! I am so excited! Her date is for Aug. 4. It is going to be amazing! Im really excited for her. Its amazing how you just come to love the people. It was a sad week because alot of the members who I really love left this past week and will be gone until August. So I had to say goodbye to some of them. I was like well this is strange! I still have so long left but Im saying goodbye. The people here are amazing and I really love them. I just love the people in Texas.

Other than that we are just working hard to find. Oh finding. It is a treat. I love it more. Then I love feet. It rhymed.

I love Alma and the sons of Mosiah. They are amazing. I love the Anti Nephi-Lehis as well. They were some amazing covenant keepers. And I love you because you have been a wonderfully perfect example of covenant keeping. I am lucky to have such a great mom! Thanks so much for all you do!

Well I love you so so so much!! I miss you mom BUT we dont think about that because it leads to trunky thoughts! Oh man trunkiness. Well I love you I love you I LOVE YOU!!!

 

loves loves kisses hugs

 

love. sister bailey

 

ps. im kinda excited to hug you. oops  I  didnt say that out loud!

July 9, 2012 Letter

Dear Wonderful, Trunkie, Sweet, Lovely, Partying, Faithful, Smart, Amazing Mother

 

Hi Mom! So guess what you win the award for most faithful writer. I like you for that. You win! Ask Dad what you won. Hahah(evil laugh) Im an awful child. Man your life sounds so fun! Lake Powell sounds like it will be so fun! I am glad that you have things to keep you busy! Im so grateful to have missionary work! Sometimes you hear about these missionaries who check out their last transfer and I simply dont get it! Not working would be awful! The work is what keeps me focused. Sometimes though I still have some freak out moments. Its a little scary coming home.

 

Well then on to the current stuff! Sister Cunningham and I are doing well! She is a great companion! She is really teaching me alot. I really do love her. SHe puts up with all my craziness! I know I bet you cant imagine me being crazy. Im a bit of a talker..I know shock right! She is so cute she just lets me go and then she will do something and reign me back in. Its kinda funny. We work really well together. She works so hard on being a consecrated missionary and is really helping me to be even more consecrated. I love her for it. 

We are working on finding. We are teaching one person right now! But we need to find more. We have decided that we need to be working on our faith. I read about the stripling warriors earlier this week and was so struck by their faith. Everything they did was because of their faith. I want to have faith like the Stripling warriors so I can find more people to teach here! Maybe you could put in some special prayers for us and our faith in finding!   
Our 4th was pretty good! We met a really nice lady who invited us back this week! I am excited about that! Its a good step! Im feeling some hope about it! I had a less active freak out on me. That was exciting. The next day I sinned and compared the person to the zoramites in the book of mormon. Yes sometimes I am bad. Other than that nothing to eventful happened. We couldnt see any fireworks from our apt. I really wish we could have! I miss them. I thought about cute Jonathon. I cant believe it has been 6 years either. Thats amazing. Time goes so fast. Its a little gross.

Well I love you so much mom! I think you are amazing! I hope you have the best week ever! Thanks so much for all that you do! I love you I love you I LOVE YOU!!!

 

loves loves kisses hugs

 

love. sister bailey

July 2, 2012 Pictures! :)

Ok here are some pictures:

 

 

 the first is just me being SUPER awesome. Yep Im classy!

 the second is the exotic wild life here....yes the squirrel

 the third is my EXTREMELY sad short hair!

the fourth is me and Sister Cunningham. Shes cool.

July 2, 2012 Letter

Dear Wonderful, bright, patriotic as well, lovely, sweet, happy, giving Mother,

 

Hi mom! How are you doing? Wow life sounds crazy there! That is so sad for Tyson to not have fireworks. Tell him I feel his pain. I dont get any fire works either. Its so strange to not have fire works on the 4th. Oh well we get to have fun in other ways! Just tell Tyson that it just means he gets more next year! Haha im awful.

How crazy for Lauren. I feel so sad for her arm. Its amazing how long this has been going on! Her arm issue has spanned my whole mission! That is crazy. Poor girl. I cant believe she wasnt sleeping well at night. Thats awful. I feel like not sleeping well at night is like the worst thing on earth that can happen to you. Today we were at this place and peppy music was on and sister cunningham was like "my hell would be sitting in a white room listening to this music forever." I just decided mine would be not being able to sleep at night! Deh its awful! Im glad to hear that it is helping her.

When is Jarelles baby due? That is crazy! I feel like it was just yesterday she was letting us all know she is preggler. How fun for her. Babies are so cute. And cute tosha gets to be next! Yay! I love other people having babies. I think its fun.

So who does McKay want to marry? Oh man that was weird to hear. I mean it totally makes sense its just strange to think of my little tater tot getting married. Is this because both Max and Mariah are getting married? That is so cool about the orcas! Man I so wish I could have seen them! Did he get any cool pictures? Im a little jealous. The coolest thing I have seen is a squirrel eating a REALLY stale piece of bread. Maybe I will attach a picture of it. Its pretty lagit.

Well exciting stuff from this end of the world. Lets see....Sister Cunningham is pretty cool. I like her. We have a lot of fun and she is teaching me alot. She is a hard worker. Its fun working with her. Oh we had our no car day this week and by the time we got home poor sister Cunningham had heat rash all down her legs! I felt awful! The really cool thing is she didnt complain. It was happening all day and she didnt say a word until we saw it when we got home. The Lord has given me lots of moments that have shown why Sister Cunningham is here with me. I am always grateful for those moments. She is great and has a strong testimony and is really helping me to understand how I can be even better. I like her.

Umm my book of Mormon reading is going well. I am in Alma 40 now. Its amazing to see how much the testify of the Doctrine of Christ. It really is everywhere in the Book of Mormon. We are so lucky to have another testimony of our savior to really help us understand his doctrine! I think thats what makes it so sad when people wont listen to us. They just dont understand what they are missing out on. I just wish they would listen. There is a part in Mosiah 12 when Abinidi is teaching the priests, well he is more lecturing them for the failure to teach the people, but he says "ye have not applied your hearts to understanding." And then through out the rest of the Book of Mormon we learn that we really only understand things with our hearts. Thats why being a hard hearted people is such a bad thing. Sometimes I feel like that describes the people here. They all "understand" what we teach and how wrong it is. But none of them have softened their hearts enough to really understand, if they did they wouldn't be rejecting it. They used their brains not their hearts. Its sad sometimes. But then you find those with soft hearts and it makes it all worth it. Im still searching for one here in the flo mo but I know they are here! Its fun trying to find them. Man the Book of Mormon is so cool. I love reading it. Its amazing what we can learn, and even more amazing is realizing that these are real people. They really did live. I know I knew that my whole life but I never really realized it, I guess I never "applied my heart to understanding" until now. :) I want to be like the people in the Book of Mormon. They werent perfect but they gave everything to the Lord. Pretty amazing.

I had never read the book of mormon with the intent to learn about their characters and apply it into my life. But thats what has been happening as I have read it this time. I have been able to see their characters like Nephi was so obedient, he would do anything to obey the Lord. Ammon is an amazingly hard worker. Even after he chopped off all the arms and was pretty awesome he just went to the stables and got the horses ready. I dont know there are just so many cool lessons to learn from them. They are all patient and dilligent and charitable. They all have incredible faith. I want to be like them.

Well  I think I have gone on long enough. Sorry about that!  Thanks for all you do mom you are amazing! I love you so much! My love of the Book of Mormon was found on my mission buts it stems from your love of it. I have learned so much from your example! 

I love love love love love love love lvoe lvoe love lvoe you!!! 

 

Loves loves kisses hugs

 

love. sister bailey