Thanks for the email, pictures and packages
and dearelder mail. The cinnamon rolls were great! The girls in the room all
loved them. Here in the MTC we eat, sit and sit, sit, sit and eat, sit and eat
so I still have a lot of extra cinnamon rolls left because we usually aren't
that hungry except for bedtime because dinner is at 4:30 and we go to bed at
10:30. So the cinnamon rolls are great right before bed:)
-My clothes are working great I get tons of
compliments and I love them.
-I just put my clothes in the laundry. It was
so funny because me and my companion didn't know how to start the machines....
hahaha that was a little embarrassing.
- Yes our room is very crowded. I will
try to send you a picture. We only have an hour on the computers so time is
very rushed.
- The room has six beds, six girls, six tiny
closets with 3 small drawers. I still have kinda been living out of a suitcase
because we have like no time to unpack and try to organize our lives. That is
good though because then there is little time to feel sorry for myself.
-It is weird because a lot of the rooms only
have like 4 girls in a room. Then our room has all six girls. I am glad that my
room is full though because then I get to know more girls.
- I have met four other sisters going to my
same mission. They are really cute and happy. I don’t know why my companion and
I weren't put in their district-but oh well.
- The food is good, we eat at 7, 11:30 then
4:30 It is a full meal every time.
Cool story the first morning my companion and
I walk into the cafeteria and we both just wanted biscuits and gravy. I said a
little joke, "hey maybe if we pray then we will get it for breakfast
tomorrow.”So we each said a little prayer half serious... and guess what was
for breakfast the next day?! Yeah!! Biscuits and Gravy! God answers my prayers
daily. It is so cool! I am able to notice a lot of them because we are so
filled with the spirit all the time.
My district is great there are 12 people in my
district and like 26 in our zone. In our
district there are 6 sisters and 6 elders. Most of the kids in our district are straight
out of high school-except for maybe three. The oldest on in our district is my
companion, Hermana Parris. She is 20. She graduated in 2012. She is fun. I have been laughing a ton. When I say that, I am not kidding. Everyone says Hermana Bailey is always
laughing. When I was interviewed with the Branch President he thanked me for
being so positive and said that I am making this a more enjoyable experience
for others:)
My companion is fun too. She always laughs with me. She is from Arizona and she is hating the
cold. I just laugh because it hasn't
been that cold.
Waking up in the morning is hard but not as
hard as I thought it would be. Mornings or evenings are probably the hardest
because that is when I think about the family. Whenever I let myself think
about the family I get homesick and I cry whenever someone brings it up! Yeah
super embarrassing. My companion never
cries. I cry when I feel the spirit - which is a lot, and whenever I talk about
you guys. HAhaha my companion doesn’t
know how to handle it. But don’t worry
about me I am so fine. Most of the time
I am studying Preach My Gospel, memorizing a scripture in Spanish, or learning Spanish.
Yeah 2nd day in the MTC we had to teach an investigator in Spanish! Super hard.
I am just trying to have faith that the
language will come. I know it will though. Before I go to bed I can’t stop
thinking about Spanish. Because I pray so much in Spanish it is a bit weird to
pray in English now!
The gift of tongues is real. I know I am not
even close to being fluent but I know that the Lord is helping me.
My teacher is great. She only speaks Spanish. That makes things
interesting.
I love the Dearelder letters. The first day they
came I got like 5 and 2 packages! Everyone in my district was like "well
look who is popular." I felt kindof bad they didn’t get any but I was sooooo happy I got so many. Keep them coming.
I make sure I share the treats. However I think it would be best if you wrote
me the long email to my email, because then I can print them off and read it
then. My district leader gets the mail and I don’t get to read it until I am
going to bed and nights are crazy busy so time to read is short. So keep sending me the Dearelder mail, but for
your long email just email it to me and I can print it for free.
I have learned so much here. The spirit is so
strong. I look at the missionaries who
have been here a couple of weeks and think their testimonies are amazing. We
have testimony meeting every night! The big thing I have learned while being
here is that this mission is not about me. I heard this awesome talk from Elder
Bednar and he said that we need to turn outside of ourselves.
Did you get my letter? I sent it Thursday! I
will try to send a picture but the computer isn’t working out so great! I have
so much more to tell you but I am short on time. I will try and write you a
letter. We can only write on P days so time is always short!! At first I was
really struggling to sleep at night but now I sleep like a baby. Haha the beds are super squeaky.
Anyways love you lots/ Hows kami? Any baby?
Hows the family? Brayden start Basketball? I am so sorry the letter is
confusing there really is not time!
Love you all. I am great. Don’t worry about me. I am learning how to forget myself and serve
God and then the rest will fall into place!
Love, Hermana Bailey
