Baptism Story

Que onda! What up! How are you guys doing? Brandon Congrats! Its good to hear from you guys once again.

This week, as you know, my companion and I had the opportunity of being a part of Rosa Ramirez baptism. We both watched as Hermano Maurico baptised her. Hno. Maurico is a recent convert of 4 months and was his first baptism. He has a very strong conversion story. He was able to participate in our lessons with Rosa. Through him we met Rosa and thought it would be right for him to baptise. It was all a good experience.

Story: Well, since it was Hermano Maurico's first baptism. We reviewed the baptismal ordinance with him before hand and everything seemed to be good. One detail we did miss though was how fast the baptising should go. During the baptism, it was like slow motion, Rosa goes into the water and she is in the water and now she is coming up and still coming up. Rosa happens to open her mouth before she has her head above water. Swallows a whole bunch of water and I think she even opened her eyes while she coming up too. I'm just glad I witnessed her baptism and not her death. All in all it went well. Rosa is doing good. She seemed to have cough all the water she took in.

Brandon, I'm freaking stoked for you. School seems to have found its place and you sound excited to get goin with this. Good to hear. I will keep you in my prayers. Amber I know you really want to send me a box of goodies but just save it and go to the mall with you little fam. I'm good. Keep me updated and keep up the emails. I love you.

I had Carl's Jr!!

How are you guys doing!? It sounds like everyone is doing well and Parker is doing good. Its good to hear from you guys.

This week flew by. We haven't had a lot of success in our area but we were looking at the area book, the other day and there are about 1 or 2 baptisms every change. Which sucks, but It must just be the area. Looking at the records made us feel better. Last Sunday, Our investigator Rosa came to church. Its her 2nd time in a row and she loves the church. We also attended a baptism with her that took place in the district right next to us. Just for her to have glimpse of what a baptism is like. The spirit was there and she enjoyed it and thought it was beautiful. Rosa's bdate is set for the 11th of Sept. I'm stoked. She is awesome.

Today, we cleaned the crap out of our house because for some reason is gets really humid in our apartment. Fungus grows on the walls and sometimes gets on our ties. Its gross! On the positive side, we went to Carols Jr. and it was really freaking good! Made my day.

I love you guys thank you once again for your love and support that you show through your emails. I want you guys to know that I love you and you guys are very much a part of my prayers. I hope that Parker has brought a special spirit into your home. I cant wait to see him someday. I love you guys! Peace!

Brandon! You the man! Go BSU!

Your Brother,

Elder Bailey

Baptism set for Sept. 12th

What up! Parker Brandon Read has arrived! I hope he had a nice flight in and is doing well. How have you guys been? How do you guys feel? Now that you have your little man. How are the girls doing? Is Amber recovering well? Whats up Brandon!

This last Sunday our investigator Rosa came to church. She enjoyed every minute of it and is progressing well. Her b date is the 12th of Sept. She has accepted the date and hopefully everything will go as planed. Other than that the work has been a little slow. We keep running into people that want to prove our message wrong. Its really annoying and they usually have never read the Bible or anything. Gay. It rains just about every day. We get soaked all the time. My comp. is the Zone Leader and we get a long great. We eat freaking pizza all the time. Last p day we went to McDonald's and I ate 5 cheese burgers. Why is McDonald's so good!?

Thank you for the pictures of Parker. He looks just like his Dad. I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the new baby boy! I love you guys and am every thankful for your examples in my life. Thank you for the love and support. Peace!

Elder Bailey