Wow! I´m exhausted to say the least! Who knew that being a zone leader for a week in the MTC could be so hard? I have spent many nights up till 11:30pm or later figuring out issues with missionaries and talking to the Branch President trying to resolve issues. Elder B. had appendicitis on Wednesday, so Elder Smith and I were in charge of getting him to and from Main Campus on Thursday and Friday to chill in the sick bay. Man what a week! Elder B., we found out has some other medical issues that i wont expound on that affect how he behaves. So I´ve had to resolve physical fights, one including me and Elder B. and one including Elder M. and Elder B., both started by Elder B. and he´s a pretty big guy so it was frightening, but don´t worry, no one was critically or even minorly injured in these fights:). I think it was the oxicoton he was taking that made him violent. He has to stay an extra week or two until he is capable to serve. Elder K. has had suicidal thoughts so ive been helping him to my best ability with the help of counselors and the Branch President. And he mentally snapped the other day. He was having conversations with a rubber duck...it freaked us out! So we scheduled him an appointment with a counselor and they deemed him unfit for service. So he will be flying home tomorrow. It´s really sad because he was perfectly healthy one week ago, but the stress and pressures got to him and his mind couldnt handle it anymore. So they will hopefully resolve these problems and he will be out serving in the next month or so. These are just some of the problems weve dealt with this week, I don´t want to sound like im complaining so I´ll just say that I´m grateful that the Lord gave me strength and knowledge to know how to deal with all these stressful situations. It´s been a really hard week, but I´ve felt the Lord´s hand in my life that has given me the strength to continue in the work.
Also there is a cough going around and everyone in my zone has it and we are all flying out tomorrow! So much for a good first impression to the Mission President:) We are all hoping that we will wake up better tomorrow morning. Now on to the good news! Elder Taylor´s and I committed our progressing investigator, Marcus, to baptism! And we had TRC for 3 days and taught a guy named Gabriel who is Catholic. But we taught him by the Spirit and he is now committed to baptism as well! So a great week! I have learned how to teach by the Spirit and listen to him and teach the lessons by his influence. The lessons have been much better since I learned how to do that. We also got 2 new districts this week into our zone. They are from all over and seem pretty chill. Oh yeah! Tomorrowmorning we wake up at 1:30 and catch a train at 2:30 headed for Florida. It´s going to be a long ride!! Just kidding, we take the train to the airport and out flights leaves at 6:25 for some location that i don´t remember, then we have a layover for a certain amount of time. Then we fly from wherever we are to Florida landing approx. around 4:15ish. I believe we are flying American Airlines. Im so excited to get out of here and get to work. I don´t know how missionaries stay here for 9 weeks or longer. I thought 2 weeks was long! We have a deep respect for the ones who are foreign speaking and are here for 9 weeks. Well this is all the time i have this week! So i´ll write next week whenever my pday is!
Love
Elder Bailey
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