February 9th, Midland, TX

I've been so behind in posting Elder Allen's letters, sorry! I've decided to just start at his latest instead of working backwards. Thanks to all of you and your support!

Nyla

We've done sooooo much this week and It's one of those things when you do a lot, but you can't really remember all of it because it went by so fast.

:D Elder Whatcott and I are doing really well! We had an awesome lesson with Y and A. They are 17 and they work at Texas Road house. Their Friend is a member and he referred them to us. It's pretty great!!

And we had a great MLC! 

(This is a clip taken from the letter I sent to Carter. It describes this MLC.)

We had a MLC on Friday and had two representatives from Salt lake came. They were instructing on how to planing and things like that. And how to plan effectively . At first I was kinda thinking like, "well, the situations they are describing are perfect. And I'm pretty sure I've never had that." So I wasn't really too excited. But then I thought about how important it is to give your leaders Honor. Like in Mark 5. The people gave Christ honor and he was able to heal the un-healable and do mighty miracles. Tame the un-tamable man and do amazing things. Then in Mark 6 at the beginning, he goes back to his country and they don't honor him. And it says "And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them."

It's pretty crazy. So, after thinking of that. I did my best to give them honor and I ended up learning a lot more. And came out of it with  (1. a respect for them. and ( 2. An understanding of why we needed to learn that and how it will help. 

So yeah! This week was good! And we are really excited for this next week! It's going to be really nice outside! :D

I love you all so much! 

Con amor, Elder Allen!

Awesome deer roast.

Elder Felts, me and Elder Engstrom.

I got my bike back!!

October 13th

So, this week was pretty good! I uh.... I got my bike back! :D Woot woot! So that's good! I gave the info to our ward Mission leader (Who is the biggest lawyer in town) and he knew the guy and got someone who knew him to get it back... so I have my bike back! And, It has an added accessory!  It has a kickstand! :D Wahoo! I'm not exactly sure how he got it back but hey, it's Clovis! Haha. Que mas.. oh! That same day, Elder Engstrom had some sweet acrobatics on his bike! It was pretty impressive. Most of the tricks were after he hit the ground though. He did a couple barrel rolls and things like that. He's ok, nothing to bad. Just a little bruised. So thats good!!!

We had interviews this last week as well! President Heap is the best! :D I love him. We also had a Mission wide fast for the work here to progress. And also for us to give up things that are holding us back.  I've been brought to much reflection and thought this week about what I can/need to give up. I'm working on it. He is inspired! 

D and R are going to be baptized on the 22nd!!!  I'm so excited!!  They are great!  Their parents are supportive too! :D 

I love you all! Thank you for the prayers and everything that you do! Les amo mucho! 

Con amor- Elder Allen3

PS. "E", a girl we were teaching a couple months ago, just got Baptized in California! Wahoo!! :D Heavenly Father knows what he's doing!

Meet the Mormons!

October 6th

 

So this week was good! We set D and R's Baptismal date for the 25 of October! And we are really excited! And we got 3 new investigators this week as well! They are cool! On Tuesday we went and saw the movie Meet the Mormons. We went to Lubbock and watched it as a zone! It was cool! It was at the church and President Heap got the DVD mailed to him by Church Head Quarters. So, no big deal! :D Haha, I hope that you ALL watch it! It's super duper good! :)

 And then Saturday and Sunday were the best days of the month. General Conference :D Oh yeah! They were soooo good! and I'm trying to get them onto my ipod. But, It seems to be smarter than me. So, maybe I'll send it home and see if you can get it on. I'm pretty sure that the technology has greatly improved since I've been gone, (That makes it sound like I've been gone a long time. haha).  I thought that I got the music on it and it shows up in the menu but won't play. Maybe Alice, Carter, Tanner, or Tyler in their great wisdom can persuade my ipod to co-operate.

 I love you all so much! I hope an pray all is well with you :D

Les amo! :D Elder Allen!

It was Awesome!

September 29th
 

Alrighty then, So! Our Investigator "M" got Baptized! It was so cool! It was by her Husband who was less active but not anymore! He was ordained a Priest on the 21st and Baptized her last Friday. And, Haha she had to be dunked 4 times. But overall, she really felt the spirit and loved it a lot :) And the Sisters had 2 Investigators get baptized as well! They are pretty awesome.

And then! On Sunday, she was confirmed!  The spirit was so strong during the Confirmations.  During the testimonies our two or investigators D and R got up and bore their testimonies. Super awesome! R (They are both 14. I've talked with you guys about them before) told everyone how her parents don't want her to be baptized because they are Catholic. She said she really wants to be baptized,believes in it and wants to be part of the church, and she belives the Book of Mormon is true. It was awesome! 

And then D got up and told everyone that he believes Joseph Smith to be a Prophet and the Book of Mormon is true and Said "I was just going to tell the missionaries this after church, but I decided to just tell everyone". I Had no idea what he was going to say next... He said "I've been praying and I just want to be baptized as soon as possible!" My jaw just about hit the floor. And I'm sitting right behind him to share my testimony. So Naturally, everyone can see my face. Haha, and the faces of the people in the congregation were pretty awesome too! So, this weekend was pretty great! And Yeah! I'm excited for this week! GENERAL CONFERENCE!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOT WOOT! I'm pretty stoked. 

We are going to be working on "finding" a lot this week. I love finding. Riding around and talking to people is the best! :D I hope you all know that I love you guys! And that This Is the Kingdom of God here on the Earth. And that The Book of Mormon is true, Jesus is the Christ, and Heavenly father loves you. En El nombre de Jesuscristo, Amen.

Con amor, Elder Allen



"M"

Me and Elder Engstrom





All of us



 

Pictures!!

Subway Feast!! Grandma Harris is the best!!

September 8th, 15th and 22nd

Sept. 8th

This week was really good! We have worked hard! :D Oh yeah!

We are teaching a lot of new people! "F" She has cancer and also just got out of the hospital from having a blood clot. She really likes the Plan of Salvation. 

La Familia "P" They are awesome and I get to speak Spanish! So.... it's super important to get members out with us because my Companion is a English called missionary. haha. They are so cool and want to be baptized. At the end of the lesson they told us that they wouldn't be able to make it to church this last week so we need to set a baptismal date. They are a Father, Mother, 14 yr boy, 12yr girl, 10yr girl and some younger kids. The spirit is always really strong and love the Plan of Salvation!

La Familia "L" Super cool as well! Mother and 3 children. The father works crazy schedules but they strongly feel the spirit.

"M" She is super awesome too! Going to be baptized on the 2 7th of Sept. Her recently activated husband is going to baptize her! :D Wahoo!! :D

I have really came to love these people. Relationships are one of the reason we are here on earth. To love, help and serve each other. And then for these relationships to last forever, through the eternities. I love you all so much. I pray that I'll be with you in the Celestial Kingdom. Am excited to be with all my loved ones forever! So, Keep it up!  I'll keep up my side of the bargain if you keep up yours.(wink)

Love Elder Allen

Sept. 15

 So this week was really good! We Had Zone Training! :D Wahoo! I loved it! And PS. This next week-end we get our Transfer calls.

We have such good Leaders here in this mission. I learn so much from them.

So we've been teaching one of our recent converts "C" and "L" It's going really well.  We teach her, and so she can remember better, she draws it! Then we have her teach it back to us! So coo! The spirit is amazing!  We are going over there for dinner tonight and I'm excited! Oh, and My Bike Got stolen.... Hmmm..

We drove out to Tuccumcari to do a Baptismal Interview on Friday! (It's about and hour and a half away.) We took the Sister's car, (Sister Christofferson and Sister Pepperdine. Both from Spanish Fork) and drove out there. It was a good trip. And, while we were there, we had a "Subway Feast!" courtesy of Grandma Harris. She's the Best.

It was a really good week! And this one is going to be a really good too.

I love you all a lot! I'm working on getting better at these E-mails! Love you tons!

PS. I cannot get any of my pictures onto the E-mail... hmmm...

Love Elder Allen

Sept. 22

This has been a great week! We did tons of service! It was sweet. On Tuesday we were biking down the road and saw a U-Haul by a house. We rode up to it and asked if the needed help. At first the guy was kind of iffy. But when we got off the bikes and took off our helmets, he agreed. It was fun. Moving people is the best! It turns out he's from Louisiana, a Cajun! He wants to cook us some Jambalaya! Woot! Woot! We will of course teach him about the great plan of The wondrous and everlasting God of the universe! We have high hopes for him and his step son. 

On Wednesday we had dinner with a Spanish family that goes to the Spanish branch. It was really good food! Spicy! I have come to love spicy food! I eat jalapenos all the time. I eat a Habanero in one day over a few meal. It was good!

We've been teaching "C", our newest member. She is just the best. She is getting married on November 14th and I hope I'm still here for that. They both are awesome! I have really developed a love for the people here, more than any whee else on my mission so far. 

On Thursday my borrowed bike had a flat.... so we walked everywhere. It was fun though. That night I patched it up and then we taught "C" again.

On Friday it rained like crazy! It was awesome! It's been raining all week but Friday was crazy. We went to a member's house for some yummy dinner. We then taught their really, really awesome friends. Then... we found out they live in the Sister's area (Sisters Christoferson and Pepperdine, both from Spanish Fork) so we turned them over. We also taught "M" who is getting baptized on the 26th of September. Of course, she's awesome!

On Saturday we helped our neighbor move a bunch of stuff into his storage unit. He's in the Air Force and getting deployed. He's not allowed to tell us what he does. The Air Force has  a Special Operation Base here. They do cool stuff here. Our ward mission leader is deployed but the assistant is a Boss! The we taught "D&R". We have been teaching them since I got here.  They are 15 and 16 and want to be baptized, but we have to work on their parents first. We're trying to teach them too!

On Sunday "D&R", "C" and her fiance, a less active family and "M" and her husband all came to church! The sister brought "I" and said he had a baptism date! Then we had 2 member lessons and then we got "C" home teachers over to her house for a lesson. Sunday was THE BEST DAY EVER!!!!!!!

Today I found out who stole lmy bike! Yay! The guy tried to sell it to a person we've taught a couple of times. He got all of the guys info and we called the police. They are working on it. So maybe, Yay?!

Our Stake is being reorganized and our Zone is also. We are going to be in the new Zone so I'm not sure if I'll still be a District leader. I'll find out tonight. It is all done in inspiration, I know that for a fact.

Everything is well in Clovis South! I love you all and we are hastening the work!

Love,

Elder Allen

"Well hi theeeeere :)"- Alex the Lion from Madagascar. (That's for Alex Delbar :D)

This week has been really good! On Saturday we set a goal to have 20 Morning Teachings. (Morning teaching Includes: Talking to someone outside, Bearing testimony, teaching Unique/restored truth, and leaving a commitment.)

The most I've ever gotton in one day was 24 or so. So to prepare ourselves for this task, we role played morning teaching and discerning their concerns and using the Book of Mormon as much as we could. So when we found a question, or concern we addressed it with the Book of Mormon. And that is actually what I instructed on in District Meeting (Using the Book of Mormon in contacts and as much as possible) and so we were doing our best. We picked out our "Arsenal" of scriptures and went to work. And we got 30!! It was pretty awesome! When we prepare, the Lord provides. We met some really cool people!

"J" (The one who just got baptized) Passed the Sacrament on Sunday! Wahoo! It was sweet! He's a boss! And Elder Engstrom (My Companion) is a natural born teacher! It's pretty awesome! Being a trainer is fun andiIt's hard. haha but I like it. I've been blessed with him, he's excited, converted, and is a good teacher! So it's kinda easy. I guess the hard part is that these two transfers will set the tone for his whole mission.... Dun dun dun!  He's a really good missionary.

"E" (One of our investigators) moved to California.... and then texted us and asked if, "If one of you were to baptize me, would I need to go back there? or could you come to California?" haha it was pretty cool!

Welp, I gotta go! Or "... Blow this Popsicle stand!" As Phineas would say. 

Remember, The church is true, The book is blue, and you have work to do. And... Families don't slip away. I love you all so much! Keep and remember the covenants you made in the Temple! :D

Con amor, Elder Allen :D

 PS.... "Am I sweating milk?"