Memorial Day! School is ending!

May 27, 2014

Well its really starting to feel like summer! When school lets out its going to be awesome because all the people we teach in school can be taught earlier in the day! It will make it a lot easier for us! Unless they go on a long vacation then that would ruin everything! 

Basically none of our investigators showed up to church this week which stinks. We are really going to hammer down on that! 

Having the car for 2 days out of the week is awesome! We get a lot done and we see a ton of people that would take forever to see if we biked the whole time.  I am really getting along with Elder Barton. He is helping me a lot with focusing and getting our investigators to progress. He has been out almost 8 months and he will be awesome when he gets all that experience that comes with time. He is 22 and is from Carthage Missouri. We live in a 2 man apartment which is fun. We have parties all the time.

Elder Anderson turned 21 on Friday and Friday night after planning we played soda pong. I drank diet Mt Dew and they drank normal pop. We played 2 rounds and Elder Anderson actually threw up!!! He was pretty happy though because he said a couple years ago he would have imagined throwing up because of another type of berverage haahaa. He is a really cool guy and we have fun together. 

I almost got my uhhh twig n berries bitten off by a huge dog!

We went to some stores and I wanted to buy some stuff but the stuff I wanted was too expensive so I didn't. I really am starting to like clothes now.

My flight itinerary came in and I am not getting home till 10:35 at night! I am going to be on planes/ in airports for over 12 hours!!!!! 

Well I got another week to battle through. I hope everything goes just smoothly with our investigators! I love you all! Have a great week!!

Elder Allen

5 week transfer!

May 19, 2014

So I am getting Elder Barton as my new companion and I am staying in my area but moving apartments. The address is 8743 Magnolia #B9. Its just down the road from my old place but it should be all right. I am in a 2-man apartment though. We are sharing a car with the other Spanish Elders and will get it on Wednesdays and Thursdays. We have to do a lot of moving so I gotta go! Longer email next week! Love you!

Elder Allen

Well skyping was fun!

May 12, 2014

We had a good week this week. Not too many people came to church though which is a bummer! We have a lot of work to do and we have to lay down the rules with a couple of our investigators because we will have to drop some if they miss another Sunday!

I got to see Elder Baltazar and Elder Harris this week at a baptism which was super cool. I miss those guys a ton! Also Beeston too, he just doesn't like hanging out with us or something! JK he is a bomb missionary! 

So I got a new suit and so did McClain and Greenburg who are in the picture. The last one is my desk which is pretty cool. We cleaned our apartment really good this week too and so I am going to send my mom pictures of it so check out my blog if you want to see them. 

I am getting pretty tired and I am so worn out at times but I keep working! 

This next week is the last week of the transfer so we have transfer calls Saturday night and then transfers will be next monday. I am pretty sure I am staying which is what I want. Elder Pritchard might go though.

Skyping was awesome yesterday and it was so cool to see everyone. Ethan is still a tool and Rudi is still making everyone mad so nothing changed too much. I love my siblings! We are the cooliest! 

I have to get going but I miss you all! See you in a bit!

Elder Allen

 Evan is getting his protein!

 Nice clean kitchen I taught my son well.

sporting OHIO on the frig!!!!!!!!!!

 He gets to work out every morning.  Nice equipment for missionaries right?

 He rooms with another companionship and they were all in the same room but they switched it around and now Evan and his comp have a room by them selves.

 Its nice to see that he is well organized like me!!  He has way to many shoes and he still has a bunch at home here.  He is kinda like a girl! haha

 No Bath & Body Works????

Week 4 down!

May 5, 2014

Well we went to the temple this week and that was fun! We ate at Cafe Rio like usual and that was good. I worked out my legs before we went to the temple and it killed me most of the week! It hurt to walk haha. I worked through it though.

We got a new family to come to church. Mario and Maria and their 2 little girls. I think they liked it and we have a family home evening tonight with them so hopefully that goes good. 

I saw Elder Harris after his MLC meeting and we talked and stuff. I hope he isn't lying when he told me I can stay with him after the mission! 

There are only 2 weeks left in the transfer and then the next transfer is a 5 week one and then the next is a 7 week one and I hope I have a really good companion for that last one! 

We are going to look at suits today and hopefully I find one that looks good. I want a gray one that I can wear black and brown with. I got style now! 

Well I gotta get going but I hope everyone has a good Cinco de Mayo! 

Elder Allen

This wonderful sister sent Scott and I this email and pictures of our Elder Allen!  My day started out real special!

Elder Evan Allen & Sister Pierce

Brother and Sister Allen,

       I know that sometime our missionaries play down their role here in the field. I have been going out with Elder Allen a lot lately and wanted to share with you what a wonderful missionary he is. He is so inspired in his teaching, I am amazed at how he can draw in the kids as well as the adults all in the same lesson. He is so Spirit driven and knows exactly what people need to hear. The people that he is working with love him and he has such an open heart for each of them. He works really hard, I find myself running to keep up with him. The compassion he shows everyone around him is so uplifting. I know that he has personally been someone who has changed my life for the better. It’s hard to believe he is only 21 years old, he has so much wisdom not only for someone older like me, but his young companions and friends in the field. He is truly loved by everyone here in Riverside. He has inspired me to dig deeper and always question to gain more for myself. I feel so loved and protected by him and in turn love him very much. I go home the end of May and he will definitely be one of my special elders that I will miss very much. You have raised such a wonderful young man, he always talks about his family with such love and fondness for you all. I love the stories about his grandpa, he keeps us in stitches. I know he is looking forward to coming home but know that he will be coming home a different man. He has grown physically, emotionally and spiritually, and as he says it himself for the better.  I know that someday he will be a wonderful husband and father. I am sure you are very proud of him as he fulfills his purpose and helps people make life changes. Please know that I am personally also very proud of him for who he is and who he wants to become. May Heavenly Father bless you for want a wonderful son you have raised, for the sacrifices you are making supporting him on this mission, and for the love you always have for him. I am grateful to you for sharing him and hope I have the opportunity to meet you someday. 

Much Love, 

Sister Pierce

 Elder Allen & Elder Tabile

 Elder Cook & Elder Tabile &Elder Allen

 Elder Allen & Elder Tabile's birthdays!!!!!!

 Game time in between conference sessions.

Elder Bloomfield & GOOFY Elder Allen @ zone conf.

20 months?

April 21, 2014

 Elder Allen on BIKE!!!!!


ZONE conference March 2014
RIVERSIDE ZONE



Eating lunch at zone conference. His comp is to his left and Elder Hayden Johnson (from Toledo Stake too!)is the next missionary over.

Time keeps going. 

I am scared.

I am excited.

My mind is messed up.

I love hanging out with my friends.

I love this work.

Baptisms.

Yeah.

Well I got to hold a PS4 controller this week and it is soooooo awesome! It brought back so many memories! 

Clara and Luz who got baptized the week before general conference got confirmed yesterday and their brother Emilio should get baptized this coming Sunday if everything goes right.

We found some new people this week so we got work to do! 

Nothing else too crazy happened this week but hopefully I have stories next week.

Oh I went low while biking and had to stop at a little store and get some juice. Thats about it haha!

Well have a good week! I miss you all!

Elder Allen

1st week of the transfer

April 14, 2014

Well this week drug on! It was one of the longest weeks I had in a really long time. We did work though. Nobody came to church which stunk. We have to solidify people or drop them this week because we gotta get em in da wata! 

I saw Elder Moss and Elder Moser at a wedding reception on Saturday.They taught a family that got sealed which is pretty cool. I miss Elder Moss a lot!

A recent convert of Elder Harris and I picked us up while we were waiting at a bus stop. Tino has a job now but complains about it. He is less active now and we need to send him some letters and encourage him to go back to church. When we taught him though he didn't have a job and now he does so thats a blessing he doesn't see yet.

I have been working out super hard because we have sooo much equipment to use! I get up at 5:40 every morning and its cool because I am not even tired!

I got a haircut today and talked to the lady in spanish and she has been here for 18 years and hasn't learned english and I told her I have been here for 19 months and have learned spanish so she's gotta learn. I told her we could "teach her some english" but she said it was ok.

I have been daydreaming a lot about home and my thoughts wander to home often. Its super scary, happy, intimidating, and I know I will be ready to come home but I am terrified to do it at the same time. I won't get a nice hispanic dinner once a day and I am going to have to worry about school, bills, a car, finding a wife, a job, and I am going to have to try to have fun at the same time. 

I love my mission though! I have changed a bunch! I think I am quite a bit cooler than before. I miss you all and I am pumped to have another week of work to do out here! Wish me luck!

Elder Allen

PS Go Bucks

Well there goes another transfer!

April 7th, 2014

I can't believe everything is happening so fast! I hate time out here!

This week was pretty good. We had a ton of fun and my birthday was a blast! I am 21 years old now!!! I got my new license too! Its a Cali license! I am pumped for this next transfer and we are going to do a ton of work. 

I am soooo hungry! We are eating a T Bell (Taco Bell) after this and I am going to stuff myself!

I don't have too much more to write about but I amloving my mission and I can't believe I only have 18 weeks left. I have a lot to do in a little time but I ma going to have fun and enjoy the rest of my mission.

Elder Allen