November 11

So overall it was a really good week. I went on exchanges with Elder Moser this past Tuesday and I learned a lot from him. He has been out for like 30 months so hes had some experience on his mission. I went on exchanges on bike this past Friday as well with Elder Tui'One and that was fun except my butt hurt a ton from riding the bike. We taught some cool lessons as well and I am lucky to be in a truck! 

We are going to have 2 baptisms next week! One is the friend of a member who is really cool and the other is the grandma of this family that got baptized over the past couple months. She is super stubborn but she is going to follow through this week! We are super excited for these baptisms though!

I got to see Elder Beeston and Elder Baltazar on Tuesday on exchanges at dinner which was cool! We are like the three best friends that anyone could have, We are the three best friends that anyone could have, We are like the three best friends that anyone could have and we will never ever never ever never leave eachother! I also got to see Baltz yesterday at a baptism! We got to hang out! I luv u guys!

Yesterday morning we went to help the city set up 1,775 flags for Veteran's Day. A bunch of members were there too. Thats a lot of flags!

We are halfway through the transfer though and we still got a lot of work to do! Elder Dixon and I are getting along good and we are really getting into the work! 

I thought I had some more to say but I forgot so I will see you all next week!

Elder Allen

Well there goes another week!

November 18    

Time has seriously been flying by! I am having fun out here and we have a lot of work going on and There will be at least one baptism this next Sunday and hopefully 3! I am excited and ready to keep going and to get more people ready to get baptized. The one for sure that will happen on Sunday is David who is the friend of a member and he is 18 and we talked about missions and everything this past lesson and he might start thinking about preparing for a mission which would be legit! He is a cool guy and taught us how to make horchata pretty easily. 

We are having interviews with President Smart on Tuesday and that should go good. We also went to the temple this past week and that was awesome! I learn something new every time I go there!

Well I don't have too much more to say because I sent out some decent emails already and I want to play basketball so I will see you all later! I love you mom!

Elder Allen

November 4

So we had a pretty good week! 

It started off on Tuesday when we went to MLC and I got to see Elder Baltazar and Elder Beeston! We hung out! I am really starting to not like being a Zone Leader because you have to really worry about others areas and your own and sometimes there is drama going on in the zone and you just feel pulled in so many different ways. Its cool though because we had ZDM on Friday and that went pretty good. The zone seems excited and they seem like they want to get to work now. Hopefully we can reach our zone goal of 7 baptisms for November.

Halloween was fun! We watched Ephraim's Rescue, a church movie, and then came home and played Munchkin! It was fun overall but we still aren't allowed to go get candy! I might dress up next year for Halloween just for fun! 

We had a kid named Alex on date for this past Sunday and Saturday morning we got a text from him saying he is going back to his old church so we were bummed about that but that night we found a new investigator named Moises and he came to church and then a member brought a non-member to church and we taught him afterwards and he is on date as well. The work is progressing there is just a bunch of things that happen that cause people to fall through and it stinks!

Hey dad have you got any info back on my memory card?

In the next package can you send my hard drive as well?

On Saturday we helped a family move down to Escondido and they gave me one of there cows they had outside! Its pretty heavy and its sitting on my desk (it has some huge nuts) HAHAHA! It reminds me of when Ethan and I were little and we played with cows all the time.

 

My Spanish is pretty good now and I don't have to think very much at all of what I want to say, it just flows out which is cool! Its about time too, 14 months!

Thanksgiving is coming up and I am sooo excited! We get to play football and eat a ton! 

Christmas will be here in no time as well and I have no clue what I want, maybe some money to buy some protein because I work out hard now! #gettinhuge

How is Mazie? I haven't heard about here since you said she was pregnant! If she died tell me, I don't want to get home in a year and you tell me then.

I did share the beef jerky you sent and I have been saving mine and hoarding it like GOLD!

I got a letter from Sophia with a bunch of smarties in it but the letter broke and there was only like 5 or 6 left in the envelope but I still ate them!

Well thats all, I hope you are having fun back home! I am having fun here and this week looks like it will be pretty warm!

Elder Allen

1st Week with Elder Dixon!

So Elder Dixon is pretty cool! We get along well and have a ton of work to do. We only had 2 investigators come to church so we were bummed about that but Alex was one of them and he should be getting baptized next weekend. Elder Dixon is from Ogden Utah and like sports. He really like lacrosse and we have fun talking about sports. 

So since Elder Santos left I had to start doing work haha just kidding Santos!! We have a ton of work though. We have found a bunch of people and lots have dates to be baptized. They just have to come to church and that is always the hardest thing for people to do. We are going to baptize a bunch though which is cool!

My A1C was 7.4 so I am doing better and I think it is because I am working out a lot better in the mornings. I want to get it lower too so I got to stop eating so many tortillas and beans and rice!

We saw a Ferrari! Check it out!

Elder Allen

Elder Dixon

We got the mission meeting tomorrow! So I get to see Baltz, Beeston, and Santos! We are so gonna hang out hardcore!

Well I am bummed that Dad broke my memory card and I really hope that you guys can get the info! That was like 5 transfers of pics and stuff! I know its my fault for not sending it home sooner but yeah, try to get the stuff!

Could you send me my hard drive? I have a bunch of stuff that I want to put on there and then I will send it back home.

Here is my grocery list mom: Bread, Juice, Yogurt, Tuna

I miss you all and can't wait to see you!

October 21, 2013

Well Elder Santos is going to be the new AP and I am getting Elder Dixon. We are going to tear it up and baptize! Elder Baltazar is a ZL with Elder Beeston and I am soooooo jealous!!! They are going to hang out hardcore! I miss them already! Elder Laparra is leaving! I hope he has fun adjusting to the normal life!

We have this cool kid named Alex who is the friend of a Christian who got baptized a month ago. He came to church last week and he is on date for the 3rd of Nov and he is super solid. We have some other people that are promising. The thing that stinks is all 5 people who were going to get baptized this past weekend all fell off and either dropped us or want more time. We have lots of work to do!

Buckeyes are still undefeated!

I will try to get my memory card out next week because today will be super busy!

Nothing else is really going on so thats all I got. I miss you guys! I gotta go move stuff around! Love ya!

Elder Allen

GO BUCKS