Oh yeah, the night before I left hondo, a member called us to help him on his car. It wouldnt turn over after putting a new starter in. We pulled the plugs to relive compression pressure. When we turned it over gas shot our like a fire hose! the Injectors were stuck open for some reason, and the cylinder were FULL of gas! I got sprayed bad everywere! haha so much fun! So there are some pictures of me soaked in gasoline and oil :) Also a picture of us saying goodbye to DG our recent Convert in Hondo, and some pictues of cars we've seen so far :) I'll see if I can get a picture of Elder Tanner...

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Elder Allen

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Elder Allen

Slow Knocking.....but...

Hello everybody! How was your valentines week? Mine was pretty good, Knocking on Valentines night was awkward, but it was funny :)  So this week was pretty slow knocking wise... but we did have a few teaching opportunities. We got to teach a silly person who claimed to be an Atheist of some sort. He allowed us to come back and teach him the next day. He politely listened to us for about 20 min. We read the 1st vision out of Joseph Smith History. He was asking good questions and everything until the end. Right when we read the last word, he said "thanks for coming" and kicked us off his porch. Haha it was strange... we decided that he probably felt the spirit and it freaked him out. He was a cool guy though.

 Then we had a nice long conversation with an anti -Mormon guy. It turned out to be an entertaining testimony builder :) Haha Elder Tanner and I enjoyed it.

On Wednesday we had a sweet Zone Conference! I got to see Elder Johnson and some other missionaries I haven't seen for a little while. We were trained on talking to everyone and using scriptures when we teach. It was sweet. Zone Conferences are the best.

On Thursday we talked to a crazy old guy who collects license plates. He gave us some Texas plates for free :) what a nice guy.

Friday was the best day though, we talked to a member who owns a feed store. We asked her if there was any service we could do out there, and talk to her employees while doing it. We got to scrape up and shovel piles and piles of rotten sour feed that fell from the old silos. Haha it was great, we got all muddy and dirty. Good times. My shoes still stink, I was warned they probably will always stink until the end of forever. We’ll see.

I'm really liking this area, The members are pretty cool. The town is full of non-interested old people, but there's got to be a few out there that are ready!  Thanks for all the sweet packages I got this week =D Today were planning on going to a cool place called Enchanted Rock to go hiking, it should be fun :) Talk to you all next week.

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Elder Allen

Service is Fun

This week was really cool, we did a lot of service! We got to give service at a thrift store here in town, at a food bank, and for a member fixing his lawnmower, then mowing his lawn. It was fun :) We got to talk to a lot of cool people through  our service activities. No teaching appointments from them yet, but hopefully soon.  We met a lot of crazy people thru knocking though. It was fun.

In Sacrament meeting yesterday we had a hymn testimony meeting. It was really cool. People would go up and say what their favorite hymn was and we would sing a verse or two. It was neat, I haven’t seen that since a few years ago at home in 4^th ward. All the members loved it.

My Comp and I are getting along really well, we have a lot of the same interests, and the same personality. The work is moving slow in this area, but it's sure moving :) It's nice once you start to get to know people in the ward or branch after getting transferred. Haha! Transfers are the worst. I'm excited for these next few weeks and the success we’ll see here :)

Thanks everyone for your support and prayers.

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Elder Allen