So this week I got Transferred to Austin!! I'm back in the
stinky smelly busy city. Haha just kidding Austin is TONS nicer than San
Antonio. I'm on a bike for only half the week. We share the car with the other
missionaries in this ward. The ward is so big that my companion (Elder Moote)
and I cover the North side of the ward, and the other two missionaries cover
the South side. The ward is called Shoal Creek. My area is Shoal Creek A, and
the other Missionaries area is Shoal Creek B. My New Address is 12148
Jollyville Rd #1513 Austin Texas 78759. So tell everyone! haha just
kidding.
The ward just barley split last week, we went from 500 members to only 400. I'm still used to Fredericksburg when 60 was a big crowd! I was a bit overwhelmed. I was in the mind set that I was going to be able to get to know all the members on a personal level like I was able to in Fredericksburg, but big wards are different than small Branches. I hope I'll be able to get to know quite a few of them tho. I'm still a District Leader, there are two other companionships in my District. I'm going to get to know them later today when we go play volleyball. That is a change too, I'm used to being the only missionary within an hour plus drive of any others!
Elder Tanner is in my Zone, so I will be able to see him twice a week! I'm really excited about that.
The ward just barley split last week, we went from 500 members to only 400. I'm still used to Fredericksburg when 60 was a big crowd! I was a bit overwhelmed. I was in the mind set that I was going to be able to get to know all the members on a personal level like I was able to in Fredericksburg, but big wards are different than small Branches. I hope I'll be able to get to know quite a few of them tho. I'm still a District Leader, there are two other companionships in my District. I'm going to get to know them later today when we go play volleyball. That is a change too, I'm used to being the only missionary within an hour plus drive of any others!
Elder Tanner is in my Zone, so I will be able to see him twice a week! I'm really excited about that.
Elder Moote is my new companion, he is from Nampa Idaho.
I've known him for a while now, He was in my District in Fredericksburg for a
while before I was the District Leader there. I think we will get along ok.
The beginning of the week I spent allot of time saying
goodbye to the awesome members of Fredericksburg. I was Transferred on
Thursday. They announced I was going up to Austin! So I rode in the van with
elder Riley Johnson (the one I graduated with) and we talked the whole time.
Elder Jacob Isaac drove the van, He's from Spanish Fork too, he Graduated the
same time we did but from ALA. We knew him in Middle School and Jr. High. It
was a fun drive.
Once I got to my new area we cleaned the apartment... and
were still not done. It was a WRECK! So that will be an ongoing project, but it
looks much nicer now.
We taught an awesome lesson to a guy that the previous
missionaries taught before. He wants to make some major changes in his life and
repent. We brought the Stake Patriarch with us, It was a sweet lesson. I'm
excited to go back and teach him.
Well that's my week, Tell everyone to write me letters at my
new address:
12148 Jollyville Rd #1513
Austin, Texas 78759
I love you all, talk to you soon!
--
Elder Allen
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