September 3rd
Hey everyone! I don't have much time today, the
library is closed, so we are at a members home using their computers.
This week we had a ton of success! We taught 6 first lessons by knocking
doors. That's the best I've had my whole mission! Some of the new investigators
we found already dropped us, but a few are still looking good so far. The Lord
is really blessing us here. One of our new investigators is from Japan, he was
being taught by the missionaries there for the last 3 months. He just barley
got to the states. He already has a testimony and everything. He's really cool. The only thing holding him back is his wife... She doesn't like the
church. That won't stop him though. I'm excited for him.
Well I don't have much time today, talk to you all next
week. Love you!
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Elder Allen
Elder Allen
September 10th
Hello everybody!
This week was really good, but kind of crazy. I went on
exchanges with Elder Earnshaw (from West Valley) this week. We found a really
cool guy who was wounded in action in Iraq. He didn't make it to church, so
we're going to follow up on him. We are also teaching our Japanese friend still. He said he is ready to be baptized, even though his wife is still not the most
supportive. She will come around. We went on Splits with the Elders Quorum on
Sunday, I got to ride in a brand spankin' new Porsche. So sweet, 6 cylinder
turboed boxer motor, all wheel drive. We broke all 4 tires loose. I was with
the Elders Quorum President! Haha he's so cool. He's a billionaire, like for
real. Next Saturday he is hosting a ward party, and paying for the food. It
will be catered by a stinking fancy restaurant. The best part is he's a totally
normal guy, who only wants to serve in the church. His family is super normal
and fun to talk to. This ward is sweet.
Everything is going good here, these last two days the
weather has been AWESOME!! The cool (dry) fall air came in for a while. Next
week it will probably go back to the hot muggy humid 100 degree weather. Dumb.
Texas is too hot. I miss the fall so bad.
Well thanks for everything
everyone! Talk to you soon.
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Elder Allen
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Elder Allen
September 17th
Today it's been 22 months since I walked in the MTC!
Crazy.
This week was pretty good, our awesome Japanese Investigator
has a baptismal date for September 29th. I'm excited for him. He has some
really good Japanese Fellowship in the ward.
We also taught an awesome guy we found last week. He is a
disabled war vet. He was in Iraq. He can't read too well, but he's been listing
to the Book of Mormon on LDS.org and following along with his copy. We had a
really good member fellowship there with him in our lesson.
Things are going good, were still knocking a lot of doors
and trying to find people.
It's been raining a ton for the last 4 days. I've gotten wet
on my bike every day. Lame. It's fun though.
Well talk to you all next week.
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Elder Allen
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Elder Allen
September 24th
Hello everyone!
This week was awesome. I got to go on Exchanges with Elder
Patrick. We had a few miracles handed to us. While we were looking for a former
investigator we knocked into someone who has been wanting to go to a Mormon Church
with her family! We had a lot of fun.
I also got to go on Exchanges with the Zone Leaders, I went
with Elder Holt. We also found a few cool people and set up return appointments.
Jacob our Japanese Investigator is getting baptized this
Saturday. His wife used to be pretty anti, until a member of the ward took
Jacob and his wife to lunch and talked for 4 hours about the Gospel! She is
very open now, and coming to the baptism! The lord answered our prayers and
softened her heart.
Everything is going well in
Austin. Thanks for everything. Talk to you soon.
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Elder Allen
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Elder Allen
