#redcross#secertpaths#pakistanfood

Secret path to a trailer park!

 http://www.mormonchannel.org/watch/series/mormon-messages/reflections

The new Mormon message, and another great one!! I need to work on this one a lot! When hard times come our way we can blame others and stay miserable or we can work our way our of self pity and serve others!!

I'm doing pretty great today!  We are planning on going to Chewakla, the state park place, so I'm pretty happy!

Red Cross!

So what we did with the red cross wasn't anything crazy like help with the flooding in South Carolina or anything cool like that.... haha... All we did was go to Columbus and help the Red Cross with helping people learn about fire safety and to install free fire detectors to anyone who needed one. So pretty much go door to door teaching people and handing out stuff to help them live safer lives..... (not like we don't do that everyday.....haha)!

A couple of pictures from Downtown Opelika

 



Yes I still love this area and yes we are still having a lot of success lately because we have started trying to get more member present lessons and that has helped us a whole lot!! Sadly we have kinda lost contact with Flora and her family.... we have been trying to go over almost every night, but they never answer the door, so we will probably give her some space for a little bit.. But we are getting some other pretty sweet investigators!! This area is awesome and I'm going to be pretty sad when I leave it!

I did get your package and letter!! thanks a bunch!!

Anyways that's pretty much it for now, I love you guys!

Elder Allen

 



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We ran into this guy from Pakistan a while back, his name is Farrukh, He is a super sweet guy! We were in the area one day and we decided to check up on him and the next thing we know we are eating dinner with him! he made us this traditional food that tasted amazing! That was a pretty rad experience!!   

 

Loved Conference!!!!!

So again I am emailing on a weird day..... This Saturday our zone is doing a service project for the red cross.... so we wouldn't have time to email....😵 haha it's all good, whatever!

So not a bunch to say since I wrote you guys like 3 days ago...haha! I would like to say that I LOVED CONFERENCE!!!!!! There were a lot of great talks given and three great new members of the Quorum of the 12 Apostles!! I'm really looking forward to hearing more from them, especially Elder Renlund, I really liked his talk from last General Conference and I also liked the testimony that he bore during this conference a bunch!! 

A common theme I heard in most talks was that of keeping the commandments and trusting in God! I really enjoyed it! I loved many of the talks givin and I can't really give a favorite, but I will send a link to one of my favorites!

 https://www.lds.org/general-conference/watch/2015/10?lang=eng&vid=4531472319001&cid=5 !

 

This one is going to be turned into a Mormon message, you watch!! Don't get devoured and dragged down by sin and addiction to the depths of disappear! "Don't be to critical of the barrier, it's the only thing keeping you from being devoured!" Sometimes we don't understand why commandments are given to us, just trust God that they are made for your safety and happiness!

Love you guys a bunch!!!

Elder Allen

Conference

A lake...

Hey guys!

So I'm writing you on Friday because we will not have time on Saturday to do anything because of General Conference.....

Anyways, it has been a pretty great week here in Auburn! The First week of a new transfer and it is already a great one! Me and elder Hawkins are working hard and having fun! This past Wednesday we took a member out with us named Jose Santos. We had a set appointment with a man named Alejandro and his family, but of course they weren't home...haha! Anyways so we waited a little bit, but they never showed so we went to over to this elderly couple named Roger and Irma, they are the sweetest old couple ever, they are just like any Grandma and Grandpa! haha! They had already been taught the Restoration by missionaries in the past, but we had the feeling like we should teach it again with Jose, so we did and it went super amazing! Jose bore his sweet testimony about Joseph Smith and his conversion, it was very powerful! We then invited them to read and pray about the Book of Mormon, and they said that they would, and then, We asked them that if they got an answer to their prayers, would you be baptized and again the answer was yes!! So hopefully they read and pray! I'm just lovin' all the success!

https://www.mormonchannel.org/watch/series/mormon-messages/bullying-stop-it

It's pretty simple just be nice to people! Bullying comes from insecurity in ones self, the people with really confidence are the ones who stand up for those who need a helping hand, for those in need of a friend! Just a straight up great video, plus Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf is a stud! #ICan'tWaitForConference yeah!

I love you guys much!

Elder Allen

We went to an animal shelter this last p-day, because it is where the recent convert Josh works, so we took some dogs for some walks and had a pretty good time! We also got to play with some cats!

Some sweet dogs!

And the cat!



 

 

This video still get me every time.....

#WhyIServe#BecauseHeLives#MasterMessiahFriend

 

https://www.mormonchannel.org/watch/collection/easter-videos/because-he-lives

 

Tree Tracking

I AM STAYING IN AUBURN!!!! WAR EAGLES!

I'm pretty excited that I get to stay here for at least one more transfer!! Luckily transfer calls were this morning because of the general women's conference or what ever, so I just recently found out! I was super nervous that I would leave because almost every Spanish elder was transferred this time around!! Crazy! So I will be here for at least 6 more weeks! Woot!

This week started out pretty good! We went on some exchanges on Tuesday which was pretty sweet! I went with Elder Hyten to do some English work and my comp. stayed in our area, it was pretty fun! But then I woke up the next day with the FLU!!! So I took it easy on Wednesday and Thursday, and we did like a mini exchange, because we had some appointments to go to so elder Hawkins went with Elder Hyten to see ours and the English elder's appointments for that day!

 I'm still living the dream down here in Auburn! We got some pretty great news this week as well! So one Monday we swung by Flora's house, she was asleep, but her husband wasn't! We talked to him for a bit and then he brought up that he and Flora had been talking about marriage and how she can't be baptized if she isn't married, and he said that he knew that it was time for them to get married and that it was the right thing to do!! yeah! Also on Friday we swung by this old guys house named Gary, and we have been teaching him for about 5 weeks now and he is pretty interested, anyways we went over and taught him about the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and afterward we invited him to be baptized, and he said that he would be if he gets an answer to whether this church is true or not, so we invited him to fast about it!! I think he'll get an answer pretty soon here!! Bunch of miracles!!

Sorry again not very many pictures this time.... but I love you guys a bunch!! #StaySweet

Elder Allen

getting ready for Halloween! haha 

Auburn 5K



Auburn 5k!

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Auburn 5k!

So a short update about Flora, so we found out that she is not married yet, (That is how most Hispanics are, so not a huge surprise) so we had a member come over with us to teach about the law of Chastity/marriage, I thought it went pretty well, we told her to talk to her husband about it, I hope and pray that everything goes well for her in that aspect! She is also working a lot now at a factory, so it is sometimes harder to find her at home, but I think she still can come to church!

My home! #TrailerTractingForDays

We find out about transfers next week.



Soccer!

And yes I'm still loving Auburn, even when they didn't play so well last week to a smaller school and just barely won, (you hear a lot of talk in a college town) and this week I believe they are playing LSU..... good luck.... haha! I hope they win, but we'll see... haha! The work here is pretty sweet, too, we keep finding new people to teach, and things are going pretty swell!!



Auburn 5k!

Josh, the new member!

I don't know what we are going to do today? This morning we ran a 5k that was pretty fun, I haven't done one of those in a long time so I'm pretty tired, but it was fun! #SoManyHills! Also the sisters had a baptism today, that we went to just before this, that was pretty awesome! They baptized a guy named Josh who is just a super legit dude! I'm really excited for him!

Ya I did get my cloths! Thanks I was getting tired of wearing my nasty sweat stained white shirts, and I was in need of some new pants because, I don't know if I told you this yet, but a couple weeks ago I crash on my bike, and ripped up my pants, so perfect timing!! Thanks!

 

https://www.mormonchannel.org/watch/series/mormon-messages/in-the-spirit-of-thanksgiving-1

Sunset

 

I know that thanks giving is anywhere near, I just like the message of being thankful for every little thing, because I think it is easy to become blind to all of the blessings we receive every minute of every day, and for this past week I've been trying to be more thankful for the things/people/blessings/whatever in my life and it has made me a happier person!

I love you!

Elder Allen

Creepy thing we found tracting in a trailer park!

 

#Cats

 

 

 

 

 

Auburn & Training!

Hey there! So a lot of stuff happened this week and I don't have any pictures to show to anyone.... Sorry...

One picture one the way to the library! I forgot to do something this morning, maybe you can guess....haha  

 

This week went pretty well!! So many blessings, it's incredible!!

One of those being, Flora came to church this past Sunday!!! We had invited her and done a lot of things to get her to come, but when sacrament meeting started she wasn't there.... Then out of no where after the first prayer was said I see 4 little Hispanic kids walking through the doors and man was I on top of the world!! Such a great experience to get some investigators to church! Another blessing was that her daughter, Maria, just turned 8 last week! So we began teacher her this week and they both have a very strong desire to be baptized!! We have to move the date back a couple more weeks, because it is hard to teach them because they are very rarely home, and we still need to teach them all of the commandments, but Flora has said that she would like to be baptized as soon as possible!! Woot!!

 I'm loving Auburn! I really hope I get to stay for at least 1 more transfer! Definitely one of my favorite areas, it's up there with Pooler!! #WarEagles #SweetHomeAlabama

Plans for today, Probably go play soccer, because it has been a long time since I've played that!! And take a lot of pictures to make up for today!

Training is going good, it is getting easier and easier, at first I was super stressed out of my mind! But now I'm pleasant. It has helped me a lot with my Spanish!

Well this week was full of driving places, First we had to drive to Zone Conference which is a hour away in Columbus and we had to be there by 8:00 for car inspections, but because we are the only area in our mission with a different Time Zone we had to wake up at like 5:00 just to get there on time! Then Elder Hawkins and I had to drive to Macon, which is a 3 hour trip from here, to go to a trainer/trainee meeting. Which was way better than I thought it was going to be! I got to see a lot of friends!

That it for now folks, I love you all and hope that is everything is going well!!

#Livin'TheDream

 

Elder Allen

 

 

 

9/5/15



We tracted into the ice-cream man! Definitely not the jolliest of characters... haha!

1. How did I survive the long week without a p-day? That is a good question! haha!

#WolverineClaws  

This week has been an awesome one, but also a very difficult one! First off, our car we share with the English elders, got recalled for three days because one of the rear doors wouldn't close, so we were on bikes the whole time and had to bike across our whole area a bunch of times! haha! It was quite the adventure! #SoManyHills!! haha but for reals Auburn has a lot of hills! Then we got dropped by one of our investigators, that was super sad :( she refused to accept a book of Mormon and pray about it, because we were quote "muy joven" or "ya tengo un testimonio de jesucristo que es la biblia, y yo no necicito uno mas" I was pretty upset after that lesson.... The greatest part of this week was that we worked hard, and that Flora told us that she believes that the Book of Mormon is true!! Which it is you know!

2. Yes I did get your letters!

3.I'm livin' the dream!

Congrats to Matthew!!!! YOU JUST MADE ONE OF THE BEST DECISIONS OF YOUR LIFE!!!!!!!!!! I wish I could've been there! Send me pictures!

What else can I say? I love you guys and hope the best for everyone!!! #HoldToTheRod

 

Elder Allen

 

My best friend, Gerber, leaves for Atlanta today for work...... Sad day...