#ElderHaines #ElderCasper

Exchanges with the Caspinator! Just like old times!!

We are the best cooks around!

More tracting!!



*Tracting



We both have Hawaiian shirts...

Hey! I'm living the dream! I'm loving Columbus! I love hispanics! This week was pretty awesome!!! We saw a lot of miracles! A little stress on Sunday, but nothing really huge... A member got sick so she told us that we had to teach the lesson on Sunday morning, just like last week! But it really wasn't bad at all, we just asked questions and the Hispanic ladies just went off with whatever we said, they can talk forever... They got off topic a couple times, but we kept them in check! haha!

 

I also went on exchanges with my boy Elder Casper! If you don't remember who that is, we lived together for SIX MONTHS at the begging of our missions! I love the guy a bunch, so it's nice to be in his district again!! Lets just say that it was a pretty fun exchange! haha! Much nostalgia!

The Missionaries in the Rivercrest Ward!!

One more for Nostalgia's sake!!

Elder Marshall and I had many incredible lessons this week full of the spirit! The first one was with this guy named Chris and his wife Jessica, we brought a member out with us and the clicked pretty fast, because the member used to struggle with similar things that Chris is trying to over come! Just a great family! Then we brought another member to this appointment with this Hispanic Guy named Nelson, he is an awesome guy who just lives with his like 4 year old daughter who reminds me of Eliza when she was 4! Anyways he struggles with a couple things about any church, and we were kinda nervous to bring this member because she is super blunt, but her bluntness is exactly what he needed to hear!! Then we taught this lady named Reina who is a pretty new investigator, we taught her the restoration and it was a super powerful lesson, the spirit was very much present, I hope she could feel it too!! Finally we've been working with this referral we got a while back his name is BJ and we taught him a super solid Plan of Salvation lesson, he is pretty awesome! He's not even a member and he already wants to help other people come to this church because he has already seen the blessings in his life from talking with us and trying to be better! Just a solid week!!! 

 

We were invited to this fiesta by some members and Nelson was there and so were a some less-actives that we are working with! If you want to meet with a Hispanic just say the word fiesta and they'll be there!! haha!

 

Anyways I love you guys!!

One more from the fiesta! #CreepyHispanicClownDoingTheTannerPeaceSign

 

Elder Allen

 

 

 

 

Yet another Fiesta!

Fiesta

New Address

3700 Buena Vista Rd.  Apt. 143

Columbus, GA 31906

Fiesta

I'm Finally Home!!!

First off, I'm super happy to get back into Spanish work! I honestly have missed it a bunch! When I got here it was like a peace of my soul was finally put back to where it belongs... haha! But for realz I missed the food, the trailer parks, the borrachos on Saturday nights, the hospitality, the culture in general, and just speaking Spanish. It took me a little bit, but I'm pretty much back to what I was before, I've lost some of the vocab, but other than that It's all good! Plus I had to give a talk in Spanish at the last second this Sunday! It went pretty well though! We also had this super fun Fiesta that was put on by the missionaries and the Spanish group here! It was a huge success, a bunch of people came, plus we had to do this dance called la baile de los viajitos! I hope i spelled that right... anyways that's why we had to where those creepy costumes! haha

 

 

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Just a thank you to all the Mother figures in my life! That includes all of my Aunts, Grandmothers, and the mothers of my friends, but most importantly my mama! Thank you for rearing me like a good mama should...haha I love you!!

 

On a different note, I really am living the dream! I really "meant what I said, and said what I meant"-(Horton the elephant) yesterday, that I don't think I've ever been happier in my entire life. I have seen a lot of trials during the course of my mission, just like any missionary, but I have seen so many miracles that it makes the struggle worth every step! Just in this last week, a lot of stuff was thrown at elder Marshall and I, but we also saw so many miracles as we pressed forward! I love it! I love you guys!

 

Elder Allen  

 

Pinata Mosh Pit.... things got a little loco..

Elder Marshall and I

Pre-Fiesta Fiesta!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saying goodbyes...

The Meggins!

 

 

 

 

 

My boy elder Gillins 

Braydon Jacobson, he got me and elder Gillins the hats as a going away gift!

The Lawrys! This was my mom for 3 months of my life! 

Goodbye Eddy....

Again Elder Marshall and I...

Elder Cannon, Elder Mortinson, and I

COLUMBUS HERE I COME

#KindergartenSnaks

 

 

 

Mission Meeting!

Crazy service project that turned into us having to put out a fire!! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Awkward Selfie! 

 



Tracting life!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So I'm leaving Evans.... Tears.... and I'm 99% sure that I'm going to Columbus Georgia! Not only that, but I'm going back to Spanish!!!! AAAWWWWW YEAH! I'm pretty bummed that I'm leaving because, like always, I'm going to miss everybody here! But from what I hear my new companion is going to be pretty sweet! Wish me the best! Plus it's only like 1 hour from Auburn so you better believe I'm going to try to go back up during a P-day!!!

Our week went pretty sweet! We had another lesson with Jeff and we taught the Plan of Salvation and it went pretty stellar! The lesson with Hercules and Sunny went fantastic! We taught them the Restoration and they just have this super awesome desire to learn more! I'm excited to hear what happens to them! 

I'm sorry I don't have a bunch to say, but I'm super excited to see y'all this Sunday! The only problem is that I won't know what time to tell you guys yet... I'll get it to you some how!

Love you guys a bunch!!

 

Elder Allen

Elder Cannon and I

 

 

 

 

 

tracting find!

We went to a trampoline place where missionaries get in free!!!!

I finally learned how to do a back flip!



We've been playing ultimate Frisbee every Saturday with people on the military base, it has been a great proselyting tool! 



Pictures

More in the dog house.... 

I made it a goal to take more pictures this week so I did!

We found a dog house in her back yard....

We also served this investigator of the other elders! #SheFedUs



Elder Gillins took us out to eat because his gramps sent him $100 to take us out to eat, it was so good! 

 

Paint the fence #CallMeKarateKid



My awkward selfie for the week...



The tracting life!



This past week was amazing!!!!!! So many miracles!! 

Tracting Finds

On Tuesday We went on exchanges with the APs and at first the day was pretty lame, a bunch of tracting and little success, I felt kinda bad for the other elder... but as the day went on we saw one miracle after the other! First we had this appointment with this guy named Jeff Smith who is married to this member, and the first time I met him he seemed very uninterested, but after a couple things went down in the family instead of getting bitter he wanted to get better, so he turned to God and prayed! His answer was "Talk to the missionaries"!!! He has really been humbled which lead him to be ready for the lessons again, he had been taught before like 3 years ago and now he is ready!! Super solid guy!

The same day we went out with a priest named Chace LaFrance and had a stellar lesson with this sweet family called the Murrays! What makes them even cooler is their names are Hercules and Sunny #Legit! Elder Duran had found them the week before on exchanges so I had never met them and neither did the other guys, so we didn't know what to expect... We taught the Plan of Salvation to them because they had two young children, and the lesson went amazing! We have an appointment with them this Friday! Pray for our success please!! 

 



After Painting #LunchTime

Also on the same day we went and visited Eddy, the Less-Active we've been working with, I think I've told you about her. We read 2 Nephi 31 and she loved it! She also expressed her desire to come back to church, she hasn't been in years and years! I'm super stoked for her! We painted her fence with that Chace LaFrance kid on Saturday! She also fed us empanadas!! They were amazing! The weather is soooo nice right now, but we hear that it's going to be in the 90s next week #I'mGoingToDie....

 
 

Transfers are coming up, I have no idea if I'm leaving or staying.... I told President that I would like to go back to Spanish before I go home, so I will leave ether this or next transfer I'm not sure... I really want to stay, I love it here, but I do love me some Hispanics!! 

 

What else... It was just a great week!

 

I love you guys!!

 

Elder Allen

 

 

 

My tree frog!

Another pretty great week over here in Evan Georgia!! Me and elder Duran have been working on trying to get new investigators, so we've been tracting a bunch.... It's the life! One cool experience we had was as we were tracting we saw this super old lady trying to dig up some shrubs in her garden so we decided to go over and ask if we could help and she said yes!! People usually just tell us to get lost... Jk people are pretty nice, but don't really want help from guys in white shirts. Anyways we helped her dig up her plants and then pretty much helped her with the rest of her garden, it was super fun, we got our church cloths all messy, but it was totally worth it! She wasn't interested in our message, but she did REALLY appreciate what we did for her because there was no way she could have done it by herself! haha she probably saw us in the neighborhood so she came out and acted like she was going to do some gardening because she knew we would offer to help! haha!



Me and Elder Murphy

Other than that we've been finding a lot of new people that have a lot of potential!! We are super excited for the future!

Some older picture I finally got from elder Garcia! haha!

I don't know if you guys have checked out Justserve.org if you have great! But if you haven't definitely get on! It's an awesome way to find service opportunities in the area! I'm not sure how many are in Riverton, or even in the Salt Lake area, but it's pumpin' over here in Augusta!! Check it out!! Do some service!! It's fun!

 

I love you guys!

 

not much pictures this week sorry!