Monday, April 25, 2011

Sunrise at the top of Haleakala Crater
Monday, April 25, 2011 - P-day

Kole with the missionaries he lives with.
Elder Call, Elder Austin, Elder Tiakia, and Kole

April 25, 2011

Hey guys,
 Ya this last week was good also. Not as exciting as last week but still fun. Thanks so much for the easter stuff. I waited until sunday morning to open it and so it was even better except we were having a mission fast for Vision 100 so i couldnt eat anything until that night. It was awesome though. We had stake conference on easter so all the wards in Maui came to the center of the island and it was all about missionary work so it was cool because im doing it. We went to the stake presidents house for dinner and it was way good. We had ham and mashed potatoes which all tongans hate but they make them for us because they think we are all obsessed with them. Its funny. Vision 100 will happen for sure. On saturday we taught another girl named CeCe.Her older brother is a member and got baptized a year ago named foley. He is awesome. Cece is 23 and added you on facebook haha so accept it. I think it says cj but anyway the missionaries have been teaching her for 7 months and they thought she was going no where but we had the coolest experience where we had all of us kneel down after a lesson and had her pray specifically to know if baptism was right for her, she paused after praying for like 5 minutes and we just sat in silence but she said she didnt know so i said, lets do it again and i promise god will answer so we prayed again and she finished and looked up after 5 more minutes of silence with a huge smile on her face and said she knew. I cant describe truly what it was like but she is getting baptized also on may 7. its amazing how much specific prayer can work. On tuesday after our district meeting we got in a car accident because my companions driving gets worse and worse every day. Im hoping he cant drive anymore and i get to do it from now on but it was so funny.  The car wasnt damaged but he was looking at a girl in a bikini on the right and looked forward and a truck was stopped in front of us and nailed him hahahahaha. It was so funny. Journal entry for sure. Im not sure how the car wasnt destroyed though. Divine intervention i guess. Im glad you liked the maui built stuff. That store here is so sweet but im sorry i couldnt get you guys shirts. I dont know how to do stuff like that. My comp is the dark haired balding guy in that picture. THere have been tons of people that have sent you pictures. Did you get the one of us doing service? Tyler is still going strong. He gets doubts about it but is still willing so thats good. We were at walmart on Tuesday after the car crash and all these people from utah that just got off the cruise ship were there and were giving us tons of money. Tim is loving the mtc and is nervous about leaving tomorrow but he will be fine. you should talk to his mom or something. We tracted to a Jehovhas Witness house and since i do all the talking it was just me and these two crazy women talking. She came out yelling that she asked our leader to have us stay away from her house so i said you talked to our prophet? that must have been awesome for you to speak to someone so in tune with god and she freaked out and i couldnt help but laugh haha. SHe just wanted to argue on how were wrong and the JW's are right. Very interesting.
 This morning we got up at 4 am to go watch the sunrise at the top of Haleakala Crater which was awesome, we were at like 9000 feet and i was frozen but it was cool. Its crazy because you can see the island were on, the big island like 40 miles away and a few other things but mostly water so you can see the curvature of the earth as the sun comes over the horizen. It way cool and so is the volcano we were on. The ZL's picked up elder siakia and i and we drove in the dark for like an hour. It was awesome but im dead tired. they called at like 1030 last night to see if we wanted to go. Its cool because they didnt invite anyone else so its way more fun. Well thanks for everything, keep praying for vision 100 it is for sure working i am a witness of it. Love you all

Elder Allen

Monday, April 18, 2011


First Day In Hawaii!

April 18, 2011

Whats up family. How is everyone still good i assume. Well my homesickness is realativley (or however you spell it) gone. Of course i miss you guys but this last week has been so fun. I dont even remember some of it because it went so fast. The spilts with the ZL's was awesome. I was in downtown Waiehu in the center of Maui. Like a 45 minute drive from my Redneck area that i am learing to love. So it was like crazy city life and we talked to everyone. We went tracting in a huge subdivision for like 2 hours and it was crazy hot but we got 4 appointments which is way rare. After that we went and did 3 hours of service in a nasty ladys house cleaning it because she was moving. It was so nasty but funny working with the zls. They are way nice to everyone but so sarcastic to each other so we all get along way good. We went and taught some lessons to a weird house that 4 families lives in that i explained to merc in her letter i sent so ill just leave it at that. After we went to dinner at this house in Hawaiian homes. THe mom was blind and the dad was sweating so bad and there house was the size of my room and the girls. It was so gross. They had 2 dogs and a 100 pound Tourtise, Yes a Full grown huge Tourtise roaming around there kitchen while we were eating. They fed the thing pizza and it was the craziest thing ever. After that a family called to say that they have a family living with them who is homeless that they picked up off the street and they need the gospel in there lives. So we went over and talked with them. Its a single dad with 5 kids and a pregnant NEW girlfriend so he has had a rough life. I had the opportunity to give him a blessing. IT was my first one and i was terrified but i have never felt the spirit so strong in my whole life for someone elses revalation, i thought i was going to pass out and he was crying, some big tough hawaiian guy who would never do that. We gave three blessings that day and even the ZLs said that it was the most spirtual day they have had for a while so it was good to be with them. We got 5 new investagators from that so its crazy. Also one more story. I could write for days but ill keep it at a minumum and just send my journal home so you can read them. So we got a new investagator named Tyler. He is way solid and is so interested in everything we are teaching. It was our second lesson with him and i just felt like i should explain baptism and its importance so when i was done i just invited him to follow christ and be baptized expcecting him to say no but he excepted. My companion and I were so caught off guard we said nothing and I was so excited. my comp is good but he is so awkward and isnt bold with anything. If i learned anything from the mtc it was be bold and so far its working so ya i was so shocked. His baptism is on May 7 so pray for him to be strong. Were going to a store called Maui Built today. There is only one in the world so im excited for that. I will try and find you guys all some cool stuff. The food here is good. My favorite island food so far is called Lau Lau. ITs corn beef stuffed in a tarro leaf and cooked. Its way good. Taro is like a potatoe but no taste, thats why they eat the leaf. Try so find some there i bet you would like it. We have dinner every night with a member and its always good. I wrote Grandpa about some of the things so ask him about some of the fooods i cant even remember them. The money from my card rolls over every month so i should be fine. I have a little more than half left because everything is so expensive but im being wise. I have not gotten your padded envelope yet but you can send packages to my po box. We get them like that all the time. So ya im doing good way better than i thought i would be doing at this time. I rely 100% on the lord and he makes it how it is. I havent prayed this much in my whole life. its crazy. OH yesterday in church i gave a sort of talk thing on the sacrifices everyone makes so it was goood i guess. They told me about it 1 hour before church started so i just basically was winging it. Oh well. Me and elder Siakia get along so good. He is so funny and without him in our house i would probably go nuts. Yes i know all about the chapel. We study in it and stuff. ITs way cool but creepy at night. There is a huge monument there and everything so its a great place to live. Ill write derek as soon as i get it. Well i dont really have anything to tell. Just that this week was good. I love you all and i pray for you all every night. Keep being the best family ever. 
Love Elder Allen