Hey mama.

so this week was way busy. It was transfers on wednesday, and we just
had a ton of appointments. crazy week. We have 4 with a baptisimal
date, reed spence, vianne tamatasi, and vasaline pakiu and her son.
the little girl that looks like brie is her daughter. they are
awesome, it has taken for ever to get her with a date though so im
excited. they are all for january 14th so that will be a good day. We
have been teaching like crazy. I guess the christmas spirit really
opens up peoples heart because they let us right in, My comp is even
really motivated. He said that this has never happend to him so all
the prayers are working out. He doesnt even slack off anymore and just
sit down haha. Its been way good.

We both spoke in church yesterday, our topic was the scriptures. i
couldnt think of a topic more broad than that but it went well. Other
than the fact that my companion spoke for 7 minutes. We only had one
youth speaker who spoke for 3 and then i had about 25 minutes to talk
haha. Good thing i have gotten way good at winging it and people kept
coming up telling me i gave a great talk and then our dinner calender
was full. Our bishop got up after i spoke and just told our ward that
he was so grateful for us and it will be hard for him when we get
transferred so i feel like this ward has come full circle for me. Its
no pukalani but its still good to be in.

the 12 days are going good. my whole district takes turns doing it
every night. Since they live in a 3 story apartment building its hard
because they live on the 2 level and everyone here has tons of windows
so its hard to sneak in. But so far so good. We crawl on the floor to
the door and the door is always open so we just drop it inside on the
carpet. They have a gate up so the little kids cant run out. its
funny. I will record it one night and send it to you so you can see.

the pictures are good. i have more but the halls had to go so i
couldnt send more but the one where elder grover and i were looking at
the wall with the wires was an old abandoned army bunker on a hike we
went on. it was way cool. i like stuff like that haha and the high
rise was KPT that i have told you about. They are trying to make it
nice and not so ghetto but i found out that once a ghetto always a
ghetto. its the people that make it nasty. if they want to improve
send the micronesians back to micronesia haha. but yeah thats where
the cat pic came from to. The rock picture is elder grover and i again
and anytime you see a black missionary its chancy wilson. I knew him
back home. He is from bountiful. he went to elementary with tim jones
so thats funny. we hung out a lot in high school. he has been out for
like 3 months now.

so yeah my week was crazy but not as bad as yours sounds like... tell
the mole to keep her foot away from the gas pedal haha. oh yeah we
dont have a car again..... oh well

love you all

elder allen

Hey everyone,

Yep im staying one more transfer. Me and my comp so thats ok. Im glad
ill stay one more for christmas and stuff. That will be good. This
last week was good. We got some new investagators and committed the
one we tracted into for baptism the first lesson for the 31st. He told
us his daughter was a member in makakilo and was wondering what all
the fuss was about. It was a way good lesson. First lesson my comp
actually taught with me as well so that was good. He did a good job.
Our christmas party was fun. It was like a huge luau with hawaiian
food. It was actually the first time i tried poi and its really
actually good haha. Remember that baby food called like blueberry
buckle or whatever? It tastes like that but i little bit sour. I
actually liked it though haha.

We also had zone conference this week. It was way good. Its always
good to see president and sister dalton and be spiritully uplifted for
a little bit. We watched 17 miracles and just kinda had a relaxed day.
it was good. They gave us our christmas presents of blankets with our
mission motto on it so watch for that in the mail. Its way cool but i
dont have room for it so im sending it home.

That date story with mal sounds hilarious. I would have loved to see
that. Sorry your sick though mal. Thats no fun. Its even worse when
your away from home so at least the front runner was moving quick
hahahahahaha.

They told me they would send that nativity mama so im sorry. Ill call
today and find out what happend to it. sorry. and yes im going
shopping with elder grover today. that will be fun.


k well love you all.

thanks for everything

mele kelikimaka haha

elder allen

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Hey everyone,

Yeah i watched the Devotional last night..... Why did i never know
those existed haha. It was way cool though and i liked it. President
Monson made me want to read those books he talked about and reminded
me that i need to keep working my butt off so im not in some shack in
the middle of some field. It was cool. This last week was good. Once
again we climbed back up to get the highest numbers in the zone. We
kinda took a break i guess you could say but were back now. We got 4
new investagators and taught a ton of lessons. it was a good week. I
got to go on exchange with elder grover. It reminded me of exchanges
with elder davies and it was so fun. Most fun i have had in a while
and we worked like crazy. I wish we were companions because the day
flew by but ill have to wait for a little bit for that to happen.
Transfer calls are this next sunday, so we will see. I already know
but something could change this week. I want to stay one more but
whatever happens happens. I have learned to just go with the flow out
here now.

That sounds way fun having to clean up all that stuff. What i would
have given to be doing some huge redneck service project. Hopefully
that will happen when i get back home haha. Its to bad that kaches
school wasnt closed, sorry you have to sub all week. that doesnt sound
fun at all but it is some extra money. Thats always fun.

So yeah everything is all good here. Pearl harbor service was fun. We
cleaned rust and repainted some huge thing on the USS missouri. Then
we got to go explore for a little while. Its a way cool ship. I had no
idea that the japanease surrendered on the deck of it. It makes it
that much cooler. The 70th anniversary is on wednesday. I think we
might get to go but its sorta up in the air. We will see.

alright well i love you all. thanks for everything.

tell everyone mele kelikimaka

haha i miss christmas vacation.


love elder allen