Hey everyone,

Hows it going? it sounds like your all doing good. mom this is my only advice to you
about the young womens thing. Its how i used to feel about missions
until i just kinda bucked up haha. In fact i dont even know if this
will help but its my advice of the week. So a word i no longer have in
my vocabulary is inadequate. I used to feel like i couldnt do it
because i was inadequate. Which when i felt like that it was very
overwhelming and stressful so i got rid of that word, prayed hard and
discovered that if you do your very best the lord just fills in
everything else. I know im sounding like the corny missionary i used
to make fun of and I said I would never be one, but I also found that
its easier for people to understand if I went through the same thing
so this is why I share my story of when the word inadequate was
destroyed from my head haha.

Ok so there is my advice for the week. Take it or leave it but i hope
it helps and of course i will be praying. I do it anyways.

i am sending the package either tomorrow or wednesday, we will have to
see how everything works out but it will be this week. And yes i got
the packages, thanks so much. it was awesome.

Last week was crazy by the way. Elder workman, the greenie from cali
had an apendicitus, so i knew exactly how that felt. He has become one
of my way good friends as well. Im glad im with him for like my whole
mission haha. So he was in the hospital for 2 days and then stayed at
a members house so that was kinda weird. Elder pincock came with us
the whole week. he is back now and seems good as new. he is a tough
kid. Were struggiling right now to find some committed investagators
though which blows. We teach a lot and people love us but they want
nothing to do with commitment. Pray for that to get better. we taught
18 lessons and no one is willing to be baptized. That needs to change
haha. Our samoan ward mission leader was released on sunday and we got
a new howlie guy who is way cool brother brantley. He lived in isreal
and is the reason brother buell got baptized. He will be great at it
and im excited to start working with him.

One crazy story from this week was we tracted into a bounty hunter
that is hiding in the hills of kula with his family. He is from
Kaysville. ya blew my mind to haha. he knows the broughs and all these
people and its weird to talk to him. He is a member but super less
active because of his opinions but we had a good chat with him and
then he said to go get in his hummer so we did ( partly because we
were scared he was going to murder us) and he drove us up some
mountain to see the view haha. It was scary but he is super loaded and
has tons of cash, He is taking us on a helicoptor tour next week and
so im excited for that. Im glad we met him but still scared. He told
us his name was jff. Yeah im not sure what that means but I assume its
jeff. He even spelled it that way on our phone. Its so weird but he is
nice and im glad he likes mormon missionaries haha.

Alright well thats about how my week went pretty good. Hope everyones
school was good. Glad to get going again i hope..... love you all

elder allen...

Hey everyone,


Yeah everything here is goin good. This last week went by pretty
quick. The new missionaries came in. Elder williams that I knew from the mtc came
into our zone, so im stoked about that. He was way cool. It was almost like
seeing a long lost brother and i only knew him for 3 weeks. its
weird that way. But yeah its going good.
We're just working on the ward list here to reactivate people in our
ward. There are so many people that are members that dont come so
bishop asked us to work on that. We started yesterday. Most of them
just tell us that they want nothing to do with it and will come back
when they are ready, but they know its true haha. So weird.
We both spoke in church yesterday. They just asked us when the
speakers didnt show up. Its a good thing im doing better at winging it now
so it wasn't bad. It was on prayer and everyone thought we
prepared something. I like that im getting better at that now haha. Its a good
feeling.
Do you remember Lori and Tyler i told you about? Well they asked me to
perform the marriage of lori and her boyfriend so thats cool haha. I think it will be in
2 weeks. I didnt know we had the authority to do that but im good with
it. That will be cool because then they can be baptized and Tyler will
probably follow her example. So im stoked about that. Ill keep you
updated.
Look in past church newspapers by the way because a member of our ward was
called as the kona temple president. I know him way good its Boyd
Mossman. He is a way cool guy so thats a sweet calling. He is going to
be way good at it so try and find his picture in the church news.
Hey could you send me some face cream as well in the next package. I
need some im out and occasionaly i get zits still. Ok well thats about
all but I love you guys. have fun at school next week HAHAHAHAHAHA


Love elder allen

Baptism of the Buelle family
Saturday August 6, 2011
Kula Hawaii

Kole, the Buelle family, and Elder Savage

Hey guys,

Yeeeeeppp so im gonna be here for 6 more weeks. That will be my 6
months and ill make it to Elder Davies final transfer meeting. That
will be cool so im excited about this. 6 more weeks and we should have
at least two more baptisms. My goal is one a month so if you count all
the ones i have done now im one ahead so thats cool. Im excited to be
here one more espescially with everyone still here with me.

This last weekend was awesome. We had a tongan mini missionary again
and it was the Buells baptism. It was way cool. I got to baptize all 4
of them and elder savage and i both gave talks and our whole ward
was there to support them. I promised myself I wouldnt cry after my farewell but it happened again  so that sucks haha. It was way cool. I only had to do the
little girl twice because she got scared in the freezing water when i
dunked her so it was funny haha. So yes they all got confirmed
yesterday in church and it was cool. They are full on members of the church now
and they love it. You should have heared brother buells talk. it was
so good i was blown away haha. right after they were baptized he did
it so it was way cool. Good experience. so ya this was the coolest baptism ever haha. im kinda sad its over
but its all good.


Nothin else really cool happned this week. We taught 21 lessons and
got 104 o.y.m.s so thats good. Pretty successful week. So ya were just
hangin out up country today so i gotta go but i love you guys and ill
be back on later. love you all

Love elder allen

Dannys baptism from Sat. July 31!



Swinging Bridges hike in Wiluku!



Hey everyone,

Sorry it took me so long to get on today. We went on a way cool hike
called swinging bridges in Wiluku. Its like some huge trail and you go
over bridges over rivers and stuff and yes they swing so i dont think
you would enjoy it much mom but it is way cool. So ya we just got back
and im just reading everything. It all sounds good there though. Just
one day at a time right?

Well this last week was pretty good actually. We baptized danny on
Saturday. Elder Savage Baptized him and i confirmed him yesterday.
That was kinda scary but not to bad. I am over the scariness of all
these ordinance things and actually enjoy doing them now so thats more
fun for me. He actually moved back to utah today so we just did it
yesterday. There were to many bad influences on him here so he needed
to go back to family. If your ever in milford look him up haha. I have
his number.

Yes the Buells are still planning on baptism this saturday i think.
They have been in Oahu for the last month almost so i havent seen them
for a while but i call them weekly to make sure they're ok. Its going
way good with them.

An investigator who came to dannys baptism named patricia told me
while they were getting changed that she wanted to be baptized as
well. We have been working with her forever and so that was cool. I
tracted into her back in april so its good to see it finally come to
an end. We have committed her at like every lesson and all it took was
for her to see one. She even came to church for the first time
yesterday so thats cool. Gotta just dunk everyone

Transfers are this next sunday. Im staying another transfer i think.
Elder davies worked way hard to get me to stay with him for his last
one haha. Im hoping thats how it turns out because then i would fly to
oahu with him and be at his last transfer meeting. It would be way
cool. Im almost ready to get out of this area though. Time for change
i think. 6 more weeks is fine. This one has flown by. i really cant
believe it.

So ya everything is all good. Ill send pics in a minute i have some
good ones. K love you all. Watch for the
wunders to call. They are the best

Love elder allen

 Hey guys,
>>>>
>>>> Yeah i forgot to bring my camera, im on exchange with Elder Davies so
>>>> i forgot to bring it. So sorry, ill send some friday. Everything there
>>>> sounds like its been going good. Kinda makes me trunkie but its all
>>>> good. Only one more summer and im home. Thats weird about the
>>>> chickens, You should beat the other ones and they will stop. You gotta
>>>> watch people around here raise chickens and you would learn a lot, I
>>>> bet merc is doing way good though.
>>>>
>>>> So ya this week was pretty good. Last sunday we talked to bishop about
>>>> this guy who wanted to commit suicide and needed to hear the gospel so
>>>> we were invited to dinner with bishop so last p day we went there and
>>>> taught him a way good lesson and committed him to baptism that night
>>>> so we have another for august 6th. It was way cool. his name is Danny
>>>> Freeman and he is from cedar city utah. Thats weird but cool. He came
>>>> to church yesterday and bore his testimony on prayer and reading, with
>>>> his ear rings out and wearing a suit. Its the fastest conversion ever
>>>> haha.
>>>>
>>>> This week flew by because of things like that, I went on exchange with
>>>> the Ap's that i became way good friends with one more time before they
>>>> are relased this last transfer. They go home with Elder Davies so that
>>>> will be deppressing. We also had president interviews on thursday
>>>> which are always fun. He came up to pulehu with us 4 and was with us
>>>> for like 3 hours, him and sister dalton. I love them both a lot.
>>>>
>>>> Oh by the way President Wunder, our stake president that i love and
>>>> talk to all the time is coming to bountiful and wants to meet you guys
>>>> so im going to give him your number so it wont be this week but the
>>>> week after this one they will be there and so answer to any hawaiian
>>>> number that calls you. They are so awesome and its cool they want to
>>>> visit you. Im excited for that.
>>>>
>>>> Oh and this weekend we had a mini missionary come with us so that was
>>>> fun. He is deciding if he wants to go on a mission so he was set apart
>>>> and everything and was with us for 3 days. We went on exchange with
>>>> the new missionary and the mini. I taught the plan of salvation by my self
>>>> which was actually pretty good haha. That was fun though. So ya i cant
>>>> believe its p day again already.
>>>>
 Nothin else cool really happend this week. Just the usual. Everything
 is good here and were doing awesome. Im gonna send that package home
this friday so watch for it next week. Love you all though
 Love Elder Allen

Hey everyone,

Everything there sounds like its going good. It all sounds fun and i
wish i could be there but its weird that i will only miss one more
summer and im home for the next. Mission time is so weird man. I just
got the package. Thanks so much for everything those books help me out
so much and im excited to start on a marvelous work and a wonder. Tell
becky and her family thanks for the package and its awesome. You could
say that i was making everyone jealous here big time haha.

So ya this last week was good. Lots of weird things happend actually.
Ill just share a few of them i guess. When i get home we can have
story time every night because i am getting a lot of them now haha. So
the weirdest one was on thursday. Elder Pincock and i were on exchange
in my area and were just visiting some potential investagators, i
remebered that we had tracted into a guy in Pukalani though that
invited us back to learn more about Joe Smith as he called him. So i
was excited to go teach this guy whats up and so we got there, got out
of the car and i was half way up his stairs when he just came out
yelling and swearing and saying that we scared his mom so we needed to
leave. This happens like everyday though so i wasnt worried about it
and turned around and said see ya man and then the next thing i knew i
was flying down the stairs because he just punched me in the back of
the head. So i was way confused and didnt know what was going on but i
saw pincock chasing him back up the stairs going after him so i
figured he went after him to so i went up to get him and we were
running back to the car and he came flying down and spit in pincocks
face and ran off. He was crazy you could say and we could have
destroyed him but i didnt want to get Emergency transferred and for a
second i felt as jesus did so thats a cool feeling. But ya im ok that
guy was weak. YOu all know how tough i am haha.

THe next weird thing that happened was we were helping a less active
lady in the ward with her yard because her husband just died and she
invited us to the funeral which was at her house. So when she said
that i just assumed that we would attend it but when we got there we
were shocked to find out that we were basically running it and had to
talk the whole time so yes i have now been in charge of leading a
funeral and even gave the closing remarks. That was fun haha. They had
a bagpiper and the national guard come and they all waited for me to
turn the time over to them. It was the weirdest thing ever. Im glad
its over for sure.
 
Thats about all that happened this last week. Thanks for everything
though you guys are the best. Time is going quick. I cant believe it.
Keep up the good work and let me know if you need anything.


Love you

Elder ALlen

Hey everyone,

Yeah things here are good. We got a lot of work done this week and
taught a lot of people actually. No one really is close to baptism but
its all going good. The Buells are still on for August 6th. Vick (the
dad) actually called me yesterday to see if he could speak at his own
baptism so thats sick. I was very happy when he called. He even bought
a white shirt and tie and wore it to church. It really is amazing to
see people start changing.

My comp is good haha. We get along pretty good and he usually just
vents to me so i feel like im a girl sometimes but if he needs it i
guess i will listen. Its all good. His name is Elder Savage from
Vegas. He is cool just different. He loves star wars and i can see how
someone would want to beat him up but it still shouldnt have happend.
His last comp wasnt sent home because actually Elder Savage started it
haha so yeah my comp is crazy. Oh well i have learned more about my
patriarticle blessing in the last two weeks than i have the whole time
i have had it so thats good.

The other new missionary is doing good. I took him on exchange this
last week and he told me like his whole life. He had his aunt and
uncle die the last week he was in the MTC and his best friend died
last saturday. Thats gotta suck so we just stayed busy and i helped
him get through his fear of tracting, He was terrified. He would shake
at the doors talking to people so i helped him with that because
pincock isnt that much better haha and thats all i feel like i can do
so ya it was good to go with him. He is a cool guy just under a lot of
stress. Total redneck and i like him.

Yeah i remember chase norton. Thats way cool that he did his talk on
that i wish i could have heard it. He is way cool.

Thats awesome about derek, Tell him good work and to keep pressing
forward. Life only gets better haha.

The jeep also sounds sweet. You guys keep saying your going to send me
pics but i never see any, Will you commit to me to send me some
pictures for heavens sakes?

By the way those books you sent are amazing and i love them. I decided
though that i dont need the old testament ones but if you could get me
the book of mormon ones, D&C, Peal of great price, and send me the
isiah one we had i would be in heaven. Just take money out of my
account and go buy them all. I NEED THEM. Oh and see if they have the
ammon tie bar. Elder Katanuma has it and its so sweet so yeah. Thanks
for the last ones though they are cool. No one has the Angel moroni so
its coveted here you could say.

4th of july was awesome we had Brother Akeo come to Pulehu and grill
for us and then the Buells came and 10 missionaries and we had a
barbeque and played football and stuff, and then all the missionaries
slept at our house. I had to share a bed with elder davies which
sucked but i slept suprisingly well. IT was way fun to get everyone
together like that and just relax. Thats why i didnt send letters so
sorry guys.

This week tracting was hilarious, Elder Davies and i went on exchanges
and had a dog chase us through the neighboor hood, had some guy yell
at us and almost shoot us with a staple gun, had another guy yell that
he didnt want to wear my underwear, which i responded i dont want to
give my underwear to you i need them to him. It was the funniest week
ever tracting. We also caught a guy doing drugs who almost killed us.
Great fun haha.

Finally the worst story of the week, Which im not sure if you should
put in the blog or not. Im actually debating sending this home even
but i will because i have never been so scared in my life. So im not
sure if you guys have heared about the like spiritual things that
missionaries go through on there missions, not like good spiritual
things but bad evil things. I had heared them but i never believed it
until friday night. In fact we were even warned multiple times by
president and other missionaries that it happens a lot but i was like
whatever. Apparently hawaii is very spirtual and i happens here more
than most missions so thats so wonderful. But anyway on thursday night
Elder davies came and slept over for our exchange the next day and
savage went to wiluku. We woke up the next morning and davies told me
how aful he slept and he kept hearing sprinklers hitting the house and
he was sweating all night long and i was just like that sucks dude
sorry and didnt think of it. So that night after he went back downt to
town i went to see if we had sprinklers hitting the house but we dont
even have sprinklers in the yard. Hawaii doesnt have them because of
the rain we get so i was like what a weirdo haha. K thats the lead
into the next part. SO we went to bed again and none of us could sleep
so we just talked for a while until i drifted off and i woke up at
like 3 am to my companion screaming and so did elder workman the new
one, so i was tripping out about what was happening. but he just layed
back down so i layed down to but 5 minutes later he sat up again and
started talking and clicking his toungue and stuff and i was freaking
out. he would like get up on his knees and yell and stuff click and
then every ten minutes would lay back down until he did it agian so
needless to say none of slept because we were all terrified. It didnt
feel right and i couldnt wake him up so we just watched for 3 hours as
he did that all night, so the next morning we called president and
told him like he said and he told us what we needed to do so we
rededicated our pad, the chapel and the grounds its on, then gave
savage a blessing and cleaned our place like crazy and its been fine
since but its like the 7th time it has happend where we live
apparently so im still scared but whatever. Gotta trust in the
priesthood elder davies told me haha

So ya i dont mean to scare you guys but thats how my week was haha.
Tell dad to dedicate the house if it hasnt been done. It was amazing
to feel the difference when i blessed it and dedicated it to the lord
again. It was night and day difference.

Ya i love you all. Dont be scared of that part just know it for sure
does happen haha. Keep up the good work
Love you

Elder Allen