hey everyone,
yeah so this last week was good. i got my new comp elder willyerd from
missoury, or however you spell it. he is super nerdy and never talks
to anyone than me but thats ok. im used to that by now haha. he just
does what i tell him and it all works out good. these last 4 days we
got more work done than all of last transfer i think. We got two new
investagators with a baptisimal date of may 19th and got like 9
appointments for this next week so things are going good again. After
my companion ran away on tuesday i got these two giant zit things on
my nose but i think they were like stress boils haha. my body doesnt
do well with stress but they hurt like crazy. they are finally gone
now. it was a rough few days though.
But some cool stories from this last week. the first is how we tracted
into a chicken fighting arena with like 200 people at it. It was crazy
man. I have never seen that before. it was gruesome and i felt like i
was the only white person there but it was way cool. there was money
everywhere and everyone betting. Rolling dice, playing pool. it was
like a ghetto hawaiian vegas. glad i got to see that haha. It usually
costs 20 bucks to get in but they let us in free. That was nice of
them.....
the second is how yesterday we were teaching a lesson and a fire got
started in the field right next to the house and they guy grabbed us
and said come help save our house so we assisted nanakuli's finest in
putting out a fire haha. it was nuts but kinda fun. cant say i have
ever done that before but it all worked out good and the house didnt
even get touched. kinda crazy though.
im doin good. i dont have much money and thats why i dont take my
suit. you have to pay right then and its like 20 bucks so i havent
done it. if you could send some more of those chicken cans i would
appreciate it haha. oh and have mal write elder mafi. he is so excited
for it. thats about all for this last week though.
thanks for everything. love you guys.
elder allen
Monday, April 23, 2012
Hey everyone,
this last week was pretty good. we found out my companion is getting
trasferred for his last one so i wont be his last companion, he was
only here for 6 weeks and is now off to maui. so i will be getting a
new kid to train here. it would be a good area to be trained in
because everyone is super nice, and there is a lot of work to be done.
so im excited for that. it will take me back to my roots kind of. so
yeah. my comp here is super trunky and ready to go. it makes me
homesick to but we just keep pressin on haha. tell dad i got s sweet
picture of a camaro the other day that i will send home soon. 67 i
think. parked in some guys back yard. there are a lot around here. the
recent convert dinner was good we had converts from our whole stake
come and we had a whole presentation. THey had us stand and clapped
for us. it was good and the spirit of all of there new testimonies was
very strong. then on sunday night we had a missionary fireside. it was
way good. they had us sing and everything. it was awesome. president
came and a lot of people from the stake. we did the restoration
musically and then had food after. it was way fun. so yeah. everything
is going good. thanks for all the prayers and letters. love you all.
elder allen
this last week was pretty good. we found out my companion is getting
trasferred for his last one so i wont be his last companion, he was
only here for 6 weeks and is now off to maui. so i will be getting a
new kid to train here. it would be a good area to be trained in
because everyone is super nice, and there is a lot of work to be done.
so im excited for that. it will take me back to my roots kind of. so
yeah. my comp here is super trunky and ready to go. it makes me
homesick to but we just keep pressin on haha. tell dad i got s sweet
picture of a camaro the other day that i will send home soon. 67 i
think. parked in some guys back yard. there are a lot around here. the
recent convert dinner was good we had converts from our whole stake
come and we had a whole presentation. THey had us stand and clapped
for us. it was good and the spirit of all of there new testimonies was
very strong. then on sunday night we had a missionary fireside. it was
way good. they had us sing and everything. it was awesome. president
came and a lot of people from the stake. we did the restoration
musically and then had food after. it was way fun. so yeah. everything
is going good. thanks for all the prayers and letters. love you all.
elder allen
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
March 27, 2012
Hey everyone,
yeah this last week was alright, we got a lot done actually. we have
some baptisms this saturday also so im excited for that, as well as
general conference. it will be a good week. we started a bible study
class last week that is supposed to be non denominational which was
hard to prepare. It took elder hall and i almost 2 hours to figure out
how to teach it without sounding like we were one sided haha. it went
way good though. we decided that as we keep getting more people coming
that we can start talking about everything else so that will come with
time. just for now it sucks. We did have a bunch of people show up and
even had refreshments so it for sure looked like we knew what we were
doing.
My companion is not doing so hawt though right now. Last week
wednesday he woke up with a kinked neck and everyday since then has
gotten worse, we went to the ER on saturday morning, i stayed there
all night until sunday afternoon with him and slept in the lobby, that
sucked bad and was freezing cold. and then he got released that night
but cant move his neck so he turns his whole body. he also started
losing strength in his arms and hands, so we went back to the doctor
yesterday and are trying to figure out what is going on. they took an
MRI and then tomorrow we will go get the results. So keep praying for
him.
One cool story about yesterday though. President called me and told me
that i had two rules that day. Number one was that i had to take care
of elder tora, and number two was that i had to go find a girl that
was baptized in my last ward who was not cofirmed, no matter where she
was and to confirm her, so about 3:30 pm elder hall and i went on
exchange and started searching, going to family members that she had,
calling around and searching, we drove 150 miles in like 6 hours and
went to 4 different zones but finally found her in waipahu zone in a
super ghetto place, we confirmed her right on the spot. it was way fun
actually. some tongan family took us to sizzler and president was way
happy that we got it done. I told him that we should be called the "go
get it done AP's" they have the office and traveling ones but we need
the get it done kind haha. He said he would pray about it. It was
definatley a miracle though that we found her and way fun.
There is my excuse for not emailing. That and we didnt get home until
like 10. I was dead tired haha.
well glad all is well back home. love you all
elder allen
yeah this last week was alright, we got a lot done actually. we have
some baptisms this saturday also so im excited for that, as well as
general conference. it will be a good week. we started a bible study
class last week that is supposed to be non denominational which was
hard to prepare. It took elder hall and i almost 2 hours to figure out
how to teach it without sounding like we were one sided haha. it went
way good though. we decided that as we keep getting more people coming
that we can start talking about everything else so that will come with
time. just for now it sucks. We did have a bunch of people show up and
even had refreshments so it for sure looked like we knew what we were
doing.
My companion is not doing so hawt though right now. Last week
wednesday he woke up with a kinked neck and everyday since then has
gotten worse, we went to the ER on saturday morning, i stayed there
all night until sunday afternoon with him and slept in the lobby, that
sucked bad and was freezing cold. and then he got released that night
but cant move his neck so he turns his whole body. he also started
losing strength in his arms and hands, so we went back to the doctor
yesterday and are trying to figure out what is going on. they took an
MRI and then tomorrow we will go get the results. So keep praying for
him.
One cool story about yesterday though. President called me and told me
that i had two rules that day. Number one was that i had to take care
of elder tora, and number two was that i had to go find a girl that
was baptized in my last ward who was not cofirmed, no matter where she
was and to confirm her, so about 3:30 pm elder hall and i went on
exchange and started searching, going to family members that she had,
calling around and searching, we drove 150 miles in like 6 hours and
went to 4 different zones but finally found her in waipahu zone in a
super ghetto place, we confirmed her right on the spot. it was way fun
actually. some tongan family took us to sizzler and president was way
happy that we got it done. I told him that we should be called the "go
get it done AP's" they have the office and traveling ones but we need
the get it done kind haha. He said he would pray about it. It was
definatley a miracle though that we found her and way fun.
There is my excuse for not emailing. That and we didnt get home until
like 10. I was dead tired haha.
well glad all is well back home. love you all
elder allen
March 21, 2012
>> Hey everyone,
>>
>> how are you guys? it sounds like a way good but busy week. im glad
>> everything went well though....
>>
>> everything here is going good. we had a way good baptism on saturday.
>> one of my most stressful but good ones. They showed up way late to the
>> church with there whole family (which is almost all non members) and
>> then had to change still. They asked me to baptize her which was cool
>> but the only baptisimal suit i had didnt fit good at all but i wore it
>> anyway. way to small. but after that it went way good. her mom told me
>> that she knew i would baptize her daughter from the moment she met me
>> which was cool. and i got my first like real lei made from tea leaves.
>> it was way cool. The other reason it was tough is because it felt like
>> my ward didnt help at all. us and our new ward mission leader took
>> care of everything which sucked but its all good. But then the stress
>> continued. They announced nohea getting confirmed and she wasnt there
>> in church so it made us look bad haha but she showed up right after
>> sacrament so we did it then. in the end it went very good and we got a
>> lot of compliments but im gonna have grey hair soon haha. but yeah it
>> was good.
i didnt get your box until today. i told you that would happen haha
but its ok. alright love you all.....
elder allen
>>
>> how are you guys? it sounds like a way good but busy week. im glad
>> everything went well though....
>>
>> everything here is going good. we had a way good baptism on saturday.
>> one of my most stressful but good ones. They showed up way late to the
>> church with there whole family (which is almost all non members) and
>> then had to change still. They asked me to baptize her which was cool
>> but the only baptisimal suit i had didnt fit good at all but i wore it
>> anyway. way to small. but after that it went way good. her mom told me
>> that she knew i would baptize her daughter from the moment she met me
>> which was cool. and i got my first like real lei made from tea leaves.
>> it was way cool. The other reason it was tough is because it felt like
>> my ward didnt help at all. us and our new ward mission leader took
>> care of everything which sucked but its all good. But then the stress
>> continued. They announced nohea getting confirmed and she wasnt there
>> in church so it made us look bad haha but she showed up right after
>> sacrament so we did it then. in the end it went very good and we got a
>> lot of compliments but im gonna have grey hair soon haha. but yeah it
>> was good.
i didnt get your box until today. i told you that would happen haha
but its ok. alright love you all.....
elder allen
March 15, 2012
Hey everyone,
this last week was good. i got a new companion from fiji named elder
tora. he has been on his mission for 22 months and is super trunky but
he still works his butt off, thats a good thing. its like night and
day difference from my last one. I forgot how fun it could be. The
first day i was with him we got two new investagators with dates for
the 31st so thats good. that will be 4 baptisms in march. the most in
our zone. the next one is this saturday at 3. Im baptizing her. I
tried to get elder tora to be able to do it but the mom wanted me so i
feel kinda bad. But its all good. on sunday night after planning and
turning in numbers he came to me and said really quietly, "i havent
done this for a while but i think you and i should drink some kava
together.' so we sat right down on the floor and he mixed it up and we
talked and drank kava for like an hour and went to bed. it was funny.
thats the kinda stuff i will miss about my mission. But yeah it was a
good week.
hope everything there is going good.
love you all
elder allen
this last week was good. i got a new companion from fiji named elder
tora. he has been on his mission for 22 months and is super trunky but
he still works his butt off, thats a good thing. its like night and
day difference from my last one. I forgot how fun it could be. The
first day i was with him we got two new investagators with dates for
the 31st so thats good. that will be 4 baptisms in march. the most in
our zone. the next one is this saturday at 3. Im baptizing her. I
tried to get elder tora to be able to do it but the mom wanted me so i
feel kinda bad. But its all good. on sunday night after planning and
turning in numbers he came to me and said really quietly, "i havent
done this for a while but i think you and i should drink some kava
together.' so we sat right down on the floor and he mixed it up and we
talked and drank kava for like an hour and went to bed. it was funny.
thats the kinda stuff i will miss about my mission. But yeah it was a
good week.
hope everything there is going good.
love you all
elder allen
Monday, March 12, 2012
March 5, 2012
Hey everyone,
yeah the baptism was way good. joseph is a way good convert that will
do really good in the church. yesterday he was ordained to the office
of a priest already and will probably start passing the sacrement. it
was way good. im staying here but my companion is leaving. he is going
somewhere off island, hopefully not maui because he will ruin it haha.
but yeah it will be good to get some fresh blood in here. elder
robbins is also leaving and going off island and elder hall, elder
robbins comp is getting a special assignment. that will be way fun. so
yeah everything is going good. we have another with a date for the
17th of a part memeber 10 year old girl. kinda a cheating baptism but
it will be good. im excited for that. and yeah mom im still studying.
i have only read one chapter of that other book you sent how ever long
and hard the road. it is good though and no im not done with temple
and cosmos. its a hard book but yes i still read it.
well i love you all.
love elder allen
yeah the baptism was way good. joseph is a way good convert that will
do really good in the church. yesterday he was ordained to the office
of a priest already and will probably start passing the sacrement. it
was way good. im staying here but my companion is leaving. he is going
somewhere off island, hopefully not maui because he will ruin it haha.
but yeah it will be good to get some fresh blood in here. elder
robbins is also leaving and going off island and elder hall, elder
robbins comp is getting a special assignment. that will be way fun. so
yeah everything is going good. we have another with a date for the
17th of a part memeber 10 year old girl. kinda a cheating baptism but
it will be good. im excited for that. and yeah mom im still studying.
i have only read one chapter of that other book you sent how ever long
and hard the road. it is good though and no im not done with temple
and cosmos. its a hard book but yes i still read it.
well i love you all.
love elder allen
February 27, 2012
hey everyone,
how are you all? yeah this last week was my birthday. not much of a
change. i actually forgot until i saw my watch and it said the 25th
that morning. it was weird haha. i didnt really tell anyone though it
just came and went. it was good though. thanks for having a party. not
much else went on this week. Joseph passed his baptism interview and
is still going forward with baptism this next saturday, we found some
new investagators and i went on splits yesterday with a newly made
elder of about 2 hours who gave his first blessing. it was weird to
see because i will never forget that time i gave one with van allen. i
think that was my first. its scary but he did a way good job. he is a
convert of 1 year and is going on a mission soon. i like going with
him a lot. saturday night was the UFC fights and everyone around here
loves watching them so it was crazy tracting and everyone was inviting
us in to watch the fights with them haha. i bet its kinda like the old
days and boxing. good times though. That same day we were driving and
i watched some guy punch this lady in the face through her drivers
side window at a stop light...... so i got out of the car and started
walking towards him...(i strongly dislike woman abusiers now) and this
huge hawaiian lady opened her door and full on sprint tackled this guy
across the street and continued to beat his face with her fists, then
picked him up and through her into the back of the car and drove off.
So i guess i wasnt needed. and i was terrified i was gonna get beat by
her next.... it was hilarious though.....
k well thats about all. i love you guys and will talk to you soon...
elder allen
how are you all? yeah this last week was my birthday. not much of a
change. i actually forgot until i saw my watch and it said the 25th
that morning. it was weird haha. i didnt really tell anyone though it
just came and went. it was good though. thanks for having a party. not
much else went on this week. Joseph passed his baptism interview and
is still going forward with baptism this next saturday, we found some
new investagators and i went on splits yesterday with a newly made
elder of about 2 hours who gave his first blessing. it was weird to
see because i will never forget that time i gave one with van allen. i
think that was my first. its scary but he did a way good job. he is a
convert of 1 year and is going on a mission soon. i like going with
him a lot. saturday night was the UFC fights and everyone around here
loves watching them so it was crazy tracting and everyone was inviting
us in to watch the fights with them haha. i bet its kinda like the old
days and boxing. good times though. That same day we were driving and
i watched some guy punch this lady in the face through her drivers
side window at a stop light...... so i got out of the car and started
walking towards him...(i strongly dislike woman abusiers now) and this
huge hawaiian lady opened her door and full on sprint tackled this guy
across the street and continued to beat his face with her fists, then
picked him up and through her into the back of the car and drove off.
So i guess i wasnt needed. and i was terrified i was gonna get beat by
her next.... it was hilarious though.....
k well thats about all. i love you guys and will talk to you soon...
elder allen
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