Dear Children of God,
How are you all doing? I hope
that it has been an amazing week for all of you! Im doing great! My
companion is doing great! Our area is doing great! And the Lords work is
moving along. I hope you all really know how much I miss you and how
much your prayers and emails mean to me. Thank you so so much!!!
Monday (October 15th, 2018)
Today
was transfer day. Very early we went to the stake center in Tres Vendas
and all of the people going to Porto Alegre left on the bus. Tchau
Élder Lira! Muito obrigado por tudo que você fez para mim. I learned a
lot about working hard and planning well from him. He was and is a great
missionary and will do amazing things! Then, while we were waiting for
our new companions to arrive, I and a few of the other missionaries made
my very first Brasilian barbecue called churrasco. It was so good, but I
think thats just because I was hungry. It really was just cooked meat
with salt. But it was good either way. Then, late that night, Elder
Newman arrived. He is from Logan Utah, his last area was Porto Alegre,
he loves theater and is a lot shorter than I am. To be honest, he kind
of looks like a Hobbit. And before you think that was rude of me, he
told me that himself before I even noticed it. But he is so nice and I
am excited for the next few weeks.
Tuesday (October 16th, 2018)
Today
was an amazing first day with Elder Newman. We got right to work and
started to teach anyone and everyone. It was great. Elder Newman is kind
of a mix between Jaedon Johnson and a theater kid. And since I
absolutely love Jaedon Johnson and theater kids, I love Elder Newman. It
is the greatest thing. It is kind of hard trying to find all of the
houses by myself though. But today we didnt get lost, lets see how the
rest of the week goes.
Wednesday (October 17th, 2018)
Today
was a good day too. We got a lot done. The miracle of the day (because I
believe that there is a miracle every day) was that Elder Newman had
already heard stories about one of the less active families because his
first companion was the one that baptised all of them. I am sure that
that is one of the reasons that Elder Newman was put in this area with
me. It really seemed to touch them and I really think it will help them
return to the light of the Gospel!
Thursday (October 18th, 2018)
Today
was great again. Today we worked on getting the investigators ready for
baptism either this week of next week. We talked with Zilda and for the
4th week in a row she will not be here on Saturday, so while that is disappointing, it will definitely happen the next Saturday. We also
talked to Diego and his mom and his mom is still dead set on not letting
him be baptised. So that was actually really disappointing but we will
keep working and pray even harder. Other than that, a normal day.
Friday (October 19th, 2018)
Today
we had a family night at the chapel and it was all about missionary
work, so we were the ones that ran it. I think it went really well. But
it was kind of hard because Elder Newman talked the whole time. I think I
said about 2 sentences during the 45 minutes. I totally get it because
he is a new trainer, as in I am the very first person that he is trained
and he wants to help and gain the confidence of the ward but it is
hard to practice Portuguese and help the investigators when you arent
allowed to talk. But honestly it went really well and I think that it
helped the ward understand the importance of member missionaries.
Saturday (October 20th, 2018)
Like
always, Saturday is the day that we go around and invite people to
church. I really hope that everyone will be able to come because we
taught a lot and focused a lot on the importance of the Sacrament and of
going to church on Sunday. We also had a mini birthday party for a
recent covert so that was fun! I had cake!
Sunday (October 21st, 2018)
It
was a good day. We had 5 people come to church today which was good,
but I know we could have had more so we will work on that again this
week. But the people that did come to church have real potential so I am
really excited about that. Church was good and normal. Oh, and I
forgot, on Wednesday, the new Elders in the area right next to us were
assaulted so that was lit. The President, took out the Sisters from that
area so that this wouldnt happen but the Elders were robbed day 2. Ive
never been robbed so thats good!
Random Thoughts:
- Elder Newman has two different voices. His Portuguese voice and his English voice. The first time he spoke English with me I thought it was a different person speaking because they are so different it is incredible. I wonder if I do that too.
- My District Leader is Mexican. (Dad I thought you would like that.)
- We talked to a person that had a dream about the Apocolypse, again.
- Elder Newman enjoys touching my shoulder very lightly.
- Elder Newmans middle name is Kelly.
I
love you all and hope that you can feel my love and the love of the
Lord for you. Trust in the Atonement and always see the chance to repent
as a blessing.
The Lord loves you and so do I!
Elder Allen
