Hello my fellow Americans,
I have no idea why but this
week I have been feeling very patriotic and I just started to sing our
beloved nations national anthem like 6 times this week. I am grateful to
be from such a beautiful country in which we chose Fergy to represent
us by singing that beloved song. What an honor.
Highlights:
- I have decided that this week deserves a change so we got a new looking email. Ooooh!! Aaaahh!!!
- We got to switch areas with the Sisters for a few days and we found some amazing families and helped them in an area that they hadnt worked in much.
- I am 9 months old on my mission and I realized this week, that a month ago, I opened my mission call a year earlier. Rip that I didnt realize that before.
Mediumlights:
- It rained a lot.
- I accidentally kicked a dog and I felt bad but it didnt bite me so that was good
- Like you have no idea how much it rained. Muito muito chuva.
Lowlights:
- My avocado rotted.
- We have many mosquitos in our apartment and Elder Jolley and I are now called the SWAT team because we have killed more than 50 and none of them have killed us. We are unbeatable!!!!
- It rained a lot.
Things to make you giggle:
- If you have a Google phone ask it to tell you a joke.
- So we went over to a members house for lunch and he is an accountant/stock broker. I dont actually know what he does but when I asked him what he does for a job and how it works, it lead to a 30 minute discussion on how stocks work and the price of the dollar and transfering funds and all sorts of economic stuff. (Shout out to Mr. Oram and the Oramigos) I have never been so tested in my Portuguese knowledge.
- Everyone seems to find it appropriate to share with me their medical history and everything that happens in their doctors appointments. It is quite the experience.
Spiritual Experiences:
- We found a lady named Edla a couple of weeks ago and we left a Book of Mormon with her. It then took a while to catch her at home again but when we finally visited her she said that she had been reading it every night, that she knows the book is true and that from the day we gave her the Book, she stopped drinking. We set a really firm baptismal date with her and three days later, she diminished her smoking from 20 to 3 in four days. It was such an amazing miracle and still is.
- My testimony of the Book of Mormon has grown so so much. Whenever I wake up and I am just so tired or dont feel like it is worth it anymore or anything, I can say a prayer and read the Book of Mormon and I am able to feel the Spirit and Gods love for me. I can be reading about wars and people taking off other peoples scalps, it doesnt matter. I can always feel the Spirit. I KNOW that the Book of Mormon is true and as we cling to its teachings we can know what God needs to tell us.
I love you all. I am praying for you and keep your head up and just take one more step forward because there is help and love and hope ahead!!
Love,
Elder Allen
