One month in: 10/11/23




 Hey all! It's already been a week! And with that, that means I'm a full month into the mission today. I started on September 11th, and today is October 11th. This week hasn't been crazy eventful, but it's been good. Here all the days fade a little bit into one day. The schedule basically goes wake up, eat, go to class, eat, study, eat, go to class, go to bed, eat snacks cuz Im still hungry, repeat. So yeah, we eat a lot here. We also go to class a lot too, but typing that out I realized how often we eat here...

Yesterday my companion and I did a simulation teaching lesson in Spanish for the first time! It was terrible. Neither of us knew Spanish very well, but we went in with what we knew, shared a scripture, and struggled to connect with the person. Even though it was bad, it's all good, because there is no learning without error. Plus, once you hit rock bottom, there's only one direction to go, up! Arriba Arriba! I could look at it and get down about how far I am from where I need to be, or I could look at it as an opportunity to grow closer to Christ. I know all things can be done through Christ, and this presents a great opportunity for me to truly put my faith in Him and work with Him to learn what I need to.

Anyway, that aside, it's been a pretty chill week, my invitation to you all would be to read Enos 1:4-8 in the book of Mormon, and try to relate yourself to Enos in his prayer.

That's all for now! Talk to you all later! Have a good week and keep looking for miracles in your life (they're there, trust me).

- Elder Allen

I don't take very many pictures, but here's one of me and Elder Higginson at the temple from a few weeks ago.




Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

12/25/23: Feliz Navida...hey that's my phone

  ¡Felíz Navidad todos! Christmas is awesome and we should all remember why we celebrate it. Because Jesus atoned for us, and thats why His birth is so significant! Its an awesome time in the year, and super groovy in México too.  Alma 7:10-12 is the Scripture for the week. Christ's Atonement and what that means for us. A favorite in teaching for me.  Anyway, the email is way short this week cuz I don't have a phone... I done got mugged and gotta use my comps phone for stuff today, so I'm pressed on time with emails and stuff. But I gotta keep the streak up! So he gave me a little time for this one today. It's also Christmas, gotta email on Christmas. The Mugging story if you really want to read it: There was a dude who approached us on the street as we were on our way to our Branch Christmas party, and he looked pretty interesting. He then asked us to walk with him, pointing to a gun he had in his pants. We did not. We asked him what he wanted and he asked for the grin...
Read more

2/5/24: Hijole

Image
  Casi Hermanos y Hermanas, casi... I almost didn't get one out today guys. That would've ruined a nearly 5 month streak. But nah, here we are, I gotchu, I know y'all are probably on the edge of your seats and scratching your heads thinking "golly gee, when's Elder Allen gonna get his email out today?" But fear not.  In all honesty, this week was a little slower, but still good. We did a lot of meeting with members, inviting inactives to church and other activities and reading Come Follow Me with those people. We have developed some good relationships with these members, it's cool to see. I would write more, but I'm short on time. Scripture of the week is Matthew 5:48, "be ye perfect". Won't lie, I suck at keeping this commandment. All of us do, but that's why we have Christ and His atonement! Each day we have opportunities to get better at trying to be perfect.  Thats all I can throw down today, have a good week! Adios! - Elder Allen...
Read more

Who Knew Eclipse Glasses were so Swag? 10/18/23

Image
  Hey all, or as we say here in the MTC, Hola, mi Español es muy mal. It's been a good week, a lot of Spanish and a lot of classtime. It's actually surprised me how well I'm grasping the concepts we're learning, especially considering how well I did in remembering high school Spanish. It's tiring for sure, but I'm learning a lot. Reassignments came in this week, and there were a lot of changes. In our district we have 10 guys going to Mexico and 5 going to the DR. 8 got reassignments. Out of the 10 Mexican missionaries, 7 of them got reassignments due to visa issues and things. I was one of the 3 who managed to squeeze through. So that is kinda exciting. I guess the Lord really needs me in Tuxtla Gutierrez. There was a Solar Eclipse here in Utah, so that was kinda cool. One of our teachers gave us all some glasses to watch it, and we kinda had a photoshoot, it was pretty sweet. I have some pictures attached below. We also had a really good devotional with Elder ...
Read more