I received a humbled phone call last night at 11:18pm concerning my Great Grandparents. My Mission President, A Man Of God, calmed my mourning heart. We talked for a very long 10 minutes. He affirmed me that their passing was peaceful and 100% the will of the Lord. The funeral will beSaturday and I want everyone to know that on Saturday i will be there in your hearts. Saturday evening at 8pm (7pm yalls time)  we will be having 4 baptisms. He said something very heart-touching concerning these four baptisms, "Elder Allen, this is just a thought I feel I should share with you. Perhaps they will be there with you to witness these baptisms." I agreed over the phone as a very very definite wave of warmth love, joy, peace, the Holy Ghost. Praise be to Grandpa and Granny Tubbs for the positive, God-willing impact that they had in the world. Because of them, Many are serving missions. These missionaries have and will touch the hearts of many which will cause a chain reaction that will change the lives of many and secure their eternal salvation. D&C 18: 15-16 Praise be to the loving memory of Earl J and Betty Jeanne Tubbs, Together Forever.

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        We had 2 Baptisms this week! Marcela and Sophia both got baptized. They were very excited. I know that they will progress very fast in the gospel. We have 4 more baptisms scheduled for this saturday. I am very happy for the plan of salvation. I love the lord and his perfect plan that allows families to be together forever-The fist step being baptism.

       We also did 8 hours of service. We helped jack-up a house with car jacks and then level out the foundation and place center blocks on the firm foundation.

 

I love you all!!!

Dear Family and Friends,

    Well 5 weeks ago i was in ahh with how much time i have left in the mission field. Now i am just.............. without words. The mission goes by very very fast. If anyone wants to go on a mission and thinks that it is just too long. Dont worry. Within a month you will realize two things. That the mission goes by very fast and that you will never want to leave. I am kinda freaking out about coming home. Way scary!

My companion and I were ranked the #2 companionship this week. We have 6 baptismal dates. Marcela Valdez and Sophia Gonzales for the 21st of february. Alexis esquibel, Jorge Martinez, wendy martinez, and yolanda martinez for the 1st of march. We also had 8 investigators at church. this was a good week! hopefully this week will  be better! Enjoy the pictures and have fun without me for the last couple weeks that yall have.

 

Picture #1

     This is the picture of Octavio Elizondo that we baptized last week. He is such a solid member now. He is going to pass the sacrament for his first time this sunday. (He is the Taller One in the picture)

Picture #2

     Yup. The meanmug. Nuff said

Picture #3

     I locked my companion to the fridge. :)

3.5 semanas

¡Buenos días!
        Esta semana fue muy emocionante! Nos bautizamos Octavio Elizondo! Él ha estado trabajando muy duro para su fecha bautismal. Yo sé que él será bendecido por esta decisión que tomó. Estamos trabajando bien duro para bautisar mas gente. Recibimos un montón de refrencias del barrio y de otros barrios que no son de nuestra misión. Recibimos la familia Martinez de un miembro de la misión de dallas. Todos ellos tienen fechas bautizmales por el dia 1 de marzo. Sí, cinco días antes de que yo vuelva a casa. ¡Qué bendición! Ellos están listos y muy emocionados de tomar este convenio con Dios. También tenemos dos fechas con Garibay valdez Marcela y su hija Sophia Gonzales para el 22 de febrero.

 

       Estoy volviendo a casa en tres semanas y medio y quiero que todos ustedes para estar allí el dia 9 de mi charla. Por favor, sólo a mi familia en el aeropuerto (no amigos). Gracias! así te quiero todo mucho y sé que estas tres semanas pasarán como una gota de agua en una sartén. si muy rapido. Por favor, no parpadean, porque yo podría estar en frente de ustedes cuando abren sus ojos.

Translation Google Translate (Paden was at work)

Good morning !

        This week was very exciting! Octavio Elizondo were baptized ! He has been working very hard for his baptismal date . I know he will be blessed by this decision he took. We are working very hard to baptise more people. We received a lot of cross references the neighborhood and other neighborhoods that are not our mission. Martinez received the family of a member of the mission of dallas . They all have dates bautizmales the 1st of March. Yes , five days before I go home . What a blessing ! They are ready and excited to take this covenant with God . We also have two dates Garibay valdez Marcela Gonzales and her daughter Sophia on 22 February.

 

       I 'm coming home in three weeks and a half and I want you all to be there on the 9th of my talk. Please just my family at the airport ( no friends). Thank you ! I love you all so much and I know I will spend three weeks as a drop of water in a pan. if too fast . Please do not blink , because I could be in front of you when they open their eyes

Bueno

Bueno!!!!! If you want translation, go to http://translate.google.com/ (or see below)
Este semana fue muy bien! tenemos 3 fechas bautismales! El hermano octavio elizondo tamayo va bautisarse este sabado a las 5 de la noche. Estamos muy emosionados por eso. Antes de su intrevista, el tuvo una duda. estabamos muy nerviosos por la duda pero al fin fue nada mas sobre la ropa que deberia traer a su servicio baustismal. El es bien listo por este paso de fe en este momento de su vida. Tambien la hermana marcela valdez garibay y su hija sophia gonzales van tomar este paso de baustismo tambien. fueron refrencia de una miembra del barrio.

me voy por la casa en cuatro semanas. no mi quiero ir. la vida de un misionero es muy divertido. aprendi mucho del evangelio de jesucristo y porque estamos aqui en este mundo. Fuimos al templo hoy. Aprendi algo bien especial alma 42 cuando estaba leendo en el cuarto celestial.

13  por tanto, según la justicia, el aplan de redención no podía realizarse sino de acuerdo con las condiciones del barrepentimiento del hombre en este estado probatorio, sí, este estado preparatorio; porque a menos que fuera por estas condiciones, la misericordia no podría surtir efecto, salvo que destruyese la obra de la justicia. Pero la obra de la justicia no podía ser destruida; de ser así, Dios cdejaría de ser Dios.

Entonces. es bien importante de recordar que tenemos que arrepentirnos es este estado provatorio. Si no, en el mundo de los espiritus, vamos tener muchos problemas arrepentiendo sin un cuerpo. debemos siempre ser humildes para arrepentirnos. como dice en versiculo 30.

 30  ¡Oh hijo mío, quisiera que no negaras más la justicia de Dios! No trates de excusarte en lo más mínimo a causa de tus pecados, negando la justicia de Dios. Deja, más bien, que la justicia de Dios, y su misericordia y su longanimidad dominen por completo tu corazón; y permite que esto te ahumille hasta el polvo.

lo siento por todos que hablan espanol. yo tengo mucho errores escribiendo en espanol.!!!
que les vaya bien!!!

Translation via Paden (Google translate is unreliable)

This week went very well.  We have 3 baptismal dates.  Brother Octavio Elizondo Tamayo is going to be baptized this Saturday at 5:00 pm.  We are very excited for this.  Before his interview he had a doubt.  We were very nervous because of his doubt but in the end it was nothing more than what he should wear to his baptism.  He is very ready for this step of faith at this time of his life.  Also Sister Marcela Valdez Gribay and her daughter Sophia Gonzales are going to take this step of baptism as well.  They were a member referral from the ward.

I am coming home in 4 weeks.  I don't want to go.  The life of a missionary is very fun.  I have learned much about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and why we are here on this earth.  We went to the temple today and I learned something very special in Alma 42 when I was reading in the Celestial Room.  Alma 42:13,30:

So it is very important to remember that we have to repent in this probationary state.  If not in the spirit world we are going to have lots of trouble repenting without a body.  We should always be humble and repent.  As is says in verse 30.

30

I am sorry for all of you who speak Spanish.  I still make lots of errors when I am writing in Spanish.!!!

que les vaya bien!!!

Jan 13, 2014

Well the family that had 5 dates got offended at church and swore they were never coming back. Well. they have not seen the end of elder allen. We are still going over and they almost came to church yestarday. I am pretty bummed that they got offended but other than that they are doing great!!! 

We found a new investigator at church. weird he has been showing up to church for the past 3 months and nobody knew that he wasn't a member. so its pretty crazy that know we are teaching him. his name is octavio.

 

well i love all yall. sorry this email is short. i will email yall a bigger one next week.

Jan 6, 2014

This week we set 5 baptismal dates and had all 5 of them at church. If yall could, please pray that they will keep their commitments.

Manuel Martinez is being baptized on February 8, 2014.

Edna Martinez is being baptized on February 8, 2014.

Brisa Martinez is being baptized on February 8, 2014.

Ramona Sandoval is being baptized on February 8, 2014.

Jesse Sandoval is being baptized on January 18, 2014.
They are all so excited to be baptized. I know that they have been prepared by the Lord. They love the restoration and the plan of salvation. They loved church and learned so much. They are super excited to continue investigating the church. My companion elder melville has been on his mission for 6 months now and has not had a baptism. so we are super excited to baptize them.

 

Well i am getting ready to come home. i have been doing 400 pushups daily for a couple of weeks now. by time i get home i will be huge. whatever.

 

I love you all and thank you so much for all the love and letters.

Well the first picture is of the spanish chior that we have been practicing for. We finally performed yestarday and it was super sweet!! We loved it alot. It was a cool experience to be apart of something like that.

 

The Second picture is of THE SHADOW NINJA MOUSE!!!! ya i am pretty bummed out that i didnt get to go deer hunting last year. but the mighty hunter will find a way to fill the emptiness of his heart. Ya i chased it and stomped on it.- Mean Mug.

 

The third picture is of me fitting 3 cookies in my mouth at once. Ya it was a challenge but i put my skills to the test and came out victorious.

 

This week was great! District leader from day one was super busy. I have been on my toes with everything. There is a new elder in our district who is suffering from homesickness. So i called him and assured him that i would suffer with him. I am pretty homesick myself. But i told him that we just need to see the big picture and not worry about our families. Whatever happens at home is 100% Gods Will. I have been getting phone calls left and right for opinions, questioins, you name it, its gonna happen. Crazy life. Just what i needed with 2.5 months left. I wanted to take the rest of my mission slow. Not happenin. I am going to be very busy which means time goes by even faster. 

 

Well thats about all thats going on here. O YA!!! we were riding past the cowboys stadium and AC/DC was playing life. Made my day.. haha I love texas!!!

O MY ICE!!!!!   So we are sitting there at about 9:45pm and our phone rings. Its a member warning us about a potential ice storm. Yaa whatever. Well we went to sleep and woke up with 4 inches of ice. The first Picture is of the snow. All of the roads look like this. This is a field but all of the roads are caked on with ice and nobody not even the city owns snow machines to scrape of the ice. So we spent 26 hours or so this week scraping off ice and snow from peoples cars.. it was quite a chore to do all of that. We had a pretty slow week but its all ok.

 

The second Picture is of my district at the end of the transfer. We had a few funny moments. I am pointing at my district leader and i threw him up on my companions shoulders in less that 5 seconds. Haha! ya we are having fun here in arlington.

 

So I got a call from president Ames and he asked me to be district leader here in arlington. I told him that i would except and do my best for him and the lord. I am a little nervous but i know that i can do it. I love the lord and his work> I only have two transfers left. 12 weeks. I love you all and thank you for your love and letters.

December 2, 2013

Well the first picture is of Elder Soto and I. Elder Soto was a missionary that went home one year and four months ago. He is way sweet. It was really cool to see him walk into the chapel yestarday. He is also from colonial juarez and knows grandpa and grandma call. Its pretty cool. He is now on his way up to utah for his brothers wedding.

 

the second picture is of our thanksgiving dinner we had with the Garcia family. They are way sweet. I love the garcia family. Thanksgiving was a good day.

 

The third picture is of us and our cowboy/cowgirl outfits we wore to dinner on thanksgiving. Yes the yellow boots are mine also. I let my companion borrow them.

 

Well this week was a really good week! We got alot done with our members. This week we had 2 double exchanges and 2 regular exchanges. I went with Bishop Campos out to teach a few lessons. It was amazing to feel the love that our bishop has for each of his members. Also as we were visiting, people love telling Bishop about their Dreams/visions they have. These people are from the tribe of manasa, so they are called the "dreaming people." They are able to recieve revelation through their dreams. It was amazing to hear 8 wonderful stories about people being guided in their lives. I love this work and the people that i serve with.

 

Only one week left in this transfer and then its two till home,....    

November 25, 2013

HEY!!!!!!!!!!

So i am been a little off the board for a while. Sorry for that everyone. I am been pretty busy and i know that i need to pay for attention to yall. So this week was full of awesomeness. I had alot of fun with my companion and we got alot of work done. We have been working hard to find new people to teach. I know the lord sent us here to find the people who are needing Jesus in there life more and i promise that i will find them who need our help. So we have been searching high and low and under bridges and even under rocks and we have not really found anyone. but we did find Brenda Martinez. she is living with a member who was baptized 16 years ago in El salvador. They are not married. This is the only downfall. But unlike other experiences like these. He is not married to anyone else in el salvador. so it is very possible for them to get married. We are trying to help them get married because they want to get sealed. Boris lived in orem utah for 4 years and never got to go to the temple because he was not active. He has a goal now to get married baptize his girlfriend and in a year get sealed in the salt lake temple. he has no where to stay in a year when they go to salt lake to get married. so.... :) mom and dad? I hope thats ok? We are working with him to accomplish all of their goals and to get them hitched.

So the first picture is of elder melville and I at chior practice yestarday. We had been there for 3 hours and it was gettin greally borring. This christmal program is suppost to go really good. It is the stake activity that they are putting on. We are going to sing as missionaries all three of the days.  the first day is a missionary chior from out mission with 74 missionaries. The Second Day my companion and I and a few more people are doing a combined number with the young men and women in the spanish ward. and the third day is the spanish wards chior time. We have been practicing alot for this chior deal. so hopfully it goes good. one of the guys in the spanish chior is named edwardo duncan from the mormon colony juarez. he says he know the Call family. Pretty cool.

Picture #2 is of my hammer and I. I love my hammer. We go everywhere together. We have a "fix-it" relationship. We like fixing things around the house. Even our companion when he gets out of line. Haha i am going crazy. Good thing there is not alot of time left till i am home or i will be crazy! haha jk.

Picture #3 is haha. well there was no more room in the car. So i had to fit like a box behind the drivers seat. Hhahaha. i am still small enough to fit in small places but big enough to fight off anyone that is an enemy.

Well I love the mission field. We are getting alot of things done here in this are. I know that this church is true and that if anyone wants to serve a mission. even if you dont want to . Its really good for you to go. There are currently 47 full time missionaries in the Malad, IDaho stake. Jacob, wyatt, mckenna, Spencer, Regan? why not make it 5? what are you going to lose. Here is a quote from elder James e. faust. "Concecration is a surrender, but is also a victory." study concecrationa become concecrated and you will have the victory. I love this work.

Horrah for isreal!!

Dear Family and Friends,

 

   First Picture: This is a chinchilla. I have never seen of of these. it was hissing at me alot when i was around him. I dont know why but he was.

   Second Picture: This is me in a tree. haha i scared the missionaries we were with. I swung down and scared all of them half to death.

   Third Picture: This is my companion. He fell asleep. I  got bored of him being asleep so i put an expo marker to work. Haha he woke up and it was a good laugh. he thought it was funny. Nothing has happened to me yet since i have been to sleep.  it was alot of fun.

arlington is full of hispanics. my companion and i set a goal to contact 40 people a day. Yestarday we contacted 66. It was a good day. there are alot of apartments here which it makes it easy to find people. I really like this area. I will see yall in 3 months and about 15 days. not that i am counting.

November 11, 2013

Hey Everyone.

   Sorry I have not written for a while! I randomly got a call the night before transfers telling me i was getting transfered. I only had 4 hours to pack everything I own and got transfered more north. The work has been amazing. I left A baptism in waco. pretty sad but she still got baptized and she has goals to be sealed in a year.

 

My new companion is Elder Melville. He is from Utah, again. and he is such a good missionary. He is a hard worker and loves to teach people the gospel. He knows the doctrine and has an undiing desire to share it with everyone. He has been out for as much time as i have left. haha. he loves the mission and we get along great!

 

So we have been trying to find new investigatores. We found one man named miguel Rios. He has been pronounced dead 4 times and doesnt know why god has kept him alive this long. We testified that it is because he needs to be baptized and he agrees and wants to be baptized. We are working with him. Throughout his accedents, he now has alot of brain damage. but he still can talk and feel the spirit. We are very excited for him to be able to take this step and be baptized.

 

I love this work and i am vey sad because its drawing to an end. But that is ok because life goes on. I will just keep trucking along doing my hardest to become who the lord wants me to be.

 

Love yall.

-- Elder Dillon Glen Allen

October 21, 2013

The first Picture is of my companion and I waving at the camera. Elder Ostlund is from South Jordan, Utah. He is 6' 5" and loses every time we wrestle. Just like wyatt will lose in 4 months and 18 days.... ;0

 

The second picture is of one of the Waco Specials I see daily. Black people drive these raised up crown vicks. Ya those are both of my shoes under that car. crazy people. 

 

The third picture is of A SNAKE!!!!!!!!!! 

Well this week was pretty good. We had a member referal from zabdiel. His girlfriend Ilene Rivera is now going to be baptized november 2nd and confirmed november 3rd. IT is going to be a busy week. Loveyall!!!

October 14, 2014

The First Picture is of my music bear and I. This bear (DJ teddy) and i have been all over Texas together. We do not have any relationship together except that of music. O heavens i am treating this bear like tom hanks did Wilson in cast away!

The Second Picture is of my hat and I. Also my hat and I are really good buddies. We are going to do alot of things together when i get home in 5 months from today. We are going to dig holes together, probably ride horses together and go hunting and fishing together. That will be fun. Isn't that neat.

The Third Picture is of The Mean Muggin Alligator. I do not know who the weird kid is behind the mask. But he apparently is wearing an alligator hat. Who the heck does that. O that's me.

Well now to the serious stuff. We have three baptismal dates, Jose Mexicano Saldana will be baptized on october 26th!! hopefully. Armando and Esteban Martinez are nephew and uncle. They will be baptized November 2nd. I am very excited for all of them. They all have been doing so well. Esteban randomly suprised us yestarday with some mole!!!! o ya mole is so good. It is a kind of meat smothered in spicy peanut-butter-chocolate and chille. MMMMM the best. Esteban is a really good guy.

 

Shout out to all of those amazing General Conference talks! Whoever agrees with me about how awsome they were,, write me and tell me in a letter. That will be really nice. (haha did you like what I did there. Now yall are trapped.)

 i will make it easy

 4502 lakeshore Dr #1207

Waco, Texas 76710

Love yall!

September 30, 2013

Picture #1: Your missing a very important person in this picture. Dont worry I got yalls back. Dad your foot looks good.

Picture #2: Well this is a bit of art that my companion and i came up with. We have the force. and i aparently am diing in this picture.

Picture #3 This is my cowboy getup. I finally sealed my outfit with the hat. I did not pay a dime for all of my cowboy stuff.

 

This week was really good. Waco is a very nice area to work in. So what i mean is it is a little dirty and not alot of morals. perfect enviroment for missionaries to be in. We are going to do very good here. I am very excited for the future. Sorry i dont have much time to write a bigger email. But i love yall and dont have too much fun without me!

September 23, 2014

Hello Family and Friends!!!!

Waco is Weird. It is just like Weatherford. So I have come to a conclusion that I get sent out to the country for the winter and the city for the summer. Here are some pictures.

 

This is probably my favorite companionship. The guy in the middle is our zone leader. He was our companion for a week because his companion got sent home. Haha i am just kidding his companion is the new asistant to the president. The green house in the backround is where i lived for 4 1/2 months of my short life.

This is Gismo. We found him about 4 months ago. We were just being regular old teenagers and messing around. We found a hill and tried throwing rocks up it. Ya we are children. He was at the top of the hill. We talked to him. He quit everything he was doing that was violating the word of wisdom and the law of chastity in one day. He started reading the Book of Mormon and now has a testimony of the truthfulllnes of this gospel. He will be baptized in the near future. He is a man that has impacted my life greatly. He is definitely my best friend here in texas.

And coming in as the best family in the world.... The Cantu Family. This family is the best. David on the left is straight up a thug. He is sweet. Good guy. He knows alot about life and just how to make everyone happy around him.  The kid looks like he is cute but he will get you if your not looking. Haha i love baby David. Bridgette is Olgas daughter and Olga is on the right. This family is the best family i have ever taught here in texas. Olga and bridgette are members and David is not. Not yet.. BFITW- Best family in the world.

Well that is about all i have got to say. Peace out. Dont forget to write me. my addresss is:

 

4502 Lakeshore Drive #1207

Waco, Texas 76710

Well I am getting transfered to Waco, Texas. I will finally after 9 months on a bike be back to a car. My new address is.

4502 Lakeshore Drive #1207
Waco, Texas 76710

 

This is my 5th area. I have been in every one of my areas for 18 weeks each. I believe that i will end my mission in waco. It is a smaller town than fort worth. It is my second biggest area. I am leaving the worst part of the mission as far as crime to go to waco. I am pretty excited.

 

I do not have alot of time due to transfers but i love you all and hope that yall are ok. Write me if you get bored. O ya this week we had  elder anderson from the 12 and elder callster from the seventy come to our mission. I also saw dallas degn there.

This week was so great!

Picture #1: Elder Mckinnon and I got to go to the Temple this morning.

There is a new temple video. If you have not seen it yet, You really need

to go and see it. If you have seen it, go again. I loved the video and the

session. I learned a lot. I have not been to the temple in 16 months and

it was just so amazing. So many questions were answered and so much

was brought to my understanding. I loved every minute of it. Mom can

get permission from President Wray to go to the Salt Lake Temple when

 I land before I am released. I will see if that is ok from this end. Thanks!

Picture #2 Is of Elder Mckinnon and I's Exchange last night. We got

Some really cool shirts from our investigators. I think my shirt really

matches me. I also got another levi looking hugo boss shirt. the shirt

 I am wearing is a "Guess" shirt. This exchange was really good.

Picture #3: Is of Idaho License plates! This made me really happy

to see someone from Idaho in Texas. Happy Day! I will see yall in 5 1/2

months. Love yall.

P.s. Don't forget to write!!!

Cherish Every Second.

Elder Dillon Glen Allen

Picture #1 Thats whats up. Our investigator gave me her biggest bear. Not sure if or how i will get it home. :)
Picture #2 Is a sneak peak. Enough said.

Picture #3 Is a bag of ties that our investigator gave us. People love us here in northside. yup they do.

 

Hey Family and Friends!

      This week was the most critical week in my mission. As i become more and more converted to the gospel of Jesus Christ, the harder things get. I am proud to say that Satan has not won this week. Elder Allen has. I am so happy to be a missionary for the church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints. If you are not a missionary and you are worthy and able to go and you haven't. Period. Have some dang faith and repent for procrastinating. Go, you will never regret it. Fear is the opposite of faith. "Every Member a missionary." -David o McKay

 

Sorry for being harsh... honest. This gospel has changed the lives of thousands of people, and i am a witness of that. As an outcome to this, i have changed. It is very important to never say, i will do it tomorrow. I can do my home teaching another day i have all month to do it. I will go help that person if the husbands not there. whatever it is.... Procrastinators unite tomorrow. I am so proud of all of my family and friends for the support they give me while i am out here on the lords mission. I am so happy that everyone is doing good.

 

Really quick before i leave. We had a really cool lesson this week after we gave service. A husband and wife were fighting immediately after the opening prayer. they have been competing to see who can read the book of Mormon the fastest. Well, all we said is, its not a race we need to read it together. Just like Elder Holland said, It is never too late so long as the Master of the vineyard says there is time. "It is never too late so long as the Master of the vineyard says there is time." I know this to be true. We still have time. Love yall

Dear Family and Friends,

 First I apologize because I cannot write everyone personaly, I really have no time to do so. Second this week I do not have any pictures. But on the good side there is good news. So about 7 weeks ago, President Ames said to not tract if at all posible. So We have not tracted for 7 weeks and we are seeing alot more member involvement. It is amazing to see progression at its finest. I am so happy to be a missionary and to be serving for the lord.

 

THank yall for your letters and thoughts. If you get a chance this week go out on an exchange and have fun with the missionaries. You will feel the spirit.

 

Member work is the best work for missionaries. If not we tract all day and its not fun. Work with the missionaries. trust that god put them there. Trust them with your friends.

Picture #1 is me eating a delicious hamburger at Braums. Braums is the best burger joint in Texas

Picture #2 This is Elder Newman and Walker. Newman left last week and Elder Walker got his visa to go to Peru Yesterday. So he is leaving at 7:00 pm. :( He by far was the best visa waiter I have had and perhaps the best companion I have had.

Picture #3 This is my new companion Elder Barnette. He is a stud.

 

Dear Family and Friends,

     This week was amazing. We had alot of work to finish. Elder Barnette is our new District Leader and he is doing an amazing job. He is really focusing in on the importance of setting goals and evaluating ourselves everyday to achieve your goals. So I have set a life goal to accomplish: Become Converted to the Gospel of Jesus Christ by utilizing a scheduled study time. By doing this I will always have personal study from the scriptures daily, during my mission and after the mission.

     We have been working with the Cantu Family this week. Olga is a member and her husband David is not. Olga's daughter is a member also, her name is Bridgett. We are helping them establish a foundation in Christ through Daily Scripture study and Prayer as a family. They Text us every time they do it so that they can be accountable to someone which in return motivates them to do better. They are a wonderful family and have alot of potential. They also came back to church for the first time in a very long time. They are amazing. I love this family.

      Thank you everyone for all of the letters of support and encouragement. I will and am writing you back