Here is what my week was like...
I was in the store today and noticed that they sell tim tams all over that place I should have sent you guys some, but I guess that you can still get them in the stores down in the states, just not as much. I really like how you said that the Lord works in amazing ways all the time because it is so true. I have met several people that are just not quite ready for the gospel now but in the future will be. Josh the crazy one, is one of those investigators that just are not ready yet but I believe that he will be later on in the future when he decides to read the Book of Mormon. Sondra is a good example of one of those people who just were not ready 3 years ago but now is on date to be baptized. It is neat how people can hate the church and then completely change. And talking about Sondra being on date, we got this kid that is 10 years old on date. His mom is the body builder that I think I mentioned to you. It's awesome, and I bet that we can get 2 more on date to be baptized in the next few weeks.
This past week we also had been slacking off on daily planning just because we would talk about it and know what we had planned for the next day, but we decided to do it, and we filled our day more than what it was before. We filled in the gaps by stopping by to visit some of our investigators who wouldn't answer their phone, and we got 4 member present lessons in one day. It was crazy! Some things just seem to be a little much, but we are told to do them for a reason.
I am still playing lots of basketball and this Thursday we are going to go have a ball night with the zone leaders and we are trying to get lots of non-members to it. So far me and Elder Davis have one non-member going to go to it, he is a black kid that is my age. We are also going to try to get another black kid to come that I have played ball with before.
Elder Davis and I have been working out with a member in our ward every morning. We wake up at 5:45 to go. He has a little gym set up in his basement. On Wednesday I decided that I was just going to run on the treadmill the whole time and burn off some stored calories. I ended up running on it until we had to go for 30 min, and went a little over 3 miles. My legs were burning, but I wasn't breathing hard at all. My heart rate was sitting around 105, it was funny. It has to be with the air being thicker here. I just bought a ton of vegetables and squash for this next couple of weeks in order to stay in shape. I bought a couple of squash from costco and didn't know how to cook them but I remembered when you and mom would cook them you would cut them in two and set them on a cookie sheet, so that is what I did. I then turned the oven up to 375 and left it there until I could stick a fork through it, it ended up being about 40 min to cook but now I know how to do that. It is quite the experience being out her and having to cook for myself. I have learned a lot. And today I got some spaghetti and the kind that is your favorite (dad's). It should be great.
I also had a good experience yesterday when Elder Davis and a couple of other missionaries wanted to go to p-day eve and watch a movie with some other missionaries in our zones pad, which is something that is not allowed but lots of missionaries do. We had enough kilometers for the month to do it but I knew that it was wrong and that I would be very mad at myself because I would have let myself down, I would have let you guys down, and most of all I would have put my Heavenly Father down. And so I told Elder Davis that I wasn't going to do it, and that I was sorry. I felt bad last night but today I am so glad that I made that decision. I know that the decisions that we make now will affect us later on in life, this life and the life to come. I would just like to encourage all of you to make good choices no matter if you think that things will be okay, and that it will all turn out good in the end. What you do now is very important because it is all part of the plan. As you all do this you will be blessed.
Love, Elder Allred
P.S. I will be on and off a bit today so email me if you can. Tell everyone Happy Halloween for me!!
The sweater is a bit too big.. but it is good. The cake is very good, so is Grandpa's cake they are almost all gone. Everything is about gone. I hope that this doesn't get me fat. I will be blaming you guys.. haha. Tell everyone that everything was very good, and that I didn't even need frosting for Grandpa's cake. I seriously can't wait to open the box that says to open on December 1st, and why December 1st?
I almost weigh 200 pounds it's scary, but I can still dunk pretty good, actually better than what I could back home. Right now I am 197, next week might be the week that I hit it. I am just continuing to exercise as much as I can to not get fat.
