January 23, 2017

My ankle is doing a whole lot better, it has been 5 weeks tomorrow since I sprained it. It is still a little swollen but I can really see the progress from week to week. I have been doing lots of exercises to get it back into shape and so that it will gain back the muscle that was torn. 

This week has been a busy one, we had zone conference again that took up a ton of the day. We were with President and sister Miles since 9 in the morning to 3:30 in the afternoon. Talk about hard to not fall asleep and try to pay attention. I learned a whole lot and took a ton of notes. 

So last week was really busy, I don't know if you remember me talking about Finola, who we picked up as an investigator. The dad is a less active and has had a drinking problem. His girlfriend is a non member. She is so solid, we taught the first lesson with our President and it went really well. Since then we have gone through the first 3 lessons and read chapter 3 out of the Book Of Mormon. She has read the intro and the witnesses up to chapter 3. They have gone to church 2 times now and I am sure that they are going to be getting married soon so that she can get baptized. They have had both of their cars impounded and when they went to church and as they have been reading the book of Mormon they have some how been able to get one of their cars out. It is crazy how we are blessed as we do what is right, and it is even more crazy when they can see that they are being blessed and how they tell us about it. I really believe that this is one of the greatest joys while serving a mission when you can see them, and not only see them but see them some time in the future being sealed as a family. They tell us that every time that we go to their house they can feel something different and they feel good, it is awesome. We got Levon going to church ball and he is getting to know the ward. They went to just sacrament last week and this week they went to both sacrament and classes. We went with him around from class to class, and it was cool to see that he was participating and giving good answers it was nuts. I am really getting close to these guys and can't wait to visit with them again. Well this is just a little of what has happened this week. 

Love your son, Elder Allred   

Chinook in the sunset

Elder Dolinar from Pleasant Grove Utah