February 20, 2017

I don't know if I mentioned it but, I had to eat African food last week, it was crazy they were eating it with their hands, they would scoop it up with bread. The Mom's name was Margret and she came from Africa a few years ago and has been baptized for a little over a year. They made this pot of meat that had cinnamon sticks in it and it had the strongest smell ever. It didn't seem that it should have been edible, but once it was in my mouth it was all right. My Companion, Elder Dolinar was sure having a hard time getting it down, I am sure that the family couldn't tell but I could. I was laughing on the inside, which is pretty bad haha. We also met with them a few days ago and their daughter who is around 27 years old was showing us pictures of what they wore in Africa on google and when we looked it was just a bunch of nudes. One of our Bishops was there and you should have seen his face it was so funny. Me and my companion were just laughing the whole time. We hope to start teaching her the discussions and picking her up as a new investigator soon. 

The members really like me and Elder Dolinar. We have been getting so much food from them, I have only spent 90 dollars this month on food, so that means that I have saved 110. I love serving in the south, tons more LDS people and a whole lot more investigators as well. Sorry again that I haven't send those pictures for so long... I will do better with that. Always remember that I love ya and love hearing about you. Don't worry too much about me I know that I will be safe. I have been learning a lot on faith these past few weeks. The more that I have studied it the more I realize how much we need to feed it by acting. There is a great video on Lds.org about the people carrying the ark of the covenant and the lord promised them that they would walk over on dry ground but when they got there they realized the the river was still full of water, and it wasn't until they acted and got there feet wet that the river parted. I think that this is a great example of faith and what faith is. Well I have to go. I hope and pray that you all get feeling better. Miss ya tons. 

-Love, Elder Allred