This week has been pretty great. To start it off we had dinner with Rob Browdhead and his girlfriend which went very well. She is a non-member that we have been trying to get into, and she had a ton of questions for us and what we do as missionaries, I can tell that she is going to be super solid. We are actually going to be teaching her the first discussion tonight. I am very excited. We gave her a Manderine Book Of Mormon on Sunday and she had already started reading it! We asked her how she has liked it so far, and she said that it is really good, she really likes it. She is from China and came over here when she was a little girl. I believe that the rest of her family is in China but not totally sure on that one. In China I guess that they are all raised up not knowing anything about Jesus Christ. She is taking it really well, I can tell that she can feel something different, that is good.
We also had an appointment with the Lee and Finola, for some reason Lee has been sticking around for a few days, he said that he was just visiting their little boy but I am hoping that they are getting back together. We taught them about missionary work and service in the church. I haven't gotten to those lessons too much in the mission but we taught it very well probably one of the best lessons so far. I really think that it is a great lesson when the investigator is speaking as much or even more during the lesson. When we were talking about missionary work she brought up a friend that has gone less active that was trying to get her to come to church a while ago and also her sister that is 17. I bet we will start teaching and getting in with these people. I have really gotten to have a really good friendship with these guys.
On Friday we had a dinner with a part member family. The mom and the daughter are members and have been going to church very regularly, but the dad for some reason isn't a member. We started talking about college basketball and about how all the teams were doing. Then we started talking about RC Helicopters and planes, he is pretty big into them. We talked for a long time, and then it got shifted to family history, and I found out that I was related to his wife through Redick Allred. We had a great time. The cool thing was that it was our stake conference this Sunday, and I am not sure if he came to that but he did go to the adult session and he came up and said hi to us and shook our hands. Kinda crazy but pretty amazing at the same time. It will be interesting to know what happens.
We also got to meet with a family that same night. But we first met with them a couple nights before. They are the Quinonoez Family, when we showed up the first time it was pretty awkward. He is from Mexico but has pretty good english. You could tell he didn't want us there and was trying to make it as awkward as possible. But we got a return appointment for Friday night, we talked with them for a good 2 hours. It was nuts, but now I can tell that they are comfortable with us and we asked them if they would want to got through the lessons again with us, and they said yes. So we will be picking the Dad and his daughter, and also his son up as new investigators in a couple of weeks.
For the past little while I have been with Elder Dolinar I have been sleep talking quite a bit. A couple of nights ago I was asleep and Elder Dolinar was getting into bed and turned off the lights and I said what the fetch just happened?(in a mad/confused voice) Elder Dolinar was thinking to himself and was like I was climbing up into my bed what's wrong with that? Then I said the lights! He said I turned them off, and I said a delayed oh.. He asked me if I was awake and I said yeah, then he said I am going to ask you about this in the morning to see if you remember, and I said okay. Some of the things that I have been saying are pretty funny, but I think is the first time that I have had a conversation with him.
This is just a little of what has been happening this week, I am very excited for the week to come. Love you all Keep working hard.
Love, Elder Trevor Allred
Hey sorry that I didn't update you on my ankle. I know that you are probably worrying about it. To tell you the truth it is doing just fine, I am pretty much all back to normal. I just need to get the muscle built up as much as possible around it so that it is just as strong if not stronger then what it was before. Thank you for praying for me, I know that prayer has helped me and my injury out a whole lot. I like grandpa's advice that he gave me, to seek ye first the kingdom of God and all else will be added unto you. I know that this is true and I am trying as best I can to seek the kingdom of God and do what he would have me do, and I know that he will bless me for it. I hope that you all have a great week and I look forward to emailing you guys next week. Keep up the good work!
Love, Your son Elder Allred
