I read something pretty interesting yesterday in my morning studies. I was reading in the Book of Mormon and was cross referencing a bit and got to a scripture in D&C 42:48-51 that I thought was pretty cool. You will have to look at it. It made me think of priesthood blessings when it said he that hath Faith to see shall see, he that hath Faith to hear shall hear, and it goes the same way with people who are sick. So I think what you should do is get Dad to give you a blessing and I bet if you have enough Faith you will bounce back to your normal self and be able to have some fun during this holiday.
This week has been really good, it is hard not having a car in this area at all. We take the train and bus everywhere, and if the bus can't get us somewhere we have to walk because we only have one bike. The other one got stolen right before I got here. The week started off pretty cool. After p-day was over and we had dinner we had the opportunity of going on splits with our ward mission leader and a ward missionary and visit some less actives and go home teaching with them. I just so happened to go with Brother Melchin who was a Former Area 70. He is a sweet guy and one of those people that seem to know everything about any situation. In Ward Council it is funny to see him talk because everyone respects him as if he were the prophet. He keeps everything in order and on track and keeps the ward moving. So I went with him and his home teaching companion has been gone for a while and so we got to do his home teaching route. We pulled up to the first house which was the Fisks, which just so happened to be the Bishop in Strathmores brother. And right before we got out of the car he told me well Elder Allred I believe you have the lesson, and I said alright sounds good. He never told me how many people he had in his route I just figured it would be one maybe two, but it ended up that he had four. It was pretty neat though because in every appointment that we went into something would pop in my head and that's what I knew that I should share. At first I was pretty scared but it ended up being one of the most fun nights.
The week was overall pretty good we picked up a new investigator that's a girl 19 years of age that appears to like to cut herself all up and down her arm and leg, she seems really crazy so we will have to see what happens with her. We have some pretty solid potentials that if all goes well we will have 2 new investigators by the end of this week. It is pretty cool because for a long time this area hasn't had any investigators for a long time, and we are about to have 4 of them. But my most favorite part of the week was yesterday when Elder Bunch and I went to visit a less-active that they had been working with and this was the first time that I got to meet her. She is maybe in her mid 20's and has had a concern about gays and why the prophet and apostles don't pray to receive new revelation about why they can't be accepted in the church. She went on for a long time and had some pretty legit concerns about it. She has a brother who is gay and several friends as well. I don't think that I have felt the spirit so strong in any lesson before. I have definitely felt the spirit in lessons but with this lesson it was beyond any other lesson that I had felt the spirit in. Elder Bunch had the most random scriptures he was sharing and I had the same. We talked about the family the proclamation to the world and she read it right there and I told her that this was modern revelation for us for this time. I asked her if she had ever prayed to know if the prophet and what he says is what's good, and she said no I haven't, and so I talked a bit about Joseph Smith and the scripture that he found when he was searching for an answer, and how she can pray as he did, and she will receive an answer. It was crazy and It was especially cool because the spirit was so strong with us that when we left we both could feel it, to me it felt as if there was a glow that was surrounding us, and as we headed home on the bus and train people, it seemed like, were attracted to us like a magnet. I wish that I could talk about it more but we have to go. I hope that you have a great day and get feeling better! I know that you will.
Love, Elder Trevor Allred
