Hey Fam!
This week was pretty great! Lots of fun things happened this week.
On Wednesday we had a lesson with Shauna Parker, we did some contacting though our area book and tracked into Marcel, he was busy at the time so we set up an appointment for Thursday. We also had another lesson with Kyra and Shannon. We taught them the restoration of Christ's gospel. They are really doing well.
On Thursday we officially got our smart phones!! They have been so nice to have. LDS tools is such a blessing as well as the maps on the phone as well. It makes missionary work so much easier. After we got our phones we had an appointment with Daniel, who we stopped by a few days ago, she is potential investigator. She said that we could stop by anytime during the afternoon while her kids were at school. We were both pretty pumped to see her. We also tracked into a guy on Wednesday, to our surprise he was excited for us to come back and teach him. To make a long story short they both ended up being busy and we were unable to meet with them. I am hoping that we will be able to meet soon that would be super sweet.
On Friday we did some service at the food bank and then came back and studied. After our studies we decided to go and contact people. The day started out really warm and then it just got super windy and cold. It was pretty funny because all the snow that had melted was freezing and it was sooo slippery outside, it was nuts. While walking around there was a guy that was walking back to his car who said, "hail satan" and then said, "just kidding." He then said as he was getting back in his car that he used to be Mormon. We didn't get to talk to him very long because he had to go. A few min later he drove by again. And yelled to us walk to the A 1 pizza place and I will get you a couple slices on me. We were pretty surprised but we headed over there and by the time we got there he was already gone for another pizza delivery so we got a couple pieces and ate them while we waited for him to come back. We had a nice visit with him and found out that he was a member but he said that he was no longer. He was a pretty sweet guy we are going to stop by to see him this week. He lives with his mom but he wasn't on the records.
On Saturday we headed out to Bow Island, we had a lesson fall through but we did get to do some service for Dave and Mariette. We helped them clean up a few bushes around their house. After we did that we had dinner with them. After dinner we taught them the plan of salvation. I think that it was accepted well, I just wish that they would come to church, we have been trying almost everything. I asked them if they would be able to make it for 9:30 and they said well that's right in the middle of us feeding our chickens. I told them that we would come extra early and help them feed them and then we could go to church. Dave sat there for a bit and said, "Ya know I think im gonna pass I don't really want to get up that early." I guess that all we can really do sometimes is invite. I have learned to make my success in the invitation and not to focus on what the outcome might be.
On Sunday we had church, then had lunch with a member, drove home and had dinner with the Hubers. After that we had a lesson with Shannon and Kyra. In this lesson we taught them the Plan of Salvation. It was really nice to have the Plan of Salvation chips for a visual, Kyra and Shannon really liked them. They even took pictures of it on their phones. They had fun putting it all together and then teaching us what each step meant it was pretty cool. As we were leaving Shannon told us that the 24th is a solid date so it should be good as long as they can stop drinking coffee they're good!
On Monday we chopped up some cucumbers did more stop bys and more contacting. We had dinner with the Sloans they are a pretty sweet family. We borrowed some tennis racquets from them so we could play some tennis today it should be super fun. It's still a little cold and there's still snow on the ground so we are going to do something with the volleyball net and make it work.
Well this is a little run down of my week I sure do love you all keep working hard! I can't wait to see you all again!
Love, Elder Allred
