May 1, 2018

Zone Conference-Elders Allred, Ward, Snyder & Ellefson-celebrating birthdays!

Hey fam!

This week was pretty good. I had a great birthday, there was a member who had us over Sunday night and we had cake and berries. After that we talked for a bit and as we were leaving she gave us banana bread it is so good, we haven't eaten all of it yet. She also gave me some socks and a couple of booster juice coupons. It was great, I sure do love them.

So just a couple of highlights from the week. On Saturday we met with Bradley, he is doing well I'm hoping that he will kick smoking here soon so that he can get baptized. He is a great guy, we have a youth activity tonight with him and what we are going to be doing is looking for amonite in the old man river. Apparently this is the only spot in the world where it can be found. It is a sea creature fossil. So that will be fun I will send some pictures of it to you. 

On Monday we had a really good lesson with Neil and Heather. We taught them about the gospel of Jesus Christ. They are an older couple. Heather is the non-member and Neil is a member who is coming back to church. They are both heavy smokers but they have a great desire to quit and they are hoping to be able to get sealed in the temple. Later that night we got a call from one of the former investigators who were in the area book. I had given him a call earlier that day. He called back and asked who it was so I gave him the run down. He was being taught 3 years ago, we are hoping to meet with him on Sunday. He seems like a pretty cool guy and in the area book it says that he likes to play ball!!

Well I sure do love you guys, I'll talk to you next week! 

Love, Elder Allred 

April 24, 2018

Hey fam!

This week was pretty great, we have spent a lot of our time with the members as well as contacting people in the area book and cleaning it out the best we can. All of the area book stuff needs to be in the app by May 24. I really like the app but I don't think it's as good as the paper, because you can always write little side notes and stuff that is very useful that you can't on the app. But it was inspired and so I think that it will be great. 

Sorry we don't have a lot of time but I wanted to share with you one of the special experiences that I have had this week. A few days ago we had the opportunity of meeting with Brother Summerfeldt,  who's actually related to the Summerfieldts that I knew from Calgary and Strathmore. He's a really neat guy and we had a great time talking to him. He has MS and can't get out of bed or even move his arms, he can only move his head it's pretty sad. We talked to him for a bit and then I noticed a picture that he had on his wall of him in a wheel chair and underneath it it said happy birthday! I asked him when that was and he said it was 15 years ago. He said I have that on my wall to keep me humble. So every time I look at it I know that I am not all that, that I'm not perfect. As I have thought about this experience I have come to the conclusion that the first thing that we need do to receive the spirit as a comforter or a director in our daily lives is to be humble. When we are humble we have a sincere heart, and when we have a sincere heart we can pray with real intent and with faith in Christ which is the formula for receiving revelation or the spirit in our daily lives. I think that this is the reason that he is able to make it and keep a positive attitude even in his roughest of times. 

Well I sure do love you guys i can't wait to face time you next month and see all of you and hear your voices. Keep up all the good work! 

Love, Elder Allred