This week was great we've been pretty busy. To start off we had exchanges and I got to go with Elder Kretschmann, one of my previous companions from Medicine Hat. We had a great time together, we helped Rod lay half a mile of pipe for his new irrigation system that he's putting in. We also had a lesson with Bradley, he is doing very well, he told us yesterday that, "Today is the day that I stop smoking." We will also be introducing him to the stop smoking program, maybe that will help him out as he continues to work hard at stopping his addiction. We also had a lesson with Tristan who is a kid who struggles mentally. We are teaching him very slowly and not much information every time we go over so hopefully he will be able to remember the things we teach him. After that we went on splits with the Elder's Quorum and Ward Mission Leaders. There were 8 people who showed up and we were able to cover a lot of area it was great! It was even greater to see that the ward is excited to do missionary work and to help out as much as they can.
Not too much happened on Thursday. We had our weekly planning session, had a lesson with Wendy who is a less active. And then we had dinner and a lot of stop-bys. On Friday we helped Wendy get a dresser and brought it into her house so that she would have some place to put her clothes instead of on her coffee table. She was very grateful. We also helped the Atwoods, you got a picture of us helping at their house. We moved a ton of gravel. I haven't done that for a while, it made me remember all the times the child labor law was broken and there was nothing I could do about it because I was a slave.. Haha JK looking back it was pretty fun and it kept me busy.
Saturday was an interesting day we didn't have a whole lot to do and so we were riding our bikes around looking for ways to serve and to talk to people but it just seemed like nobody was out and about and so we were stopping by some of the people we worked with to see how they were doing and we ended up stopping by Brother Smigle's so that I could get my handle bars tightened so they would stop spinning. We talked to him for a while and as we were leaving we turned around and saw a couple of people changing the tires on their car. So we went over and started talking to them. When we first got there, there was a 24 year old lady who was changing the tires while her guy friend was standing there watching her. We offered to help but she said that she didn't need our help, but we had to have talked to them for at least half an hour. We found out that Connor had met with missionaries before and said that he would like to again. Kris has a pretty crazy schedule so we couldn't meet with her this week but we hope to pick her up as a gator. The meeting with Connor went well we don't know what his real intent is yet but it was nice to be able to talk to him and show him the chapel. He's a nice guy, I look forward to teaching him more.
Sunday was very busy we had Ward Council at 9, Canyons Ward at 11, and Mountain Heights Ward from 1-4. Right after that we had dinner and then headed for the stake center to a fireside with President Nelson. President Nelson and his wife as well as Elder Rasband and his wife were there and spoke to us. They did a little trip through Alberta. They started in Edmonton, then went to Calgary, and then ended up speaking in Raymond. Everywhere they spoke they broadcast it to other stakes in the surrounding areas. I feel bad that I didn't get to see them or shake their hands but I am so grateful for the special opportunity to listen to their talks they sure were great!
Today was one of the most fun p-days I've had. We got to go to the mountains of Waterton! We woke up at 5:40, were at bishop Rodger's by 6:30 and were off. Bishop's son Parker, was our tour guide. We hiked for 4 hours up a mountain and couldn't make it quite to the top because the wind was blowing so hard but we had a great time. After we got off the mountain we went to Wieners of Waterton and had a wiener and some fries and then hung out for a bit at Parker's pad since he is working up there. Later on we hiked to a waterfall and got some ice cream. We saw a lot of wildlife, probably the most exciting was the mama bear with her 3 cubs. Well this is getting pretty long and I'm getting tired but have a great week! I love you guys, I'll see ya soon!
Love, Elder Allred
Hello, Allred and Sorensen Families!!
We wanted to say a quick thank you for sharing your sons with us here in Lethbridge, they are our favorites. They were complete lifesavers today with the work they did willingly to help us with our garden project. You have done a fantastic job raising wonderful men!! Hope you are all doing well.
With love,
Melissa and Mike Atwood
