Mi Familia,
It sure is crazy to see how fast time is going. I am almost done with my training which means I am very well capable of training a new sister within the next couple weeks. It's hard to believe that I am almost capable of training... I don't feel ready at all. It's funny you say that everyone will know us missionaries, because we wave at almost every car that passes us as we are walking and we say hi to everyone we pass by. So, probably the whole town already knows us! But it's good. It will definitely help us as we are developing friendships!
The work is going good... slow but its good. Our less active member went to stake conference Saturday night which was so fun! She looked so gorgeous and we just loved having her there! She really wants to go to church and get back but she has some negative feelings toward some members and so it's tough for her. But she is slowly coming around, she is taking it one baby step at a time! I am very proud of her for taking that first step though! Mervin is still on date for being baptized!! Not this Friday but next is his baptismal date. November 1st! We are very excited for him! This past Wednesday, our investigator on date, Mervin, bore testimony to us that he got his answer that the Mormon church is the right one for him. He use to tell us that he believed there were 2 kinds of faith, faith in the Lord and faith in yourself. He expressed his feelings this past Wednesday that he realized that the faith for both of those were given to him from God and that they were one thing. And that God was giving him that faith to know that this is the true church. It was an incredible thing to recognize the power of the Spirit manifesting the truth to him! And it is just so wonderful and a testimony strengthener to me to see the Spirit testifying to him.
Mom, I have been impressed a lot since I've been out that we need to somehow get Mr. Volk and his family in contact with the missionaries... I'm not sure why I've have that impression but I'm taking it as an impression from the Spirit. So, somehow... we should send them to his home!
We are helping out with the Halloween Carnival here in Hot Springs this week. We are setting up on Thursday and then on Friday we are helping run a booth! It should be really fun and we are really excited to be able to participate in the festivities! Crazy that Halloween is almost here... before we know it it's going be Thanksgiving! Weird that I'm not going to be going home for any of the major holidays. That might be a little rough during that time but I look forward to being able to talk with all of you over the phone (or hopefully through skype).
This weekend we went to Rapid City for exchanges and a Zone Training Meeting! We were able to do a lot of service since the storm a couple weeks ago really did some damage to the trees. There were so many people who had fallen trees in their yard, we were able to clean them up and serve the community. I really enjoyed being able to serve the community. It is so great how serving and helping others can positively affect the way you feel. I love being given that opportunity to help others. While I was there though, I was with some sisters and we wanted to do a cartwheel... (I know, dumb thing to do, I'm still a child) and as I jumped up for the cartwheel I felt my knee pop... Yeah. My right knee hates me. Anyways, it started to hurt and I called Sister Kearsley, our health advisor, and she told me to take medicine, ice it, wrap it, and elevate it and if it wasn't better by Monday I would go to urgent care. And of course, I was really mad at myself. But I rested it this weekend and it feels a lot better. It hurts when I bend it but it's not too bad. I probably should get it checked out.. I just remember thinking when it happened, "This can't be happening, I don't want to go home yet!" I thought that was a very good first thought. Anywho, I'm okay! It feels much better (:
Anywho.. life is just wonderful as a missionary. It is so difficult at times but it is starting to get a little easier. I am starting to get into the habit of the lifestyle of a missionary and I am learning and getting better at teaching. I have started to really trust in the Lord and am spending more time on my knees with my eyes towards the heavens. I am grateful for the love our Heavenly Father has shown me as I have been out serving Him. I know that I am nothing without Him. I am able to recognize how much the Lord qualifies me in situations where I don't feel qualified. I am so grateful for the support I have felt from Him as I have gone through difficult times and struggles while being out here. In a time where I could feel completely alone and out of place, I have been able to feel comforted and at peace through Him. And the success' that I am seeing and the success' that will come throughout my mission are only happening because of Him and only Him. I have no credit in any of those situations because it is through the Lord and only through Him that success comes. I am just striving to be the willing and obedient servant, so that I am able to directed and guided by the Spirit to help others feel the Holy Ghost testify of the truthfulness of the Gospel. It is so great to be out here, I just love it. It is the best decision I have ever made in my life and I am so glad that I took the step of faith to come. Thank you Cass for planting that seed for serving and thank you Mom and Dad for encouraging me and helping me recognize that this was a decision that I needed to make in my life. I hope and pray that I can become the person the Lord wants me to become as I strive to live my life in the footsteps of the Savior.
I love you all so much and hope that you all know that this gospel is true and that we are all so very blessed to be a part of the restored gospel. I am honored and priveledged to put on my badge each and every morning as I am able to remember who I am representing. I love being able to serve the Lord and am grateful for this amazing opportunity I have been given to be out on a mission!
I hope you all have a great week! Love you all infinity and beyond!
Love,
Sister Allen
It sure is crazy to see how fast time is going. I am almost done with my training which means I am very well capable of training a new sister within the next couple weeks. It's hard to believe that I am almost capable of training... I don't feel ready at all. It's funny you say that everyone will know us missionaries, because we wave at almost every car that passes us as we are walking and we say hi to everyone we pass by. So, probably the whole town already knows us! But it's good. It will definitely help us as we are developing friendships!
The work is going good... slow but its good. Our less active member went to stake conference Saturday night which was so fun! She looked so gorgeous and we just loved having her there! She really wants to go to church and get back but she has some negative feelings toward some members and so it's tough for her. But she is slowly coming around, she is taking it one baby step at a time! I am very proud of her for taking that first step though! Mervin is still on date for being baptized!! Not this Friday but next is his baptismal date. November 1st! We are very excited for him! This past Wednesday, our investigator on date, Mervin, bore testimony to us that he got his answer that the Mormon church is the right one for him. He use to tell us that he believed there were 2 kinds of faith, faith in the Lord and faith in yourself. He expressed his feelings this past Wednesday that he realized that the faith for both of those were given to him from God and that they were one thing. And that God was giving him that faith to know that this is the true church. It was an incredible thing to recognize the power of the Spirit manifesting the truth to him! And it is just so wonderful and a testimony strengthener to me to see the Spirit testifying to him.
Mom, I have been impressed a lot since I've been out that we need to somehow get Mr. Volk and his family in contact with the missionaries... I'm not sure why I've have that impression but I'm taking it as an impression from the Spirit. So, somehow... we should send them to his home!
We are helping out with the Halloween Carnival here in Hot Springs this week. We are setting up on Thursday and then on Friday we are helping run a booth! It should be really fun and we are really excited to be able to participate in the festivities! Crazy that Halloween is almost here... before we know it it's going be Thanksgiving! Weird that I'm not going to be going home for any of the major holidays. That might be a little rough during that time but I look forward to being able to talk with all of you over the phone (or hopefully through skype).
This weekend we went to Rapid City for exchanges and a Zone Training Meeting! We were able to do a lot of service since the storm a couple weeks ago really did some damage to the trees. There were so many people who had fallen trees in their yard, we were able to clean them up and serve the community. I really enjoyed being able to serve the community. It is so great how serving and helping others can positively affect the way you feel. I love being given that opportunity to help others. While I was there though, I was with some sisters and we wanted to do a cartwheel... (I know, dumb thing to do, I'm still a child) and as I jumped up for the cartwheel I felt my knee pop... Yeah. My right knee hates me. Anyways, it started to hurt and I called Sister Kearsley, our health advisor, and she told me to take medicine, ice it, wrap it, and elevate it and if it wasn't better by Monday I would go to urgent care. And of course, I was really mad at myself. But I rested it this weekend and it feels a lot better. It hurts when I bend it but it's not too bad. I probably should get it checked out.. I just remember thinking when it happened, "This can't be happening, I don't want to go home yet!" I thought that was a very good first thought. Anywho, I'm okay! It feels much better (:
Anywho.. life is just wonderful as a missionary. It is so difficult at times but it is starting to get a little easier. I am starting to get into the habit of the lifestyle of a missionary and I am learning and getting better at teaching. I have started to really trust in the Lord and am spending more time on my knees with my eyes towards the heavens. I am grateful for the love our Heavenly Father has shown me as I have been out serving Him. I know that I am nothing without Him. I am able to recognize how much the Lord qualifies me in situations where I don't feel qualified. I am so grateful for the support I have felt from Him as I have gone through difficult times and struggles while being out here. In a time where I could feel completely alone and out of place, I have been able to feel comforted and at peace through Him. And the success' that I am seeing and the success' that will come throughout my mission are only happening because of Him and only Him. I have no credit in any of those situations because it is through the Lord and only through Him that success comes. I am just striving to be the willing and obedient servant, so that I am able to directed and guided by the Spirit to help others feel the Holy Ghost testify of the truthfulness of the Gospel. It is so great to be out here, I just love it. It is the best decision I have ever made in my life and I am so glad that I took the step of faith to come. Thank you Cass for planting that seed for serving and thank you Mom and Dad for encouraging me and helping me recognize that this was a decision that I needed to make in my life. I hope and pray that I can become the person the Lord wants me to become as I strive to live my life in the footsteps of the Savior.
I love you all so much and hope that you all know that this gospel is true and that we are all so very blessed to be a part of the restored gospel. I am honored and priveledged to put on my badge each and every morning as I am able to remember who I am representing. I love being able to serve the Lord and am grateful for this amazing opportunity I have been given to be out on a mission!
I hope you all have a great week! Love you all infinity and beyond!
Love,
Sister Allen
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