Week 23

Week 1 of Transfer 5

Hey y'all!

New address:

7950 Bellfort St Apt #147

Houston, TX 77061

Yep! I ain't in no Beaumont anymore!

I'm in Houston! We have an airport right in the middle of our area! So any one of you could come and visit me and I wouldn't even have to leave my area. Or I could just come home. But I'm not gonna do that cause I like it here way too much. But you could come visit, and I might come say hi. Or I might just bike really fast in the other direction.

That brings me to my next point. I am still in a bike area.

My comps name is Elder McDonald! He is 5'5''. He is a cool guy from Kansas. He has been out for 14 months! So that makes him smart in the Art of Missionary Work.

He served in Beaumont too!

We have bunk beds! I like them!

There is a member here named Moroni Aragon. He is the coolest guy ever! He speaks pretty good English. He is in the Bishopric. I think you will be hearing more about him later cause he's awesome and likes missionaries.

Love it here!

-Elder Allen

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Subject: Re: Happy 6 Revision

It's good to get out of Beaumont! I am in basically downtown Houston
now. The Ward is called the Broadway 1st Ward and I like it very much.
There are a lot of Mexicans that speak Spanish here and I have had to
use my Spanish 'skills' a few times already. I only understand a
little bit about what they are saying, but it's enough to get by
without speaking too much. I can understand enough to get what they
are saying, but not enough to formulate my own sentences.

We have an investigator who is getting baptized next Sunday night. She
is super solid! And John from Beaumont might be getting baptized here
in the next little while, so I might get to go back and see him and
the rest of Beaumont.

Oh! Something I neglected in the big email. We get to see President
Nelson this Saturday! He is coming to visit us... I'm excited!

We have another few investigators lined up on date here in the next
little while. WE should be getting a few this transfer! And it is
super easy to find people here cause they are all outside. There is a
street called Broadway St in our area. There are so many Apt
Complexes. Look it up. Some complexes have over a thousand apts in
them. It is crazy big and extremely difficult to navigate. Gonna be
fun!

-Elder Allen

Week 22

Week 5 of Transfer 4. The 2nd to last week of the transfer

Well I don't know what to write...

Bike Stats for the Week. I have an odometer and stuff now.

Total Mileage: 125.75 Miles

Mileage: 125.75 Miles

Avg Speed: 11.3 MPH

Max Speed: 30.1MPH

Moving Time: 11 Hrs. 7 Min. 41 sec

Yep... We spent a lot of time biking this week. Back and forth and to and fro from appt to appt. But we didn't actually have any set appts. We went around trying people cause they wouldn't answer their phones. I don't get it. If you have a phone, you should answer it. There is a reason that Cellular devices were invented. It is so they could fit in your pocket. Which means you should have it with you at all times so that people could get a hold of you.

The only set appointment we had this week was with a guy named Terrence. We got to his house cause he wasn't answering his phone... We got there and his house had burned down the night before. Yep... I know. Apparently we aren't supposed to get any set appointments. 

Well that's about all exciting that happened. WAit! The temperature dropped down and it was bad weather this weekend. And cold. And I was on exchanges with Elder Dominguez this weekend! WE had a lot of fun and got a lot of stuff done. He has been here as long as I have been. We came out together and we have been serving around each other for our entire missions. We had a good time!

Love y'all very much! Stay cool and remember to say your prayers and read you scriptures.

-Elder Allen

Week 21

Week 4 of Transfer 4. It was brought to my attention that I have been thinking that this has been transfer #3 and it's not... I am almost a quarter of the way done with my mission. 

This week was good, but I'll just highlight a few things that have happened.

All our investigators have pretty much dropped us so it was kind of a downer week. Maybe it was only for the New Year, but we will see

We found a lot of new investigators! We weren't able to meet with any of them more than once because of the Holidays, but we are going to follow up with a lot of them this week!

It was New Years this week! I won't be home at all this Year! I will be serving with 100% of my time. I am so excited! I invite all of you to consider this year. Nothing will happen until you set goals and make plans to accomplish those goals. You must do that to improve and the beginning of the New Year provides the perfect opportunity to do that! 

Love you all!

-Elder Allen