Week 55 - 8/8/16 - 8/14/16

W5 of T9 8/8/16 - 8/14/16
Total: 1276.7 miles
Week: 14.535 miles
MaxSpd: 26.4 mph
AvgSpd: 12.1 mph
Time: 1hrs 11min 52sec


Hey Fam!


This week has been a ride, that's for sure. The church has policies that must be adhered to and those are for our protection. I learned this week that sometimes leadership in the church goes about telling you about it. But you have to be willing to accept the correction in whatever way it comes and while yes, it hurts, accept it and move on. I don't want to go into too much detail, but D was set to get baptized this last weekend and we were close. Leadership, both Mission, Ward, and stake pulled the entire thing out of our hands on Friday night and we had no idea. They changed and completely scrapped our plans and chastised us for doing what we thought was right. The sooner you accept that correction and change, the better off you'll be. The baptism got moved from Saturday to Sunday because of something that in our eyes was completely ridiculous. It was set for 5:00 on Sunday. D was set to show up to the church at 4:15 to get ready. We got a call at 4:00 telling us that the baptism was a no go.

D is taking it pretty well, but he is very very disappointed. He was looking forward to it and has been looking forward to it for quite a while now. He took work off this last weekend to get baptized and it ended up not happening.

This experience has opened our eyes. The Lord is truly in control and it will be His will that is done. It's our duty to accept it and move on. Which we are doing this week!

Love you guys! We went to the temple this week and it was truly wonderful, as it always is. I love the Houston Temple! It's beautiful.

Love ya fam!

We are still eating good out here!

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-Elder Allen

Week 54 - 8/1/16 - 8/7/16

Aug 8, 2016

Our week was a little bit slower than all the other weeks, but it was still good. We still have some amazing investigators! They are all doing really well, and its really cool to see God's hand in our life and in the life of our investigators. this week seemed to be hotter than the last weeks, but I think its just the same. We can't get away from the head and I'm starting to think sub 50 temp is a myth.

"I" texted us earlier today and told us that her husband gave her an ultimatum. Pick between the church or him. We don't exactly know what to do right now with that whole situation. She doesn't have the money for a divorce and she definitely doesn't want one. But she doesn't want to leave the church either. We don't know.

thank you for sending the card! I appreciate it. 

I'll try to send more letters! These last few weeks have been very very rushed and its not to great. pdays have been crammed and we have to wait for everyone elses time schedule cause we don't have a car and have to be driven everywhere. It's a pain though.

I love you much! Thank you for everything!

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-Elder Allen

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W4 of T9 8/1/16 - 8/7/16 

Bike Stats

Total: 1262.1 miles

Weekly: 43.810 miles

MaxSpd: 25.8mph

AvgSpd; 11.3mph

Time: 3hrs 52min 0sec

Hey Family and Friends!

Its me. I am still here in Houston and its still super hot! We are still biking around a lot and still sweating our little tails off. We are still teaching people and testifying of Jesus Christ to everyone that we can. 

We had Zone meeting on Friday and that was a lot of fun. We were able to learn all about Atonement and missionary work and how they relate. It was super amazing to see and the application is truly wonderful. 

D is set to get baptized on Saturday if everything goes through and it sounds like it will! We are super duper excited for him and his family. It will be able to help a lot in his house. 

I am still alive! We are going to the temple tomorrow and we are having our recent convert driving us. It'll be a super sweet experience and we are super excited.

The power of the Priesthood is real. It is not to be used to bless only members, but to bless nonmembers too. We had the opportunity to give a few blessings this week and its truly amazing to see that the Spirit is the same. I never really thought about it until a little while ago, but God truly does love all of His children, not just the ones that are baptized members. 

I have to go, but I love all of you! Keep being awesome!

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-Elder Allen

Check out the Wasp Nest we found. Luckily they were all dead. Thank goodness, I don't like things that fly and swarm around me with the possibly of stinging me.

Week 53 - 7/25/16 - 7/31/16

W3 of T9 7/25/16 - 7/31/16 

Bike Stats

Total: 1218.3 Miles

Week: 42.172 miles

MaxSpd: 33.5mph*

AvgSpd: 10.6mph

Time: 3hrs 57min 16sec

*We biked down an overpass on the Beltway and I got going pretty fast! New max speed ever.

Also, I have attached an audio recording of our week. I don't have time to write a full email this week, but I did record something early this morning! So listen to my nice pretty voice tell you about my week! Its guaranteed to be good! If you don't, so be it. I don't really blame you.

Its about 20 minutes long, I think. If you don't have time, then go do important things with your life, I won't blame you! 

Love you all very much and thank you for everything!

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-Elder Allen