12/8/14

Dec 8

hey so that is crazy to here about Tance! I can't believe that he is gone on his mission1 but he will love it! so this week we won't be doing anything. and here is why...

my comp is getting his wisdom tooth pulled tomorrow at 12pm haha so that is going to suck for him and me because i will have to be with him all week! but i will be sure to get some pictures in. and last week not a lot happened. so that is why my letter is so short. but hopefully i will have some funny stories to tell next week. 

Dec 1 2014

12/1

hey so this week was a really good week. we found a lot of new people and once again i was in the hospital. but once again it was not for me. it was for a new elder who is just now starting his 4th week in the mission. he has been sick for 90% if all his mission. we had a good time with him. I went down to tampico on saturday morning and didn't get to come back to my area until yesterday night. it was a long day but it was totally fun and worth it! i have a picutre i will send you. so on saturday after I ate carls jr! it was super good! and then later that night the president came to check on us and he took me out to dinner at mcdonalds. now to you guys that night might be something that sounds all that great, but to me it was an experenice i will never forget! it was a wonderful time! so that is pretty much all that happened. oh this week we were walking to a store and then all of the sudden a little kid comes running up to us and as it turns out he is a member and his family is as well. they just moved here and they want help coming back to the church! it was amazing! 

​1. this button he has in his hand calls the nurse. he called her like 10 times through out the night! it was so annoying but i dealt with it!​

11/24/14

Nov 24

hey so this week was a really good week! we worked super hard everyday this week. but on wedsensday we didn't work at all. let me explain why...

so on weds we wnet to the hospital. Not for me it was for my comp. we had divisones and I went with an Elder who has just over 8 weeks in the mission. here in the mission they all say that if you want to speak spanish fast eat spicy foods. so that's what he did. he ate a ton of spicy food! and so for the past like 2 weeks he has felt bad but it thought nothing of it. so when we had divisons on weds he felt so bad that we went to the hospital. as it turns out he has inflammation of the lining of the stomach. it was really bad. we took xrays and his whole stomach was full of gas! and he has yet to feel good. so all day wed we were in the hosptial and i just hung out translating for him. to tell you the truth it was a good experencie to just kick back relax and speak some english. haha. but we had 24 new people to teach this week! it was an amazing week!

photo 1 is my mission!

photo 2 is a fruit that we found on the side of the road! WHICH WAS SUPER GOOD!

11/17/14

Nov 17

hey so this week was areally good week! we had a lot of success! like for example yesterday! we were walking to an appointment after lunch and my comp decieded to contact someone! as it turns out that she had listened to the missonaries before but out of the blue they dropped her! but when we asked her if she knew why we were there she said ''because i have been praying for you to come back!'' can you imagaine the spirtural rush i had! i'm so happy and excited that we are seeing new things coming out of the wood work! 

Yesterday i gave a talk in church! it was on missionary work and how we are all called to do what the lord wants! and how are all called to do his work! I felt it went great! and that wee will have a lot more help this week from the ward!

That is crazy that tance and Quynn both have their big days this week! in fact we were looking at the calandar last week and all of the sudden I freaked out! my comp said ''what what what's wrong'' i told him nothing and that quynn we be married this thursday it was nuts!

Nov 10

Nov 10

Hey so this week I got transfered! I'm now in Altamira with Elder Medina! he is from here in mexico but i'm not quite sure where. He is a great guy and i'm super exicted! I needed a little change of everything. I'm sad to go but happy for  new start. I've been told that the area here is a little rough but i know that we can change the area! To tell you the truth I really don't know what else happened this week! oh yesterday we had corn on the cob. here they are called elotes! they are so good! they have mayo salsa and salt. To tell you the truth i was kinda scraded to eat them at fist but when i ate them they were so good! I'll send you pictures! thanks for all the love and support! so i don't have my camera this week but next week i will send pictures!

11/3/14

Nov 3

hey so this week was really good! on friday we worked so hard that me and my comp slept so well we almst didn't wake up on time! it felt really good. This week is the last week of changes! and I'm about 90% sure i will not stay here another change. today we are making a bread here that they call conchas! they are so good! and here is a picture of them.  they are soo good! i will miss them when i go home but thank goodness i still have some time. and today I learned how to make them so when i get home i will see if i can make them as good as the families here. i had divisons with Elder Martinez and we had a bunch of fun! we also went to a market like in guatamal it was awesome! we helped one of the sisters carry her grociers home! well that is all that happened I love you all! 

Oct 28, 2014

oct 28

hey so this week we went to the temple. And i don't know if i told you or not but that's why i'm writting today! it was an amazing experience to go again and about a year and a half of not going! I went into the temple asking for the guidence i need to better my area. and i can surely tell you that i have left with that guidences and revelation.It was amazing! I loved being there and i didn't want to leave! but a experience happened today that wasn't so great but it was funny. I was shinning my shoes to go to the temple and as i was shinning the container that has all the ink broke and black ink went all over my new shirt! I was mad because my mission president gave me to go to the temple so i had to use another one but what really matters is that i went and felt the spirit right. 

That is nuts about Tance and i still remember the first time i went through the temple, it's an experience that i will never forget! 

I can't believe that Cayden still remembers me! but that's awesome to hear about that and it will help me to keep my spirits up and worker harder everyday! 

Tomorrow I have divisons tomorrow and i'm going to another area and i'm excited to go! Here are some pictures of the temple.

1 the whole zone

2 me and my comp elder chico

10/20/14

Oct 20

oh next week i won't be writting until tuesday because we are going to the temple next week! i'm so exicted!

hey so I got your message! i love all the things you said and i love how you want to support me! this week was a really good week. I saw the blessings of just taking my mission one step at a time. we didn't have any invs in church yesterday but that's ok we tried our hardest and this week we will have to raise the bar and work harder. yesterday it rained all day and all last night. so here the streets aren't streets they are rivers so we have to be careful with all the crocidiles. this morning we woke up and went to eat a members home. my comp forgot his camera and i still haven't had a chance to get mine yet. so i don't have picuters. sorry. this week i went on divisons with my zone leaders to tell you the truth i was not to happy about it at first but as the day wore on i loved it more and more! i can't believe how fast the day goes by when you choose to have a good attuitude. I love you and i'm greatful for all the support! well that's all i have to say this weeek

10-13-14

October 13

so this week was really tough... our numbers were shot and for some reason it really got to me! it killed me! and my comp. so we talked for a really long time on saturday and that really helped us out. We talked about what our problems were and how we can change. and I'm really excited for the change! I know that we are really going to change. Today i also talked to my mission president! he said all the things i needed to hear! and can i just say that this week is going to be an amazing week! I'm really super happy for it!

Oct 6, 2014

October 6

hey so this week was nuts. we couldn't work very much because of how many times we were in and out of the hospital. let me explain why we were in the hospital...it's because of my freaking shoulder! my shoulder started hurting on monday. so i told myself that if it still hurt the following i would call Sister Jordan (the presidents wife). and that is what happened. so i called her and she told me to go to the doctor. and come to find out i have gained weight. he told me then that my body has gotten use to the work outs i do. so i have to now find new things. and he even said a diet is what i need. so my comp and i are going to have a diet this week well for awhile! and for that reason we went to the doctor a few times this week. leaving us few hours to work. but the conference was amazing!!!!!! i think my favorite talks were those who spoke in spanish as their native language! we were all listening to it in english and when they told us that we would hear it in spanish we all ran into the main room to listen it was awesome! well that is all that happened! love you all!

Sept 29, 2014

Sept 29

hey so this week was really good! really good! it was the end of the change and me and my comp are together! which we are really happy about! we are going to work really hard! yesterday we had  very very powerful lesson! her name is constancia she is the mother of a less active! yesterday was the first day that she has gone to church with us! she said she loved it and wants to come back! and so this week we are going to help realize that she needs to come to church! it was very powerful! 

that's funny about the rain because everynight it rains and everyday it sunshine! which makes it realyl hot!!!!!!!!! it is so hot here i sweat just sit down thinking! but that's ok because the cold time is coming and i'm pumped for it! but we will see how cold it gets here! 

well that's all love you all! 

hey next week we are going to the temple next week so i wont write you until tuesday just so that you aren't freaking out. I love you! 

Sept 22

Sept 22

hey so this week was really good! I hope that when you were talking to Kaylie, Lindsay and Sawyer you were talking about quynn's and lindsays wedding plans and not ours. haha. This week we only had one inv in the church but that's ok because we have been suffering for awhile to have them there. so it felt really good to have them there. his name is sergio. he is our biggest focus right now. haha. that is really funny what happened with sawyer. i bet dad will eat it in a little less then two weeks haha. 

lets see what happened with me this week....

we had divisones and that was really fun. after a hard day of working we ordered a pizza! we talked a lot and helped eachother to improve as missionaries. this week it rained pretty much everyday. so i had fun in the rain! that's pretty much all that happened this week! it's all the same old same old. 

9/15/14

us making tamalies!!!!!!!

me and my comp from the mtc

haha well this week it rained pretty much everyday! so we were stuck in the house pretty much everyday! but on tuesday last week i ended going on divisones with elder cammack! who was my companion in the MTC it was awesome to see us work again! I had so much fun! we have really come along way. In the mtc elder cammack couldn't understand but could speak. in the mtc I couldn't talk but i could understand. so that's how our companionship worked in the mtc! but now it is completly diffrent. we are both understanding and talking working together as a team! after tuesday we were in the house pretty much all day because i was sick and the doctor said that i couldn't be in the sun to long and i couldn't leave if it rained. so pretty much all day weds thurs and friday we were in the house. but on saturday we went to the church and celebrated the indepenic day of mexico it was a lot of fun i will be sure to send some photos! and yesterday i helped a lady in our ward learn english because she wants to talk to her sister in law but can't so using the books that the latins have to learn english i'm teaching her! it was way fun! well that's pretty much all that happened this week! i will talk to you all next week!

-Elder Teanton Allsup

Sept 8, 2014

hey so this week was a little tough. on tuesday at about 6 we got a call from the asistances saying we had special changes. which now makes it so i have more special changes then regular transfers. I asked president why i am put in all these special changes and he said he will give me the answer these week. so we will se what goes on there. TOday i cleaned our house really good. we went out back to clean our pourch. I will show you a picture. there was garbage for who knows how long and it stunk really really bad. but what i did i believe is really funny.

​I can't believe that Quynn and Lindsay are getting married! that is nuts!!!!!!!! When you choose the picture of me choose a good one please!!!!!!!! if you want i will send one to you in my suit so i will look a little bit better!

this week i had a sprititual experenice. yesterday i was looking for a scipture to help me fight off the evil temptations of satan. just then my comp shared D&C 24:8 it helped me alot! and the  best part about it is my comp didn't know why he needed to share it will me he just did it because he likes the scripture. so yeah that is pretty much all that happened this week! i love you all and i grateful for the support. 

​

PHOTOS!

1. WHAT I'M WEARING TO CLEAN UP THE MESS IN THE BACK POURCH

2. IS ME TELLING THE MESS THAT IT WILL BE DEFEATED!​

Sept 1, 2014

Sept 1

hey so everyone back home this week was a good week! we didnt get a lot of work done but me and my comp talked a lot to start to buckling down. it's not that we werent working it's that we weren't workin as hard as we should. so we have taken the choice to work harder so that we have baptisms!!! I love my comp he is by far one of my favorite comps! we get a long so well! and when he wants to work he works hard! i'm loving it here in tampico! Nothing really happened this week! we had a few powerful lessons but all and all that is pretty much it! I love hearing what's going on back home and I love you all

Aug 25, 2014

Aug 25

hey do you remember the Tueller family from PG?? well i found on of their sons here in the mission he just got here on monday! he saw me and the first thing he asked me if i knew Quynn Allsup. I told him that he is my brother. he's the little brother of Casey Tueller. I thought what a small world! 

​1. THis is me and Elder Tueller. his name is Codey.

hey so this week flew! my new comp is Elder Santaeliz! i can't believe how well we are getting along! he looks a lot like Quynn. that is if quynn were to shrink a little and gain about 20 lbs. haha but i really thought that Quynn was going to be my comp when i first saw him. I would send a photo but i forgot to take one this week.  So o'm back in Tampico which is werid beacuase i havent been here in over a year. I'm super close to the mission home and o'm not quite sure if i like that. but oh well you have to live with what the lord gives you right, hahaha. So here in Independencia A we don't have really anyone to teach and our area is small. we are talking like only 20 streets or less. so we have been through our whole area like 50 times. I'm pretty sure that i have the area down in just a week. But me and my comp are really working hard looking for new people to teach so that we can baptize them. he said that he hasn't had a baptism in 6 months. wow. but i'm detremined to work hard to see if you can get some baptisms. That's pretty much all that has happened. I love you all and thanks for the support!

pictures

8/20/14

8/20

so the reason i didn't write yesterday was because i ended up getting changed. it pissed me off because i wasn't ready to go and because my comp and i were starting to turn things around, we weren't fighting and we were starting to become one. but that is ok. I know that this transfer is for a reason. I love you all and I will write you next monday.

8/18

hey so today i only have a few mins to write because i have to write tomorrow. i'll explain tomorrow. nothing bad has happened infact it's really good. but i'll tell you tomrrow :)

8/11/14

August 11

Well yeah a little bit but we have worked them out! and you do have a magical pill that fixes everything. it's called prayer!! 

hey so this week we had our BAPTISM!!!!!! thank you so much for all your prayers i can really feel them! what happened on saturday is we were cleaning the font and all of the sudden we get a text from our 

​inv and she tells that she is having problems with her family. i just remember thinking, we all need to go into the church and say a prayer, that she will baptized! when we did pray this overwhelming feeling came over me and from that point on i knew that she was going to get baptized!!!​

it was awesome!!

well i have to go now i love you and i can never forget about you!! you are always there for me and i love you! tell sawyer i like her haircut and tell tance to stay strong in his paperwork! the mission will forever change his life! espacially if he goes spanishb speaking! i love all the family and tell them i'm praying for them! this is the last week in this transfer so if i don't respond next week it's because i'm getting transfered but i don't think that will happen! i pray it doesn't I love you!!!!!!!!

 yes we had our baptism! i'm healthy and strong! I'm loving my mission so much that it hurts that i have to go home in a year!!!!!!!

8/4/14

8/4/14

Hey so this week has been a little bit rough. My new companion and I aren't getting along like I did with Elder Mendoza. My new comp is all about NUMBERS!!!!!!!!!!! which really ticks me off, because he isn't as focused on the Inv we have! so they aren't reall progressing. So we didn't have our baptism this week at last minute she had to cancel. which really really sucked!!!!!!!! but this week she is sure that she will be baptized! that i am excited for! so we should be having a baptism almost every week of this month from this point and on! which is really good! i'm happy and proud of all the progress our invs are doing! it's good to hear back home all is going welL! i'm going to work with my comp and not against him! i have learned the hard way what it's like to not have a comp that works with you and i don't plan on doing it again! so i'm going to talk to my comp and see if you can both change a few things. Well thats all here from tamuin I love you all and can't wait to here more! 

7/29/14

July 29,

this week was a really hard week! i found out that my comp Elder Mendoza the one you see in the picture had to go home yesterday due to a tumor he had. that was really really tough for me! he was my favorite comp so i hope that me and my new comp can get a long really well. so that person in the picture his name is Chema, he has his baptism next week 8/9/14! that's so awesome what is going on back home! i wish people would send me more pictures! haha but that's ok. I know you are busy! well that's all the time i have today I love you all and will write again next week!

july 14, 2014

July 14

Tell tance HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Hey so this week was great! on friday night we had to go down to Tampico which was way fun and we there all day saturday and didn't return until saturday night at like 9. it was a lot of fUN! WE had to go down there for a health promblem of my comp! all is well now and we have to go back today our bus leaves at 2 so that is why i'm writting so early today. oh and yesterday was a blast!!!! we went a  memebers house to talk to them and they had baught cake for him for his birthday which was last sunday. it was an awesoeme day! This week was really hard to work because we didn't have many chances but with the little chances we had we were able to work pretty good. we have a baptism for the 2nd 9th and 16th of agust!i'm super excited for that! well that's all that happened this week! i love you all and wish you all luck in your missions and in your homes!!!!!!! 

July 14, 2014

hey so this week we had our baptism it was amazing!!!!! other then that it was a really crapy week! because my comp went to tampico and left me here and i don't really know the area so i did the best i could with him. and on friday i was sick! But that is okay because we had some neat experencies for it. me and my comp bonded more then ever! yesterday was his birthday so every house we went to i told them it was his birthday so that they didn't forget his birthday like they did with me. So that was my weeek. i'm trying to remember what else happened.....on thursday we had an activity and we had almost the whole branch show up which was awesome! and yesterday we had 50 people show up that is a record!!!!!!!!! well that's all love you all!!!!!!

7/7/2014

Hey so this week was awesome! transfers came and me and my comp stayed! YES that is what i was hoping would happen! This saturday we have a baptism! and i'm super pumped about! So on tuesday we went to tampico for my comp! his sickness has gone away and we had so much fun! So a girl from the reception desked  walked in and the first thing we did was get a wiff of her perfume. My comp said come back i need to smell you again! i couldn't help but laugh. it was a good trip! we also won a contest in our zone! it was a good week! My comp was made District leader so that is sweet we will be going to tampico a lot I think. haha it was such a good week that it flew by.sunday came and i asked my comp what happened to the week??? wow i hope the mission slows down just a little bit because it's going way to fast! 

I almost forgot some photos !

1. mega tacos!!  

2. me on my one year mark! 

3. I was super cold one day so i grabed my blanket

hey from down here in mexico!!! everything is doing really well! it's super hot but that's ok i couldn't ask for anything more. I really have come to love the heat and hate the cold! so here in Tamuin we have a baptism planned for next weeek! please pray for her, her name is Laura and she has a testimony really strong in the church and is excited for her baptism! Please also pray for a young man named Chema. He is reading the book of mormon and remembering just about everything that is going on. and he says when he reads the book of mormon he gets disconnected from the world and he loves to read it! my comp is sick so we are heading out to tampico tomorrow please please pray for him his name is ELder Mendoza. we are hoping all is well but he has had a headache for the past week and a half. we have gone to a few doctors offices and they have given him pills but they said they aren't helping. but oh well. this week we had a lot of thunderstorms so one thing i like to do is go out side and watch the lighting hit the ground. it reminds me of how awesome gods creations are! I love you all and thanks for always listening!!!!!!!!!

June 23

hey so this week was really good. on saturday we had a meeting with the mission pres so that was good. And yesterday we had our stake confrence. the only problem with these two meetings is that we have to travel an hour to go to valles to go to the meetings. so i'm using up all my money fast. but with these meeting i was able to see a few of my ex comps which was awesome i got a picture with them! i was so happy to see them again. we couldn't really work much this week because my comp was sick but we did mangage to get a few good days in. so here in tamuin there is a lot of work because there aren't a lot of member becauses its just a tiny branch but next month we have a planned baptism everyweek! I feel like they will happen and my comp feels the same way. Can i just say that my comp is the best comp ever! he loves to work and we are getting along so well! i have some pictures of the trips we had. So on the way to valles we rented a 20 man van we had more then 20 people show up so what we did is take the little seats from the nursery and use them in the isles don't worry I have photos I thought it was wicked awesome because we can't do that in the US but here pretty much everything goes! Yesterday we went to a less active members house to talk to him and has pretty much given up on the church but we have not given up on him so we are going to go by pretty much everyday this week! He is a really good guy he is just going through some rough patches and he thinks that god has forsaken him but we all know that isn't true! it's nuts! well that was my week!!!!!!!!

June 16

hey so that story about trace is crazy it reminds me of my nights when i sat in the bathroom all night. so tell trace i feel his pain. if you could get me his email that would be awesome! 

So my comp is amazing i don't think i have worked so hard and had so much fun at the same time!!! he is from honduras!! he really is helping me with my spanish. So the apartment is sweet! it's not very big but it's big enough for us to live in comfort! I love it here! in Tamuin it's super hot but it's amazing!! it's just a little branch but we are working hard. we have 40 people in the church everyweek. it reminds of the time we went to Guatamala and theyre wasn't many people but it was still an amazing experience! The members here all of the missionaires!! I was stunned when they all wanted to help the best they can. This week was awesome! we picked mangos we talked with some invs and we just talked so far my favorite week of the mission! Tell tance to work hard and pay attention to what Andy says because i messed up alot because i wasn't listening. I love it here in Tamuin! time for photos!!!

1. us picking mangos 

2. was a lunch so good i was scraping the bottom of the plate so that i could eat more. 

3. is the food i don't remember what it's called but it's ten times better then it looks. 

4. me just being crazy

5. us with an inv and a member the inv is the one on the left (red shorts) his name is spencer

Pictures didn't work out...

June 9, 2014

hey so this week me and my comp have special changes. that means that we are bothing leaving the area. We don't know why but we believe that someone did something wrong in another area and we are the ones who are getting changed. because what happens here is that one they have special changes they can't just change 2 missionaries they need to change a few. so we got caught up in a change but that's ok i know it's what the lord wants. 

sO our invs did come to church yesterday which is great and we are really helping them learn more about the gospel. their oldest daughter didn't want to get baptized so after talking to her we found out why and we really helped her. I know believe that she want's to be baptized. The only sad part about it is that I will know be here for their baptizm! I hope the new missionaries here really teach them well. That is so great to hear about tance!!!!! and sawyer really will be a great missionary if she can learn about those specials things early in life. I'm going to miss victorira but i'm excited for a new changes! I love you all and thanks for emailing me. 

6/2/14

6/2

 i love you and i know the lord is giving you blessing for your sacrafices.

hey so it looks like no one can hope one to chat for a min but that is ok. so this week our invs were going to get baptized but they didn't pass the interview. so please pray for them their names are Juan, Noemi, Jenny, and Armando. they really need the help. i was super bummed out when they told us they didn't pass. but i know that this week we are going to work with them even more so that on the 14th they can be baptized! other then that it was a really good week! i love being here in Victoria something in the air has changed with the heat. we are working harder then ever and we are trying more then ever to find new people. if you could please pray to help us find new people that would be great. me and my comp are getting along really well. we have a fight now and then again but it's normal when you are with someone for 24hrs for going on 8 weeks. but all and all its good. i have a few photos to send this week! i love you and thanks for all you can do for me!

1. is me with a member on my back having a good time while walking to one of our appointments.

2. is me walking in the heat but with a good attitude.  

3. is the soap that i'm out of. this stuff works wonders so if you could please send me more when you can that would be great!!!!! i love you and thanks for all you do!

5/26/14

hey everyone back home so this week was amaazing! we met our goals and went higher and then we worked really hard!!! i learned a ton this week! i'm reading the pearl of great price and i'm learning so much! if you can read it i recoomend it! so this week is the first week of changes and i'm staying here in victoria with my comp which is awesome! i love him to death! yeah we have our fights but they are little and we appoligize afterward and then we act like it never happened. I have pictures to send this week! well everything else is same old same old. 

this is me under a street sign! i like it because we have the whole state of tamulipus as our mission so i wanted a picture!!!!

5/12/14

hey so i don't have a lot to say to day because i talked you yesterday, but i'm sick with stomach pains yet again in my mission. but that's ok i'm going to tought it out and work hard because i know that the holy ghost will give me strength to work the the vineyard of the lord! I love you all and i hope that all goes well!

I love oyu all and i'm so glad i know everyone of you! just to throw a little twist in things i'm going to write my testimony in spanish

Yo se que esta es la iglesia verdadera y que jesucristo sufrió por nosotros. Puedo encontrar todos mis preguntas. Estoy muy agradacido por el libro de mormon. porque es otro testimento de Jesucristo! Voy a leer El Libro De Mormon con todos los pies de pagina.(footnotes) para aprender mas de la iglesia esas cosas YO SE CON TODO ME CORAZON! 

EN EL NOMBRE DE JESUCRISTO AMEN!

5/5/14

hey so last week was a good week and a bad week,  went and the doctor wasn't there so now i have to get on another bus go 4 hours to tampico to visit him and who knows when that will be so tampico was amazing! we worked with the assistances ot the presidents! we ate a ton of good food and we staid up late talking.(because we knew we had a long bus ride back to victoria so me and my comp slept the whole time talk about a nice nap!). so yes mom i used my card to go down to tampico but since the doctor wasn't there the wife of our mission president said that i could get my money back. so I will get every cent i paid back! Yesterday was a super hard day. after church we were pretty much rejected in every house we went to! i mean everyhouse! when we got back to the house i just went down and laid on bed because of how bad i felt. it was horrible but today i have prayed and am praying that we can see everyone we go to! so today we had a guy come and fix our water and he said arlington after every since i found it funny and me and my comp could not understand him it wasnuts but we tried and did our best! well that is my week for you guys hope all is well!!!!!