Jan 20, 2014

Hey everyone back home so i didn't get transfered but my companion did. I have yet to meet my new companion but he should get here at like 5 or 6 tonight. i only know that his name is ELder Gonzalez. ant that he is from Domnican Republic just like my last comp. This week was a really hard week. I don't know why but our numberes dropped hard. We went from 35 or 40 lessons the week before last to 20 lessons this week. I was super upset with these numbers. so was my comp. but that's ok. we have to just buck up and worker harder this week. We were able to put one more baptism date this week. which i'm super pumped that i will actually be here for that. but at the same time i'm super stressed because i have to lead my area over the next couple weeks and i'm going to feel that if we don't teach anyonbe it's going to be my fault. so what i'm going to do is just do my best and ask the lord for help everyday. not a lot happened this week same old same old teaching the same people trying to find new people to teach for some reason we really struggled this week with that. but hopefully me and my new comp can find new people. well thank you everyone for letters

1/13/14

Hey everyone not a whole lot happened this week well we found 2 new people to teach and set bautismal date with them for the 22nd of Feb. I sure hope that I don't get transfred because I would really like to see them get baptized. this week we had divisions and i went with our zone leader Elder Quispe. It was a great experienve for me because i was the señor comapnion in thiese divisons because elder quispe doesn't know my area. and my companion is the district leader so for this one day i was the district leader i felt on top of the world. I had to make the calls to all of our district so they could report the day. and so that they could ask me questions. I was so happy and i now want to be a distirct leader really bad. But i know that it's now what i want it's what the lord wants. So if i'm a district leader i understand. And these divisones really taught me that i know more of the language then i realize. and more of the lessons too. Because everyday in our companionship study we practice what we are going to teach for the day and everyday he says i need to work harder. but everyday i tell him i'm trying my best and i really am trying my best. I also learned that i'm afraid to talk to our new investigators and this was and is something i'm working on, TO NOT BE AFRIAD TO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE AND JUST TALK FROM THE SPIRIT. well that is all that happened this week! I love you all and i will talk to you next week.

January 7, 2014

HEy everyone back home and everyone that recieves this message. This week was great we found new people and we set a date with one of them to be baptized. this date is for the 16th of feb. I'm so excited! ok so to start this i want to share a funny story about my compainon. we were eating with the bishop and he had to use the bathroom and when he came out he said elder aLLSUP i have a secret for you but i'll tell you when we leave. so as we walked out of the house he said elder i killed their bathroom. and the water wouldn't flush so what did he use? gasoline he found a container of gasoline and decided that would be ok to use. and then that wasn't enough so he used the garabage can to fill up the toilet. when he told me that i died laughing. Oh my gosh funniest moment of my mission so far. and so that is the funny story. then yesterday i got to bless a baby. the mom came up to me and said Elder allsup can you give my child a blessing? i said what kind of blessing? she then said like the naming and blessing of a baby. i was super super scared but i said of course i would. I remember saying a prayer in my heart until the blessing started. her name is Andrea Gudalope Mandosa Funseca. She is so cute it's times like these i wish i could hold a baby but that's ok. so anyway during the blessing i was super nervous but I KNOW THE LORD BLESSED ME WITH THE GIFT OF TOUNGES. because everyone told me my spanish was perfect! I was so pumped. and then everthing was super calm again. Well that's all that happened this week I love you all and can't wait to talk to you again next week!

12/30/13

Hey everyone how are you all doing?? I'm doing great. so after i talked with the family on christmas we ate chicken from church chicken. it's alot like KFC and watched Monsters Univeristy. I loved it! IT was one of the movies I wanted to watch before i left but I never got around to it. Then we went caroling with the district. (which consists of 6 of us.) that was really fun We had a baptism on saturday don't worry i have pictures. not a lot happened since i talked to you guys last on christmas. I love you guys and i'm so greatful that i have met everyone of you. my christmas list ( i know it's kinda late but here they don't stop celebreating christmas until 31 of jan.) is that everyone can find at least one person to share the goespel with. for after all that is the best gift that anyone can receive and anyone can give. I love you all and i will talk to you next week.