Aug 26, 2013

hey yal,

So yeah heard about the new temple film..... haven't seen it yet but heard it is indescribable and makes the whole experience a million time more spiritual.
 

As for the suit.... we're lookin around. I don't want the one I have now lol so I'll keep lookin. Want a nice window pain suit if ya know that pattern. Tried an 800 suit on 2 weeks ago that had it and it was so fly for a white guy haha. No JCPenney round here. That shirt and package you sent were great! Thanks so much! I'm outta money for the month so it'll come in handy haha! Perfect timing. The shirt was a little tight around the arms, guess I'm getting bigger haha but it's white and not grey so it works hahaha! Glad to hear Jenna and Meg are doin good. Show Jenna the Mormon Message about that Tyler kid that played basket ball. It's called..... "a work in progress" or

http://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2010-12-0160-a-work-in-progress?category=mormon-messages/mormon-messages-2010

We got 2 new baptismal dates! These amazing parents from Brazil and they love us to death and when we told em we pay for our missions they practically wanted to live with em.  It was hilarious but they are amazing and he knew the church 10 yrs ago but didn't take it so he is super serious about it now and believes everything...... so great!!!
 

Then we had Zone Conference and I had to conduct the meeting. I was so nervous idk why it's just conducting.... not like a talk or anything but I was. It was weird.... but it went well. President bought a new truck and he let me and E. Barber drive it. haha it was fun! 

 

Then the interesting part... E. Haas(from my MTC group. the red head one) was in my zone and he was sent home Saturday. He stole $600 from a LA member of his ward and was absolutely trashing the missionary title in his ward..... one of the mission presidency was the former chief of police for the city of San Jose and basically interrogated him and told pres he was guilty and so we went down that Saturday and boom Haas was sleeping in his own bed that night. I was sad for him at 1st but then I wasn't...... let me explain. So the Lord works in mysterious ways.  We were supposed to get a mini missionary last weekend to see how missions are but he couldn't come til this weekend. And it worked our perfect because Barber and him worked Santa Clara and me and E. Barney went to Los Altos ward for the weekend. It worked out great and seeing the condition of the ward and how there was not a hint of trust or care for the missionaries in that ward I was so glad Haas was gone. Barney is a super hard working country boy from Rexburg and he is so ready to work. We just contacted when we got there, went through referrals and street contacts to start up the area, and we got tons of potential investigators.  E. Barney was telling me how he was learning so much and was finally able to feel the spirit again. It was great.! That Sunday, the way we carried ourselves and had fun but were pro and showed the work we did in the progress record put a huge smile on the Bishop probably the 1st smile towards missionaries in 6-9 months. It was a great feeling and the ward just swarmed us because Barney is really new too and it was only his 2nd week, so everyone wanted to meet us and see if we were good missionaries or not. And we got like 4 referrals just from how we acted and carried ourselves, which means that the members had like zero faith in the previous elders. So it was good and then people called us after church asking if we would eat with em and such.  It was a total change of culture in the ward. Apparently Haas was trying to get with the young women and just terrible things like that, lying and stealing, and making it sound like missionaries are a joke. But that will all change and now I'm torn because I love my Santa Clara ward and the members and the friends I have there but I also really want to work in Los Altos to get that area on fire! Maybe I'll ask president to demote me to a missionary to work Los Altos for awhile. (we're a trio right now... Barber, Barney and me in Santa Clara) and we're meeting pres to discuss how to move forward. I'd love to work Los Altos. We'll see where the Lord wants me I guess.

So all in all a crazy week....
 

Hope yal have a good one! How's Duke? and KK?

Love ya

-Elder McAllister