Everything is bigger in Utah!

Sorry folks, I - Nathans mother, forgot to post his email last week. So you get 2 in 1 today! Enjoy!

 

 

 Sept. 12, 2013

 

So because BYU beat the Texas Longhorns Texas is looking pretty small right now. That is soo awesome that we won. Elder Mangum actually pulled me to the side on sunday and I thought maybe I was going to have to give a talk because he is the zone leader,but instead he just told me that BYU beat Texas, dont know how he knew but that made my sunday even better than it already was! And appearantly he and Curt Henderson are like best buds on that football team.

 

My lesson in priesthood went really well I used the talk that you sent me mom by Boyd K. Packer. THAT WAS RIGHT ON THE DOT!! Thanks soo much you are the best and I just know I can always count on you!

 

So there is a worker here named Melchezidek and he makes these scripture cases out of leather. He burns the leather by hand and puts your scripture, mission, your name, and a really detailed picture of what ever you want. His examples looked sooo cool so i just couldnt pass it up.

 

Elder Anderson and Hermana McCormic grew up together and they said they have acutally ridden their horses through our property and eaten Asperagus and stuff. Mason Bailey emailed me and scott has been emailing too. It is crazy scott already has pics with his investigators that are getting baptised.

 

This week was amazing here at the MTC. I feel my spanish improving and my teaching too. The spirit taught a bunch of powerful lessons to our investigators this week and brought them to tears even. IT FELT SO GREAT TO BE THE ONE RADIATING THE SPIRIT! As I bore testimony in my broken spanish I just wanted the investigator to know what I know sooo bad. We taught about prayer and she did not want to pray because of all the things she had done in the past. When we finally were able to get her to pray the spirit was so strong and i just love getting on a spiritual high like that! Latter that night we had a devotional by President Pratt and he told us that we need to have a good attitude about everything. He said he love driving in Mexico because the adreneline really starts pumping and it is just not the same experience in Salt Lake. It was really funny but soo true. Dont complain about you circumpstance but be content with what you have!

 

Our District Leader Elder Skelton came down with laryngitis and has to be quarantined for like two weeks!!!! I feel so bad for him because of the stuff he is missing out on. OH! Someone straight up stole my crayons from our classroom over night. So appearantly all the guys that clean peoples casas and clases are not mormon and as the head boss told us.... it is their culture to take things..... So yeah i had to buy a new pack but I am just happy it wasnt my nice new shoes like the other elder in my district or a brand new computer which appearantly got stolen from a teacher.

 

and the green birds here are acutally parrots which is really cool.

 

I did not measure my self on the door way before i left by spencers room!!!! HOW AM I GOING TO KNOW IF I GREW ON MY MISSION??

 

VIVE MEXICO!!  THEIR INDEPENDANCE DAY IS THIS SUNDAY THE COUNTRY IS GOING TO BE CRAZY! I am excited. we have a little CCM celebration too and we had a practice singing the Mexico national anthem that was a cool experience.

The Leones are the mascot for the school. Let me tell you a lot of tears were shed when they turned this school into a CCM. IT was the life of the LDS education in Mexico. Turning it into A CCM was a fullfillment of a prophecy though which is awesome.

The water ran brown for a while and I accidentally brushed my teeth with it.... HOPE I DONT GET SICK!!!

 

 

The food has gotten much better here with nuttela and some beans and some good stuff so life is good.

 

It rained even more this week but we have gone two days without rain! I feel like it is a drought. One of the ELders in my district said that there was a tornado in PG and that it rained so much in PRovo that people were canoeing in the Univ. MAll pariking lot!?

Love you guys a ton and remember the church is true so just hold strong to the rod!

 

AMBER I cant believe how long it is going to be till I see you again! but it is for the best of reasons. Love you all,

-Elder Allen