Dear Family and Friends,
This last week was a great
week for Elder Hansen and I. The weather is still nice and warm.
We went on exchanges with
the Mound City Elders. I went with Elder Michelson to his Area. We spent the
day driving and trying lots of Referrals that they had received. We had dinner
with the Anderson's. They are the Senior missionary couple that are
called to serve and help in that area. We went out with the Branch mission leader
to teach a new member lesson to Donna.
We had District meeting
this week. The topic for the day was the purpose of missionaries and our roles.
We also talked about fulfilling them.
We saw Scott. He and his
dad were working on an addition to his house. They were having an Electrical
problem. I was able to help them fix the problem. He has been super busy with
work and finishing the house to be able to come to church and meet constant
with us.
We also meet with Mason. He is a less active member. We watched
some Mormon messages with him.
This week we also got the
Oil change in our car. The Shop we went to was super busy.
It was Elder Hansen's
Birthday this Saturday. We didn't do much special on that day. We did do lots
of tracting since most of the people we wanted to see weren't home. We did hand
out a couple of Books of Mormons. One of the books we hand to a lady named
Hallie. She is a home care nurse and we didn't get and address or phone number.
There is no way to contact her so we hope she reads the book and finds a way to
contact us.
We had ward conference this
past week. There were lots of people that came to participate in the
Conference. None of the Priests show up early so Elder Hansen and I blessed
the Sacrament. It was my first time as a missionary. In Sunday School we
talked about the roles that we all have. The most important is we are Children
of God. We are given 3 things to help us with the Responsibility to get back to
our loving Heavenly Father. There is Prayer, Scriptures and the Holy
Ghost. In Priesthood we talked about the Oath and Covenant of the
Priesthood. I enjoy it when we have ward or stake conference.
I hope you all have a great
week. Thanks for all the letters and Emails and the Support.
Love,
Elder Benjamin Allen
Hello Elder Allen!
I was going through our past letters and finally found your email address. We've been looking for it since Christmas to send you an email.
Guess who we met at Christmas time in Iola?! You probably already know by now, but we wanted to send you photographic proof that we did meet and hang out with your twin over the holidays. It was great to meet him. We had to constantly say, this isn't the Elder Allen we knew in Larned because we would start joking around with him like it was old times. You guys REALLY look alike! But we could easily kid him about table saws like we did you! ;)
Anyway, we want to let you know how proud we are of you and your brother! Your parents raised you both very well.
Thank you for the Christmas card and for keeping in touch with us on your mission. It's been great to hear from you.
Keep up the great work you are doing for the Lord! The Gospel is true and it brings true happiness. Have a great new year.
Sincerely,
Tessa and Glenn McMillan