tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449254328479426132024-02-19T09:18:17.235-08:00Elder Benjamin AllenMissouri Independence MissionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311902742125064986noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144925432847942613.post-52259937657773575942015-06-22T17:29:00.002-07:002015-06-22T17:29:27.467-07:00June 22, 2015Dear Family and Friends,<br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
This past week has been an awesome week. My mission is about to come to a end. I have come to love these people and Missouri. </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
My
mission has been a great learning experience for me. I have learn how
to recognize the spirit more. That has blessed us. We have see tons of
miracle that happened because we followed the prompting of the spirit.
It is not always the easiest to follow some of the prompting. </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
I
have grown to love the Scriptures. They have brought me closer to my
savior by reading about him and how the atonement can change our life. I
love how there are so many missionary stories and examples. My favorite
one is Ammon and how he goes and becomes a servant. He gains the trust
of the people then teaches them.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
I'm grateful
for my savior Jesus Christ and his love for me. He loves us so much that
he came to earth to atone for our sins and mistakes and to allow us to
make it back to our Father. This is the greatest message anyone can
share with people. I have become closer to my Heavenly Father through
prayer. I am so thankful that he was always there to listen to me and
help me out.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
I have see how the Lord is
preparing the way for us. I see it in our investigators and especially
in the Converts that I have help to come closer to Christ. He put people
in our path and help members to become there friends and support.
Members and there member missionary work has help the most. I have seen
how there example has help them find the Truth. </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
I
have had a great mission. I hasn't been the easiest but it is sure
worth it. I have grown is so many ways. I have had easy companions and
hard ones to get along with. I have learned something from all of them. I
sure have become more patient and loving to others. I would recommend
it to anyone.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Thanks for all that you have done
for me. It might of been little but it sure has help me. Thanks for all
you do for the missionaries where every you are. We couldn't do it with
out the members. </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Love,</div>
<div>
Elder Benjamin Allen</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311902742125064986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144925432847942613.post-30507535864307881542015-06-15T15:54:00.001-07:002015-06-15T15:54:01.245-07:00June 15, 2015<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Dear Family and Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This week was a great week;
tons of things just feel into place. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Monday we had dinner with
the Pattons. They gave us a referral for one of their closest neighbor’s.
We also had a great visit with Jackie and Jack. They have started to read
from the Book of Mormon. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Tuesday we visited with
Grace. She loves when we come in since she doesn't have many visitors. We
went to Ottervillle and were able to find people home and help them come closer
to Christ. We had dinner with the Andersons. They are a very nice family
and so great to us. After dinner we were able to meet with Tom. We were able to
set up an appointment with him. It was weird because most people don't like to
set up appointment with us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Wednesday we helped clean
the building with the Marshals. We had dinner with the Wilsons. It is nice to
be able to have dinner with the Branch president and be able to talk about the
work here in the area. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG0aIZOl9-IoybnpbmUYIzABfRSBGN7akDxeqOR6V7OnaMk2GrieD0guiqTBXM21-uWFKTDLCLYfA4E9aZGu43DLQJ6TpqcLLp1j6sWT_cXuBkLehkzZhpwl-z4VeGAXgqhctE7I-Sf6st/s1600/benjamin+and+elder+Rogers.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG0aIZOl9-IoybnpbmUYIzABfRSBGN7akDxeqOR6V7OnaMk2GrieD0guiqTBXM21-uWFKTDLCLYfA4E9aZGu43DLQJ6TpqcLLp1j6sWT_cXuBkLehkzZhpwl-z4VeGAXgqhctE7I-Sf6st/s320/benjamin+and+elder+Rogers.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Allen and Elder Rogers</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Thursday we had interviews
with the mission president. It was great to be able to meet with them and talk
about the work that is going on here. While we were doing that we had
District meeting. We also had lunch together. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Friday we did service with
the Protors. We pulled weeds and clean out around the bushes. I also help them
install new lights. We then went out to California. We were able to talk to a
lot of people. We had dinner with the Kirks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brother Kirks has been having health problems. It was a
great visit and we talked about how service blesses everyone’s life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Saturday we went to the
Hagstons. We had a great discussion about the purpose of sacrament meeting. We
also visited a couple of other less active members. We also stop by some more
Menionte stores, came away with another bag of candy. It had 126 bars, most
protein bars. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Sunday we had the
opportunity to bless the sacrament again. We had a great lesson on covenants
and how they help us grow and become better. We found this real nice guy
named Tod and left him with a Book of Mormon. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I hope you all have a great
week. Thanks for all you do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Love, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>
<w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>
<w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/>
<w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/>
</w:Compatibility>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<!--EndFragment--><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Elder Benjamin Allen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311902742125064986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144925432847942613.post-64215933178389794362015-06-08T09:39:00.001-07:002015-06-08T09:39:16.603-07:00June 8, 2015<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Dear Family and Friends. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This past week was a week
of Service.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Monday we tried a lady
named Jackie. She wasn't feeling good so her son came out. We gave him a Book
of Mormon and taught a short lesson 1. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Tuesday we visited an old
lady named Lela. She has a caregiver and we were able to share a message with
them. We also drove out to the middle of nowhere to try some people. We found a
trail that everyone talks about. It's named Katty trail, it's an old railroad
trail. There was a bathroom and that was nice. We stop by the Marshals and we
talk with Brother Marshal about the Book of Mormon and what blessings come from
reading it. We stop by the Parkers, Elder Roger split tons of wood for him.
While we where there he opened up some of the hives he had. Some of the bees
got mad. I was stung a couple times. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Wednesday we tracted into a
94-year-old lady that still lives by herself. She talked to us for a while. We
had dinner with the Davidsons. They had to feed us at the church since they
live out of the mission.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Thursday we went down to Versailles.
We visit a couple of the Mennonite shops. We walked away with a bag of candy
bars for $3.50. We also visited couple of people at an assistant living
place. We were at Wal-Mart getting dinner and ran into Sister Rayl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love it how we run into people that
we are trying to see or need to see.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<o:p></o:p><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6HSZyTcHrPkeChwclrfXXDpk_1KZICw6L4sQZ3p1-sNS-_bzbIK1RFzrYexcHFvAEEO8UlMbBV8E3ALucI3vzxUATCJ9Yk3T00Xlj9_9iTBZbNG6rATkvycxbO-errwsljW1uQTQstoXz/s1600/bag+of+candy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6HSZyTcHrPkeChwclrfXXDpk_1KZICw6L4sQZ3p1-sNS-_bzbIK1RFzrYexcHFvAEEO8UlMbBV8E3ALucI3vzxUATCJ9Yk3T00Xlj9_9iTBZbNG6rATkvycxbO-errwsljW1uQTQstoXz/s320/bag+of+candy.JPG" width="180" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Friday we went to zone
training. It was all about Ipads and how it should help the teaching. Most of
the missionaries got Ipads. Us going home in a couple of weeks didn't. We also
went on exchanges. We went to California. We had an awesome day. We meet a
couple of new people. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Saturday we went to
Versailles. We meet with James again, left him with a Book of Mormon this time.
We also drove to Sedelia. We then went to Bryce and Amanda’s. We help him move
a fish tank. We then shared a message with them. He was starting to install
this wood flooring and we stayed to help. It went faster with 3 people plus I
have installed it before. Latter he told us that it was an answer to his
prayers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Sunday was great. It was my
last fast and testimony meeting. It was good. We taught primary again it was on
the Holy Ghost. We did the wave with the kids because there you need more that
one person. It is the same with us, we need the Holy Ghost. We went
out to California again. We had an awesome lesson with Isabella. We found her a
couple of weeks ago. We taught her a lesson and it went great. We also
contacted a referral and set up a time to come back and teach her. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">It was a great week. Hope
you all have a great week. Thanks for all you do for me and the other
missionaries. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>
<w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>
<w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/>
<w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/>
</w:Compatibility>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<!--EndFragment--><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Elder Allen</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311902742125064986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144925432847942613.post-39265792334175505732015-06-01T14:45:00.004-07:002015-06-01T14:45:48.143-07:00June 1, 2015
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>
<w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>
<w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/>
<w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/>
</w:Compatibility>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Dear Family and Friends, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This past week was a very
spiritual week for us here in Tipton. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Tuesday we went to the Temple
with Brother Allain. We were able to do two sessions. It took most of the day
driving and being there. I'm grateful for how close we live from the Mesa Temple.
We had dinner with the Parkers. They shared with us how they are sharing the
gospel with their family. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBXLG8ZTHo7BUmps9l1b9MMm-qpGvPJm752joMTD_5aAIikqdMGOkLzmZHbRy1K3l3HnKj17gPlVrLG3g4QoKWMWouPSNCPP0WjRp4xybdhTphMLw5tTBA1SWqjSi9ggBzTf7VqGVKySoY/s1600/elder+Rogers+temple.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBXLG8ZTHo7BUmps9l1b9MMm-qpGvPJm752joMTD_5aAIikqdMGOkLzmZHbRy1K3l3HnKj17gPlVrLG3g4QoKWMWouPSNCPP0WjRp4xybdhTphMLw5tTBA1SWqjSi9ggBzTf7VqGVKySoY/s320/elder+Rogers+temple.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Rogers and Elder Allen</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</o:p></span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Wednesday we did service for
this old lady name Maxine. She had us pull weeds and old flowers. She
is a sweet lady. She invited us to come with her and her son to Bobbios.
It was a pizza buffet here in Tipton. We also help at the nutrition Center;
we clean the floor and help clean up for the day. We were able to have
dinner with Maxine. The pizza was awesome and great bonding time with
them. All the missionaries were pulled in close to the mission
office. We sleep over with the Blue Springs Elders. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Thursday was a great
mission conference. We had Elder Clark and Brother Davidson come to train us with
digital devices. We didn't get the I pads yet. Elder Clark was awesome. He gave
us tons of advice for after the mission. They said that these I pads are
going to help us become better with all technology. It will help us be more
effective after the mission. Elder Clark said that the greatest filter is
our heart. It is tons better that any filter or setting they can put
on the I pads. Elder Clark did most of the day’s trainings. I love
going to missionary conferences.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Friday we caught up
with all the stuff we didn't do earlier in the week. We had weekly
planning. We then went to California. We were able to find a couple of people.
We gave them Books of Mormon. For our dinnertime we played Frisbee golf
at the park. We also visited Brother Hubbard, we learned about his
reactivation story. We were able to share a scripture to encourage him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22jzyR0gFutADmAqUiEaEeJqYe9bQwL7ZjnEGlohsjPimIoOAW2oXlpTOcWB5kh1rY0Jo63O_vGqoWFn3axrcghyphenhyphenx9ds8eJZJA881r3O55Wkkp6EgRdqs3kQmeYa8ylLUqbAySF-HiZW7/s1600/May+road.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22jzyR0gFutADmAqUiEaEeJqYe9bQwL7ZjnEGlohsjPimIoOAW2oXlpTOcWB5kh1rY0Jo63O_vGqoWFn3axrcghyphenhyphenx9ds8eJZJA881r3O55Wkkp6EgRdqs3kQmeYa8ylLUqbAySF-HiZW7/s320/May+road.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Saturday there was a Tipton
wide yard sale. We walked around and talked to the people selling things
and everyone else. We also went to Versailles. We visited the Rayls. It was a
interesting visit because their son Zaden was have tons of little seizures.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Sunday we had the
opportunity to bless the sacrament. We also taught about the priesthood.
Brother Hubard's wife that isn't a member was there. We were able to help her
understand the priesthood. We also went to California. We visited a
couple of members in the middle of no where. We drove on some pretty roads. We
also did some more finding and contacting referrals. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">It was a great week. I hope
you all had a great week. Thanks for all you do for me and the other
missionaries. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Elder Benjamin Allen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311902742125064986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144925432847942613.post-75765107893558786052015-05-25T12:10:00.002-07:002015-05-25T12:10:28.379-07:00May 25, 2015
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>
<w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>
<w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/>
<w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/>
</w:Compatibility>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Dear Family and friends,</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This past week was a great
week for us here in the Missouri Independence Mission. Still lots of rain
and mud.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
Monday we meet with Jackie. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is
a lady that we found last week. She talked us for a while and confessed that
last week she told us that she had called herself an atheist so we would leave.
It didn't work. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We still talked to
her and even came back and gave her a Book of Mormon. She is really Christian
and enjoys when we come over and talk about Christ. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Tuesday we had dinner with
Andy and Amanda. They are a couple that we meet with a couple of weeks ago. They
are the ones that invited a couple, which they are friends with. It turns
out that he is there minister at the southern Baptist church. They feed us an
awesome meal. This time we just invited them to read the Book of Mormon. We
also got transfer calls and Elder Cluster will be going to Independence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Wednesday we prepared
for transfers. Elder Cluster packed and we went around saying good bye to
people.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiso44kHoev0qH-fOIDfoxD5OGL3nD34c731tTEhxm4bB0-JRsYGPULrOiQmenr9SEdkvdfBwZM94QFNE2OpiPyecfAex2ww2C8X9RforqQX1zxi3fhCkf8QILweEiXQz3iS6X6KgjcxBc0/s1600/Elder+Cluster+May.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiso44kHoev0qH-fOIDfoxD5OGL3nD34c731tTEhxm4bB0-JRsYGPULrOiQmenr9SEdkvdfBwZM94QFNE2OpiPyecfAex2ww2C8X9RforqQX1zxi3fhCkf8QILweEiXQz3iS6X6KgjcxBc0/s320/Elder+Cluster+May.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Cluster and Elder Allen</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Thursday we went to
transfers. There were so many missionaries at the transfer meeting. I
think it was the largest that I have been to. My new companion is Elder
Rodgers. He is from Portland, Oregon. We also got our tiwi unit replaced.
It now works properly. We had a great meeting with the senior sisters. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Friday we went to
California. We had a great day finding people. We talked to a few people that
were home that aren't usually home then. We also walked around the park that is
almost a lake. We also meet with Adam; he was having a large bon
fire. They were burning their shed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Saturday we drove past
the Rayls place and they were outside doing yard work. We stop and help. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Spent most of the afternoon with them.
It was a great bonding time for us. We also meet with Shawn. I was able
to leave him with a movie to watch later. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Sunday we had the potluck after
church. We also help in primary again and talked about the gift of
the Holy Ghost. It was a great, lots of good food. We had a great meeting
with Maxine and have an appointment to come back and do some gardening with
her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The branch is doing good. We are
trying to get our investigators to progress. The problem is they are just so
busy. I think it is Satan trying to slow down the missionary work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Thanks for all you do. Have
a great week. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Elder Benjamin Allen</span></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311902742125064986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144925432847942613.post-11948996315948447472015-05-18T13:07:00.003-07:002015-05-18T13:07:59.522-07:00May 18, 2015
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>
<w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>
<w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/>
<w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/>
</w:Compatibility>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Dear Family and friends,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This past week was a very
rainy for us. I think it rained everyday this week. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Monday we had dinner with
the Sutfflebeens. Just before we had gotten there the oldest son named Logan
cut his arm on some glass. We went tracting and found three people that
were interested and willing for us to come back. The very interesting thing is that
it is three houses in a row. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Tuesday, we went to the
nutrition place and peeled more potatoes. We went to the town of Smithton. We
went tracting and found a guy named Tom. It was the last house that we were
going to try before heading for dinner. He just moved in and is working for the
ROTC at the High School. He was in the Army and his leader was a member that he
trusts and looks up to. We had dinner with the Andersons. They live in the
middle of nowhere. They raise goats and hay. We got to help feed the baby
goats. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Wednesday we had the last
district meeting for the Transfer. When we got back to Tipton we went out to
find more people to teach. We found Seth. He told us that he had read the Book
of Mormon before and would like to read it again. We had dinner with the
Wilsons. They fixed us a whole authentic Hawaiian meal. It was awesome! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Thursday we went the Thrift
store in Versailles. There is a less active that lives outside the mission
working there. We walked away with 12 ties. We had a great day for more
finding. We did talk to Kyle, the husband of a member. We meet an Rlds lady
also.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Friday we got a call from
the nutrition place wanting our help moving boxes around. We went over to help
and had to arrange all the food by expiration date. They had a new policy where
they can't use expired food. They sent us home with lots of fibber bars
and granola bars. We went to a town called Clarksburg. We hadn't ever
been there. It has a population of about 300. We talked to a few people.
One was a high school student that runs cross-country. Most of the roads in the
town are dirt and very muddy at this time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Saturday we went down to
the Hagstons. We went with Brother Davidson, he has a truck that makes it in
and out easier. The parent were the only ones home so we talked to just them.
We talk about the Temple and about starting their Family history. We did
make it out without having to push. We had Justin come out with us again.
He is leaving/ moving to another state. We tried tons of people with him most
weren't home. We saw this turtle that was in the road. A car tire hit him and
sent him shooting to the other side of the road. We went over to see if he was
okay. He was! Just all scuffed up. When we got back to our place for dinner we
found a bunny on our porch. We caught him with a plastic bucket. We did let him
go after petting him. There was an event happening here called a tractor pull,
where people pull a sled with weight. We drove past it and found Tom parking
cars. We got out and talk to him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQZ0UKTvVAqlwA6My7Xbd5WOENx95tiK_rklBRvWogXr9qMwtRIo0p43ngZzgW4XZggjz1wcEf2WoLKj6uQr6Pqm1SLFga4bhZVBeo5qGiCmmrFVI6vgSNj3qJ2z14M_Zx-fCicHCR15ri/s1600/road.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQZ0UKTvVAqlwA6My7Xbd5WOENx95tiK_rklBRvWogXr9qMwtRIo0p43ngZzgW4XZggjz1wcEf2WoLKj6uQr6Pqm1SLFga4bhZVBeo5qGiCmmrFVI6vgSNj3qJ2z14M_Zx-fCicHCR15ri/s320/road.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Sunday we had Church. We
help with primary again. We all sung missionary songs like “I hope they call me
on a mission”. We meet with Brandon, he's the one that flagged us down a
couple of weeks ago. He thinks he is a member but we can't find his membership
information. He had a goal to quit smoking. We had dinner with the
Pattons. We meet with the Taylor and read 2 Nephi 4 with them. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">It was an awesome week.
Lots of finding so I hope we will be able to teach more in the coming up weeks.
This week is transfers. I think I will be staying in Tipton, but I don't know.
It will be my last transfers. Thanks for all you all do. Have a great week. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Love, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Elder Benjamin Allen</span></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311902742125064986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144925432847942613.post-42579910778031107472015-05-11T15:50:00.003-07:002015-05-11T15:50:32.400-07:00May 11, 2015
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>
<w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>
<w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/>
<w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/>
</w:Compatibility>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Dear family and friends,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This past week was a good
week for us. It is very muddy here in Missouri with all the rain we have
gotten. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Monday, All the
missionaries in the zone met up to spend some time together. We tried to go
bowling but wasn't open. We did go to the Beards and played some pool. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho2glQU5_tbakSTaEVR0Djm7i0eW3K-o9PPTGg-MpTeX5-O0IEGx5GkeGn1VjG5kYiNmOADp9xMepmsO5dD95js6iMskstQvwn262cm7VS48JLpAtMzO0FB2oZoBH0ISoQdc1nrwqXEdi5/s1600/zone+5-11-15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho2glQU5_tbakSTaEVR0Djm7i0eW3K-o9PPTGg-MpTeX5-O0IEGx5GkeGn1VjG5kYiNmOADp9xMepmsO5dD95js6iMskstQvwn262cm7VS48JLpAtMzO0FB2oZoBH0ISoQdc1nrwqXEdi5/s320/zone+5-11-15.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Tuesday we went to Otterville.
We did some service with Brother Parker. We help him with cutting down some
trees. Brother Parker is a beekeeper. We got all suited up and help him open
some beehives and inspect them. Didn't get any pictures but was super fun. In
the evening we saw John and read some form the Book of Mormon with him. We also
meet with Kittery and her husband. They are nice and willing to study about our
church. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Wednesday we spent the day
in Tiption. We were trying a person close to our house. On our way there we had
this man yell at us to come back. It turns out to be a less active that
recognized us. He just moved in and was surprised to see us. I hope we will be
able to help him become active again. We also were tracting and met a couple
that seems interested; it was the last house we knocked on before dinner. We
also visited Makalalha she wasn't home so we talked with everyone else there. They
have a new person renting the basement. We got to talk to her and talk about
Missionary work and what we do. Then a family, the Hagstons, stop by. We have
been working to help them to become active. It was great timing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Thursday we went down to
the bottom of our area. We spent the day with Justin and tried to visit a whole
bunch of people with him. It was great to be able to use him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Friday we had Zone
training. It was good, lots of good things taught. We went to another good BBQ
place. We also went on exchanges. I went with Elder Arnison to Carrollton. We
had a good afternoon there. We walked the whole evening and talked to a few
interested people. The town is super small that you can be anywhere in less
than 15 minutes. It is their biggest town to work in. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Saturday we exchanged back
and went down to Versailles. It rained most of the trip. We did get to do some
finding and found a guy named Matt. We meet with Shawn and talk about how
people can over come smoking with the Lord. We stop by Celo and Wades and
they were finishing moving out and were able to help a little bit. Sad that
they are moving out of the area. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Sunday was Mothers day!!
Church was all about mothers. We got to Skype home which was supper fun.
We stop by the Wasmens and they were having dinner. We stayed and answered tons
of Questions plus talked about the priesthood and where we got it. Super awesome
because we both had our line of Authority and used them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Thanks for being awesome!
Have a great week. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Love, Elder Benjamin Allen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311902742125064986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144925432847942613.post-33967910033168348692015-05-04T15:44:00.004-07:002015-05-04T15:44:43.807-07:00May 4, 2015
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>
<w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>
<w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/>
<w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/>
</w:Compatibility>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Dear Family and friends,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This past week was a great
week for Elder Cluster and I here in the Tipton branch. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Monday we had a barbecue
with the Ranneys and Wasmens. The Wasmens are a family we are just starting to
teach. We had a great barbecue and awesome conversation. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They connected and went great
together. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbyp_r8J1yKRwyof2cs_Vmq0UM659OCIC_H0NS-jjsmp8Fi4-IlTJmjqs2s2yYjSudJ9UOSVqZb8JHT-oRidO_ZC4IOA8biOl9L1xvsjIYbM7ZPmEP_gj9wQScJGP8hFzgfLcT_Ic_aCQg/s1600/mennonite+sandwhich.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbyp_r8J1yKRwyof2cs_Vmq0UM659OCIC_H0NS-jjsmp8Fi4-IlTJmjqs2s2yYjSudJ9UOSVqZb8JHT-oRidO_ZC4IOA8biOl9L1xvsjIYbM7ZPmEP_gj9wQScJGP8hFzgfLcT_Ic_aCQg/s320/mennonite+sandwhich.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mennonite Sandwich from last week</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Tuesday we went to the
Nutrition place again. We pilled potatoes and help with the dishes. I love
doing dishes since they have a large automatic dishwasher. We then had
awesome day in Otterville. We were able to contact a referral and the lady was
nice and receptive. We got an appointment this coming week. We also meet
some other people. There was a couple that we met that is 7 day Adventist but
are starting to question their church's beliefs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Wednesday we had district
meeting and Oil change in Sedellia. We had a great time with the other Elders.
On our way back we stop by Tiffany. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was home and Cleaning out her car. We talked with her for
a while. Turns out that her grandma is a member in the NewMark ward that I
visited often. It was perfect timing for us. I love how that happens. We had
dinner and correlation with the Snyders. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Thursday we went to down
south to Versailies. We got permission to leave the mission to see a recent convert.
We went tracting. We went down a street; one of the houses had the remains of a
yard sale but the people not there. One of the things was a weight set/ bench.
Later in the evening we stop by again. They were home and real receptive to our
message. The problem is they are moving out of the mission. They still wanted
to sale the weight set, we bought in for real cheap $15. I'm glad that we have
a larger car it all fit but not much more room. We got home and talked to
Jesse. He talked to us for a long time; he's going through a real hard time. We
were home by 9:30 but didn't get inside until latter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRwmJWicsknL7qf0iLZ_rW-iE82u-VfG5cuyADaPo02V7W-vj9-6jju-GeS0TjnhqWx0H4-eWUOQ9gpvdYlTxF4KFTmukSOweKUf1abFiAUXaKfONGegp7ABn8iNR6ArpbZBLyhgWoKSoR/s1600/weight+set.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRwmJWicsknL7qf0iLZ_rW-iE82u-VfG5cuyADaPo02V7W-vj9-6jju-GeS0TjnhqWx0H4-eWUOQ9gpvdYlTxF4KFTmukSOweKUf1abFiAUXaKfONGegp7ABn8iNR6ArpbZBLyhgWoKSoR/s320/weight+set.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Friday we went to
California but we had a hard time finding people that wanted to talk with us.
The highlight of the day was dinner with the Wasmens. They had us over for
dinner and lesson. It was an awesome meal. They have been reading everything we
been giving them. They have tons of questions and want to learn more. We spent
most of the night there with them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Saturday there was great
weather here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a great day
of appointments all lined up but none of them worked out. We did meet with
Brian, he's musician and an artist. We were eating at McDonald's and saw
Justin. He was the one out of the mission. We did talk to some people,
turned out to be a good day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Sunday, Church was good,
the Wasmens came and the daughter also brought a friend. It was great that they
came. Church went well. We showed the “Because He lives” video in Sunday
school. We also help out in primary and talked about Joseph Smith and his
father and the faith they had. I love helping out in primary. We meet the
Charles family here in the branch. The parents are both converts and we heard
there conversion story. I love hearing peoples conversion stories. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I hope you all have a great
week. I hope you all have a great mothers day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Elder Allen. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[endif]--></span><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311902742125064986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144925432847942613.post-79785367686843836382015-04-27T14:40:00.004-07:002015-04-27T14:40:50.795-07:00April 27, 2015
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>
<w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>
<w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/>
<w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/>
</w:Compatibility>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Dear Family and Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This past week was a great
week for us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Monday we went to Sedalia.
Most of the Zone met at a member’s house. We played pool and there was also a ping-pong
table. It was a super fun p-day. We had dinner with the Rannys. They have a son
preparing to go on a mission. We got a couple of referrals from him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Tuesday we started the day
with Service. We went to the nutrition place where they feed the senior people
in this town. We help out with the prep. We peeled 30 pounds of potatoes.
We spent the day in Otterville and Smithton. We had a great day and were
able to see couple of less active members. There was an appreciation dinner for
all the volunteers that help at the Nutrition place. The senior sisters and us
were there plus some from the community. It was a great dinner; met some great
people here in Tipton. We all walk away with a gift. I got a pot full of
flowers. Elder Cluster got hot pads and mitt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Wednesday we went tracting.
We meet some Mennonites that were cleaning some houses. We met a lady that gave
us a list of people that could use a visit. We were able to talk with
them. We had dinner with the Snyders. They live so far south in our branch so
they feed us at the Church and had missionary correlation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Thursday was a very busy
day. We had weekly planning and Studies. We then helped at the local blood
drive. We helped hand out food and cookies to those that came in. Elder Cluster
decided to give blood. It was his first time. We learned how they take the
blood and what happens afterwards. It was a party in the Kitchen with all the
members that show up to help. I got to sample all the Cookies that the members
made for the Event. We visited with Bro Taylor. We watch a Mormon message
and it hit him real hard and he started to open up to us. It was a great day.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Friday we had district
meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had some surprise
guests, the APs came to blitz with some of the missionaries. We went out to
lunch as a group. We went to a BBQ place that is in a train. We had a great
meal. On our way out we learned that a member had paid for our lunch. It
was great for the member to do that. Elder Bitton came with us for the
day. It was part of the Blitz the zone was doing. We had a great afternoon. We
meet a preacher’s wife and before we left her place we had a couple of referrals.
We had dinner with the Sernigens. We had wild turkey with potatoes and
gravy. It was an awesome day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhInvUqkj8T53EnxNNxqymJ5TyFuQ8pXgBtaQztNzjlTE6pgBZnHamNHWFlEZAO2Og7knJDGC9GVXazUTyy9BDhM390ZLNAHZsXhS67JYOa5wdl-PnWVIFiepiAq4UiHnHzfk9Xsxmtqkbz/s1600/train+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhInvUqkj8T53EnxNNxqymJ5TyFuQ8pXgBtaQztNzjlTE6pgBZnHamNHWFlEZAO2Og7knJDGC9GVXazUTyy9BDhM390ZLNAHZsXhS67JYOa5wdl-PnWVIFiepiAq4UiHnHzfk9Xsxmtqkbz/s1600/train+1.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6yLCBbNQ6ATdnWXy3zMzkJm9fKsw1gNh6TZYwiUW6KW4-wg70q9T7iOY-gcYCH6G0VWVRXjOVAK7DFFYoUOw6ZxXmc61tGxYjwYV0_zFVBriM2xrDk_4ue3ekg9_EJzFI7F45qw1Ms8SN/s1600/train+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6yLCBbNQ6ATdnWXy3zMzkJm9fKsw1gNh6TZYwiUW6KW4-wg70q9T7iOY-gcYCH6G0VWVRXjOVAK7DFFYoUOw6ZxXmc61tGxYjwYV0_zFVBriM2xrDk_4ue3ekg9_EJzFI7F45qw1Ms8SN/s1600/train+2.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhao16w-MGNBBqYqP97FhpMEA_y553RHVY9g4IKJdcjnIQ4Oogm_n8028RJ_k0HL5lqXO_Wf-p936QylNaeSViT7BD-Fs_bNU_6x4IJBhcJjYWY1PslGP2yVLIKjty0v4ENazdqfDBw-Dqq/s1600/train+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhao16w-MGNBBqYqP97FhpMEA_y553RHVY9g4IKJdcjnIQ4Oogm_n8028RJ_k0HL5lqXO_Wf-p936QylNaeSViT7BD-Fs_bNU_6x4IJBhcJjYWY1PslGP2yVLIKjty0v4ENazdqfDBw-Dqq/s1600/train+3.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Saturday we went down and
visited the Hagstons. This week we took our car all the way down to their
place. Their road is like off road driving. We had a great visit with the
Kids. We were able to see a couple of people that we don't often see. We
drop off Elder Bittion at the Sedalia building. We were able to meet with
the Wasmens. They are having some health problems. She is allergic to some
thing and having some bad reactions. We also visited Grace in a nursing
home. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Sunday we had a potluck
after the church block. There was some awesome food. We were able
to meet with the Kimball’s and talk about the plan of salvation. It was a
great lesson.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I hope you all have a great
week. Thanks for all you all do for me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Elder Benjamin Allen <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311902742125064986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144925432847942613.post-49198359324000610892015-04-20T15:56:00.004-07:002015-04-20T15:56:44.133-07:00April 20, 2015
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>
<w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>
<w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/>
<w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/>
</w:Compatibility>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Dear Family and Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This past week was a great
week for us. Tipton is the farthest east you can go in the mission. We
are almost a bubble attached to the mission. Elder Cluster is from Ogden
Utah. He has been out for about a year. I had met him earlier when he was in
Atchison while I was in New Mark. The branch is small, there is like 70
active members. Almost all of the members live outside of city limits in whichever
town they are close to. The Church building is here in Tipton. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Monday we had dinner with
Bishop and his wife. The senior sisters were also there. It was awesome to have
dinner with all of them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Tuesday we went to
Otterville and Smithton. We were able to visit a couple of people out there. We
had dinner with the Aarons. They live on a lake and have very few neighbors. It
was awesome to see a bald eagle that lives there. We were able to meet with John;
he is a recent convert youth. He is big into wrestling. We were able to talk
with him about serving a mission. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYGCDxCNWS54r0GfmQxsZAQkICRODGA6pdmPn3mZHAqS5-vaFVc0uNO9FyLDPQHz5ZXSY9A3o5pqz-6VYc_didSw8wxY31h5Td5PtOGHGNcnvgYKUdjCuCqUMY3Z2rxnUw5qIMbxcaVJER/s1600/otterville+sign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYGCDxCNWS54r0GfmQxsZAQkICRODGA6pdmPn3mZHAqS5-vaFVc0uNO9FyLDPQHz5ZXSY9A3o5pqz-6VYc_didSw8wxY31h5Td5PtOGHGNcnvgYKUdjCuCqUMY3Z2rxnUw5qIMbxcaVJER/s1600/otterville+sign.jpg" height="180" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All the signs in Otterville look like this</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Wednesday we spent the
day in Tipton. We went tracting and found a lady that talked to us for a
while. We went to a bible study that an investigator was putting
on. The topic was Romans 10 (I think...) on missionary work. It was
awesome to be able to meet with some new people. It was an awesome
discussion. The sad thing is that they didn't believe that
people will have a chance to hear the gospel in the spirit world if
they didn't here. We testified that it is part of the plan. I
hope they felt the Spirit as we were testifying. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Thursday we went to
Versailles after weekly planning. We were able to see the Rayls. It was awesome
timing. They were all there and had some time to meet with us. We
also were able to talk to some other people. Versailles is actually the biggest
town in our area. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Friday we had our zone
meeting in Sedalia. It was very interesting since there were workers
putting a new roof on the building. They were very loud. We
went all out to eat at the Chinese buffet. I think those place just
attract missionaries since I have gone a lot to those places.
We also went on exchanges with the Carrolton Elders. I went with
Elder Rollins. He came out with me. We had an awesome day. We went with the
other Elder in the Branch to Sister Shaw's house. She is becoming active and it
was awesome to hear her story. We also met the only active member
family in the Carrolton's area. They were awesome and have a big vision
for a branch to be in that town some day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Saturday we did studies
with our temporary companion. We meet back up to exchange back. We
went out to eat at an Ecuadorian food place. It was a
hole in the wall place. We had some good food there. On the way back it
rained almost the whole trip back. We were able to meet with Kim. He was
very much talkative since he was drinking beer. I don't think we have
taught him the Word of Wisdom. We had an interesting lesson with Andy and
Amanda and a couple that they are friends with. It started off good but when we
got to the Apostasy they started to debate with us. After that we weren't able
to teach much. It ended on a good note and they feed us ice cream. We
hope they felt the spirit as we testify and they will pray about the Book of
Mormon. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Sunday we taught both
classes at Church. It was a lot to prepare for. We left the church with tons of
food and a big box from Elder Cluster's parent. Our branch mission leader went
to Utah and brought back stuff for Elder Cluster. We had an awesome dinner with
the Lawsons. They invited their neighbors and they came! We also meet
with </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt;">Spencer W. Kimble. I think he is ready to come back. His wife
seems interested and they are very interesting in Family history. </span><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt;">We had a great week. Thanks for all the Support and letters. I hope you have
a great week. </span><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt;">Love,</span><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt;">Elder Benjamin Allen </span><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[endif]--></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311902742125064986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144925432847942613.post-13199775369871619462015-04-13T15:38:00.001-07:002015-04-14T06:20:53.735-07:00April 13, 2015<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>
<w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>
<w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/>
<w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/>
</w:Compatibility>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Dear Family and friends,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This last week was a very
interesting week. To make it even better I had to pack again. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Monday was a great p-day
here in Independence. We played morning sports with most of the Visitor Center
Sisters real early in the morning. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also played tons of volleyball with all the Elders. It was
awesome to be able to have tons of other missionaries to do things with. In the
evening we moved an investigator Kim. She moved out of a very bad apartment
living situation to one of the Apartments a member owns. It was the bishope and
us that moved her. It turns out that the Cops raided the compound that she used
to live in later that night. They had found a couple convicts and people hiding
from the law. It was a blessing that she had moved when she did. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu0dowj_KjpQk5mZ62rMBjmHoE8BBv24OENmaFvXRWrOSixKngXEFqQdHg_cn-ilQFJ5xWxoY9NhUZYsU8vd_LNICh2vV3iNci10gFE3FhUlctYekUIcvq_vd4jAb8DS_p80TTMB1-s5bE/s1600/Elder+Fastje+and+benjamin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu0dowj_KjpQk5mZ62rMBjmHoE8BBv24OENmaFvXRWrOSixKngXEFqQdHg_cn-ilQFJ5xWxoY9NhUZYsU8vd_LNICh2vV3iNci10gFE3FhUlctYekUIcvq_vd4jAb8DS_p80TTMB1-s5bE/s1600/Elder+Fastje+and+benjamin.jpg" height="180" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Fastje and Elder Allen</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Tuesday we got a call from
the Aps, they asked me to pack since they were going to emergency transfer me.
They didn't share any more information with us. We canceled all of our plans
and packed. It turns out that I need to go to Tipton. An Elder had gotten sick
and need to be closer to the hospital/ doctor. My new companion is Elder
Cluster. We didn't get back to Tipton until 10 pm. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Wednesday was a great day
in Tipton! We visited lots of the Investigators and less actives. These
missionaries hadn't been here for a whole week. We had a great lesson
with the Waspmens. They know some about the church plus have lots of contact
with the church. They told us about their jobs with the prison. They asked us
for Books of Mormon before we had a chance to give them one. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2QQCsmnatkKHfK_Dz4l2XNhsWW83bNMfULOBS-8a4vWXqgSRM0D0MUFst_OFDoGv1QCafx_h33FuFnY1mZ2MM3fmPWAQwR1iWHMXBODjlkHSCx7Jy2HT-VsaQP5g_JmUGQfGcj7o90HOb/s1600/Elder+Cluster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2QQCsmnatkKHfK_Dz4l2XNhsWW83bNMfULOBS-8a4vWXqgSRM0D0MUFst_OFDoGv1QCafx_h33FuFnY1mZ2MM3fmPWAQwR1iWHMXBODjlkHSCx7Jy2HT-VsaQP5g_JmUGQfGcj7o90HOb/s1600/Elder+Cluster.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Allen and Elder Cluster at water tower</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Thursday we drove back to Independence.
We had the Special car conference. They installed the Tiwi devices into our
cars. We had a great Zone conference while they did that. It was an awesome
conference. We watched a talk that President Uchtdorf gave to the mission
presidents. It was an awesome talk taking on Peter before and after the
resurrection. The Tiwi they installed in our car didn't work properly. We
couldn't log in to drive. It yelled at us for the whole drive home plus the
next day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Friday we went to
California to spend the day. We visited a less active named Spencer W.
Kimble. We also visited a couple of other people. In the evening we meet with
Andy and Amanda. They had invited a couple of their friends. We had a great
lesson with the 4 and they want us back again. Tipton is a great area. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Saturday we went to the
bottom of our area to visit some people. Brother Davis took us to see the
Hagstons. They live in the middle of nowhere on a very bad road. We did survive
the drive. We also went and talk to the people at the flea market. Didn't
find anything missionary like things to buy. We did talk to a ton of people. We
had dinner at McDonalds. We found that an investigator there. We ate dinner
with her and talked with her. It was a great day in Versailles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Sunday we meet with the
Branch. It was great, tons of nice members. We did have tons of visitors. We
got to teach the gospel principles class. There is set of Senior Sisters that
are here to also help the branch. We had dinner with the Pattons. They
are the closes members to us and the building and they still live outside the
town on a long dirt road. They raise pigs and other farm animals. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I hope you all have a great
week. Thanks for all the Emails. I am once again in the boonies but that
okay. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Love, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Elder Benjamin Allen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[endif]--></span><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311902742125064986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144925432847942613.post-70660520794502915422015-04-06T15:14:00.001-07:002015-04-06T15:14:07.215-07:00April 6, 2015
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>
<w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>
<w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/>
<w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/>
</w:Compatibility>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Dear
Family and Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This
past week has been an interesting week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Monday we went to Paolla. We meet up with most of the
other missionaries in the zone. We had a great time. There was a lady that
brought tons of expired food that the store can't sell and gave it to all of
us. We were able to meet the Adams they live in Colony and we were passing
through so we stop and met them. They are a nice part member family. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Tuesday we meet with the Shaws, we show everyone
there the Easter video. I could almost quote the words in it by now. We also
played bingo with the old people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
were more active with it being warmer. We meet with Sister Wright and
Tina. We read Ether 12; it was a great chapter for this season. We also
watched the Easter video. We had dinner with the Gurnesys. We got the
Transfer call real late informing us that I was going to Hill Park this
transfer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSvVn0JKdJBgLsvjHPdsjxSGoVYO4TDo0xLSKMkLKJ8yZwavQ6ZAx1mSCLL6wBgrrnT3IkYksQZQfhx7ikcp2RI3ug_j323VH2ZC4gaNR4K844l9lqfj7ktGTmfmS8dsTEnP-vBN-WRlWb/s1600/Elder+Tolman+and+Benjmain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSvVn0JKdJBgLsvjHPdsjxSGoVYO4TDo0xLSKMkLKJ8yZwavQ6ZAx1mSCLL6wBgrrnT3IkYksQZQfhx7ikcp2RI3ug_j323VH2ZC4gaNR4K844l9lqfj7ktGTmfmS8dsTEnP-vBN-WRlWb/s1600/Elder+Tolman+and+Benjmain.jpg" height="180" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Tolman and Elder Allen</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Wednesday we said goodbye to tons of people and did
some packing. It was hard trying to pack it all and deciding what to
leave. We visited Bishop and Tye. Tye had just broken his arm and had to
stay home. We had dinner with the Fawesons. We made the drive to Paola
again. We stay at Louisburg place. We help Elder Verkler pack so he could
go back to his place with his new companion. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Thursday was transfers. My new companion is
Elder Fastje. He is from Tucson, Az. We are serving in the Hill Park
ward. I think it is the smallest (area) ward in the mission. It is real close
to the Visitor Center and the Mission office. We had a great afternoon
together. We had a bible study at an apartment complex. There was Sorjio
and his niece that came. We talked about the love God has for us and that we
are Children of God. Today I also meet the Seamens, they are from Taylor, Az. They
were so excited to meet me and talk about all the people they know up in Snowflake
and Taylor. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Friday we meet a couple of Palestinians. There are
lots here in Independence. We had some great lessons. It is awesome not
having to drive lots. We just will have to bike for part of the month. We went
to the Visitor Center with a recent convert named Cecilla. We listen to the
Ap's talk about conference and the Prophet and apostles. It was awesome to be
able to take people to these activities at the VC. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Saturday we watched conference. We watch the first
session at the VC with Kim. Kim is an investigator that we have that is real
close friends with Cecilia. It was awesome to be able to watch it there with
tons of missionaries. Between the sessions we contacted some referrals. Before
the priesthood session we help a lady move all of their stuff into a
truck. It was us and a couple of people from the ward. It was my first time
moving some one in a white shirt and tie. The priesthood session was
awesome. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Sunday we watch the last two sessions. There was a
family that feed all the Elders. They have been doing it for over 20 years.
They had tons of food and were so great to us. We didn't have anyone come to
any sessions but Kim. We even watch one at the Olsen's. It reminded me of
watching it at home. We had dinner with the Stephenson. We had some
great meatball sandwiches. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">It was an awesome week for us. I hope you all have a
great week. I hope you all had a great conference time. Thanks for all you do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Love, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Elder Benjamin Allen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311902742125064986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144925432847942613.post-66400891702113268912015-03-30T12:29:00.004-07:002015-03-30T12:29:40.974-07:00March 30, 2015
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>
<w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>
<w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/>
<w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/>
</w:Compatibility>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Dear Family and Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This last week was a great
week for us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Monday we spent the day in
Iola. We played a couple rounds of Frisbee golf at the new course in Iola. The
Sisters also came and played with us. After dinner we went to the Shaws. We
taught Beth and Jeff about the Priesthood. We were able to use the
Priesthood and give Beth a blessing for her pregnancy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE5OomM8ORYPfcdbP8oOTpF-yiVoxfEEqgfKbZ2fhDmFdNurK9RlEJy3KG0biXN-QdUD5XC7qq5KepGBVobGTTMtGvPzdheB3pomG32_sFCxA463gikp9z3qcMG4ovAR50329Lo7H73mb2/s1600/district+March.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE5OomM8ORYPfcdbP8oOTpF-yiVoxfEEqgfKbZ2fhDmFdNurK9RlEJy3KG0biXN-QdUD5XC7qq5KepGBVobGTTMtGvPzdheB3pomG32_sFCxA463gikp9z3qcMG4ovAR50329Lo7H73mb2/s1600/district+March.jpg" height="180" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">District</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Tuesday we went to bingo
like we do every week. The people there were so excited to play. We also meet
with Sister Wright and Tina. We couldn't find a male to come with us so we sat
outside and talk about Repentance. While we were meeting with them AJ came by. It
was great to be able to talk with him. He brought his dog, Jeep. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When he was about ready to leave the dog
didn't want to. He was curled up around my feet. I think it got attached to me
with us coming by every week. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Wednesday was district
meeting. Before that, we were doing studies in the building since our
appointment didn't work out. District meeting was great, the zone leaders and another
missionary did a surprise visit. We were talked about ways to use the new
Easter video. It is a great video. We also did service with Mason. We help him
clean out a room for a new roommate to move in. We had the dumpster fill so
high with there being tons of trash already in it. We also visited Scott,
we read Moroni 8 with him to resolve some of his concerns. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Thursday we went to Stark!
We visited with Mr. Ford and Sister Isom. It was cool to see Sister Isom being
able to walk again after a surgery. In the evening we taught Eli, he is one of
the youth in the ward that we are teaching the lessons to. It was awesome to be
able to teach him plus practice our teaching skills. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDUYz2PoyQL2FUMGn1ONJJJRmRf1XTYRlR2_HoDRMYmTSmxXGppdUXzkqNrZu9-IUKxdeGzt4syjN38hBEnCcu0jlzJ0Iw_csy3AGYFELZktnlAUeGlkMaqVpmqsdPYoTqGE62m2ueiJT-/s1600/Jeff+and+beth+baptism.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDUYz2PoyQL2FUMGn1ONJJJRmRf1XTYRlR2_HoDRMYmTSmxXGppdUXzkqNrZu9-IUKxdeGzt4syjN38hBEnCcu0jlzJ0Iw_csy3AGYFELZktnlAUeGlkMaqVpmqsdPYoTqGE62m2ueiJT-/s1600/Jeff+and+beth+baptism.jpg" height="180" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Elder Allen, Elder Tolman, Jeff and Beth Dayberry, Sister Bressler, Sister Olson, and Sister Coats</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Friday we meet with Percy,
while we were meeting with him, he introduced us to his brother Matt. Matt just
lost his wife and I hope we will be able to teach him the plan of
salvation. We also went to the library and watched the new Easter video
again. We put it on a disk so we could show it to everyone that doesn't have
access to the Internet. While we were tracting we ran into a lady that
has Mormon friends but didn't want to talk with us at the moment. It was nice
to be able to give her a card to watch the Easter movie. We visited the
Pass family and it was just the parents so we were able to talk without much
distractions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Saturday was a busy day for
us. We visited the Hannons. As we were leaving he told us that we must have
been inspired to stop by when we did. We also visited the Akins. We show
them the Easter video. I love watching it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Sunday we filled the Font
for a baptism. We had hot water heater problems. We did get it filled with hot
water. The baptism went great. It was Beth and Jeff’s baptism. There was a
great turnout with members. Church was awesome busy day with fast Sunday and
5th Sunday and the baptism. We had dinner with Bishop and his family. We also
went to the Yates center. The road to the town was closed for bridge repairs, we
took the back road it was a fun drive. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I hope you have a great
week. Thanks for the letters and the support. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Elder Benjamin Allen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[endif]--></span><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311902742125064986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144925432847942613.post-76976079749662900412015-03-23T15:11:00.002-07:002015-03-23T15:11:58.756-07:00March 23, 2015
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>
<w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>
<w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/>
<w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/>
</w:Compatibility>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Dear Family and Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This last week was a great week for us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Monday was awesome weather so we played a round of
Frisbee golf at the local park. We had dinner with the Wrights. A whole bunch
of their kids plus grandkids were there. It was an awesome pday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Tuesday: It was a busy day. We went to the
Funeral of Myra. There tons of people we knew and interacted with here in
town. I'm glad that we went because we were able to comfort them and help out.
We were planning on going to bingo but they canceled it. It made it possible
for us to stay and talk with tons of people and have lunch. I think it cool to
see how things work out for the best. The Lord is awesome with making things
work for the best. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Wednesday was interviews! We woke up real early to
get to the Paola building. We had car inspections, we had washed the car but by
time it was inspected it had tons of dirt and bug guts on it. Interviews with
President and Sister Vest were great. We also had Zone training from our Zone
leaders. It was lots on how to find better. We are always looking for better
ways. I think the Best is working with the members and have them do missionary
work. We went out with Brother Taylor in the evening. We were able to meet with
Scott and talk about the Book of Mormon. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Thursday: Brother Snyder took us to the Compost part
of the landfill. We drop of the leaves that we raked up around the house. It
was a fun adventure. We also had weekly planning. We had dinner with the Snyder’s.
Afterwards we went to the Pass family. We talked about everything going on. We
committed them to do the 12 step addiction recovery program with them. We
also saw James. It was an interesting visit because he had some friend over
that we didn't know that were weird. We made it out safe so I’m glad. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Friday we had our plumbing stop working. The whole
plumbing backed up. We went to the church early to use their restrooms. With us
being early we help the Greenwalls clean the Church with the Sisters. We also
met with Bishop and talked about the missionary work here. It was awesome to be
able to ask him questions about members. We met with the Tolands again and
Sister Greenwall went with us. She is friends with them. We talked about the
Book of Mormon with them and about Nephi and his challenges in life. The
Gurnseys were awesome and let us use their showers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Saturday we had the Temple trip. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was awesome! We drove up with the
ward in the Faweson’s 15-passenger van. While we were there I saw bishop
Barzee. He informed us that New Mark is getting spit again and the Smithville
lake branch is getting formed. I also saw a couple of members from KC 1st
ward. It was awesome to see them. We had dinner with the Hannons and had
baby back ribs. We them went with the Gurensys to help the Andersons move in.
The guy that was moving out hadn't finished moving out. We help him finish
getting everything out. The moving truck didn't get there. So we didn't
help them move in. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Sunday we had church plus a linger longer. It was
good. In the linger longer they showed the ward all the new apps and features
on the website. We had dinner with the Taylors. After dinner we visited
Mason. He told us more of his weird stories plus that he joined a motorcycle
gang. We also were finally able to find Nate home with his wife. We were
able to talk about the Book of Mormon. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Thanks
for all you do for me and all the other missionaries. I hope you all have a
great week. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Elder Benjamin Allen</div>
<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311902742125064986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144925432847942613.post-32804183604204810882015-03-18T11:24:00.004-07:002015-03-18T11:24:35.988-07:00March 16, 2015
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>
<w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>
<w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/>
<w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/>
</w:Compatibility>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Dear Family and Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Elder Tolman and I had a
great week. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">We started out the week
with pday. We meet up with all the Elders and Sisters at the Stake Center. It
is like 2 hours away. We were able to go since we were planning on
staying the night with the Zone Leaders. It was cool to meet all the
missionaries in the Stake. In the evening we went on exchanges with the Zone
leaders in their ward. I went with Elder Verkler. We went out with a member
named David. We tried to visit a couple of people. Those plans didn't work out
so we helped a less active that just moved in. We help him assemble some
chairs. It was a great evening. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Tuesday we woke up real
early to be at Zone conference in Independence. Elder Renlund and his wife came
for Salt Lake to meet with us. He had some great things to share with us.
He shared with us on how you can have ether a positive or negative attitude and
the effort you put into missionary work. He told us that if we had both
positive that our mission would be the best ever. We also saw the new Easter
video “Because He Lives.” It was awesome. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Wednesday we raked all the
leaves that we had in front of our house. They hadn't been raked all year. We
filled 12 big bags full. I hope our neighbors now approve of our yard. We went
out tracting and talked to a few people. More people are out and about with
this warmer weather. We had dinner with the Pattons. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brother Patton went out with us in the
Evening. We visited a few less actives. We asked them if they knew that some
thing big (death) was going to happen in less that a year what would you want
to change or do better at? It even made me stop and think. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Thursday we went around
meeting tons of potentials in the Area book. We saw a couple nice people.
We visited James and we read 2 Nephi 31 with him. We also talked to a Presbyterian
minister. At the end she pronounce blessing on both of us. It was real
interesting!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Friday we meet with Purcy.
He is a recent convert but not too active in coming to church. We read with
him. We also went to Iola. We were able to talk to a lady that just lost her
husband. It is great how the Lord puts us in places to help out. We were able
to leave her with a Plan of Salvation pamphlet. We had dinner with the Adairs.
They took us to a 50's hamburger shop. It was real old but good. We were able
to meet with the Akins and the Fornels. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are both part member Families.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Saturday was the wedding of
Beth and Jeff. They are the sister’s investigators. The wedding was done by the
bishop at the Church building. It started late and no one came dressed. It was
interesting but good. We were able to meet most of both of their
families. We also had dinner with Bishop and his family. It was awesome to be
able to get to know them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1zq4WiUMaAZ_AyufX2ivheyjhuzSUXtmyb1Pz4YRslg17xMkt7LihXliw_x6PhQ3kJVEvj8LrRSzdnA8zVCEqZRbAFnh6Vc6MsmcXH3OSM-WK4J7yy0iIW_l00JdGPkVpr5WSt2MryLv6/s1600/Beth+and+Jeff+wedding+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1zq4WiUMaAZ_AyufX2ivheyjhuzSUXtmyb1Pz4YRslg17xMkt7LihXliw_x6PhQ3kJVEvj8LrRSzdnA8zVCEqZRbAFnh6Vc6MsmcXH3OSM-WK4J7yy0iIW_l00JdGPkVpr5WSt2MryLv6/s1600/Beth+and+Jeff+wedding+2.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder tolman, Jeff, Beth and Elder Allen</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Sunday we had church. There
weren’t lots at church with it being Spring Break. We had the High council come
and spoke to us. It was an awesome talk. We didn't have anyone come. :(
After church we had dinner with Brother Greenwall. I was able to replace his
power supply in his computer. We also visit a couple of people. This week was a
good week. I'm excited for this week since we get to go to the Temple this
Saturday. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I hope you all have a great
spring break. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Love, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Elder Benjamin Allen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[endif]--></span><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311902742125064986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144925432847942613.post-56245643419939547882015-03-09T15:46:00.002-07:002015-03-09T15:46:17.348-07:00March 9, 2015
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>
<w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>
<w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/>
<w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/>
</w:Compatibility>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Dear Family and Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This last week was an interesting week for us. This
weekend was great weather for us. It is like 70's.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">We were able to find the Tolands. We were driving in
Iola and found a pink house. We tracted the street and the next-door neighbor
was the Tolands. They said to come back Friday. They were there for that
appointment. They are an older couple that have met missionaries
before. He had stroke a couple of years ago. They both have been
given Books of Mormons before just haven't read them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">We meet with Scott also this week. His addition is
about done so they didn't have anything that we could help on. We finally
have met his girlfriend. We were able to give them another Book of Mormon and
committed them to read. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">We meet with Mason. We watched the Restoration video
with him. We are trying to get him to feel what he felt at the time of his
conversion. I love watching the video with people. It can teach about
Joseph Smith so much better with them being able to see it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This
week we also go some bad news. One of our investigator name Myra died this
weekend. She is the daughter in law to the Pass family. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We don't know what happened. I
hope she felt the Spirit and will accept the Gospel in the Sprit World. I hope
this will help the Pass family take care of the things to make it to the
temple. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Church was great. We had Tina, the Mother of the Pass
family, come. She came by herself. The talks were awesome. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were like they were talking to me. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were on the power of prayer. I
think they also help Sister Pass out with this tragedy in her family. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">After
church we went with Brother Taylor to see Sister Billington. She is home bound
with back problems. We brought the sacrament to her and gave her a blessing.
She is having a surgery this week. I hope it will help with the pain. I love
being able to help these people like giving them the sacrament.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I'm excited for this week. We have a mission
conference with a 70 coming. We also have Zone training and a wedding to go to.
It just means lots of driving to be done. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I hope you all have a great week. Be safe and look
for opportunities to share the gospel with those around you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Elder
Benjamin Allen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjptWed_k6qneWvlBtq4NhMOE5nYU79Ju2SAmthN0ONFX8QZiG6Q_xKgNjFEE6rOM-k_xZmI_cCY1VValps56Rzi58wjU7g6LvTkjsWSFtrDaDJ6LVUQ7Rx6NNijU-2TIdFjhn1dKKI6uzx/s1600/helicopter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjptWed_k6qneWvlBtq4NhMOE5nYU79Ju2SAmthN0ONFX8QZiG6Q_xKgNjFEE6rOM-k_xZmI_cCY1VValps56Rzi58wjU7g6LvTkjsWSFtrDaDJ6LVUQ7Rx6NNijU-2TIdFjhn1dKKI6uzx/s1600/helicopter.jpg" height="180" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"I found the best transportation to come home in."</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4NDLG8o5EKTLlk4FAZoGdPQWrm-wK34NUe0MFnzNqnsvwLhwaQjDsTIUB7W6CkbJr2UrabL9vQB56OmihgGUg_zJuLSF7STsZG2DUmhsYTbkR91DvTYz8TSzCZXOJFBTNQg66mAMqF8m/s1600/tank.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4NDLG8o5EKTLlk4FAZoGdPQWrm-wK34NUe0MFnzNqnsvwLhwaQjDsTIUB7W6CkbJr2UrabL9vQB56OmihgGUg_zJuLSF7STsZG2DUmhsYTbkR91DvTYz8TSzCZXOJFBTNQg66mAMqF8m/s1600/tank.jpg" height="180" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Allen<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOwPg0xqjgNo8MZz-KOzFRl0I5VzdVC-iU3908E-XyGk4E-g0YYMLdr2emZQ3AoWDMXXHJHVoQdAAWKtB_7WJ6qCj66-Lmm5TSzNj0UoJwWJ3XpUqMMJvDc1QYnbhajA2JRMNdUp96xN8K/s1600/elder+tolman+tank.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOwPg0xqjgNo8MZz-KOzFRl0I5VzdVC-iU3908E-XyGk4E-g0YYMLdr2emZQ3AoWDMXXHJHVoQdAAWKtB_7WJ6qCj66-Lmm5TSzNj0UoJwWJ3XpUqMMJvDc1QYnbhajA2JRMNdUp96xN8K/s1600/elder+tolman+tank.jpg" height="180" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Tolman</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix3vohdk16jL0Vr5ah1MC693i1u2rbAxeU2eRh_LK4zbgH6w0swhAnR1HS1ebxqSRNdOA4JF57wunSpwOvLYsRAiT0n6QwQ6TSBbJX2HfcFToSoTQ2uYZKFLrEDGVGsPE-_cOWgrG8Y5Uf/s1600/elder+tolman+helicopter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix3vohdk16jL0Vr5ah1MC693i1u2rbAxeU2eRh_LK4zbgH6w0swhAnR1HS1ebxqSRNdOA4JF57wunSpwOvLYsRAiT0n6QwQ6TSBbJX2HfcFToSoTQ2uYZKFLrEDGVGsPE-_cOWgrG8Y5Uf/s1600/elder+tolman+helicopter.jpg" height="180" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[endif]--></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311902742125064986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144925432847942613.post-74776676783435207182015-03-02T14:43:00.003-08:002015-03-02T14:43:44.234-08:00March 2, 2015
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>
<w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>
<w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/>
<w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/>
</w:Compatibility>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Dear Family and Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This last week was a good
week for Elder Tolman and I.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Monday we drove up to
Paolla to spend the day with the zone. Most of the zone was there. It's always
fun to meet all the new missionaries. We had dinner with Brother
Robinson, it was the first time that he has feed the missionaries. He is doing
a great job at trying to share the gospel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Tuesday we went on
exchanges. I stayed in this area and Elder Forsyth came from the other
companionship. We had a busy day with Service at the Assisted living place. We
also meet with Tina and Sister Wright. We read and talked about the be
attitudes that Jesus taught. We also had dinner with the Wrights. While we were
there, I got to hold Lucy, the bird. We also found out that a cat was
living under our house. We scared him out and closed the opening. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieVqzopBbpEh2p705WrZuh0x86_WmFUe1l6YcdNEh8YH6LUZ7pvlW67LX0qXxjDVDeEH5relLrUCsPc2JSp5VqpFQL5CxNbND76iLZnoY6j_XgGvMfhu_UNccvuPVD1GY_NcPBXDrbQAiK/s1600/lucy+-+bird.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieVqzopBbpEh2p705WrZuh0x86_WmFUe1l6YcdNEh8YH6LUZ7pvlW67LX0qXxjDVDeEH5relLrUCsPc2JSp5VqpFQL5CxNbND76iLZnoY6j_XgGvMfhu_UNccvuPVD1GY_NcPBXDrbQAiK/s1600/lucy+-+bird.jpg" height="180" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lucy the bird</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Wednesday we had district
meeting. We went to La Harpe, the people we wanted to try didn't answer
their doors. We did have a good day out there. We were able to talk to a few
people. We went by the Shaws and found out that their house was on fire
earlier that day. We were able to comfort them and help to reassure them. We
had dinner with the Lee's. It was our first time and I hope we left a good
impression. The Patton's gave us a referral to see Bogden. We were able
to meet him and share the Book of Mormon with him. It is awesome how the
examples of members help lots with missionary work. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Thursday we had a busy
afternoon. We help the Shaws move out of their old burnt house into a small
rental. They are downsizing houses so it was hard for them to decide what to
take and what not too. We also did weekly planning. We had dinner
with the Pattons. Almost this whole week's of dinners have been by the Pattons
extended family. We shared Lehi's vision of the Tree of Life. How he was
wanting to share it with his family. That should be our desire with the
Gospel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Friday we went up to Iola
to try to meet with a couple of people. Those plans didn't work out but we were
able to talk to other people. We were able to talk to Brother Greenwall. He
took us to the Cemetery to see a couple things. He thinks it's funny to take
the missionaries picture next to the dead end sign. We had dinner with the
Hannons. They were so excited to inform us that they had invited people over
next week for us to teach. We meet with Mark and we brought Brother Snyder over
to see if we would be able to teach more. That didn't work, Mark still told us
tons of stories. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9TRf2-tlJCDM2PSKm1m7uila8KNjhCvfOwIOtZshGQ6hPFybebawQbgnQYlPFTWeekKBqHd8IsL6YRxduk6CgU3nIa0NWyPtUBqxtntzhS713JCWYpPFR5ov7FzfBdUIwL5lFW36WeVS9/s1600/elder+Tolman+and+elder+allen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9TRf2-tlJCDM2PSKm1m7uila8KNjhCvfOwIOtZshGQ6hPFybebawQbgnQYlPFTWeekKBqHd8IsL6YRxduk6CgU3nIa0NWyPtUBqxtntzhS713JCWYpPFR5ov7FzfBdUIwL5lFW36WeVS9/s1600/elder+Tolman+and+elder+allen.jpg" height="180" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Saturday it started to
snow. It was bad so we weren't able to do much. We did have dinner with the
Gurensys. After dinner we played some games with them since the Ward activity
was cancelled with the amount of snowfall. Even church was cancelled that
evening. I also help them with tightening all the table and chair legs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiyYf-4wMLx7E9e8mP9k7pirkSnQNp2v7Jf0nR0f0c6AecJFoHyWGKE2reolKa5YyrF0egHxNi7Ug00sdpwfp-fFwQRzuTCFnNWEs2OQLkeb87tl5cbOd3KrIwRcJgAVT3IfZIIKo8T1E1/s1600/snow+march+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiyYf-4wMLx7E9e8mP9k7pirkSnQNp2v7Jf0nR0f0c6AecJFoHyWGKE2reolKa5YyrF0egHxNi7Ug00sdpwfp-fFwQRzuTCFnNWEs2OQLkeb87tl5cbOd3KrIwRcJgAVT3IfZIIKo8T1E1/s1600/snow+march+2.jpg" height="180" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Sunday was also a day with
not much done. Even more snow and then melting of it. We were able to try some
people. Most of them didn't want to talk or wanted us to come some other time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Thanks for all the letters
and emails. I hope you have a great week. Be safe and enjoy the better
weather. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Love, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Elder Benjamin Allen <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJBm4ic6q4J4mqxbfE6jy3z5WilFxQnBGE9RvYG7O3I23UKmfnlGuTy7g1YP9UoQ2F_7HtCM-FQbkOFca-qqRoBfrQTFPGqj5De4fgMGMcP3Uvj0Go4eGaE4xpQRfVvRw03jZ8QZeBRNs/s1600/largest+gas+can.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJBm4ic6q4J4mqxbfE6jy3z5WilFxQnBGE9RvYG7O3I23UKmfnlGuTy7g1YP9UoQ2F_7HtCM-FQbkOFca-qqRoBfrQTFPGqj5De4fgMGMcP3Uvj0Go4eGaE4xpQRfVvRw03jZ8QZeBRNs/s1600/largest+gas+can.jpg" height="320" width="180" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Largest Gas Can</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[endif]--></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311902742125064986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144925432847942613.post-52700640690416366612015-02-23T14:09:00.003-08:002015-02-23T14:09:36.798-08:00Feb 23, 2015
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>
<w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>
<w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/>
<w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/>
</w:Compatibility>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Dear Family and Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This last week was a good week for us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Monday was my birthday and we had snow here. It was
real bad in the morning. There wasn't much for us to do when it was so bad
outside. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Tuesday we had a meeting with Bro Snyder and we read
the Chapter on how Nephi broke the Bow and what he had to do to fix the
problem. We also had lunch with Brother Greenwall. He wanted to feed us but
evenings are to busy for him. It was awesome to get his insight in how to help
some of the people in Iola. We had our Bingo with the Old People. We also meet
with Tina and Sister Wright, we brought Carl with us since the males we usually
have couldn't come. It was a great experience for him. We also had dinner
with the Hannons. While we had our appointment with at Sister Wright’s there
was tons of snow that just came in a short time. We got transfers calls
real late. Elder Hansen was to go to Flemming Park. I would get Elder Tolman.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Wednesday was packing and sick day. Elder
Hansen got all of his stuff pack. I got a stomach flu so we weren't
leaving the house much. It wasn't fun. We spent the night
with the Zone leaders in Spring Hill. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Thursday was transfers. We drove all the way to Independence.
Transfer meeting is a great time. We get to see all the Missionaries that we
know and chat with them. I love going to transfers. I get to see all the
missionaries and the office staff. We had a full load on our way back. We
had the Mound City Elder also with us. It was almost evening when we got
back. The funny thing is I already know Elder Tolman. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was in the Platte City Ward when I
was in New Mark. We even went on exchanges. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Friday we met a member that lives in Buffalo. She had
just gotten bad news so I hope us stopping by was good for her. Shows her that
the Church is still there for her. We had dinner with the Harts. It was their
first time in years since they weren't active for a long time. They are loving
being back in the Church. We also meet with Mark, we read the intro with
him.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Saturday we tried to find Percy but couldn't
find him at home or with his friends. He just walks up to us when we were
getting out of our car in the evening. We also read with all the non members
and Investigators living in the Shaw’s place. We were able to tract since it
was like 50's outside. No one wanted to speak with us, too busy doing things. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Sunday we had church and our meetings. Sister
Olsen (one of the Sisters) gave a talk on Charity. We had Rj that came.
It was great. We had a good evening. We did a little driving trying to see
people in out skirting towns. Overall it was a good evening. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Thanks for all the letters. I hope you all have a
great week. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Elder
Benjamin Allen</span></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311902742125064986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144925432847942613.post-37293801136474849782015-02-16T14:40:00.000-08:002015-04-13T15:39:44.123-07:00Feb, 16, 2015<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>
<w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>
<w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/>
<w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/>
</w:Compatibility>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Dear Family and Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This last week was a good
week for us. This morning it was snowing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Tuesday we went on
exchanges with the Mound City Elders again. I went with Elder Pickup to his
area. On our way back we got a call from President Vest's phone. He called to
let us know that Elder Pickup's Visa was in. Elder Pickup was excited to hear
that. We did some tracting and walking on dirt road in the Golfing community.
Not many people there were open to listen to us. We had dinner with the Senior
couple. We had a great teaching appointment with a guy. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was awesome since he had read and
learned from what he did read. I got to testify that his answer would
come. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihqZIqK6F9M6G-0Ew212nk0dTyJ4np69NnQfTQBfJIc3vYzrRhe95fjFAEHZcFGmGmrLvyZC4YmfoeBSJMZ2k2Wunho5r8daO3RGPIJkjQL2RPO2aj5UZ0Ju3aJC3Ra8VjZOd74VsWx_Oh/s1600/district+picture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihqZIqK6F9M6G-0Ew212nk0dTyJ4np69NnQfTQBfJIc3vYzrRhe95fjFAEHZcFGmGmrLvyZC4YmfoeBSJMZ2k2Wunho5r8daO3RGPIJkjQL2RPO2aj5UZ0Ju3aJC3Ra8VjZOd74VsWx_Oh/s1600/district+picture.jpg" height="180" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">District Missionaries</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</o:p></span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Wednesday we had district
meeting. It was about how our investigators need to come to church before they
will progress. We ate at the Mexican place again and the guy came out
with all the plates of food on his one arm. I will try to get the picture from
the other missionaries. We went out to Gas and La Harpe to see people. Most of
them weren't home. We did stop by the Hoovers. They told us some stories back
from when they had the missionaries living with them. We were able to help him
with a couple of projects he had. In the Evening we stop by Scott's house. We
help him and his dad finish some parts of the remodel they have
done. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhotAiMtCfUmA0gnK-D9wyHtqHs1QCeN_aNOsOT-EWUdfLiv-QM4uwuS_VeQBqG_-ctRgT4-mxoir4QeXDkQFLGRBCh8cvQHJZFpe7kJRN_tv1VFpUS0W8MHIjo3BLnnsqk_36sppe_DxNt/s1600/ward+mission+picture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhotAiMtCfUmA0gnK-D9wyHtqHs1QCeN_aNOsOT-EWUdfLiv-QM4uwuS_VeQBqG_-ctRgT4-mxoir4QeXDkQFLGRBCh8cvQHJZFpe7kJRN_tv1VFpUS0W8MHIjo3BLnnsqk_36sppe_DxNt/s1600/ward+mission+picture.jpg" height="180" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ward Missionaries</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Thursday was great weather
for some tracting. We were tracting down Main St. there was a lady that said to
go talk to her husband in a shop on Main St. We didn't think much of the
request to talk to him. We finished the street plus another. It was an hour
before dinner and we remembering that we hadn't see him. We went by and he was
expecting us, he gave us hot chocolate and we talked. He was nice but not to
interested in our message. I'm glad that we went to the shop to talk with him. I
wouldn't of like to not show up and leave a bad impression with him of the
Missionaries. We had dinner with the Adairs. Brother Adair was able to find the
house of his coworker. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Friday we were able to read
with our investigator Doug. We read the first chapter with him. We went to the
Shaws in the request for a blessing. When we got there they were needing help
with loading some furniture to take to a friend that had lost it all in a House
Fire. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our timing was perfect. I'm grateful
for the Lord putting us in the path of others to help them. We had dinner with
the Hannons. We had a steak dinner since it would be the last time with Elder
Hansen if he leaves this transfer. We then Contacted the Referral form Brother
Adair. His name is Charles and was super nice to us. We talked for a while on
his porch. I'm great full for the members doing missionary work and their
examples. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Saturday we drove to Stark
to see the Isoms. They weren't feeling well so we told them we would come back.
We read the Book of Mormon with the Sister’s investigators. We also saw the
Pass family and talked about the blessings for paying tithing. We also saw Joy
Allen and RJ we talked about how the spirit teaches and instructs/ warns us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Sunday was good. We didn't
have any plans or appointments but the day filled up. Didn't have anyone
come. :( We did have an awesome talk by a High Council member. He talked
about our spiritual foundation. After Church we went to Bro Slaugh place.
We went out to Stark to see Mr. Ford. Bro Slaugh is helping him with his family
history. He wants to get it all recorded before he goes to the spirit
world. We read Alma 40 with him to try to bring more peace to him.
We had a great meet with Nate Mckinney. We talked about our spiritual
foundations that we must have. For most of the Evening it was hailing and
snowing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Thanks for all the letters
and Happy Birthday wishes. I hope you have a great week. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Love, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Elder Benjamin Allen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[endif]--></span><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311902742125064986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144925432847942613.post-12383748105066423352015-02-09T16:24:00.003-08:002015-02-09T16:24:51.310-08:00Feb 9, 2015
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>
<w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>
<w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/>
<w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/>
</w:Compatibility>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Dear Family and Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This week was another crazy week of weather.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Monday we spent the day in Paolla with the other
missionaries in the Zone. We had dinner at McDonald. When I was about ready to
pay, the Manger came up and asked if I would give the Guy behind me a hug.
Turns out to be my companion. He gave us both free dinners for participating in
the game. We saw Joy Allen and our investigator Rj was there so we were
able to go in and teach. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Tuesday we did some tracting. We meet a guy named
Jerry. He is blind and real nice. We saw his brail copy of the Bible. It was 5 huge books.
We had our weekly bingo with the Old people. They were so funny with us being
early. We also meet with Sister Wright and Tina. We read out of the Book of
Mormon with them and it turns out what one of them needed that day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Wednesday was bitterly cold. No one wanted to talk
with us with it being so cold. We had planned to go up to Iola for the
day. When we started to leave for Iola the snow started to come
down. We made it there safe and meet with a couple of people. We
had dinner with our ward mission leader and his family. We then saw the
Edwards. They had gone down again to Oklahoma. They were shocked to see the
snow. They just had gotten a jeep and have crazy stories of what
they have done. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Thursday we held weekly planning. It went good, most
of our investigators are struggling to keep all their commitments.
We are running out of things to do to help them keep them. We went out with
Brother Hart in the evening. He lives in a town that doesn't have many people.
We went to the McGuires. She told us about her conversion story and we talked
about how it has blessed their lives. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Friday was Zone training. We had to wake up earlier
to make it there on time. It was focused on how to become smarter working
missionaries. We also talked about how some of the people we find are
interested in listening to us but aren't willing to keep their commitments. We
need to focus on those prepared for baptism. After our drive back we meet with
Mason. We watched even more Mormon messages with him. We had dinner with
the Stolls. They are very old but still up and going. They have tons of great
advice. We meet with Mark and Michelle again taught them the restoration. It
went good just he always had a story to tell after all the Questions we asked
him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Saturday we had a busy day. We meet with Carl and
Kim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Carl had broken a rib when he
fell this week. They are doing good though. We also taught the Pass
families about the sealing power and the blessing of the Temple. We also
talk to these two ladies sitting on their porch. They weren't interested but
had a couple questions about the Church. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Sunday on our drive to Church our car began to shake
real bad when going highway speeds. We had an awesome sacrament meeting.
We had speakers speak on the Sacrament and how to prepare for it. They
spoke the things that we wanted to teach some less actives but didn't know how
to go about doing that. There was also Bishop's youth discussion after church.
We were invited to attend, there was food plus the topic was education and goals/
dreams. We meet with Nate McKenny and his wife. We were able to commit
them to read the Book of Mormon,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Over all this week was good just still struggling to
find investigators that will progress. I hope you all have a great
week. Thanks for all the Support. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Elder
Benjamin Allen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311902742125064986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144925432847942613.post-1145829980626750392015-02-02T14:27:00.002-08:002015-02-02T14:27:14.032-08:00Feb 2, 2015
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>
<w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>
<w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/>
<w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/>
</w:Compatibility>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Dear Family and Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Elder Hansen and I had a great week. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This week was a usual week for us. We did lots of
finding, trying to get more people to teach. <br />
<br />
We had bingo and the old people were excited to see us since they haven't done
much with most of the patients being sick. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">We had district meeting. The topic for this week was
talking to everyone that we meet or pass and inviting them to learn more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We did role-plays with us being at taco
bell. We went to El Charro a Mexican restaurant. The guy being our waiter
brought out 6 plates of food on his left arm. In the evening the ward had
their pine wood derby race. It was fun to see some of the cars these boys made.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">We saw Mr. Ford. He is our 91-year-old investigator.
We watched the Restoration Video with Him. He always has stories to tell
us. He has tons of miniature Airplanes that he has built and flown. He lives in
a town called Stark. There is only 3 active building in the town, two churches
and a bank. There is like 10 people living in this tiny town. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">We read with RJ this week. It was him plus the sister’s
investigators. The Shaws weren't there so there were fewer things to distract.
We read the tree of life with them. We are struggling with him to keep his
commitments and be fully committed and engaged.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">We were able to find Brother Akins home. He is supper
nice and I believe he would come if his job allowed it. He gave us 4 referrals
to see family and friends. While we were trying to find one of the referrals,
we meet a man that had us come over. He had see us around before and been to
Utah. He told us about all of his neighbors. I love it when someone knows his
neighbors. Most people don't. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">We went to a new restaurant called Nu-grill here in
Chanute. We went with the Adairs. It was good, we recognized some of the cars
and people they had on the walls. They went out with us to see the Hannons and
to teach them the last new member lesson. It was great we were able to talk
about temples and about eternal families.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">We meet with Mark again. We just stop by and he and
his wife were there plus a Friend. Mark had looked at the Book of Mormon and
read part of it. We were able to answer his question. His friend also became an
investigator when Mark was on the Phone. She has been through some rough times.
She said she would be back over next week and would read the Book of Mormon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">We also saw the Pass family. We read with them out of
Moroni 6 where is talks about church and the purpose. Satan is trying to keep
them from coming by keeping them busy with tons of good things. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">It rained almost all of Saturday and part of Sunday.
When Church was about to start the rain turned into snow. By the end of the
night it was 16. Sunday night was a rough night for us. The super bowl was
on and it was freezing outside. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I hope you all had a great super bowl Sunday. Thanks
for the letters and the support. Have a great week. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Love,
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Elder
Benjamin Allen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311902742125064986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144925432847942613.post-4776819489427607022015-01-26T14:20:00.005-08:002015-01-26T14:20:45.529-08:00Jan 26, 2015
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>
<w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>
<w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/>
<w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/>
</w:Compatibility>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Dear Family and Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This last week was a great
week for Elder Hansen and I. The weather is still nice and warm. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">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. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">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. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">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. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">We also meet with Mason. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is a less active member. We watched
some Mormon messages with him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This week we also got the
Oil change in our car. The Shop we went to was super busy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">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. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">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. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I hope you all have a great
week. Thanks for all the letters and Emails and the Support. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Elder Benjamin Allen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<o:p>Here is an Email that Benjamin's brother Elder Andrew Allen received.</o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<o:p><br /></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<o:p>Here is an email I got this week. It is funny that Benjamin got to meet them. -Andrew</o:p></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">
<div dir="ltr">
<div class="gmail_quote">
<div>
<div class="h5">
<br /><br />Hello Elder Allen!<br />
<br />
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.<br />
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! ;)<br />
Anyway, we want to let you know how proud we are of you and your brother! Your parents raised you both very well.<br />
Thank you for the Christmas card and for keeping in touch with us on your mission. It's been great to hear from you.<br />
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.<br />
<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Tessa and Glenn McMillan</div>
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9sRjDwA7cMIiS8fjFd5Z-6Amn0YfUEsjiRpmDbrC3xZ3xYvzM-yrmGKGxtUWDtcEo9EJQ2rcZMrcsOv2OicWiR7Jj1hb4zg7OqBzDZ-q7exjHRg7XQJgim4FzZUUwe7L8TqIDVYQ6AzGy/s1600/Benjamin+and+the+McMillans.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9sRjDwA7cMIiS8fjFd5Z-6Amn0YfUEsjiRpmDbrC3xZ3xYvzM-yrmGKGxtUWDtcEo9EJQ2rcZMrcsOv2OicWiR7Jj1hb4zg7OqBzDZ-q7exjHRg7XQJgim4FzZUUwe7L8TqIDVYQ6AzGy/s1600/Benjamin+and+the+McMillans.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="h5">
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<br />
<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311902742125064986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144925432847942613.post-38652767675202693602015-01-19T14:29:00.003-08:002015-01-19T14:29:21.598-08:00Jan 19, 2015
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>
<w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>
<w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/>
<w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/>
</w:Compatibility>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>
<w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>
<w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/>
<w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/>
</w:Compatibility>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Dear Family and Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This week was the warmest week that we have since the
start of winter. It was a great week to be finding more people to teach.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">We have done a lot of tracting this week. We have
found lots of potential people. There was one that told us that he was actually
looking for a new Church and he would read from the Book of Mormon. We
also found a guy named Mark. He let us right in and talked with us. He was
there for our return appointment also. He had lots of Questions about the
second coming. We told him that the Book of Mormon had what we needed to be
ready.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ3ywDFeytZIXKMOCw5Z6ngSgSPIV2sABgjNOAtDXiJf0QcXk8lMZ7DOSD-BZEZdifv3CnXVj3eigPJeh-SUlyVBuSGoueLlnmFM3JLB3t_vwkbIfM89ihhTYGOLAthog-f7p2RIVlAKrM/s1600/sign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ3ywDFeytZIXKMOCw5Z6ngSgSPIV2sABgjNOAtDXiJf0QcXk8lMZ7DOSD-BZEZdifv3CnXVj3eigPJeh-SUlyVBuSGoueLlnmFM3JLB3t_vwkbIfM89ihhTYGOLAthog-f7p2RIVlAKrM/s1600/sign.jpg" height="180" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sign we see everyday.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">We have been teaching Tina at Sister Wrights. When
she came this week she also brought on of her grown sons named Gene. We had a
great experience reading Alma 7. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">We didn't have any investigators that made it to
church. We did have the less active Pattons that came. They stayed for all 3
hours. We have been inviting them to come when we teach Tina (so we can have a
Male with us). I think that has helped them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">We went out to the Yates Center (hay capital of the
World). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We stop by a less actives
members place. They are the Oatmans. He is a member and the rest of the family
isn't. They let us in and we visited for a while. We then talked about church.
They had a bad experience with a Baptist church in town so they haven't been
going. They committed to come next week. It was awesome how they are being
prepared by the Lord.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">There was also Zone training this week. It was
awesome. They trained on how to have faith to find. They also adapted more of
the rules to help us be more consecrated to the Lord. It is interesting how
with these changes here on my Mission is making me still learn and
try and experience more. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I hope you all have a great week. Thanks for all the
Letters and support that you give me and all the other missionaries. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Elder Benjamin Allen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The musical is the Anti one that makes fun of the
missionaries and The Book of Mormon. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<!--EndFragment--><br />
<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311902742125064986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144925432847942613.post-37755200723124734732015-01-12T14:34:00.003-08:002015-01-12T14:34:59.410-08:00Jan 12, 2015
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>
<w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>
<w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/>
<w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/>
</w:Compatibility>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Dear Family and Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This last week was a great week for us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This weekend we had Member missionary days. This
is where we have <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>members with us
for the whole day. They would take pictures to put on Facebook and experience
the missionary spirit. We had a lot of missionaries that came out with us. I
think this will help them share the gospel more. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was done since we have the Book of Mormon musical
here in Kansas City. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This week we also had some great lessons. We had a
member that had shared some info about the Church with a friend. His name is
Ashton. He called us wanting more info since we was looking into doing a report
on Mormonism. We went over to his house and taught the Restoration and it
was awesome. I hope he reads from the Book of Mormon that the friend gave him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">We visit a 91-year-old man and his daughter, which is
a member. They told us stories about how they saw miracles and the Hand
of the Lord in their life. It was cool how some of the stories were before they
were introduced to the church. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">We went out with Brother Slaugh and he took us to see
some of his friends and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>co-workers
plus we tried to see some members. It was awesome to meet some of the people
that help Iola run. I hope this exposure to the church will spark their
interest. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Transfers were this week. Turns out that we will be
staying together for another 6 weeks. Not many changes happened to the
missionaries serving in this stake. Elder Hansen had been out for a transfer
less that me. He is from Utah. <br />
<br />
We live in Chanute and we spend the most of the time in Chanute. We live in a
small house in town. It has two bedrooms, a bathroom and a kitchen. There
is a washer and dryer plus a covered carport. It is nice when it snows or rains
ice during the night. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">There are a small number of members that live in Chanute
and lots that live in towns that are spread out. Some members can drive
for an hour to get to Church. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Everyone is getting sick around here. The Hospitals
have been almost maxed out. They locked down the Assisted living place so no
visitors could come. We couldn't go play bingo with them this week. We
even had members that went to Wichita to the hospital there. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I hope that you all have a great week. Thanks for all
the letters and emails. I miss you all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Elder Benjamin Allen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311902742125064986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144925432847942613.post-14173457619090757032015-01-05T14:02:00.002-08:002015-01-05T14:02:15.834-08:00Jan 5, 2015
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>
<w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>
<w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/>
<w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/>
</w:Compatibility>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Dear Family and Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This week has been a very cold week, lots of Ice and
freezing rain. We have also had a lot of dinners this week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Monday was a good day. We spent it at our place since
everything was to far away since we were low on miles. We had dinner with
the Snyder family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had
invited one of their home teaching family to come over also. Brother Burkmen
came. We had the opportunity to teach the Plan of Salvation to all of them. We
also saw some people here in Chanute. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Tuesday was our interviews! We all meet in Paolla
and had district meeting and Interviews. On our way up we drove through snow
and more falling snow. We talked about the importance of the Spirit in
teaching. It was good to see president and his wife. We had a
little time to work in Iola before dinner. There was no snow when we came back.
All had melted when the sun came up. We ate with Brother Slaugh. He
thought he had gotten Pork ribs but turned out to be Beef ribs. It was
good. It was Brother Hannon's Birthday so we went over and celebrated it
with him. We also talked to Bro Ethridge. He works for a movie theater
supplies and repair center. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg2d4QqR815SCRj4dxhywNYg0lKI1xHS18byO8yHehWkUy2Kk0o_blZeYuiXCkFmFXoLbDS39nY6phAhPs5NoerhMSeCSPBDdgOrlblvrLMfDF0_y7hFFXEoZvt_bHUt9m8AehLf8b_tZZ/s1600/nativity.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg2d4QqR815SCRj4dxhywNYg0lKI1xHS18byO8yHehWkUy2Kk0o_blZeYuiXCkFmFXoLbDS39nY6phAhPs5NoerhMSeCSPBDdgOrlblvrLMfDF0_y7hFFXEoZvt_bHUt9m8AehLf8b_tZZ/s1600/nativity.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christmas Eve - Elder Allen as a Shepherd - 3rd from the left</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Wednesday we did a little driving since there were
people to see. We were able to meet with some of them. We meet with Sister
Isom’s dad. He is 91 and is still getting around. We read from the Book of
Mormon with him. He has tons of stories to tell. We also meet a member in
a nursing home. He was happy to see us. He had lost his Book of Mormon with
traveling and wanted one from us. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We didn't do much for new years eve. We went to bed the same
time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Thursday was New Years. It was also our weekly
planning day. This week we had more people that we talked about. We had an
appointment with Doug. Turns out to be neighbors to the Hannons (our recent
converts.) We took Brother Hannon and it went well. He is in his 80's and has
lots of knowledge. His has lots of the same beliefs as us. We had dinner with
the Guernsys. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had invited the
Hannons to come also. It was a good evening and good for members to get to know
others. We saw the Mcguires, Brother Mcguire had 5-heart bypass
surgery the week before. He is doing good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has lots of
stitches looks like a big zipper on his chest. There was freezing rain for part
of the day. It made the road slick. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Friday we were able to teach RJ and the Shaws
about the plan of salvation. It was an interesting teaching with so much
going on. We did a lot of tracting and contacting potential investigators. Got
told a lot that they weren't interested. We had dinner with the Hannons.
They have seen the blessings of the Gospel and feeding the Missionaries.
We had an appointment with AJ and his family. We had Brother Patton come with
us. Turns out that they weren't there. We were able to talk with Brother Patton
about his family and how we can help him and them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Saturday was more tracting and contacting
people. We were able to find some people that accepted Books of
Mormon. There was lots of rain today. Made lots of Mud. We had gone
to the Guernsys to pick up my coat. She had sewn it back up. I had slid on Ice
and ripped a seam on the side of the Coat. Good thing it was on a seam. They
had invited the Sisters to come over and we just showed up. We all ate with
them. It was an awesome evening. We visited the Pass family. We talked
about the blessing of coming to church in hopes they would come tomorrow. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Sunday we woke up to find more frost and Ice. Church
wasn't canceled but not everyone came. We helped with the Sacrament. It was a
long time since I have needed to help. We had two investigators that
came. It was great. We had James stay for Gospel principles and it was on Adam
and Eve. We didn't have a dinner but before church was over we did.
Brother Slaugh had invited us over. After that we spent time seeing
people in Iola. We meet a less active that hadn’t seen Elders since he moved. He
talked with us forever. He showed us his old bike collection/ hobbie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Thanks for all the letters and the support you give
me and all the other missionaries. I hope you all have a great week. Happy New
Year!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Elder Benjamin Allen</span></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18311902742125064986noreply@blogger.com0