Mar 15, 2010

Ryan’s letter:

 

Subject: The Parable of the Turkey's!!

 

   Once upon a time, in a galaxy far-far away there was a turkey that learned how to fly.  After perfecting the art he ventured home in a much closer land where he excitedly told all of his fellow turkeys that he had learned the secret to flight.  All day the small group of turkeys practiced and practiced until finally they all had learned how to fly!  They spent the rest of the day having a very enjoyable time doing flips and barrel rolls through the air.  After a wonderful evening they each landed in turn, and then they walked home.

   We were taught this parable in church yesterday and I really liked it.  I know it's not in the scriptures, or at least I haven't found it there yet, but it helped illustrate a great point. 

   It is not enough for us to go to church and learn about the good Samaritan, unless we remember to talk to the people at school and work who are having a bad day.  It is not enough to learn about Christ seeking the lost sheep, unless we invite our friends to learn about the Saviour. It is not enough to learn about an entire city who buried their weapons of war and repented, unless we rid ourselves of the sins that are pulling us down and repent.  In other words, don't learn how to fly while you are at church and then walk home.  FLY!

  

   Well, we had a pretty outstanding week, it's crazy but we seem to have a lot of those on missions.  First of all though I want you to know, mom and dad, that I did wave to you as you were flying over me, I knew it was you guys because the sun was reflecting off of your bald spot!  And dad tells me you brought me back either a dress or a necklace...I am really excited!! Please send them to me as soon as possible.  I hope you had fun in HAWAII!!

   So we actually set two new Baptismal dates this week.  The first one was with Milisa, we had taken her on a chapel tour last week and then we taught her about prophets on Tuesday and committed to to follow the example of Christ and she accepted.  She still has a little to do to prepare, but she is working towards it.  The second was with Paulette who has a sister in our ward.  She has been coming to church on and off for the past couple of months and she finally moved into our ward last week.  I really enjoy teaching her because she is a very open and bubbly person.  We met with her first on Wednesday while I was with Elder Ward from Pocattello and she spent the entire time telling us about her past and sharing a lot of spiritual experiences that led her to our church.  At the end we left her a pamphlet about the Restoration and asked when we could come back.  She set up five additional appointments within the next week.  When we came back the next day, this time I was with Elder Groberg again, I was soo surprised to see what she had done with the pamphlet.  She had gone through the entire thing and underlined everything.  She even looked up every scripture it mentioned and said she was very disappointed when she finished it,  but only because it wasn't longer.  She had basically taught herself everything so we just shared a couple of scriptures about baptism and asked if she would prepare to b baptized soon.  She was really excited!  She is going to love the chance to continue learning at church, especially once she is is baptized.

    Then last Sunday we met a guy named Gregg walking out side of his apartment who immediately took us into his home once we asked if he would like to come to church with us.  Since then we have had three lessons with him and his wife Emily, and he went to a baptismal service on Saturday.  He is about 26 and he is an awesome person, he just gets along with everyone.  He also really studied the pamphlet we left him and is now working on reading the Book of Mormon.  He had read through it before as a boy and was really excited to check it out again.  Our lessons with him have been full of the spirit because he just makes it soo easy to teach him.  However, he is really smart and has asked us a few questions we couldn't answer, but the Spirit has always been there.

   So life is pretty good still.  Elder Groberg makes a great companion, and the Lord continues to bless us.   I believe that this is the Lord's Kingdom that we are working to build; we are preaching repentance so that others may know to what source to look for a remission of their sins.  Happiness only comes through our Saviour Jesus Christ.  It is amazing, and life is good.

  Chinese Proverb of the week:

    If you want to be happy for an hour.....take a nap.

    If you want to be happy for a day.....go fishing.

    If you want to be happy for a month.....get married.

    If you want to be happy for year.....inherit a large fortune.

    If you want to be happy forever.....help someone else be happy.

  

       Go do something nice for someone today!

 

 Love Ya - Elder Allred

HURRAH FOR ISRAEL!!!

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