August 16, 2010

 

From: Ryan Jay Allred
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 11:51 AM
To: Allred, Kevin
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Hello There!!

                 Alright, I guess we will start with explaining the picture that hopefully will be attached.  I hope at least some of you can guess who we are with.  Last night we were invited to a baptism for the great granddaughter of Elder L. Tom Perry of the quorum of the 12 Apostles.  It was pretty sweet especially because we were sitting on the front row two feet in front of him.  Actually that was pretty akward because I didn't want him to think I was staring at him the whole time but there really wasn't anywhere else to look.  He gave a great talk on the holy ghost proving to us that powerful messages can be delivered in 3-5 minutes. 

                The Hamblins brought their non-member relatives with them to meet him and see the baptism.  They have been staying in the home with us for a few days now and we have become close friends with them.  The first morning that we met them they were all really excited to meet full-time missionaries and we talked for hours.  After the first few hours we had already taught them all about the plan of salvation and the Book of Mormon just by answering their questions and reading from the scriptures with them.  After that first morning we left them a childrens copy of the Book of Mormon and he had read the whole thing within the first 24 hours.  It makes it pretty nice when you live with your investigators. :)

               The Kelley family is doing pretty good but they could sure use a lot of prayers.  Cynthia, Maria, and Matthew all really want to be baptised next month but the husband is not very interested and won't let them come to church yet.  Without coming to church it will be impossible for them to be ready for baptism so we are really praying hard for them.   They had a busy week with th ward and they are still excited.  On Tuesday we taught them a lesson, wednesday they all went to mutual to play mud-football, thursday Maria went with the young womens to Marine World, Friday the came to the ward party, and Saturday they went to Sun Splash Waterpark with the young men and young women.   They are pretty much already part of the ward, they  just need our prayers right now.

               So life is good.  We had a lot of cool stuff happening with some of the other people we are teaching. And today is transfer day and i will be staying here for at least a little longer.

              I hope you all have a great week.

Love ya!!

Elder Ryan J Allred

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HURRAH FOR ISRAEL!!!

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