Happy Thanksgiving!

Kumusta!

Thanksgiving dinner at the Mission Home.
Photo shamelessly borrowed from
Sis. Shaner via Grace Nay.

This week was Thanksgiving.  We were invited to Thanksgiving lunch with President and Sister Carlos and the other Senior Couples.  'We' is Elders, Huffstutler, Miole, Bluth, Gloria, Samar and I. President Carlos cooked a turkey and a whole bunch of other things.  A little taste of home.  After eating we put up the Christmas tree.  Then when finished with that, we ate pie. Lots of pie. It was a good Thanksgiving. Then we ended the day by going to the very nice funeral of a really old member we didn’t know.  So it was a fun day.

Of the two Thanksgivings I have had on my mission, they were both great. Besides that our week has been pretty tough, getting punted everywhere. We just walk back and forth trying to catch people to teach while leaving a trail of OYM's (Open Your Mouth) preaching everywhere we go.

I helped set up the Christmas tree.

That’s all that has happened this week. Thanksgiving was great. And Thanksgiving sounds like it was great for all of you.

I love you all.

Mahal ko kayo,

Elder Allen

Elders Huffstutler and Miole,
as they normally appear.

Welcome to Cauayan!

Kumusta!

I didn’t tell you last week that there were transfers this week because I didn’t think there was going to be much of a change. I was wrong. I have been transferred out of Ramon and into my fourth area and my... eighth? companion. I am now in Cauayan 2nd branch, Cuauyan Zone, Cauayan Mission. My new companion is Elder Samar, the Elder that Elder Valdez trained back when I spent a lot of time with him in Alicia when I was in Jones.  We live only a few streets away from the Mission Home and live in the same house as the APs (Assistants to the President), Elder Huffstutler and Elder Miole, who were both my ZLs (Zone Leaders) when I was in Jones with Elder Elgan.  So we are having a pretty great time. New area and new companion, and I am very excited for this Cycle.  This is Elder Elgan’s, Miole’s, and Olivas’, and a whole bunch others last cycle, so it’s going to be an excellent six weeks before they go home.

Mahal ko kayo,

I love you all.

Elder Allen