September 23

HELLO EVERYONE!!!

It sure is good to write in some ENGLISH!! I love Portuguese but sometimes it is just a great relief to be able to talk in your own languange. It sure is a lot easier to joke with people and get after people without offending them and sense of humor is much more advanced and vocabulary and ability to describe and teach and accent and knowing when to speak loud and soft and using tone of voice correctly, etc. I LOVE PORTUGUESE AND I AM GOING TO DOMINATE THIS LANGUAGE SO THAT I CAN SPEAK ENGLISH LIKE DEITER F. UCHTDORF SPEAKS ENGLISH---yes---mission impossible made possible baby! Dad, how is your Swedish going? How is Mason Bailey---tell Sister Bailey that I said hello and send him a BIG CHEST BUMB! It´s got to be loving it there in Sweden.

Hello Scott Amber Nathan Tiffany----MY WONDERFULLY AWESOME COMPANIONS IN THE MISSION FIELD! How are you all doing---sending you all a hug from Brasil!! Everyone sends each other hugs here--I know it sounds weird in English but it is totally normal---UM ABRAÇO CARA!!

The AWESOME ÉLDER that I trained---Élder Boccia---His father was an acoholic and his brother that returned from his mission is not going to get married in the temple and basically his mother is the one that kept him strong like a beast spiritually and he helped like crazy with his callings and in the Priesthood in Parana, Brasil!! His mother passed away two weeks ago and HE DECIDED TO STAY ON THE MISSION AND SERVE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST---he is totally my hero and he is awesome---what a great and wonderful privilege I have to be a missionary. I know that I am INCREDIBLY BLESSED---God must be awfully frustrated with me sometimes and the way that I complain, am prideful, don´t trust in His Son´s Atonement for myself (Yes the Atonement is for all of us and you need to forgive yourself and fight against the enemy and sin) We can be forgiven. Baptism is a sacred ordinance and the Sacrament is SACRED too! I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior and Redeemer and that we come to know him through true repentance and then through humbly recognizing His hand in all things and the Hand of His Father in all things. There are two sides, Christ and Satan---there is no other decision--choose one or the other!!

This week Lucia was baptized on Saturday and confirmed on Sunday---IT WAS GREAT---I was privileged to play the piano in both meetings! 

Elder De Oliveira sure is a great companion. We are achieving goals as a Zone and the Lord is blessing us greatly. YOU CAN NEVER QUIT PEOPLE AND YOU HAVE TO BE MORE EXCITED, ESPECIALLY WHEN THINGS AREN´T GOING WELL YOU HAVE TO BE EVEN MOOOORE EXCITED BECAUSE YOU CAN ALWAYS always give yourself this rallying cry---Remember Him---Jesus Christ already paid for whatever is ahead of you. Study of Him, Learn of Him, Trust in Him, in Him we can find Joy, answers, success, happiness, knowledge, etc. 

I know that God is the author of the Plan of Salvation and we are a part of it!! I know that this is true and I am strengthing my testimony ever day! I know that repentance and true change of heart is needed by us all and we can always have changes and a renewal of heart WHENEVER WE DECIDE TO DO SUCH!! 

This week is going to be the last week that will count towards the month of September and so I have a lot,  A LOT of things to get done! I love our ward and I love it when people care. Be a person that cares, and if you don´t care then pray until you do because God CARES and he created you, without him you´re nothing and we should all love Him so CARE and forget what others think and work for Jesus Christ wherever you are. Maybe you lost out on past experiences but take the consequences and go forward--looking back for too long will only hurt you. Look back, learn, repent, change and then don´t look back again and plan so that you WILL BE STRONGER IN THE FUTURE!!

Love you all family and friends and Shady and Trenton and whatever other animals are still alive in Provo and the Ropes Course and the Lakeside 2nd Ward!!

September 23, 2013 has been and will be a MARAVILWONDERFUL DAY! 

Remember that Christ can make your frown a smile and we should smile and we should WORK HARD. I know that Jesus Christ lives! 

--Elder Allen