Elder Allen Week#15 Que tal todos? Yo espero de ustedes tuven una bueno semana! It was a great week! I learned a ton, and It´s already really helped me to be a better person and a better missionary. First of all, Tuesday was one of the craziest days of the mission. We had Divisionones with the Zone Leaders, so I was up in Pachacutec with Elder Quispe for the day. It was good, and the plan was to meet up and Elder Viera and I head back down to Mi Peru that night, but they got here super late, and we ended up having sleepover round #2. It was crazy, but it was fun.  What I learned that day has helped me a ton this week. Attitude. Choose to be happy. Choose to see all the blessings that you have. The gospel can't make you be happy, you have to let it make you be happy. And that change has helped my mindset about basically everything. So if you're not happy now, change something. I know from personal experience that it works. The other thing that I learned was that our Church leaders are literally called by God, and we should follow them without hesitation. Whether it's your deacons quorum president, the bishop, your dad, or the prophet, they have been called to help and direct you.  We can work until 10:30 every day now, so that's crazy. I think that one of the sacrifices the Lord wants me to make is sleep, so that´s rough, but at least it´s not anything too hard for now.  And now we are back to Familia Nieto. It was a rough and crazy week. And they didn't end up getting baptized. Tomorrow though. We´re shooting for tomorrow. There were some difficulties with the kids' father and some poor circumstances, and it just didn't work out. We tried so hard, but it´s alright. Satan is trying hard, but we already know that the Lord will win. Always.  Sorry, its kind of a short email, but that's pretty much the week. And happy birthday Maya! I can't believe that you´re going to be 13! Good luck mom and dad with 3 teenagers now.  Some other advice that I got from my Companion this week has helped me a lot. Living in the church for my whole life, I know the doctrine. I know everything in theory. But it´s a little hard for me to apply it and remember it in my own life. To see the blessings. Something that my comp told me would help is to write down these experiences and my testimony in relation to a gospel topic. And once you can apply the gospel in your life, you´ll really be built upon the rock of Christ. It´s a whole lot better than the sand. I would know because there's a whole lot of sand here in Peru.  Thanks for everything, and I love you all! Elder Allen I hear there's been a bit of confusion about my email, so its allen.trevor@myldsmail.net ReplyForward