Oct. 4, 2010

Mom

Thanks for the words. It's still hard but I'll keep moving on.

Conference went well, the brethren seemed to talk a lot about 1Timothy chapter 4 which is a great chapter. We had a few members show up and I thought my companion was going to have an aneurysm. He kept asking me "So, people don't go?" (Saturday morning) I said "No, honestly, people just throw it on TV and pay a little attention or are out working, especially the Hispanics." "But, why? Do they not care? Do they not understand?" haha. I was just thinking -- RELAX! They have lives haha. The Lord understands. We went to dinner with a member family on Saturday night and he about started to chew out the wife because she had been home all day and hadn't watched any of conference. I just kind of shook my head. She then started speaking English (that's when you know they're a little frustrated) and said "Elder, when you have children, you'll understand." Andale!. He means well haha. He's a recent convert of 3 years so I think he deserves a break haha. It's just really funny! To me, at least!

I really liked the talk about not looking back -- that was a great talk for me I think. I have a hard time not looking back. There were a lot of great messages about this and what I think I saw from this conference is that the world is being attacked, especially the saints, and we need to raise our children in such a way to be prepared to battle these attacks.

I have made an extensive study guide for how to read Spanish. We have an investigator who can't read. She is 30 something years old and has children etc. But she can't read! So I have split up each letter and we begin on Tuesday with lessons. I have a page on syllables and vowels and then 2 letters per page. I have written up some homework she can do that goes along with the lessons we teach as well. I'm excited to help someone learn to read! How cool!!

I can't think of much else that has happened this week. The Library has new computers, finally! I love you, I hope all is well at home. Happy Birthday!!!

Hopefully things go well this week. I love you.
-Elder Conner Allred