Cons New Address 9-26-11

Hey Madre, My new address:

Elder Conner Allred
631 Elm St. #2
New Haven, CT 06511

This week was really awesome -- we've been having a really good time! I'm in New Haven, CT (Yale) and it's a really neat place. The campus is full of people that are WAY smarter than God (at least they think so...) so I'm just glad I don't have to teach the "Yalies" haha. It is really nice to be back in Connecticut and New Haven is the ONE spanish area that I did not serve in while I was in the CT, HAR mission so it feels pretty cool to have made the rounds. My companion is Elder Standage from Lehi, UT -- he is one transfer behind me so it's really nice to have two of us out here that speak the language well. He is a really smart Elder and we've been having a lot of fun.

Church yesterday was interesting! It was a great ward council but it's a little intimidating sitting in church / ward council with Yale students and graduates haha it's a really neat experience though.

This week we went to a woman named Mina's home (I think the grammar is shot on that phrase). She was a recipient of some of the Mormon Helping Hands service because her house on the beach was destroyed by Hurricane Irene. She fed us true Italian food and we tried to have a Italian/Spanish conversation, but it didn't work out so well so we stuck to English haha. It was pretty funny, she cooked basically everything with Wine and Coffee and didn't let us know until after we ate it hahaha. But she is a really sweet lady; she actually came to church yesterday, too!

The change for the member's as far as the HQ etc. isn't too great for the members, meaning, it's not that big of a deal. They don't really see much of a difference other than they won't see the mission President much anymore. Speaking of Mission Presidents, have you spoken with President Pehrson?

Well, not much else to report -- we have a few great investigators that we are working with so when I get to know them a little bit better I'll let you know how things go! I love you!!

-Elder Conner Allred