Pday on the Beach - Saint Luce

Hello:
This week had a series of events. Last Sunday we had 12 investigators come to church. It is really cool when we see people come to church because it is very far from where they live. The Tanambao church is under construction at the moment so we have to go to church at Ampahary which is like a 30-45 min walk for the people we teach.

Last week Elder Shelby and I were visiting an investigator who lives on the second story of a house. They happen to have wooden stairs that are pretty sketchy to walk up. As we left that meeting it had gotten dark and Elder Shelby decided to lead us out. I watched him take two steps down those stairs before a loud braking noise occurred. Following that was my companion falling 7 feet through a flight of stairs, braking each step as his body collided into each one of them. He walked away clean... except he said that he felt like he was going to pass out as he was staggering out of their yard.
We are hoping to move into a nice new house soon.

The one we live in now is broken.

Short quote for the week. "If you want another blessing then go find something else to be obedient to."

Sincerely,
Elder Allen

Elder Shelby

this beach is about 4 hours a way from the city and it is called Saint Luce

Malagasy Cows

Elder Jakins

Elder Jackson and Monson

Elder  Wolfgramm

Elder Shelby

A Testimony vs. Conversion

Hello,

Yesterday we had a conference with Elder Palmer the Area General Authority from the Quorum of the 70. He came to our church and I walked around with him from class to class translating for him as he spoke to the members.

The Conference was really good. We were asked to read some talks to prepare for it. Tad R. Callister's talk on the Book of Mormon was one. It was really good and insightful about how true that book really is and the miracle of it. The other one that I read was David A. Bednar's talk about the relationship between testimony and conversion. A really good quote from it was, "A testimony is knowing something is true. Conversion is staying true to what you know." We may already know or have a testimony that the gospel is true. Being converted means that you stay true to that testimony whether it is convenient or not.

Funny story from the week: The other day we were driving home in a taxi. As we were getting close to the house, a crazy lady walking and talking like a Raptor from Jurassic Park comes towards our car. At this moment Elder Wolfgram starts rolling up his window and shouting at the driver to keep going even though we were just about to stop. He stress-fully switched into gear and pulls into our walled off driveway. The Taxi drivers instantly started to laugh hysterically. It was pretty funny.

Sincerely,
Elder Allen

Zone Conference

Zone conference with Elder Palmer

Sam on the beach today for P-day.

Elder Wolfgram, Blatter, Passey

Elder Shelby, Hunter

Elder Monson & Jackson

Elder Allen, Elder Monson,  Jackson, Hunter, Shelby