Welcome Home Elder Allen

 

 

It is So Good to Be Back.

The infamous text from Pres. Henrie in California.  

He thought he was in trouble.  Then he found out he was going back!!

Hello, 

I arrived in Madagascar last Wednesday after after leaving California early Monday morning; flying to Miami and then to Paris.  I Met Elder and Sister Miller in Paris and from there went the rest of the way to Madagascar arriving on Wednesday at 4 am. 

This past week we have been preparing the arrival of 18 other missionaries.  The plan is to be having missionaries returning every week. We will be meeting two at the airport today. I think we have received permission to work anywhere in Mada now.

I have been working in the office helping out the Senior Couple missionaries. We also went around and stopped by the missionary apartments to make sure they are all clean and ready for people to live in them. There are six missionaries already down in Ft. Dauphin working, but the rest of us will be getting our calls this coming week. That is when I will find out where I will be working and who my companion will be. 

On Sunday we went to the Tana ward for church and it was great being able to speak in Malagasy again. 

It is so good to be back. 

Sincerely,
Elder Allen

Saying good-bye to members in California.

Saying good bye to Alexanders in California

Elder Brown and Elder Allen

Saying good bye to Elder Peters

Map of where they are going from California

Arriving in Mada

Arriving in Madagascar with the Millers.  (Elder Christensen and the Boyles picked him up)

Elder Christensen

Working with Bishop O and Elder Christensen

 The Antananarivo Bishopric and the Missionaries.  

They are so glad to have them back and they are so glad to be back!

Bishop O and his bishopric with Elder Allen and Elder Christensen

Pic 2- Elder A and Elder C

A Surprise and Much Needed Text

Text sent to Jenn from a member in the Paris airport

Not sure if you got the email, but here is the message from your son again just in case. -  

Hi Mom this is your boy Elder Allen. I met some nice members who are letting me use their phone to contact you. I am being transferred to California and I should be calling you guys when I get there. I love you guys.

He is taking it well, he was happy and ready for his next adventure. He was very disappointed to leave the families he was working with and the mission. He was very hopeful of returning maybe by March. We met him at the Paris airport, he had been traveling for a couple of days and they weren’t allowed to tell anyone they were leaving. He had 10 people scheduled to be baptized yesterday and he has no idea what happened with their baptism. He was flying to SLC and then he thought his mission would be San Fernando. Got to go we are on our next flight. Wish you the best. 

Time to Go

Time to go.... :(

He Made It!!