So this week has been an awesome week, lots of miracles like always...  One of the coolest miracles this week was with a Nanay named Tony.  We met her and found out that she was from the Visayas, the southern part of the Philippines, and she speaks Visayan just like my companion, so they were speaking Visayan, i was nose bleeding, trying to pick out some words, but then she told us that God hadn't answered her prayer, she said she had been asking God to take away her life, so she didn't have to worry about all the problems and hard things here on earth, and she kept asking why why why... So we shared with her about how she has a purpose in life, that God needs her here, that there is something that she needs to do that she hasn't done yet... It was a powerful lesson, we felt it strong, and she sure felt it. At one point in the lesson she told us "You know, maybe you are the reason God hasn't answered my prayer yet... So I could meet you missionaries, and follow what you are teaching me, that maybe that is why i am still here..."  It was cool to see her realize for herself as well, while we were testifying to her.  God really does lead us where we need to go, to the people that need our message, thats for sure!!! I'm thankful for that!!

Oh ya and lately my companion has been teaching me how to speak Visayan:) I don't know too much but its fun to learn another dialect!! 

Hey ya'll have a fantastic week, oh ya its summer!! have a good one:)

AMPING!!!

LOVE, Elder Alldredge

A Miracle this week was teaching Tatay Juanito Marigman.  We went to visit our investigator and she wasn't there, so we talked to Tatay and he threw down his cigarette and told us we could share a message with him... We shared about the Plan of Salvation, and as we shared we could tell that He wanted to follow God, He knew it was important, he knew that God loves us all no matter what religion we are.  Then he brought up the concern of why there were so many religions here with only one God.  We explained it to him and the spirit was there so strong, he could feel it we could tell.  Then we committed him to pray and he was he would, then he prayed for the end of the lesson, and it was a very long prayer, lots of pauses, long pauses, like he was really pondering what to say, and to get out the right words to God.  As he ended we looked up at him and he had tears streaming down his face...  We then testified to him of God's love and concern for him individually.  Its amazing the things you learn here, the people you meet, the things you feel.  Its such a good feeling to be a missionary, that every single day, many times you can help someone change their life, give them knowledge to help them to come back to Christ... Man let me tell you I love that!!    

So its been a solid week, fun stuff, being a missionary...

Thanks for the emails, the best talaga...

Love, Elder Alldredge

us and a caribou:) boo ya he was nice!!

the district before transfers

MANGOS!!!!! yes we have a tree in front of our house, yes we eat them every day, yes we make mango smoothies almost everyday, and we freeze them and eat them after coming home from walking in the heat:) i love mangos!!!

No letter this week, but the Skype was great for Mother's Day!

So just so you know this week was great:) It was super fun with lots of miracles and new experiences with my anak. We taught this huge ripped guy named brother Marlo yesterday. We met him on Saturday and he told us he  had been taught before and he wanted a Book of Mormon and for us to teach him.  So we taught him after church and he was so willing to follow, willing to repent, and he said that he would go to church for sure next week. But we will do our best to help him really become converted, reading the Book of Mormon, and maybe even working out the divorce of his companions last husband, so they can get married!! Cuz you can now do that apparently in the Philippines...:) So theres hope, we will help him all we can, he us such a stud and wants to change, haha he has found the right place, thats for sure!!!

Well I guess I will talk to you and see your magandang faces next week:):):)

Its crazy, so crazy how fast time flies!!! 

Love you so much!!!

Sorry for the short email!!

Elder Alldredge

Elder Limnoan and Kyle