This week has been a CRAZY busy week, but it was soooo much fun!!!

I am now able to say I have served in 2 missions, under 3 mission Presidents:):):)

I am now in the Cabanatuan mission, and we will meet our new mission president in a New Mission Conference tomorrow.......

On Tuesday Elder Haney of the Seventy came to our mission and did a conference...  Me and Elder Zacchilli(my mtc companion) asked him if he remembered who we were, and he said "Yeah! You were the two missionaries that i ate ice cream with in the MTC way back when!!" We had met him and talked with him for almost an hour in the MTC, he spilled ice cream on his tie while talking to us, and he remembered that too:) We had a good laugh together.... haha  

But he gave us a presentation on the Philippines... And how amazing and what a special place this is. He talked about how the United States got involved to help the Philippines become free from Spain.  Which was all part of the plan of God because that was the way that members got into the Philippines.  He told stories and showed pictures of bamboo hut meeting houses back in the 1940's, before there were even missionaries in the Philippines, but because of the Mormon soldiers here, they were able to have a sacrament meeting...  Until the first missionaries came to the Philippines in the 1950's.  This country is the fastest growing country in the world as regards to new members.  And i learned so much more from him, basically i gained an appreciation to be assigned to serve here, i love this place, so thankful to have served here!!!

Then on Thursday we had our last Zone Conference with President Johnson.  He gave lots of advice to us for life, and it was weird/crazy to see it split, to hear them tell us goodbye... But I also was able to give a testimony for the Zone Conference, with my batch... It was a super weird feeling talaga giving that...  But I still got one more Zone Conference so i get to say goodbye to all the missionaries this week....

This week we also met brother Arnel Strementa, we saw him in front of his house, and started talking to him. He immediately brought out chairs and told us to teach him and help him come back to God.  Our first lesson was super solid as he really understood about the church Christ established, with Prophets and Apostles.  It was super cool to see him really understand that ya we need a prophet even in our day!! He also accepted the BGD for August... He still has some concerns but it was a miracle that we found him and he is on his way to gaining a testimony of the Book of Mormon and the Restoration... SO COOL!!!!
Well this is Elder Alldredge signing off... i think i got one more of these.... so weird talaga...

LOVE YA'LL!!!
Elder Alldredge