This week has been a super good week!! 

And it started off super awesome last Tuesday when we had Interviews with President Clark, but that was our last interview with him:(  That is seriously the saddest thing ever!!! They are amazing people, they are so inspired and I love to listen to them, because I just get more and more pumped to be a better, more obedient, and happier missionary every time that they talk!!  The new Mission President, President Johnson will be here on July 2, so that will be interesting!  But the interview was amazing and I really learn so much from his answers to my questions, I LOVE THAT!!!  Then after the interview President took our Zone, the Baler Zone out to eat... special privileges in Baler;)  But they took us to a really good pizza place, where we all got Cow slices which were HUGE, and MASARAP!!! Its a rare day when I get to eat pizza, usually its just rice, so that was the best:)  

So a couple of weeks ago we got a referral from a member, and we have really been seeing some progression in them this past week!  It is Nanay Verginia and Sister Janice.  So Nanay Verginia told us that she really enjoyed reading the pamphlets and said that she felt something inside, like it just felt good and right, especially about The Plan of Salvation, the 3 questions of the soul really touched her. So we knew something good was happening. Then last week Janice had her baby but then we visited them on Friday, and we had an amazing lesson!! We brought into the lesson Nanay Adalina who is a really good old friend of Nanay Verginia, who were both Capitana before, and haven't seen each other in years. So they saw each other and they were really both super happy telling stories and things. Nanay Adalina is a very active Nanay and really is wanting to help us out with these investigators. So we shared and Verginia and Janice really responded super well, then at the end of the lesson, Elder Dolotina extended the Baptismal date, and they both said a very sincere "yes" it was AMAZING!!! She had told us before that the Iglesia church had invited her to be baptized, and she told them that she was a die hard Catholic, so we kind of expected the same answer, but she didn't say that at all!! She said yes and was asking all about how to get ready for that, like with going to church and stuff. So they told us that they will be going to church this next week because sister Janice only had a baby like a week ago, so she is still recovering. But we are so EXCITED for them!! They are really so sincere, and we are ready to help them get to church this next week!  This was a huge blessing and was seriously only possible because of the Spirit.  I am so thankful for the companionship of the Spirit as a missionary, we would be lost without it.  And also our investigators would never be able to feel the truth fullness of the gospel without the Spirit.  That is why we always need the "Third Chair" as missionaries, it is the most important part for an investigator to really become Converted...

 We had 3 Investigators at church, which was a little bit of a letdown, but don't worry that will go up FOR SURE next week!! Me and my companion are super excited because we are working hard to help lots of people come to church, and I think that next sunday is the day where it will be more!  Ok so idk if you know, or remember, or are experiencing the missionary feeling on Sunday before church, but let me tell you it is INTENSE!!! It seriously can be devastating when they don't end up coming to church, and then when an investigator does come, it is seriously like pure joy for that person!! It really might be my favorite thing ever, seeing an investigator walking in the doors of the meeting house, I can't stop smiling for those investigators the whole time at church, I LOVE THAT!!!

We also have an oven in our apartment, which is like the only one in the mission.  So one elder got a package of brownies and gave them to us to cook for District meeting.  So we baked up some brownies!!! The second batch was super delicious and the District loved the brownies.  But the first batch failed because I didn't even think that the oven would be in Celcius!! So i cranked that thing up to 270 which was the highest it would go... I was really thinking why does it only go up to 270 thats so low!! But after about 5 minutes, i could smell why... hahah my companion and i then realized that the oven degrees was Celcius, hahahaha:) PALPAK!!! haha

So its been a really good week!!!

I hope ya'll had a fun week and smiled lots:):):):):)):):):):))):)

LOVE YA'LL!!!

Elder Alldredge

 

President & Sister Clark treated the Baler Zone to pizza after interviews!

Here is Kyle with his "frisbee" brownies.  He forgot that the stove temps were in Celsius and set it to 270 degrees, which would be 518 degrees Fahrenheit.

Walking around Maria Aurora

Looks like Sunday School?

Nachos for breakfast on P-day.  They are excited it wasn't rice!