May 28, 2013

hey ya'll. so this week was another good one. tuesday I helped paint a house for 6 hours. we made matching camo duct tape ties, and I gave my 3rd, 4th, and 5th blessing in the field. haha thursday we had zone conference from 8am to 3pm. fun stuff.... heard gun shots on the way home, got yelled at three times, and battled a jahova's witness. haha that was real fun:) one of the elder's in our district doesnt speak any english so I'm teaching him. He's pretty cool. friday we went got called into the VA hospital to give a blessing to a man going in for surgery. that was way super duper cool cuz I had no idea who he was, but I still knew what to say. Gotta love that Spirit guy huh? ;) so that was blessing 6 in the field. then we were knocking doors and one door was opened by a girl "dressed" in a bikini. with the top untied. We gave her a book of mormon, told her church was at 1 on sunday, and walked away. haha freaking people.. I got to play doctor too! One elder ate the ground hard when he tried to jump his bike. haha. I cleaned up his wounds, and then he wanted a blessing. so that's blessing number 7. then saturday, we set up Eric's baptism. I'm confirming him. In spanish... haha YAY...:/ that'll be a different experience eh? then saturday night we saw the very close aftermath of a drive by shooting... complete with a side of blood puddles and shoes in the middle of the street. then sunday I spoke in sacrament meeting. yes, in spanish. it went well. I spoke on the spirit and how to regonize it's promptings. then we got called to give a blessing to a guy struggling with drugs. the look on his face before and after the blessing was SO different. Crazy miracles happen, people. I've seen them with my own two ears. then late that night, Bill, our neighbor, came over and wanted a blessing for his neck. we gave him that and went to bed. yesterday was fun. we went snake hunting. haha didnt see a single one. BUT! I got a rat:) haha gotta love p-day. So that brings my total blessings in the mission to 18. I never thought I'd be giving that many. Love you all! have a good week! dont forget me!

a run away road for illegals 

biggest gang is Tucson

ferrets

me painting

sunset

We took Bill's cigarette's away

Bill didn't have a kitchen table so we found him one

Eric's car after the high speed chase

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the VA hospital

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we found a backpack from an illegal

May 20, 2013

wazzup everybody? this week has been... exciting. haha tuesday  I taught 3 lessons, I got a baptismal date with Rosi on June 15th

. so that was fun:) I got attacked by a dog. my arm now has some cool designs on it. haha then we were coming home and we saw one of our investigator, Bill's, wife get taken away by the cops. He has the cutest little 5 year old. I gave her a Book of Mormon and she said " I have a book for you too!!" she ran and got a book that she colored and gave it to me. Sweetest thing ever, I love kids. Bill Is a smoker so we taught him the word of wisdom. he commited to stop. and we set a date for him. crazy how fast people change. wednesday was good too. It was really hot. I got a bike and then we biked 10 miles the rest of the day. haha yay fun.  I got mauled by a thorn bush. haha dont try to ride through those. there are f-16's and a-10's flying over constantly. and the a-10's are always practicing straffing runs. its pretty cool I guess...;) dinner was HORRIBLE. I had to finish it all, of course. I threw up in my mouth and then re-ate it.... haha man... then thursday was crazy too. we had correlation and then went to go get the truck fixed. then I wrapped my bike with black duct tape so it looks ghetto and nobody wants it. haha then we went to go help someone pack everything in a trailer cuz he's moving to idaho. then we came back, changed and headed out on bikes, and headed to Eric's house. ( another investigator). when we got there, there were TONS of cops out front talking to him, so we just rode passed. and tracted a trailer park for a while. we knocked about 75 doors and talked to a grand total of 4 people. this one lady came to the door and yelled, "Haleluja!" and slammed it in my face. haha that was hilarious. then we went back to Eric's he was still there so we asked what happened. He got in a wreck and chose to run. the cops chased him and caught him at his house. we were talking to him for a really long time. just letting him vent. then we taught him and set a baptismal date. he said the crash was a sign for God saying he needs to change. hahahhaa whatever works I guess:) so We're just waiting to see what the court does to him. his date isJune 8th. that lesson was the strongest I have EVER felt the spirit. It was insane. then On our way home, We saw a drug deal and a car almost wipeout into a wall. haha welcome to south tucson eh? friday we biked about 15 miles. before we left, we prayed separetely and asked where to go, we came together and had the same street! CRAZY!!! haha so we went. Found 2 less active members and taught them both. then we had another lesson with two ladies. Set baptism dates with both of them haha the spirit is real my friends. I gave my first blessing in the field saturday night at about 1040. haha Bill came over and needed one so we gave it to him. He went to church on sunday with his whole family and now his eight year old is getting baptized too. then sunday Was normal, church and meetings and stuff. I gave my 2 blessing in the field to a member. that was cool.  Im out of time. gotta go. Love you all.

This is Brenda

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Last week in the MTC!!

hey everybody. I have sooooo much to do today to get ready for leaving. so I gotta make it quick. first of all, my flight is at 0955 on monday. so I'll be calling sometime before then. 

   Brenda and Mario are both getting baptized. so I guess that's exciting;)  I'm not a zone leader anymore:( but that's ok the new guys are going to be almost as good!:) 

I have gained 12 pounds! :) last pizza night, last friday, I ate 13 pieces of pizza :) new record. I have a pizza eating competition tonight so I gotta prepare for that. get my head in the game. Eye of the Tiger baby. I'm not going to have time to write hand writtens today so I'm sorry.... But i'll send some next week. whenever my p-day is. oh and by the way, If you write me a dear elder today tomorrow or sunday I probably wont get them at all because of delay in printing. I love you all! have a good week and I'll be talking to you shortly! thanks for the package mom:) you da best:) I love you all! 

      Elder Alston

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Hey! 

So first of all... the camo pajamas thing..... wasn't me. haha I walked in from a leadership meeting and this was the first thing I saw. So sorry to disappoint but It wasn't me. since monday I have given my 6,7,8,and 9th blessings. haha I thought getting my license was hard... this has been THEE hardest, busiest month I have EVER had. I really don't have much time right now as I have a line of angry missionaries waiting to use the electronic letter sender. haha shoulda got here earlier suckas. I Will send a had written letter describing my week I promise.  I write faster than  I type.. haha  oh and mom... Yes I did get your package. thank you:) And I got cookies from Rod and Amy :) SOOOOO good:) my district thanks you! haha oh! I almost forgot! The MTC president came into our sacrament meeting last sunday... just to be there. It felt like the prophet was there, haha. After the meeting,  he came up on the stand to talk to me and Elder Williams. ( yeah... we're cool enough to sit on the stand). He told us that we are amazing zone leaders and he would be coming back to our sacrament meeting for our "farewell". that made me feel pretty good I guess;) alright I gotta get off before this angry mob slits my throat with a rusty spoon. I LOVE YOU ALL! I'll be writting letters later today! 

-Elder Alston

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