3/6/22: Carnival

 This week started out with Carnival celebrations. It a holiday celebrated by Brazil and Bolivia that goes all week and it utrera chaos. Mostly it's just kid with water ballon and water guns in the street but at night it gets more dangerous with drunk people with water ballons filled with oíl, paint and urine. So for that reason president mandated that we all stay inside Monday night and Tuesday. It kinda sucked and now I have a much better appreciation for the missionarys that suffered through quarantine. 


After Tuesday though we launched right back into the work and took off this week. It's fun to see my companion set into his teaching style. He's grow a lot as a missionary and he's got to the point where it's less of just following the trainer but leading at time with his own ideas. It's really fun to see him discover something in the scripture during study in the morning and the implement in teaching later that same day. It's probably my favorite part of training to watch a missionary discover there talents and strengths.

We also got to teach our first English class on Thursday. We had a good turnout, mostly children but we had a good time. My companion is already almost fluent in English and it helps because he knows how to better explain grammer rules and pronunciation, because for me it's not something I learned in a classroom. But needless to say that was a highlight of the week.

We had a baptism which was also a highlight. And sk was church the next day. The chapel was completely fill and I was shocked to be honest, especially with Carnival. All our investigators we able to make it and some many member families we've been encouraging to come. But truly it's the hand the Lord. We're truly blessed in this work and to see these blessing has given me strength and motivation.

Thanks for all the support and prayers. I pray for you all too!

Elder Allen



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