El Bautismo de Luis

Hola Familia

So this week was such an incredible week! Seriously! I just loved it! We had Luis' baptism and it was amazing. Hermana Dean and I woke up early to go and fill the font and it was freezing outside. We got everything set up for the baptism at 10. About 9:40 our branch mission leader showed up haha and then the rest of the branch members showed up....but Luis was missing. Hahaha oh my goodness we were a little stressed. We had the brother doing the baptism, the people giving the talk, the rest of the branch missionaries, everyone.....except Luis. Hahaha so we were a little stressed but no worries familia that's not how the story ends. About 10:15 Luis came walking through the door. Hahaha I have never been so releaved in my life. It was one of the happiest baptisms ever. So spiritual! I was smiling from ear to ear. He gave his testimony and oh my goodness it was beautiful! I cried just a little. Then he was confirmed on Sunday and that was beautiful too! It was wonderful! He is getting the Priesthood next Sunday and I am so excited! So excited! Leila came to church and stayed all three hours and it was wonderful! She loved it! She is so excited for her baptism and confirmation too! It was so cool! The whole branch is excited. They haven't had a convert baptism is a long time and now they have two! So much fun! Oh man I just love them so much! This week we also made cookies because we are going to door bell ditch the whole branch with the cookies and put a missionary twist to it. Hahaha to be honest I am not sure how its going to work but I am excited! So we made over 500 cookies over a two day time period at our ward mission leaders house. Hahaha so sorry mom I let you down....I cant bake or cook for my life. It was the biggest struggle. The elders were the one cooking hahaha Hermana Dean I and I just kind of stirred...hahaha whoops. We also carved pumpkins for P-day. Oh my goodness so fun! We all wore stripes and carved pumpkins! I love my STL's so much! It has been so much fun living with them. This is transfer week so everything is changing. Crazy! Sister Joseph is headed back home to New Zealand! Oh man I am going to miss her! Just love her so much! Crazy! But so much fun! Wish us luck with Leila's baptism on Saturday! Love you Familia

Love

Hermana Allphin 

The morales family!

Making cookies

This is Luis! And these are all the missionaries in the branch. This is our Halloween party! We got these huge wax lips and I look like....I don't even know! Hahaha and then Sister dean and I just messing around;) hahaha the adventure is real!

When the spirit is strong... you cry!

Hola Familia

So this week we had two lessons with Louis and both where so spiritual! Seriously! I just love him! He has one of the strongest testimonies I have ever heard! Serioulsy! So beautiful! I am so excited for you! Leila also went to church with her son Louis! It was so amazing we had a really good sacrament and I am so excited for Louis' baptism this Saturday. He is so excited! So that is going to be our week planning. It was so amazing we had a lesson with Louis and he asked us why we have to cry when we feel the spirit. I just laughed. Haha seriously I ask my self this question everyday. Hahaha its just the way the spirit is I guess. We are super excited for this week though! We have his last lesson tonight before his interview! I am so excited for him! He is amazing! Love you family I hope that you have a wonderful week!!! Wish us luck with the baptism!

Love

Hermana Allphin

This is my zone when we went on the hike! They are the best! 

Thanksgiving....in October

Hola Familia

So sorry that I am writing you on Tuesday yesterday was Thanksgiving for Canadains hahaha it was so funny though! We had Thanksgiving with a member in our ward and we ate tacos....and pie! Best Thanksgiving ever! I love tacos so much! It was amazing! So this week Louis has a baptismal date for the 24th of October! Whoohoo!! I am so excited! He came to church on Sunday and my ward mission leader came up to me and Sister Dean and said "since you have an investigator and its fast Sunday one of you should bare your testimony" I was like oh no.....that means me. My Spanish is still not the best in the world but I got up there and it was so scary. Hahaha but kind of fun. Member trust we will do anything for member trust. Haha but the best part was the closing hymn in Sacrament was "How great thou art" and oh man it was so powerful. We noticed that he stopped singing half way through the hymn and after the prayer we looked over and he was crying. He looked at us and just said "that was beautiful" I was so happy! I have never seen such a humble man. He is incredible. The Elders were so nice to because we are a kind of a small branch so we don't have a gospel principals class unless we have an investigator. So when Louis came to church we were all scrambling and I guess the ward mission leader told the Elders that they were teaching it. So they just winged it and taught the class for us. Then they took Louis to Priesthood. I was so grateful! After church we went to say goodbye and he was like "ok Hermanas so we will have a lesson on Tuesday, and baptism on the 24th" He is so excited we are just so excited for him!! Leila didn't got to church but we have a lesson with her this week. We are so excited for her too! We know she is getting excited too! Its been an adventure! Last P-day Hermana Dean and I are went on a hike with the zone! SO MUCH FUN! Canadian mountains are so much bigger than Utah's mountains. They are gorgeous! Well its been an adventure! This week should be good! Love you so much familia! Hope you have a good week!

love

Hermana Allphin

The water was soooo blue!!!

We hiked to this little waterfall

Don't cry over spilled milk....

Hola familia 

So this week we had a second lesson with Louis with the members that he live with on the Plan of Salvation, oh my goodness gracious it was so good!! No joke! It was super good! I almost cried a couple times but I didn't. We teach him tonight and we are super excited. He is so excited to learn. He just wants to know more. I hope that conference went well for him. We also taught Leila and it was super cool because at the end of the lesson she said "so who do I need to talk to get baptised?" We died so excited! So we put her on date for the 31st of October. Halloween! Haha it was super cool because that morning Hermana Dean and I had prayed super hard on which date and felt like the 31st and when we came to lesson she was ready. I am beyond excited for her! She is so sweet! I just love her. We also went to the food bank this week. So the Spanish missionaries every week go to the food bank.....oh my goodness. So funny! It actually kind of fun. So our job this week was to put the food into their carts at the end of the row. So we are all working and I was trying to be fast so I take out this milk carton....that's when it all went wrong. The edge of the milk caught the crate, I ripped the side off and it went everywhere. All over me, all over the lady, and the rest of the food. Talk about embarrassing. Haha the lady just looked at me. I bust up laughing which made it worse I think but it was kind of funny. No worries though I got her a new milk Carton;) We also had Conference like the rest of the world and guess what I totally guessed Rasband! NO joke! We were looking at the 70 and just by random I was like "its totally going to be Rasband because he has a cool name" Next thing we know hahaha it was Rasband. Hahaha so funny! Hermana Dean and I just bust up laughing! But I am excited for the new apostles! They seem awesome!  This week is going to be awesome I am super excited! We are going hiking for p-day today! Whoohoo the adventure continues until the snow comes. It did snow a little bit but lucky for us it didn't stick. Haha but crazy its getting cold winter is coming for sure. Love you family! I hope you have a wonderful and fantastic week!!

Love

Hermana Allphin 

So check out these Canadian signs

Naturally we had to reinact it