Calgary's June rain

Hola Fam!

This week it rained.....a lot! Hahahah We had two really good lessons with Esperanza and in the second lesson that we had on Saturday she said the prayer and it was SO powerful! It was so beautiful I started to cry. We talked about the reason we pray and the blessings of prayer and the Spirit was so strong. We also talked about the Sacrament and the reason we take it! They were both really good lessons. We also had a lesson with Yaritza. It was so crazy because we were on exchanges so my companion didn't speak Spanish. Hahaha so we are on exchanges waiting for the member so I don't have to teach the lesson by my self and it's pouring rain. Hahaha poor girl I made her stand in the rain for 15 minutes until the member came. So we get into the lesson and we are soaking wet hahaha Yaritza was so sweet and ran up stairs to get us some towels. Hahaha but the it all worked out in the end. We taught the Plan of Salvation and the lesson was SO good! That is my favorite lesson to teach! It brings so much hope and I love seeing it in the investigators eyes. The cool thing was that her mom (who doesn't want to learn about the gospel) always sits in the Kitchen and listens to the lessons. We are in the living room and she sits in the kitchen and listens to every word. Cool huh! The spirit was so strong and I know that they both felt it. We have more lessons set up with both Esperanza and Yartiza this week. We have lessons with our other investigators as well and some potential lessons so hopefully all goes well. Its going to be a good week! I love you so much familia!!! I hope that you have a wonderful week!

Love

Hermana Allphin 

June is almost gone! How is it almost done?

Hola Fam  I can't believe how fast this week was! I feel like I just barely wrote you two days ago. Crazy! So this week Hermana Ratliff went on two different exchanges which is always from. Hahaha it makes me grateful for my calling. It super hard to give a message in English rather than Spanish. I am grateful for my calling. My calling really is the best! We also had Language Training Meeting which is always fun! We have it once a month and it is SO much fun! Its fun because we always see the other sisters (our previous companions) its legit the best!! We had a really awesome lesson this week with Yaritza! She is our investigator who was a referral from the Elders recent convert! We haven't had a lesson with her since April and we finally got a hold of her set up a lesson and went over on Friday! It was So good and she remembered like everything from the restoration. It was so cool! So we taught part of Plan of Salvation and have another lesson with her this week!! The spirit was so strong and it was kind of funny because we had to change our lesson plans at the last second but it was SO good! hahaha its funny being back with Sister Ratliff. She is SO funny and we just kind of wing it. People will ask "How long have you been out in the mission?" and I am like "16 months" and she like "14 almost 15 months" and everyone is like "oh wow sisters she are almost going home!" hahaha we just laugh because this time last year we were companions but I had been out 4 months and she had only been out 3 hahahaha so the reaction was a lot different. It been good. We are working and praying hard. Its going to be a good week! I love you familia! I hope you have a wonderful and incredible week! Love Hermana Allphin

Meeting President Nelson

HI fam!

Guess what?!?! President Russell M. Nelson came to my mission! It was so cool! We got to see him on Saturday! We woke up at 4:30 and left at 5:30 am to be down in Lethbridge at 8:00 It was SO cool! This is my second Apostle in the mission and oh man it is So powerful when they come. They walk it in and the spirit is like "bam" there so quickly! It was so awesome! Kind of sad because I had to say goodbye to the Spanish missionaries serving in the South. Most likely I wont see them again which is always sad but kind of cool that we have a little Spanish program and we are all friends. We had another lesson with Esperanza and it was good!. We also had our new investigator Adriana come to church!!! It was SO awesome! She is so cute and she loved it!! It was SO great! We had transfers and Hermana Dean was transferred to the branch which means I will be finishing here in the ward. My comp is........HERMANA RATLIFF!! I am so excited!!!!!!! I love her to death!!! This is our third time being comps and oh man I just really missed her!  Our first appointment back together it was so funny! We went to see this little old lady in our ward who like to make us hand squeezed lemonade. It's so good but she always has us drink the entire pitcher. Well I forgot to tell Hermana Ratliff so we went and got lunch. Hahaha we get there and the sweet sister pulls out this pitcher of Lemonade and we drank the whole thing. We had legit food babies. Our stomachs were sticking out SO much. Hahahaha after at a different dinner we were joking with the Elders and I was like "I have never had to pray to eat food until the mission!" hahahaha because its so true sometime you are so full you feel like your stomach is going to explode and then you just keep eating because you don't want to offend anyone. Hahaha we all joke that we are going to be 702 lbs by the end...hahaha! We have some good work ahead of us and its going to be awesome!! The field is still white and still ready to harvest. We have a really good week planned!! I am excited!! Well family I hope that you have a wonderful week! I love you SO much!!!

love

Hermana Allphin

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It is summer in Canada!

So my week was so busy I was looking back through and it feels likes its been two weeks since I emailed you all. Monday Hermana Dean and I went to the Calgary Tower for lunch and it was so much fun! Its so cool! They have this restaurant at the top that spins so you get to see the entire city! It was so beautiful! We got to go and see this sweet lady in our ward for the last time. She is moving to Vancouver until December. It was so fun! We love this family so much! They said next summer they are coming to Utah so they want to come and see Hermana Dean and there. Wednesday we had the coolest miracle. We had a lesson set up with Esperanza that cancelled. So we were like "well were should we go?" it was 8:00 so we had one hour. We had gotten a referral from a set of English Elders and so we were like "okay well let's go contact them" So we went over there. There was no one home but we decided to keep walking. Hermana Dean decided to ask this little kids playing if they knew of anyone who spoke Spanish in the area. He was like "I speak Spanish I am from Colombia!" Next thing we know this little 11 year old boy was taking us around the entire complex showing us where every Spanish family lives. They best part was he stayed with us and every house he would knock and yell "hey the missionaries are here, they are from the states, they speak Spanish. They have a message to share with you. Its only two minutes so come and talk to them" It was the coolest thing ever and it worked. We successfully found 13 Spanish families all because this sweet little boy. He stayed with us the whole time and at the end asked if we were going to visit his family. It was SO amazing!! Biggest miracle and tender mercy. We got back in the car to head home and the Hermana Dean says "that just proves Preach My Gospel is right! We talk to everyone!" it was such an amazing moment. We also had a powerful lesson with Esperanza! Hermana Dean and always testify so hard at her lessons. There are just some powerful lessons that you teach on your mission. For me it has for sure been with Esperanza. We also got to do a missionary panel for the Stake Relief society activity. It was so amazing!! Legit! It was so spiritual because it was Hermana Dean and I, this return missionary senior couple that served in Greece, an RM from the Toronto Mission, and an whole room of future missionaries with their moms. I am telling you it was powerful! It was a very good week. Can't believe the transfer is over!! It has gone so fast! Well I love you familia! I hope you have a good week 

Love

Hermana Allphin