Week 17

 This week has been stupendous but looking back it is not that much different with the week before. It is my attitude. As you go about the work with joy, with a spring in your step, doing all you can do, you will have a great life.

Below is a little message i sent the ward I am currently serving in:

The Worth of Souls is great in the sight of God.
As missionaries we dedicate every waking moment of our lives for the two years we are out to "Inviting people to come unto Christ By helping them receive the Restored Gospel though; FAITH in Jesus Christ, REPENTANCE, BAPTISM, receiving the gift of the HOLY GHOST and ENDURING to the end." ( Preach My Gospel, Ch. 1, Our Purpose).
As we look at this there are a few words that stick out more than others, namely: faith, repentance, baptism, holy ghost, and enduring. This is the Purpose of missionary work whether it be by full time missionaries, the Bishop, the Relief Society Pres. or a the CTR 7 primary teacher. It is the same goal and purpose. And as your full time missionaries we invite YOU to unite with us in this cause in INVITING others unto Christ. It is a commandment from our Heavenly Father and just as all of the other commandments there are Blessings waiting for you to take that step of faith so you might receive them.

"And if it so be that you should labor ALL your days... unto this people, and bring, save it be ONE soul unto me, how GREAT shall be your JOY..."
For the Worth of Souls is great in the sight of God
In the Name of Jesus Christ, Our Savior, Amen.

I love you!

~ Elder Josh Alger

Week 16

This week has been pretty good I think. Some of the Highlights would be our visits with Ray (not the same Ray as last time) and with the Armstead's friends. Our visit with Ray was very interesting. He is a devout Catholic but was willing to listen. We found him by literally being guided by the Holy Spirit. It was a pretty cool experience.

Dinner with the Armstead's and their friends was awesome too. The Armstead's have never invited friends over for dinner with the missionaries before. At first they were not sure how it was all going to play out but by the end I think they realized that it is not as scary as it sounds. They grew a lot that night. And I have grown with them. It seems to me that the more you dedicate your life to others the more you grow yourself. I love being a missionary and I love missionary work.
Elder Alger ;D

I love you all!
Bye!

~ Elder Josh Alger

Week 15

Life sounds like a blast back home! With all of the Halloween costumes and fall breaks and such. I can honestly say I am glad there is not fall break for missionaries. It would suck the  motivation right out of us. This week has been pretty rough too. I have come upon the knowledge that the Lord wants me to learn how to wait, and grow my patience. It is a little frustrating but at least I know he is not intentionally setting me up to fail. Yesterday was a very humbling experience. We spent most of the day going from door to door of potential investigators trying to find at least one that has even the slightest interest. We did not find any new investigators. But the silver lining to this is we found out that one of our investigators in fact didn't drop us but was just embarrassed about needing so much. The Lord doesn't always do what you expect him to but he always pulls through in one way or another.
I love you all and the Lord!
Good bye!
~ Elder Josh Alger

I love this song and it's message!

Week 14

 General Conference seemed to be a good time back home. I enjoyed the pictures. Over here we watched all 5 sessions of Conference in the Stake Center or, our normal church building. It was awesome and being in church clothes surrounded by other people helped me stay awake during all of the sessions. which apparently y'all had a hard time doing. ;D 

This week has been rough, but that's good. That means I am having trials and with trials comes spiritual progression. Training is fun, but stressful and difficult. Sometimes I feel so bad for being such a stickler for all of the extra commandments we have as missionaries but I feel it is important for Elder Wilson to know what exact obedience is so when I do eventually leave he will know the way to be the best missionary he can be. I have come to the realization why trainers call their trainees their sons. It is because we have the same purpose. We are to show them the way to righteousness and how they can reach their full potential so when we eventually do have to leave, they can handle themselves in this crazy world. I love him SOOOOO much! I just want him to know what it means to be a consecrated missionary but I feel like I am not a good enough example for him.

Yeah so that was my rant..... Sorry about that but I think it helped loosen some tension in the ever winding spring that is Missionary life.

This week I have been striving to keep Elder Wilson and I busy. So he can know what missionary life is supposed to be like. But I have found ourselves finishing all we have planned for too early and just winging it. It honestly brings me a whole lot of anxiety. I feel like the only time I actually get a break from the stress is in a lesson, because for some reason the lessons have been going very well. The main struggle is gaining a good teaching pool. So we don't over burden any one family or person. So that is what we are working on. Bishop has decided that the ward focus until the end of the year is going to be reactivating Less-Active members. So we have been focusing on visiting as many Less-Actives as we possibly can. 

I love missionary work, don't get me wrong. I just need to Adjust a lot in the next few weeks to being a trainer. I love you!

Elder Alger

I know this is Childish but sometimes I like making faces with my

food.... It really doesn't even look like a face but I thought it did

when i took the pic. But hey, it was good food!

This is my new companion, Elder Wilson!

The last is of Elder Nelson. An Elder that just ate Balut, fertilized

duck egg....... Gross..

These are some super awesome Mormon memes I found. They might be old

news to all of you out there that use the internet..... but to a

missionary that can email and go to mormon.org, it brought a much

needed smile to my face. :)