Week 42

The weather is awesome here. I will send some scenery in the next email. But to answer some of Mom's questions I do have a Car. It is a 2016 Corolla. It is real nice. We are in the most ghetto area in the mission so the pictures aren't all that pretty. And I am a district leader over the Battalion sisters. It is a blast! I love the sisters so much. The other week they started asking me for advice with how to handle some investigators and I made me feel like I am doing this district leader thing right. :-)

The Investigators are doing well too! Ainar was still recovering from his wisdom teeth this past week so we haven't met with him but he told us he will be at the BoM study class we set up for this Wednesday! Max
is doing great! He knows the BoM is true he wants to come to church!

Douglas is doing great too! He likes what we have to say because we tell him more than the basics. He said last time we meet that he is willing to keep the commandments if the blessings really do come and WE know they will! Then there is James. He is from Southern Africa and speaks Swahili! We are getting him a Swahili Book of Mormon to him on
Friday too! He is great and is very willing to learn!

We have a lot more new investigators than last week. Last week we started teaching; Ma-oo, Emmanuel, Minda, Ray and Ricky. Ma-oo is Burmese and likes that we come and talk about Jesus. There is a bit of
a Language barrier but we are gonna keep trying! Emmanuel is from Uganda and is in High school right now. He actually cannot read but we downloaded the audio on his phone and he said he would listen to it.
Minda is a feisty Hispanic woman and lives with Ray and Ricky. She is a former investigator that had the former issue of getting to church. But we are working with her on fixing that. Ricky and Ray are twin brothers and are both trying to get back up on their feet. All three of them are super willing to work with us!

And now for the Resent Converts. Michael is doing good. He is going through a lot so keep him in your prayers. He could use the comfort and support. Joseph is doing great! We will see him next at our BoM study class tomorrow. Jennifer has been sick lately but is still choosing the right! And Fernando is fantastic! He is so missionary minded!

This Last Saturday was crazy! We had a member out with us all day! And we added and contacted so many people! It was amazing!

That was my week!
Love you all!
~ Elder Josh Alger