Week 46

Hello there!

I would like to start off by saying this has been a great week and one of the crowning events is defiantly Ainar committing to a BAPTISMAL DATE! It is scheduled for the 23rd of July but will likely be moved forward.

Our other Investigator with a baptism date is kind of meh... He is a great kid but just cannot make it to church. Speaking of church, Jennie, after 4 months of teaching has finally made it to church! We are hoping this is not a one time thing but we are going to do our best to make sure it is not. Our other investigator who made it to church we added as an investigator just the day before! Her name is Esther and has such a sweet heart, that of a little girl. Esther is going through a really rough time and she reach out to God for help and she got us. Not a bad deal. 😄 We also were able to re-add a former investigator named Pray Winlin. We had a good long conversation and the spirit was definitely there. I have high hopes for this time around. 😇

And last but not least we added Lisa which was a TRUE miracle! Lisa has been searching for a way to get closer to God and conquer her challenges. When we met last night and gave her a blessing I knew that there was something special about Lisa. She has been prepared for a very long time and finally she is primed for the TRUE Church of Jesus Christ! My favorite quote from our meeting with Lisa is from her own mouth and it is, "I just don't know how to be Mormon". Ahhhhh music to my ears.😌

Along with all of that excitement we have been preparing to teach this coming 5th Sunday class and it is on.... You guessed it Missionary Work! We have high hopes for it and I hope it helps the Ward take off! At the same time we are also preparing for Elder Jeffery R Holland to give us some instruction this coming Friday! #2Apostles1Month! We are all so excited!


To finish this all off I will give y'all some of my favorite notes from Stake Conference With Pres. Russel M. Nelson.

Highlights From The Conference:
* Your largest responsibility is to unveil God's love to his children.
* The recent call from our leaders to keep the Sabbath day holy is a God inspired Command.
- Have you responded? How?
- How is the Sabbath day a day set apart?
- How is it the Lord's day?
* Keeping the Sabbath day holy distinguishes the saints
* All of the Members are the true missionaries. (The full time missionaries are just wonderful staff). ;-)
* Why? ~ You are the examples that spark interest.
* If you are holding back YOUR missionary efforts because of fear or doubt. FEAR NOT. If you do the Lord's work with sincere love in your heart you cannot fail, for "Charity Never Faileth"!
* Temple Recommend interviews are Dress rehearsals for final Judgement
* When was the last time you SEARCHED the scriptures?
* You cannot let people around you deprive you of your rights and privileges as a Son or Daughter of God. Lift them up with you.
* Refine and refocus your life.
* Your may not be able to go to the temple every week but you can. Make the times you do go really count. How will you do it?
*  "Self Reliance, salvation can be obtained under no other principal."
* We were Created to act and not to be acted upon.
- Self reliance is the ability to use the resources around you to meet both temporal and spiritual needs
* "...Men are that they might have Joy!" ~How?
* If you would like more Joy in your life do the following:
1. Know what it means to be a child of God
2. Know Jesus Christ *Read the Book of Mormon
3. Listen to the Prophets
4. Learn the word of the Lord
5. STUDY the scriptures regularly
6. Understand the power of a priesthood blessing (Don't be afraid to ask for one, especially Men. You are never to manly to need a blessing of comfort and guidance.)
7. Be a missionary, *Share the Book of Mormon
8. Work in the temple, *Do Family History Work
9. Keep learning
10. Be good citizens. of the community of the church, and your country.
11. When you are having a bad day find someone who is having a worse day and help them!
* If you want to loose all of your joy and destroy yourself, become
involved in Pornography.
- There is no better way to destroy your life.

It has been a great week and I am so glad to be a missionary and
change lives. I hope you all do too!
~ Elder Josh Alger

1. I found this banner hanging over one of our Investigator's toilets and I liked it so much I had to take a picture. 😁

2. The results of Tie Dye Tuesday! (The California one and the one to the left of it are my doing😄)