Week 98 - There is so much work!

The 1st ward is chock-full of missionary opportunities. Half of the people we randomly meet will listen to us. In the past week we found 3 or 4 members that were not on the records just on the street! 

Michelle and Junior are doing great. They came to church for the first time this last week and they are actively working to prepare themselves for baptism. It is great! 

The members here are wonderful! They all want to help each other. Brother Putt has got to be one of the best of them. He works so hard to keep everyone who gets baptized active and to the temple. And he does a wonderful job. Currently we have about 8 active Recent Converts 3 of which are preparing for their endowments. I love the work and I love this ward.

Love ya! 

Elder Joshua Alger

 A member took us out to a Thai place and I got fried rice in a pineapple. It was soooo tasty!

Super tasty pizza at Bronx Pizza

Week 97 continued - I love this ward!

I have seen so many old friends it is amazing! For those of you that do not know my old ward San Diego 4th ward was dissolved and half of it was merged with San Diego 1st ward, the ward I am currently serving in. So in sum, it is awesome! Brother Putt is our Ward Mission Leader and a great one at that. We love him dearly and he loves the work. It is a beautiful relationship. We have been teaching a lot of cool people. First off we baptized Allen this Saturday. He has been attending church for the past 7 weeks and is going strong. When he came out of the changing room after he was baptized he burst through the doors and said "I feel like I have been born again!" It was awesome! And this man is just behind 80 years old! 

This week has been full of similar miracles and lovely city scenes. I will try to take pictures this week. And on top of all of that Elder Kersten, my new companion is awesome! He is super fun to be around.

These truly are the best two years. :-D

Love ya! 

Elder Joshua Alger

Week 97

Just a short video this week. https://youtu.be/tKjcQSuNsAI

Week 96 - Transferred again!

It has been short but it has been fun. I am going to miss everyone in Del Sur and PQ3 but I am excited to be back in the hood!

Week 95 - Lots of Fun in Peñasquitos!

This past week we were involved in the PQ5K. An event originally made to celebrate Pioneer Day but then adapted to be a community event for Peñasquitos. In the event, you run from the stake center to another church building and then get to partake of a complementary breakfast of bacon, pancakes and fresh squeezed orange juice. Super fun! We helped out in the serving department. So I gave people bacon all morning, pretty much the BEST JOB EVER!

Later that day we went by our stake patriarch's house. We knocked and rang the the doorbell in the middle of a patriarchal blessing! Oops... but it worked out alright. We got to know them a little bit, they are kind, nice, cool people.

We have been spending a bit more time focusing on the youth in our wards and it has gone a long way! We have 4 friends of different youth that are pretty promising prospects for being taught by the missionaries.

To add on to that, we had the opportunity to witness the opening of Britain Hale's mission call. He is a graduating priest in PQ3 ward and super cool. I especially liked it because it made me think of my little brother Tim and when he opened his mission call. I am so excited! Missions are the best!

Love y'all!

~Elder J. Alger

The Zone together helping with the PQ5K

Britain opening his mission call to the 

Missouri, Independence Mission!

Lots of mini-golf fun

Week 94 Baptism!

Romeo was baptized this Saturday! And then confirmed a member of the church and received the Aaronic Priesthood, which I was able to confer upon him!!! He is such a stud. He is in the Navy and is currently out to sea but he wants to get to the temple a soon as possible. I love him dearly.

Another highlight for this week is that I met Tom Kirchner for the first time! Tom is working towards being baptized in early June but is currently in Germany with his family. We FaceTimed him yesterday and it was great experience.

I am back to making cookies again! We have been having a hard time contacting people and I know that if you knock on someone's door with a plate of cookies they are much more likely to be kind to you than not. So on with the cookie making. Also the leadership in our wards are so fantastic that we just have to give them something to say thank you .

I love my mission. It is interesting thinking about the length of my mission and my contacts in all of the different areas and changes in myself over the years. I know my mission has been nothing but good for me and for those around me. I would recommend it. 

And also a shout out to Tim, my younger brother for getting his mission call to The Korea, Seoul mission to report in August! I am so proud of him. He has become a true follower and disciple of Jesus Christ and there is nothing better I could dream of for him. I love you Tim!

~ Elder J. Alger

Tom and his wonderful wife Bri 

The missionaries and Bishop with Tom (can you guess which one is the Bishop?)

Some members took us out to Chick-Fil-A to eat and I saw these teens in waiting to order their pre-prom dinner. I thought it was kind of funny . But hey, this Chick-Fil-A was pretty cool , it had a community couch.