Kumusta sa Inyong Lahat!!!

This week has been a roller coaster of a week!  Lots of super encouraging things happened like Ward Council, and the willingness and anxiousness of the ward to help us out.  And also some struggles with investigators and less actives and stuff.  But HEY its all good!!  I have some plans for this next week to hopefully really improve our area, so we will see how that goes:)

Yesterday after Ward Council we went to one of our investigators, Nanay Ingasalo, and we had such a cool experience!!  So nanay had a stroke like 5 years ago, and she has a really hard time walking and she basically never leaves the house, so that is really sad.  But we brought some members to her house and we shared to her with her husband.(he is a very active member)  So all along nanay has told us that she is not able to leave the house. But while we were just talking before the lesson nanay said "I really want to go to the church" then we asked "what church?" she said "the Mormons..."  So now we know that there is a desire to go and we are working out in finding a way to get her there.  Apparently one of the members has a wheelchair that no one is using so hopefully we can use that and just come and pick her up and take her to church!!!! So then we shared and the Spirit was so strong, and it was so cool to be able to just testify to her that it was the Spirit that was there, letting us all know that this is the truth.  AAHHH It was SO AWESOME!!!

I realized this past week that fans are literally my best friend.  I dont think that I could live without them here in the Philippines;)  We had a brown out this past week, meaning no water or electricity for most of one day, and let me tell you, studies were rough that day:)  Hahaha but we had electricity by night time, so we didn't have to go candle style... yet;)

Joanne and Jennifer are still progressing and doing very well! They have gone to church 4 times now and are doing so good!! Their baptism is coming right up!! APRIL 1ST!!! BOO YAA!!! They are very excited, and we are doing our best to help them be ready.

We have gone jogging and played some basketball this week in the mornings, and it is the best!!  My kabahay is good at basketball so we have some really fun games:)  

Have a fantastic week!!  Keep smiling:)

Thanks for the emails and prayers!!

LOVE Y'ALL!!

Elder Alldredge

Rice drying on the road.  This happens quite a bit :)

Basketball early in the morning :)