Letter from Josh 8 March 2010

hey everybody!

so i got a new companion. his name is elder mdlalose. ask richard bean how to say it, i dont even know how to spell it phonetically. he is cool though. he is from johanesburg. i was around him for the whole time i was in mombasa so we already know each other pretty well. i didnt think we would ever serve together because we had been around each other for the 6 months but it should be fun.
this last week was kinda crazy though with the transers and everything. elder mdlalose didnt even get here till friday so we werent able to really do a whole in the area. the good news is that we got some referals this week. one was from the second councilor in the bishopric, who has only been a member for a total of 7 months now and has been in the bishopric for the last four months. when was the last time you heard of that back in utah? anyways, his wife is now interested so we will be teaching her and i am very excited for that. the other referal we got was from a guy named dominic who drives trucks for a living and finally worked his way up in the company so that he can arrange his own driving schedule now and will be able to make it to church everyweek. for the last 6 years he has been coming about once a month from what he said. but he also gave us his wife as a referal. we met with her after church yesterday and it went really well. i am also excited for her.
once again i have the awful job of finding a flat. because the owner of the one we stay in now is looking to sell it and since the church doesnt like to buy the apartments we have to find a new place. we may have some time because they have to find a buyer but as soon as they do we only have a week to move out. i hate finding flats without using an agent, and i still dont understand why they have us looking since it takes a ton of time away from finding and teaching, but for now i am just going to have to do what i am told.
anyways, i hope you guys have a great week and that everything goes well with baseball tryouts and grandad in canada and whatever else is hapening.
i love you all!
Elder Harris