Hey family,

 (editor's note:  pics are of Alex and companion Elder Harper with investigator twins Dominique and Brook, the Ingrahams - they live with them, and investigators John, Wendy, Dominique and Brook)

Ya there were a couple of Tornados down by Milwaukee, but nothing too bad. yep Jon is a golden inv all right, and yes we set his date on the first lesson, along with all of our other dates, except for John (family John). Pres. Barrett really stressed setting dates on the first lesson because it gives them a direction and purpose with meeting with us, not just to have a 'bible discussion'. O ya we set another date with a girl named Tabitha for Dec. 4 also. She's one of the less active youth's friends here. We go over to Timmy's (the member friend) house every week pretty much for a lesson and I guess she saw us and was curious who we were. So Timmy invited her over and she is now going to join the church. She even came to YW 20 min after we met with her. Another goldy.

Sports night WAS fun, we played kick ball and dodgeball. All we need is more people to come, which will happen eventually. D and B came again which was awesome.

So now for the big news ....drum roll.... yes I'm getting transferred :( and Elder Harper is staying here. I'm kind of glad though, not that I'm leaving, but that Elder Harper gets to take over the area, it'll be good for him. He's really come a long way since when I first got him. I've also been called to be a zone leader, which I wasn't really expecting. President didn't tell me which zone yet, but it can only be Appleton, GB, or Milwaukee north or south zones. At least I'm pretty sure. Anyway I'll find out where I'm serving and with whom. Kinda nervous, but the Lord will help me learn and figure it all out, He always does. Yesterday being fast Sun. I was able to bear my testimony and say goodbye and thanks for everything to everyone. I made a lot of close friends here, I'm going to miss A.F. but there are more people in more places I need to meet, and apparently more missionaries I need to help.

J, W, D, and B didn't come to church this week (again) because Brook got some sort of eye infection thingy. We saw it... its pretty bad. The Ingrahams were able to take us over there last night though to say goodbye. The girls made us a ton of stuff; drawings, this plastic stained glass looking thingy, a picture frame with scriptures in it, a card from Wendy, candy (a lot, just what I need...), and a cake! It was really sweet. Then they begged us to stay and watch this Noahs Ark cartoon with them. Then we took pictures and said goodbye. Hopefully I'll be able to make it to their baptisms.

Yes Mom I know I have only 7 months left, thanks for reminding me . For some reason everyone I meet seems to think 7 months is a short time and keep saying things like "O you must be getting ready to go home soon, huh".... NO I'm not ready to go home yet, I'm just getting started. Even random cashiers, who aren't even members say stuff like that. Then the district made it into a joke, not funny. Anyway, yes it goes by really fast.

Yes, I got the package, THANK YOU. Stuff like that makes all the difference. NO Dad I didn't get the 20 bucks, but they stop forwarding mail a week or so before transfers and don't send it out till a couple days after, so I'll prob get it soon. I'll tell you when I do.

The weather is not too bad here. Its 58 today, which is really nice. No snow yet, but its getting below 32 at night so it won't be too long.

As for what I want for Christmas, nothing too fancy or expensive. Just cards and stuff, not a lot of candy please :) Maybe if you could get a couple of my friends to write something (like Brooke(still nothing) or Chris or Connor (long shot)) that would be pretty cool. I might think of some small stuff, but nothing too crazy.

Have a great week, hope you don't get run over by all the people from the G 20!

Love