This morning we had the opportunity to meet for the first time Sister Barton. We had met her husband and two children previously, but had not been able to meet up with her. Finally, we met her today. It is obvious to tell that she does not enjoy being in AIT. She misses her children and husband. The children are with grandparents, the husband is here waiting for an apartment, fortunately he has found work. We were also able to meet a few other of our student soldier. One fellow who claims not to be a very good Mormon, but he said he would come out. We hope we can persuade him to work on becoming a fine Mormon. We are here to help.

After our soldier visits, we attended a baptism of a young lady. Her husband was already a member, but she was not. She came to love the Church through the good example of her husband and his parents. It was a real nice event for all who attended.

For the rest of the day, we went over to Sister Gardner's house and helped her get herself and her children moved back in. She had a lot of cleaning to do and putting things away. Her husband is due home from deployment on Monday, for which we are all excited. Sister Gowans helped her with laundry, cleaning and straitening the play room, watching the kids and so forth. Elder Gowans changed out light bulbs throughout the house and fixed light fixtures. Then he unclogged the bathtub drain, it had a massive amount of hair tangled up in there. He pulled out so much hair he thought for sure there should be a head attached to it. It filled up a paper towel! Then he scrubbed out the entire tub, it was grossly disgusting, very slimy! We all put things away and did a lot of general cleaning and straightening up! This sweet sister is just 6 months older than Shannon.

Brother and Sister Alsobrook

This little boy is a Nephew of the couple above.