April 22, 2008

Dear Family,

Sorry, I'm not able to e-mail home today. They did not allow my companion's letter for a library card for proof that I live here, even though they allowed me to have a day pass last week. So I'm a little frustrated. So I have to write this time.

Well, this week has been amazing. We had many AMI's, which is a lesson to invite members to invite their friends into their home to teach them. It's very effective from what little I've seen. But basicly everything else fell through. Like Eloise, last week wanted to be baptized, now she has changed her mind. But the good news is she still wants the lessons. On Sunday, they held a program called the Mormon Chorale. It was amazing, it was about the Book of Mormon and how it's another testament of Christ. It was incredible.

It's been very rainy the past few days here. Yesterday we went tracting for a few hours in it. It was fun though. Elder Nielson been loving it, the pollen is no longer killing him. So far it hasn't been bugging me. Knock on wood.

Well I've really enjoyed it here so far. A lot of different faiths here. We ran into mostly Baptists, but also Presbyterians, Methodist, a Greek Orthodox, some Hindus, Jews, and Muslims. In fact on Sunday we talked with a member who converted last year from Islam and told us he a conversation with his father. His father doesn't like how he joined the church and how he betrayed Islam. But he said the church just built upon what he knew as a muslim. It was really interesting how he thinks all the different religions are actually stepping stones to prepare for this church. I'm also giving a talk on Sunday. So that's exciting news. Well that's all for today. Next week hopefully, I can type. No promises, though.

Elder Johnson

PS. What are gas prices like there? It's $3.50 in places, One day we drove by in the morning and that night it had gone up by 5 cents.