Guess you didn't get week one...

hey everyonegreetings from the MTC. sorry my letter was little short, i just hadn't had much happen yet. my companion name is Elder Justin Monzingo from Pheonix. well he was my companion. he went home yesterday. it was really sad. but i gained so much respect for him because of it. he was forced to go and he just wanted to make his own decison before he came and he had some things he needed to take care of first. he had an amazing testimony too. my two roommates and new companions are, elder Peterson from wellsville, Utah, and the other is Elder Beames from Idaho. we all are going to richmond, along with four others. Elder Burmeister, Elder Meier, Elder Barr, and Elder, Peacock. there are all great. Oh yeah, Dan, Elder Burmiester was a secrututy guard before coming here. i have learned so much here and the spirit is just amazing. i love it here. yesterday we went to the referal center. there we called people upon the phone and checked on orders for dvd, or scriptures. it was fun but really slow, because we mostly had busy or answering machines. i did manage to talk to to people, one person had moved and no longer was there, and the other turned out she ordered something a few years ago and panicked when i asked if she recived the movie. there we also try to refer the missionaries there, but so far my whole district has just one and no clue how many attempts.i also have taught the first lesson to some volunteers here. it went so great and it also happened to be Elder Monzingo's last day. we did a great job and I knew Elder Monzingo had a strong testimony and i know he will do great, I can't remember what day it was but i placed one of grandpa's hankerchiefs in my suitpocket and i felt just so great. such a strong spirit entered the room and i felt so at peace. another great experience happened when elder monzingo was calling home. i was sitting in the secrataries office when i felt this presence walkin, but no one was there. then i felt a hand on my shoulder but no one was there. then over a speaker the music to God be with you till we meet again began to play. it was such an amzing experince. it was increbilble.Just to repeat, i love it here. the food is great, they've rarely had something i haven't liked. only once i didn't try anything they cooked. so i'm doing good. so i'm doinmg great here and can't wait to get to the Virginia Richmond Mission.Elder Steven Johnson