i am getting transferred. i'm going to wakefield. don't know much about it other than its kind of country. if you wonder where it is on the map it southeast of Petersberg. i'm am going to be working with an elder brockman. don't know much about him, so i'm excited. transfers were very exciting this time. elder beames, and elder Peacock, two that i came out with are training. so i can't wait to tell them congradulations. there was alot of big news. we had interviews this week and wensday after were were coming home from the holocaust museam we heard that all the zone leaders had an emergency meeting with the mission president. it turns out that there making some changes. there now having the ap's are going out into the field, and they have called to traveling assiantants that are sister's. and now zone confernces will be just our zone and then they have missionwide confernces three times a year. so it's been intersting. they also announced this leadership training for the stakes here, and elder cook, and president packer, as well as some seventies are coming. everyone is wondering what's going on. ward council was joking around about annoucing a richmond temple, but probably not.
well this week was definately interesting, wensday we went to the holocaust museum and it was pretty depressing. then thursday was pretty fun with interviews. but that's really about all that's really exciting this week. i alos had a bike crash in goochland saturday. i'm fine, knee is a little brusied but doesn't hurt, my wrist is a little sprained so it's been differnt trying to type. so sorry if it bad, and a bunch of mispelling. but other than that it's fine.
so i quess that john beck has been playing, or is someone else. i heard brett frave is doing good. still can't pitcure him as a Jet. sounds like kate is getting into airplanes now. she's defiantly got johnson blood in her. i have't had the chance to make the cookies yet, but i have brownies. but i'm excited for this next week. so next week i'll have the address for you. well that's it for this week, but i am very excited to go to wakefield, nervous, but excited.
elder johnson
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Sept 17, 2008
well so far virginia is starting to cool down, had some rain yesterday but other than that not to much. i've heard quite a few things this week. one about the big bankrupty this week, the hurricane, and about gas going up again. so basically the big stuff. hopefully you all get better soon. it's not to fun being sick. our disrtict leader hasn't been sick, just sore. he had a really bad bike wreck monday. we come in for lunch and they called us and said, how they were out for fifteen minutes and then they have to be in all day. but they're excited anyways, they got a car out off it, because he got stiches in his leg, and hurts to much to bike. haven't had a companion yet you has slept walk, but i heard one of the old aps did. but he also talked in his sleep. i keep forgetting to tell you this, but make sure you don't jump, or scream, but i cut my hair, all by myself. it's looks great, i have pitcures of it. so when i send them you can see them.
i can't remeber if i ever have told anyone this, but one of the pitcures of me and kate. in the Mtc on the first days there, everyone was showing pictures of ther girlfriends, just showing off mostly. i grabbed out that pitcure and said, you want to see a pitcure of my girlfriend. everyone said, sure and i showed them and they all just started laughing, it was really funny. but that's it for now.
last wensday we had an apppointment that fell through, so we head to go see someone else and after we got out of the car, we heard this hissing sound. our tire was deflating. so we drove back to our appartment and then changed it there. then the next day we went and got a new tire. so it was intersting. we don't know exactly what it was but were quessing a nail, not as bad a louisa, a while back. they pierced there tire with a key. sunday we had an appointment with an investigator named terrance. we taught him a few times now, and we set him for baptism. it went great. we are so excited right now. he is a body builder, has a job, as well as a fulltime student. it's great. he is great. he's set right now for the 18th of october.
well not much else i know of to say right now. but i heard from tiff that she's pregant again. i'm excited. well thats all for this week. next week at this time i know if i'm getting transferred or not. so i'm getting nervous. and thanks for the card. that's great the ward/stake is trying to do missionary work. thats something there really pushing in this mission is getting members excited about doing it. well thats it. talk to you later.
elder johnson
i can't remeber if i ever have told anyone this, but one of the pitcures of me and kate. in the Mtc on the first days there, everyone was showing pictures of ther girlfriends, just showing off mostly. i grabbed out that pitcure and said, you want to see a pitcure of my girlfriend. everyone said, sure and i showed them and they all just started laughing, it was really funny. but that's it for now.
last wensday we had an apppointment that fell through, so we head to go see someone else and after we got out of the car, we heard this hissing sound. our tire was deflating. so we drove back to our appartment and then changed it there. then the next day we went and got a new tire. so it was intersting. we don't know exactly what it was but were quessing a nail, not as bad a louisa, a while back. they pierced there tire with a key. sunday we had an appointment with an investigator named terrance. we taught him a few times now, and we set him for baptism. it went great. we are so excited right now. he is a body builder, has a job, as well as a fulltime student. it's great. he is great. he's set right now for the 18th of october.
well not much else i know of to say right now. but i heard from tiff that she's pregant again. i'm excited. well thats all for this week. next week at this time i know if i'm getting transferred or not. so i'm getting nervous. and thanks for the card. that's great the ward/stake is trying to do missionary work. thats something there really pushing in this mission is getting members excited about doing it. well thats it. talk to you later.
elder johnson
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Sept 10, 2008
hey everyone
this week has been intesting. we got quite a lot of rain last weekend, i'll tell a bit more in a bit. i don't now him right off but, i'll be sure to meet him when he comes in. i have heard that Byu and Utah have done pretty good, i heard that utah beat Michigan. but other than that not much. i heard from someone that Tom brady left the game on sunday, and that he's out for the season. don't know if it's true or not. wow, so pam and roger have a bird now. that's intesting.
so last wensday we huung out with Glen allen again, and we went to a place called Carytown. it was pretty cool, just a bunch of hole in the wall shops. we went by a lot of antique shops and went tie shopping. missionaries here like to look for the older 70's polyester ties. it was pretty fun done there. i got a black tie with pink circles. it's cool looking. then i'm not sure if you heard about it or not but wensday night we get a call from our district leader telling everyone to get our 72 hour kits together because a hurricane is coming. it was a weak one but they still wanted everyone to be prepared. it was a tropical storm when it hit though. everyone in the mission was praying that it would hit, a lot of missionaries were wanting to experince it. it hit friday night and then we went tracting out in it saturday morning. it just rained, that was it, not much wind, but just a lot of water.
but other than that not to much exciting things happened this week. i'll talk with you later.
elder johnson
this week has been intesting. we got quite a lot of rain last weekend, i'll tell a bit more in a bit. i don't now him right off but, i'll be sure to meet him when he comes in. i have heard that Byu and Utah have done pretty good, i heard that utah beat Michigan. but other than that not much. i heard from someone that Tom brady left the game on sunday, and that he's out for the season. don't know if it's true or not. wow, so pam and roger have a bird now. that's intesting.
so last wensday we huung out with Glen allen again, and we went to a place called Carytown. it was pretty cool, just a bunch of hole in the wall shops. we went by a lot of antique shops and went tie shopping. missionaries here like to look for the older 70's polyester ties. it was pretty fun done there. i got a black tie with pink circles. it's cool looking. then i'm not sure if you heard about it or not but wensday night we get a call from our district leader telling everyone to get our 72 hour kits together because a hurricane is coming. it was a weak one but they still wanted everyone to be prepared. it was a tropical storm when it hit though. everyone in the mission was praying that it would hit, a lot of missionaries were wanting to experince it. it hit friday night and then we went tracting out in it saturday morning. it just rained, that was it, not much wind, but just a lot of water.
but other than that not to much exciting things happened this week. i'll talk with you later.
elder johnson
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Sept 3, 2008
hey everyone
this week has been really good. we had an AMAZING zone confernce. i talk about that in abit. just to let you know, i did just get the package. i got it yesterday. thanks a bunch. the shrew we decided to try to keep for a bit but it got loose and we tried to catch it but i accidently killed it. so it's dead now. i was telling people about it a zone confernce, and one elder named elder Moa, he was there a few months before me and he said, what are you doing to that apartment. i told him, just trying to keep it from falling apart. it's much nicer than that, just probelms come up every now and then. well we had a big rainstorm on thursday, so that may be part of it. i heard new orleans had another hurricane get close. i have also heard there is quite a few of them out there from people. that is one of the reasons the whole mission has cell phones now. we got ours just two weeks ago. it used to be all sister missionaries and thosewho live with a member, now it is everyone. my bike is brand new, and it's a yellowish color. when i send pitcures home soon youll see it.
now for the stroies this week. last wensday we went up to glen allen, and we hanged out up there for the day, and then they decided they all wanted to get slurpees, so we get a ride with a member and eventually we ended up in Innercity of Richmond and went to Belle Island, it has a bridge that go underneath the freeway over the James river. there we walked around and saw some old civil war prisions and other things. it was pretty fun, but i did not have my camera at the time, so i'll have to go there again sometime. then on thursday we had Elder Zwich come and speak with us and he talked to us for about three hours. it was amazing. he talked about all sorts of stuff like how mission calls are made, then about preach my gospel how it got made, and many more things. he told us how preach my gospel was written on the other side of the veil, so like what you said in email, and he told us about how elder maxwell wrote chapter six on christlike attributes, after he was diagnosed with cancer. and how he finished it and then passes away a few months later. it was incredible, the spirit in there was so strong. it was great.
other than that i cant think of much more to tell you. tell jill sorry her card is a little late. but it's in the mail. yeah we talked with many people on monday who told us yeah, labor day is for labor. i answered quite often, to me it was always my sisters birthday. but it was good day. elder wangemann sent me an email that told me that he is now an uncle. perfect timing. he's back home now. i can understand going without sugar, a less active meber had us for dinner on friday. she's greek. very intersting food, but it's good. she gave us a sugar free chocolate cake. so it's very bland. i'm not sure to much for birthday right now, but i'll let you know. but right now a shirt and a tie sounds good. just make sure it's not one of those shirts that you tried to iron and wouldn't, there still bad. well thats it for this week, i think it's quite a bit more than normal, but i'm sure you wont complain.
elder johnson
this week has been really good. we had an AMAZING zone confernce. i talk about that in abit. just to let you know, i did just get the package. i got it yesterday. thanks a bunch. the shrew we decided to try to keep for a bit but it got loose and we tried to catch it but i accidently killed it. so it's dead now. i was telling people about it a zone confernce, and one elder named elder Moa, he was there a few months before me and he said, what are you doing to that apartment. i told him, just trying to keep it from falling apart. it's much nicer than that, just probelms come up every now and then. well we had a big rainstorm on thursday, so that may be part of it. i heard new orleans had another hurricane get close. i have also heard there is quite a few of them out there from people. that is one of the reasons the whole mission has cell phones now. we got ours just two weeks ago. it used to be all sister missionaries and thosewho live with a member, now it is everyone. my bike is brand new, and it's a yellowish color. when i send pitcures home soon youll see it.
now for the stroies this week. last wensday we went up to glen allen, and we hanged out up there for the day, and then they decided they all wanted to get slurpees, so we get a ride with a member and eventually we ended up in Innercity of Richmond and went to Belle Island, it has a bridge that go underneath the freeway over the James river. there we walked around and saw some old civil war prisions and other things. it was pretty fun, but i did not have my camera at the time, so i'll have to go there again sometime. then on thursday we had Elder Zwich come and speak with us and he talked to us for about three hours. it was amazing. he talked about all sorts of stuff like how mission calls are made, then about preach my gospel how it got made, and many more things. he told us how preach my gospel was written on the other side of the veil, so like what you said in email, and he told us about how elder maxwell wrote chapter six on christlike attributes, after he was diagnosed with cancer. and how he finished it and then passes away a few months later. it was incredible, the spirit in there was so strong. it was great.
other than that i cant think of much more to tell you. tell jill sorry her card is a little late. but it's in the mail. yeah we talked with many people on monday who told us yeah, labor day is for labor. i answered quite often, to me it was always my sisters birthday. but it was good day. elder wangemann sent me an email that told me that he is now an uncle. perfect timing. he's back home now. i can understand going without sugar, a less active meber had us for dinner on friday. she's greek. very intersting food, but it's good. she gave us a sugar free chocolate cake. so it's very bland. i'm not sure to much for birthday right now, but i'll let you know. but right now a shirt and a tie sounds good. just make sure it's not one of those shirts that you tried to iron and wouldn't, there still bad. well thats it for this week, i think it's quite a bit more than normal, but i'm sure you wont complain.
elder johnson
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