well i'm glad you got that letter, i'm sure quite a few parents were wondering what was going on yesterday, when they didn't get an email. this week was definately intertesting, a little bit longer than normal. well transfers are coming up in two weeks. so it's coming up, i'm probably going to stay here but there is still a chance of leaving. sounds like kate is learning a lot of things since i've been gone. prayer even. i started using my debit card mostly because i got a little low on money this month. so i used it a bit. but you don't need to worry about replacing it yet. i already have a helmet but not a bike. (elder yelton gave me his.) well let grandma know i say hi as well.
well in our zone there is about ten areas. then about 3 districts with about 3-4 companions in that area. which covers a stake. there is 8 zones in our mission but one is spanish. so at zone confernce, ours has elders from the chesterfeild, midlothian, waynesboro, and richmond. pembroke is the spanish. then the other one which is for the newport news, virginia beach, and cheasepeake. zone confernce a more learning oprunties from the mission president, and the other senior missionaries. then they have departing testimonies for those who are going home that transfer. then usually the A.P.'s make some sort of game to break it up. so thats the normal zone confernce.
the past ftwo days have been tiring, weve been doing service for an older lady in the ward. she's from greece and has problems with her lawn mover. so we go over monday just planning on mowing her lawn and it turns out she was us to take out two of her small trees and plant them some where else. we agreed and now were are stiff and sore from it. she also a little crazy, but the good kind.
our zone confernce was just amzing. it was about the Book of Mormon. then they had recent converts who came and bore there testimonies of the Book of Mormon. it was really good. it was long because the testimonies went a little longer than planned, so they ended up cutting out the game. many missionaries were not happy. but it was still good. elder wangemann had a really funny departing testimony. he made quite a few jokes during it. like sorry if this isn't too good, i've never done this before. but my favorite, he said, my companion is really nervous about who is next companion is going to be. then he turns to President milburn and said, will you let me know who my next one will be. let me tell you, it took people a little bit to get it. but once they did everyone laughed. he really woke everyone up.
then on friday i went on exchanges with our zone leaders. i went with Elder Baird. he was amazing. it was a great learning experince. elder wangemann wen to the inner city of richmond. very ghetto. that area is always on fire and about 70 percent of the crazy stories come from there. elder wangemann was talking to someone and asks this lady if she ever knew that christ came to america. and she said, i know that, i am Jesus. that's just a little why missionaries love that place, it is full of crazies. Elder yelton served there once and met a person who believed he was god. it's very intersting.
well thats about it this week. today we are having a zone get together and playing basketball and stuff. talk to you later.
elder Johnson
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
June 17, 2008
hey everyone this week was awesome. not only did i have a baptism, but the heat has gone down. (knock on wood) i heard from people it was record heat for this month. so not to fun, now it has cooled down a bit, feels much nicer.
i forgot a very funny story last week, we were teaching a members friend in his home, the lesson went well, answered all of his questions, and then at the end he said, i only have one problem with the book of mormon. i was excpeting somethinmg really bad, and then he said, "i can't read it, the prints to small." so the member happend to have another copy of the book of mormon, large print. so that was good.
on wensday we had a zone confernce. it was fun. i got to see my old MTC buddies, and it had quite alot of speakers. were losing quite a few good missionaries though. elder Callahan, our zone leader is finishing up his last transfer, along with an assiastant. so that was fun to hear there departing testimonies.
the lady me and elder beames tratced into a while back, she has know been set for baptism, and she is very excited. it was very exciting to hear.
sunday, they had four men speak about there dads, all of them were amazing, one of them, was A.J. who i talked about last time. he spoke about his dad, and it was very touching. his dad and mom were both there to hear it. his talk was really amazing. he talked about the islamic belives on families and fathers, and then shared our views. it was very good, then he ended with the faith of our fathers talk by president Uctordf. it was very good, but all of them were. then we had a baptism. it went very well, they had some primary kids there, and after she was baptized, a little kid as they came back said in an excited voice, wow. me and elder wangemann laughed quietly to ourselves.
yesterday we finished up some service we have been doing for a less active member in our ward. he's cuts down trees for a living, and he's been spliting wood, to use in a firplace. so we been helping him, load into a truck, and then unload it. it was fairly fun. he competes in compition shooting events as well. so he aalways is telling stories about that, or when he was in the miltary. he's one who is hard to leave at times. he also had this small cat, that loves to play fetch with twisties ties. it's really funny.
well thats my life right now, today we are having a tri-zone p-day and are going to a baseball game. sounds fun to me. but thats my life this week. school here ended last friday, or on friday the 13th. i liked that story with Kate pushing her stroller to the door and then sitting in it waiting for a ride. i laughed when i read it, well quietly. transfers are coming up as well. on the thrityth i'll find out if i'm going somewhere else or not. but i'll let you know. that's it for this week.
elder johnson
i forgot a very funny story last week, we were teaching a members friend in his home, the lesson went well, answered all of his questions, and then at the end he said, i only have one problem with the book of mormon. i was excpeting somethinmg really bad, and then he said, "i can't read it, the prints to small." so the member happend to have another copy of the book of mormon, large print. so that was good.
on wensday we had a zone confernce. it was fun. i got to see my old MTC buddies, and it had quite alot of speakers. were losing quite a few good missionaries though. elder Callahan, our zone leader is finishing up his last transfer, along with an assiastant. so that was fun to hear there departing testimonies.
the lady me and elder beames tratced into a while back, she has know been set for baptism, and she is very excited. it was very exciting to hear.
sunday, they had four men speak about there dads, all of them were amazing, one of them, was A.J. who i talked about last time. he spoke about his dad, and it was very touching. his dad and mom were both there to hear it. his talk was really amazing. he talked about the islamic belives on families and fathers, and then shared our views. it was very good, then he ended with the faith of our fathers talk by president Uctordf. it was very good, but all of them were. then we had a baptism. it went very well, they had some primary kids there, and after she was baptized, a little kid as they came back said in an excited voice, wow. me and elder wangemann laughed quietly to ourselves.
yesterday we finished up some service we have been doing for a less active member in our ward. he's cuts down trees for a living, and he's been spliting wood, to use in a firplace. so we been helping him, load into a truck, and then unload it. it was fairly fun. he competes in compition shooting events as well. so he aalways is telling stories about that, or when he was in the miltary. he's one who is hard to leave at times. he also had this small cat, that loves to play fetch with twisties ties. it's really funny.
well thats my life right now, today we are having a tri-zone p-day and are going to a baseball game. sounds fun to me. but thats my life this week. school here ended last friday, or on friday the 13th. i liked that story with Kate pushing her stroller to the door and then sitting in it waiting for a ride. i laughed when i read it, well quietly. transfers are coming up as well. on the thrityth i'll find out if i'm going somewhere else or not. but i'll let you know. that's it for this week.
elder johnson
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
April 15, 2008
hey everyone,
it turns out that my p-day is actually on tuesday. so here i am. it is so amazing here. it is so green and yellow.(pollen) you can see it all over the car. so no i'm not in a bike area right now but its been great here so far. my companions name is Elder Yelton and Elder Neilson. Elder Yelton leaves in a month. he tells me he is very jealous. he is from Denver Colorado. my other companion is from idaho(i cant remember where). it been great here, the fisrt day the heat really got me but it's been fine since. i alsop have had two meals with members. one was a hispanic family and they were very nice. i liked the meal they had, chicken, rice, and salad. that was the second, the first was my first day here. it was an older sister, she was incredibly nice, the meal i'm still suprised it sayed down. it was sweet and sour macroni with meatballs, something that was supposed to be chicken, and canned fruit, all in a cassorale. it tasted much worse than it sounds, but i ate it. so be proud. there has been very many investigators were teeaching, so far evry lesson has fallen through sense i've been here but, i've meet most of them. one person's name is Jack. he is a retired lawyer, who is now selling realistate and cars. he is very friendly and is very intersted in the gospel. we also have been teaching a sister's friend in her home. her name is elouise and last saturday and her friend committed her to be baptized. she accepted. there another family that sounds very close to wanting to be baptized. it's been amazing here. oh yeah the area i'm in is called Gayton, it's still considered Richmond. it's just north of Richmond. i have also seen a Papa Johns here and i have also seen a Maggie Moo's. so it's got both my old jobs here. i'm really loving it here. the ward is very nice and many are trying to get friends intesrted in the gospel. my address here right now is
2532 Potomac Hunt Lane #1a
Richmond VA 23233
A few days ago we were tracting and turned out we were in a spanish area. so we had our jackets on and knocked on a door. we saw a light in a peephole and it goes dark and the lights turn off as we heard some scampering. so later we think they thought we were border patrol or something. we thought it was a little funny. we also served a nonmember on saturday. they had some friends who were members and asked if we could help them out. we filled up about thrity bags of leaves and rainign off and on. it started wehen we arrived but quit miost of the time we were working. she was very appreciative. she asked how many times we call home and we told her and she couldn't believe it. she said she would be praying that our mothers could handle it. she was very nice. so thats all that's really happened so far. i don't know if i need a phone card or not but i'll let you know. so for now that's all.
it turns out that my p-day is actually on tuesday. so here i am. it is so amazing here. it is so green and yellow.(pollen) you can see it all over the car. so no i'm not in a bike area right now but its been great here so far. my companions name is Elder Yelton and Elder Neilson. Elder Yelton leaves in a month. he tells me he is very jealous. he is from Denver Colorado. my other companion is from idaho(i cant remember where). it been great here, the fisrt day the heat really got me but it's been fine since. i alsop have had two meals with members. one was a hispanic family and they were very nice. i liked the meal they had, chicken, rice, and salad. that was the second, the first was my first day here. it was an older sister, she was incredibly nice, the meal i'm still suprised it sayed down. it was sweet and sour macroni with meatballs, something that was supposed to be chicken, and canned fruit, all in a cassorale. it tasted much worse than it sounds, but i ate it. so be proud. there has been very many investigators were teeaching, so far evry lesson has fallen through sense i've been here but, i've meet most of them. one person's name is Jack. he is a retired lawyer, who is now selling realistate and cars. he is very friendly and is very intersted in the gospel. we also have been teaching a sister's friend in her home. her name is elouise and last saturday and her friend committed her to be baptized. she accepted. there another family that sounds very close to wanting to be baptized. it's been amazing here. oh yeah the area i'm in is called Gayton, it's still considered Richmond. it's just north of Richmond. i have also seen a Papa Johns here and i have also seen a Maggie Moo's. so it's got both my old jobs here. i'm really loving it here. the ward is very nice and many are trying to get friends intesrted in the gospel. my address here right now is
2532 Potomac Hunt Lane #1a
Richmond VA 23233
A few days ago we were tracting and turned out we were in a spanish area. so we had our jackets on and knocked on a door. we saw a light in a peephole and it goes dark and the lights turn off as we heard some scampering. so later we think they thought we were border patrol or something. we thought it was a little funny. we also served a nonmember on saturday. they had some friends who were members and asked if we could help them out. we filled up about thrity bags of leaves and rainign off and on. it started wehen we arrived but quit miost of the time we were working. she was very appreciative. she asked how many times we call home and we told her and she couldn't believe it. she said she would be praying that our mothers could handle it. she was very nice. so thats all that's really happened so far. i don't know if i need a phone card or not but i'll let you know. so for now that's all.
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