Hey fam,
I just wanted to let you know my feelings about this work and what the Savior means to me. This has been a unique experience and one that I am not regretting. It has been full of ups and downs but it's amazing to see the Lord's hand in everything. Some nights when we plan for the next day we have no idea what to do but we are almost always led to know where to go. The spirit is truly behind us, just like it says without the spirit, you cannot teach. I said this many times and probably anyone who has served can say the same thing. The time has flown by, I'm not sure it has for you, but it has to me. I do not regret this decision but I'm so thankful for it.
I have truly seen the confusion among the people out there, I can understand why Joseph Smith was so confused at all the churches. I can clearly see the fruits of the great apostasy, but above all, I know that Christ's church has been restored in its fulness. I can truly testify to that. I know by the Holy Ghost that these things are true and I know the Book of Mormon is true. It clearly teaches of Christ and it is the fruit of a prophet. I now have an understanding of Moroni's challenge. I know this to be true.
I know that Jesus Christ lives and that he is truly God's son. It's only through him we can be saved. I now know the power of his Atonement and I am so grateful for that. He truly knows what each of us need and he wants to help. All that is unfair about life can be made right through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. "The Son of man hat descended below them all. Art though greater than He?" D&C 123:8, means a lot to me. He is truly in our trials. Opposition truly does strengthen us. It is for our good.
I know I am meant to be here. For I have been called of God to labor among his children here in Virginia. I would like to close with a scripture in 3 Nephi 5:13. "Behold, I am a disciple of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I have been called of him to declare his word among his people, that they might have Everlasting Life." Thank you for helping me prepare for this. I am truly thankful.
Your Son, Elder Steven Johnson
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
December 17, 2009
well, i'm not getting transferred. i'm staying with elder salibury once again. so that's pretty exciting. were getting along well. yeah, we bought a little 2 inch tall wire tree so we have something to put our presents under. so it's been intesting. no big changes for me this transfer. the first time no changes for me at all. yes, i have got your package. in fact i got it last thursday. so it was very fast this time. i don't know when i'll be calling yet, still need to figure that out but it will be in the morning i belive. i'll write when we figure that out. i stil have the phone card from mothers day, so no worries. well we've ben just getting rain here. the weathers been crazy though. one day it will be low forties and then the next in almost 70. makes its hard to know what to plan for. yesterday we made plans to go bike tracting. we woke up to find out it was raining. i think i'll be emailing on thurday i believe it's open but if not oh well. i will either just write or talk to you the next day. oh yeah i forgot to tell you this but last fast sunday i taught the lesson in priesthood. that was fun. it was on richard g. scott talk about honoring the priesthood and use it well. it was a silent rebuking in it but more of reminder was still a good talk. had a lot to do with respecting the daughters of God. thers not to much i know to talk about other than they called two traveling assiants in the mission, mostly those to help train those in the mission, one of the a.p.'s stepped dwon to help train the traveling ones. then one of my old zone leaders was made an A.P. so that was fun to hear. but other than that not to much i can think of to tell you. oh yeas last friday had a not so pleasant experince. we had a branch christmas activity and alot of good food. but at the end i was helping take the tables down and were i had the crown put on was feeling a little werid. and then five minutes later it popped off. it turned out the dentist had a bad batch of cement. but it was an easy fix, in and out in fiev minutes. so no worry. we had an intestring sacramnet meeting on sunday. one of the talks was a brother fly and he talked alot about the econmic cirsis but then tied into the christmas story. so it was an intesting talk he even made a joke about his wife saying, he's going to a give a doom and gloom talk during christmas. it was pretty funny. i don't know if you heard about the trial here involving some missionaries you served here three years ago but i'm sure you've heard something. i've know about that for a while but didn't want to worry anyone about it so i have said anything. but i'm glad that the guy was found guilty, just is a very sad story involving them. but the cool part is that elder hiebrink, ended up coming back out. well enough of that story but things have been going well here. i'll get to talk to you next week. happy holidays.
December 10, 2008
well sounds like that was a very exciting week for you. yeah today is actually warm. it's been bitter cold and then last night we had a heat wave move in with thunderstorms so may be a stormy day today. i'll probably be getting my package off today so you should get it soon. and it's for the whole family, so just giving you the heads up. now about the phone call, i don't think i'll be able to call on chrismas eve, because it's designated in a letter christmas day. i can talk for about forty minutes just like mothers day. so i don't know, but i will see. yeah, well I might have some news next week. transfers are coming up. well this week was good. we had a member who invited there friends to be taught. the lesson went very well. so we hopefully will be teaching them again this week. then friday i got everything finished at the dentist, but my companion had his root canal. he was not looking forward to that. but he turned out fine. yesterday was an amzing day, first off we had zone confernce. so i got to see alot of familar faces. but what was the coolest is that we had this little video that showed everyone in the mission. it had there pitcure and then someones elses showed up. so it was fun. oh yes make sure your sitting down for this. the lunch there was chili over fritos, and i loved it. it was yummy. so theres a new food that i like. after zone confernce we had an amazing lesson with deneen once again. she is very much prepared. she is the first one who has read every reading assignment we have left. most takes once or twice asking them too. it's amazing. she like an inch away from being set. but she is praying about being baptized. so that's some good news. well i'll be sure to let you know, whether through email, or i'll write to let you know about calling home. well talk to you soon. not sure what else to say though.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Nov. 26, 2008
hey everyone
yeah this week has been intesrting and frustrating. that family i told you about last week fluffed off. they weren't there so we both were pretty bummed. then i got sick monday. more of a cold like flu. mostly my stomach been alittle upset, and i've been exhausted. yesterday i woke up and were suppossed to exersice thirty minutes each morning, all i did was stretch. i was exhausted. so it wasn't to fun. well i'm glad your feeling better. i'm feeling much better today as well, just a sore throat now.
well wensday we had a lesson with a investigator who has the nickname mad-dog hersey. she in her 60's, and she a retired police officer, from washington d.c. she also was on survior, so that was intersting. the lesson went fairly well, she seems very intersted. she has took lessons before and last time she was running for sheriff, then she found out that basically all the members lived in the other county and so she stopped taking the lessons. she really does seem intersted, so no worries this time.
friday we had a zone meeting and that was pretty fun. theres a funny story with that. it's elder neilson's last transfer, so i waned to make a joke to him. when he walked in i said, hi elder neilson, you trunky yet. he said in a fast, annoyed voice, no! trunky means basically your packed and ready to go home, no longer care about missionary work. so it was pretty fun.
satyrday we did some service and raked up some leaves. made me wonder if jill is helping dad with them this year.
heres a cool story we tracted into this older woman a while back and as were were talking with her she kept taking about her neice that lived with here. she has two kids and so we decided to go back, felt like we needed to talk to her neice. it was cold that day and we started to talk with her. we tried to make it brief but she was very intersted. and we talk with her for a while. we set up a time to come back and that lesson was amazing. we committed her to read the book of mormon and to pray to know if it's true. she said, i already feel it ius true. it was amazing.
well that basically we had this week. hope you keep feeling better. tomorrow we have one place were going, with a part member. wife's the member but the husband just got back from being on a ship for a month. he's in the navy. they also have a two year old son that for some reason reminds me of the stories i herad when i was that age. he also loves trains. so i talk with you later. have fun tommorrow.
Elder S. Johnson
yeah this week has been intesrting and frustrating. that family i told you about last week fluffed off. they weren't there so we both were pretty bummed. then i got sick monday. more of a cold like flu. mostly my stomach been alittle upset, and i've been exhausted. yesterday i woke up and were suppossed to exersice thirty minutes each morning, all i did was stretch. i was exhausted. so it wasn't to fun. well i'm glad your feeling better. i'm feeling much better today as well, just a sore throat now.
well wensday we had a lesson with a investigator who has the nickname mad-dog hersey. she in her 60's, and she a retired police officer, from washington d.c. she also was on survior, so that was intersting. the lesson went fairly well, she seems very intersted. she has took lessons before and last time she was running for sheriff, then she found out that basically all the members lived in the other county and so she stopped taking the lessons. she really does seem intersted, so no worries this time.
friday we had a zone meeting and that was pretty fun. theres a funny story with that. it's elder neilson's last transfer, so i waned to make a joke to him. when he walked in i said, hi elder neilson, you trunky yet. he said in a fast, annoyed voice, no! trunky means basically your packed and ready to go home, no longer care about missionary work. so it was pretty fun.
satyrday we did some service and raked up some leaves. made me wonder if jill is helping dad with them this year.
heres a cool story we tracted into this older woman a while back and as were were talking with her she kept taking about her neice that lived with here. she has two kids and so we decided to go back, felt like we needed to talk to her neice. it was cold that day and we started to talk with her. we tried to make it brief but she was very intersted. and we talk with her for a while. we set up a time to come back and that lesson was amazing. we committed her to read the book of mormon and to pray to know if it's true. she said, i already feel it ius true. it was amazing.
well that basically we had this week. hope you keep feeling better. tomorrow we have one place were going, with a part member. wife's the member but the husband just got back from being on a ship for a month. he's in the navy. they also have a two year old son that for some reason reminds me of the stories i herad when i was that age. he also loves trains. so i talk with you later. have fun tommorrow.
Elder S. Johnson
Nov. 19, 2008
yeah i can understand with being sick. no i'm not sick but my companion is, was, is. back and forth. we stopped by the branch president saturday night and we were there for a bit and then the next morning him and his son who lives in the branch, who was there as well, they both got sick. so we considered ourselves a little lucky. he's been sick twice in the past week. last wensday and yesterday. luckily it's been off and on so it's not been bad. we had a an intesting week to say the least. doesn't sound like you've had to fun of a week for us we had it intestring. i can't believ rebecca is getting married. the last time i heard anything about marraige she was totally turned off by the idea. but i guess that was about a year and a half ago.
so your probably wondering why i said from the cold son, it is very cold here right now. when we left the apartment it was in the thrities this morning. the biggest problem about the cold here is its a wet cold. so it makes it more miserable. yesterday we drove through snow. wasn't sticking but it was cold. and it's funny because last saturday it was high seventies. so it changed fast.
oh yes, i found out that elder salisbury is related to some peterson's, up near the blackffot area of idaho. so i asked him if there from denmark and he said yes. so we might be related somehow. just thought that was intesting.
saturday we had this person we tracted into invite us to his church. basically he said this, if you want me to come to ours come to mine. so we went to a bible study sunday night. it was intesrting. never turned into a bash or anything but it was differnt. he never came though, but the pastor there knew we were coming. we were kind of nervous about what might happen, i know some have anti mormon classes around here. so it turned out okay.
but the cool story happened yesterday. it started out bad. elder slaisbury was sick and we were in the morning. then we had an appointment at three that fell through. the road we chose to tract had no houses on it. so it wasn't going well. so we prayed to know where to go. i looked at our map and say a street not to far from us and felt like thats were we should go. so we found a house and found a parking spot, said a prayer and was getting ready to leave a school bus just pulled up behind us. two young girls got off and so we started towards the house, nrevous because the other day we scared two young girld and there dad wasn't to friendly. we asked if we could give them something and one of them went inside and the mom came out. she said, now is not good time. so we were going to leave her with a card for a book of mormon. as soon as she saw the card. the mom said, we were wondering how to get in hold of you. we found a family. so it was a really cool. so that was the highlight yesterday.
well i hope you get better. and not much else i know to say, but get well. and how is dad's back doing? i hope it's better.
well talk to you later.
Elder S. Johnson
so your probably wondering why i said from the cold son, it is very cold here right now. when we left the apartment it was in the thrities this morning. the biggest problem about the cold here is its a wet cold. so it makes it more miserable. yesterday we drove through snow. wasn't sticking but it was cold. and it's funny because last saturday it was high seventies. so it changed fast.
oh yes, i found out that elder salisbury is related to some peterson's, up near the blackffot area of idaho. so i asked him if there from denmark and he said yes. so we might be related somehow. just thought that was intesting.
saturday we had this person we tracted into invite us to his church. basically he said this, if you want me to come to ours come to mine. so we went to a bible study sunday night. it was intesrting. never turned into a bash or anything but it was differnt. he never came though, but the pastor there knew we were coming. we were kind of nervous about what might happen, i know some have anti mormon classes around here. so it turned out okay.
but the cool story happened yesterday. it started out bad. elder slaisbury was sick and we were in the morning. then we had an appointment at three that fell through. the road we chose to tract had no houses on it. so it wasn't going well. so we prayed to know where to go. i looked at our map and say a street not to far from us and felt like thats were we should go. so we found a house and found a parking spot, said a prayer and was getting ready to leave a school bus just pulled up behind us. two young girls got off and so we started towards the house, nrevous because the other day we scared two young girld and there dad wasn't to friendly. we asked if we could give them something and one of them went inside and the mom came out. she said, now is not good time. so we were going to leave her with a card for a book of mormon. as soon as she saw the card. the mom said, we were wondering how to get in hold of you. we found a family. so it was a really cool. so that was the highlight yesterday.
well i hope you get better. and not much else i know to say, but get well. and how is dad's back doing? i hope it's better.
well talk to you later.
Elder S. Johnson
Nov. 12, 2008
hey everyone.
this week sure has been an adventure. so it turns out with transfers, that we had an intersting time. there was two elders getting transferred and 5 coming in. becuase three went home. so it was intersting. so we got everything arranged so that three elders stayed behind and then they picked up everyone else. with a senior missionary couples help. the peterson's, there from orem, i don't know if were related though. yes i just got my line of autority today. i was really excited when i saw it. well my mouth is doing just fine, no pain so far. knock on wood. but i have a return appointment saturday. my companion hopelly doesnt have it too bad. he going in after me to have his tooth checked out. it's been really bugging him. well from the smallville thing you asked doomsday is somesort of genetic monster from kyrpton. don't know much about him. yes i also got my package as well. don't worry i shared.
well this week was intesting. sunday we had a branch confernce. so we had a lot of people from the stake there. then this branch has this thing called a lingerlonger every second sunday. basically it's just a big get together that has a lot of food. so it was fun. they couldn't last month becuase of general confernence, stake confernce, and fast sunday, so it was pretty busy.
my new companion elder salisbury grew up in long beach california, and then moved to logan, utah four years ago. he'll be out a year this friday. he is also thinking about playing football in collage as well, he's thinking of utah state.
on monday we had a big group family home evening again. that was pretty intersting, theres this one little kid named eban, and i think he reminds me of myself. i don't know what i was like but he's usually bouncing off walls. me i had a cat jump onto my lap and fall asleep so it was pretty funny, the lint roller came in handy.
yesterday we had interiews with president millburn, and it went pretty good, we also now have elder salisbury's bike which makes country tracting a lot better. don't have to use as many miles, and don't take as long walking in between houses.
one thing about the ensign magazines, the missionaries always get them last. they give them to us at a meeting, sometimes we get it a week before the end of the month. this one i think might be sooner, but don't know. well that's about it. this week. it was great to hear from all of you. later
Elder S. Johnson
this week sure has been an adventure. so it turns out with transfers, that we had an intersting time. there was two elders getting transferred and 5 coming in. becuase three went home. so it was intersting. so we got everything arranged so that three elders stayed behind and then they picked up everyone else. with a senior missionary couples help. the peterson's, there from orem, i don't know if were related though. yes i just got my line of autority today. i was really excited when i saw it. well my mouth is doing just fine, no pain so far. knock on wood. but i have a return appointment saturday. my companion hopelly doesnt have it too bad. he going in after me to have his tooth checked out. it's been really bugging him. well from the smallville thing you asked doomsday is somesort of genetic monster from kyrpton. don't know much about him. yes i also got my package as well. don't worry i shared.
well this week was intesting. sunday we had a branch confernce. so we had a lot of people from the stake there. then this branch has this thing called a lingerlonger every second sunday. basically it's just a big get together that has a lot of food. so it was fun. they couldn't last month becuase of general confernence, stake confernce, and fast sunday, so it was pretty busy.
my new companion elder salisbury grew up in long beach california, and then moved to logan, utah four years ago. he'll be out a year this friday. he is also thinking about playing football in collage as well, he's thinking of utah state.
on monday we had a big group family home evening again. that was pretty intersting, theres this one little kid named eban, and i think he reminds me of myself. i don't know what i was like but he's usually bouncing off walls. me i had a cat jump onto my lap and fall asleep so it was pretty funny, the lint roller came in handy.
yesterday we had interiews with president millburn, and it went pretty good, we also now have elder salisbury's bike which makes country tracting a lot better. don't have to use as many miles, and don't take as long walking in between houses.
one thing about the ensign magazines, the missionaries always get them last. they give them to us at a meeting, sometimes we get it a week before the end of the month. this one i think might be sooner, but don't know. well that's about it. this week. it was great to hear from all of you. later
Elder S. Johnson
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Nov 5, 2008
yeah i've heard about elections. not to excited about either of it. obama kind of scares me though. i'm up in hopewell staying till my new companion elder salisbury arrives. which will be tommorrrow. i'm stil junior though, but elder peterson has it pretty crazy. he's going senior, and district leader. he is also step-training, and training. so he's got it crazy. no the cookies were fine. they were still good. i'm feeling okay after the dentist. bad night for it though. man i hope dad's back get better. i also thought it was cute how kate says goodbye to all her toys and such. at chucrh sunday before sacrament meeting a little boy at 1 years old was walking around. i smiled and said, hello james. well he then walked up to me smiling and started wanting to pick me up. now i'm not allowed to as a missionary, so because i didn't he walked off and began to cry. it was so sad. i felt so bad. thats a cool story from chad. right now we have someone set for the 29 of this month. an eleven year old girl. still can only seem to only baptize kids. but oh well. i don't know if you remember about elder martz and elder taylor. they both are zone leaders now. so that's some good news.
sunday we had an awesome branch fireside. there we started a book of mormon reading that will take place the next year. so that's pretty exciting. everything is pretty crazy. though. last night i've been with a zoneleader and we went to fort lee to visit some members. there is senior missionary couple that serve there as well. we did a little fmaily home evening and that was pretty fun. i also get to play zone leader tonight. we have a meeting with the stake president so that is a fairly strange feeling.
well that all i really have. i still haven't got that halloween one but i'm sure it will be there by tomorrow. so that all for this week.
Elder S. Johnson
sunday we had an awesome branch fireside. there we started a book of mormon reading that will take place the next year. so that's pretty exciting. everything is pretty crazy. though. last night i've been with a zoneleader and we went to fort lee to visit some members. there is senior missionary couple that serve there as well. we did a little fmaily home evening and that was pretty fun. i also get to play zone leader tonight. we have a meeting with the stake president so that is a fairly strange feeling.
well that all i really have. i still haven't got that halloween one but i'm sure it will be there by tomorrow. so that all for this week.
Elder S. Johnson
Oct 29, 2008
hey everyone.
this week has been intersting. i still haven't recieved the package, dont know where it is. so elder brockman said, you mihht be able to track it, but don't know. it's hopefully at the post office now, didn't go by it this morning. wow, i can't belive josh is back now. but it sounds like he had a good time there. yeah, i heard byu was humilated. so i have some exciting news this week.
so friday we had our baptism. we did it up in petersburg. elder brockman baptized aidan. heres the funny thing. it was suppossed to start at 6:00 and bro. johnson our mission leader made the goal that we were going to start on time. the problem was, the local highschool had a parade for homecoming and people struggled to get around it. so byt the time it got started it was 30 minutes late. not our fault. besides the person doing the opening prayer was in the caravan running late. but it went very good. then on sunday i confirmed him, so that was pretty exciting. but thats the most exciting thing for this week. today is elder brockman last p-day and then next wendsday he's flying home. i'll be staying up in hopewell. where there will be only one zoneleader, because the other one is going home as well.
we have to be in by six on halloween and i've already heard plans by memebers planning to come by, so we have to get some candy, kid probably wouldn't like pass along cards to well. oh yes yesterday we were out tracting and sometimes a dog will start foling you, this time we had a cat. it was funny, never pet it, never fedd it or anything, but it just followed us everywhere. it was funny walking down the street and having it walk along the side of us. it was pretty odd. it acted a bit like a dog. whenever a dog follows us we call it a disiple dog, this time it was a disiciple cat. well that's it for this week.
i'll talk to you in less than two months. later
Elder S. Johnson
this week has been intersting. i still haven't recieved the package, dont know where it is. so elder brockman said, you mihht be able to track it, but don't know. it's hopefully at the post office now, didn't go by it this morning. wow, i can't belive josh is back now. but it sounds like he had a good time there. yeah, i heard byu was humilated. so i have some exciting news this week.
so friday we had our baptism. we did it up in petersburg. elder brockman baptized aidan. heres the funny thing. it was suppossed to start at 6:00 and bro. johnson our mission leader made the goal that we were going to start on time. the problem was, the local highschool had a parade for homecoming and people struggled to get around it. so byt the time it got started it was 30 minutes late. not our fault. besides the person doing the opening prayer was in the caravan running late. but it went very good. then on sunday i confirmed him, so that was pretty exciting. but thats the most exciting thing for this week. today is elder brockman last p-day and then next wendsday he's flying home. i'll be staying up in hopewell. where there will be only one zoneleader, because the other one is going home as well.
we have to be in by six on halloween and i've already heard plans by memebers planning to come by, so we have to get some candy, kid probably wouldn't like pass along cards to well. oh yes yesterday we were out tracting and sometimes a dog will start foling you, this time we had a cat. it was funny, never pet it, never fedd it or anything, but it just followed us everywhere. it was funny walking down the street and having it walk along the side of us. it was pretty odd. it acted a bit like a dog. whenever a dog follows us we call it a disiple dog, this time it was a disiciple cat. well that's it for this week.
i'll talk to you in less than two months. later
Elder S. Johnson
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Oct 22, 2008
wow, that good that dad got himself another deer. that sounds great. this week has been intersting. i just got that card from grandma today, elder brockman is already liking grandma's idea of taking him out for lunch. yes i've been to the diner a few times. the first time was the day we arrived here. so this week was amazing, i got to shake elder cooks hand, twice. second time was on accident but i talk about that in a minute.on friday we did twenty fours with the zone leaders. that was an intersting exprience. i was with elder brockman's mtc companion. so that was intersting. then monday i went on exchanges with the petersburg elders. petersburg is differnt. for example saw a drug deal as we drove by. so that was differnt. also talked with this one guy who was really bent out of shape because two of his neighbor houses were broken into that day. so petersburg is differnt. but for some good news, we made it to stake confernce and we herad from some elder where elder cook was. so we styaed around that area waiting till he came out. so he came out and he said, hello elders. shook our hands and pres. millburn was coming out of the room with him and he placed his hand on my shoulder and said, good work elders. and then walked off. so we both looked at each other and chuckled abit. it was a really good meeting. pres millburn spoke at ours as well as elder cook, and it was a very good meeting. then afterwards we were trying to find some members really quickly and accidently ended up at the door right when he was walking through. so second time was on accident. then we had zone confernce yesterday, but no special quests were there. the richmond area had two apostles sunday, and three seventy's. so it was unusual, no news was revealed like a temple or anything, but i think alot of people were hoping. zone confernce was amazing. it was very good. well i still havent recived the package yet, i think there somthing wrong with the post office near us our something. but who knows. we have a baptism on friday. for a 9 year old named Aidan fosser. it's been differnt teaching him mostly because of his younger siblings. there a set of twins, that are both six, and another one that is 4. so it's been intersting. well that's it for today. next time you here from me i'll been twenty. elder johnson
October 15, 2008
wow, i can't belive it's deer hunting season allready. wow is time flying by. were now in what's called suit season, so we wear them everyday, for the most part. we can remove them if it gets over 70 degrees. so it okay. we take them off within an hour of going out in the morning. well so far i haven't done to much. our first sunday they asked us to each give a short talk and then last sunday elder brockman gave the lesson in priesthood. so that went very well. oh yes and quess what our furnace is like. basically we flip a switch and oil will fill up and then we light it with a piece of paper. it gets pretty toasty in there but it's still good. that doesn't sound to fun, there but it might get better. so the big news for this week is, we have a stake confernce on sunday, and Elder Quentin L. Cook is coming. Boyd K. Packer is going to another one though, but it's still exciting. well i bought myself some porkchops this week and i cooked them. they turned out allright. so i cooked my first porkchop. then friday we were out tracting and we had a phone call from the brnach president wife, sis. gruber. she had a referal for us. it's a cool story. his name is chuck. he just moved into surry and was going through a rough time. the first box he unpacked had a book of mormon in it. he recieved a year ago and he started reading. he starting cross referncing it between the bible and saw other referances from the D&c and covenats and pearl of great price so he found pres. gruber's phone number anc called seeing if he could get them. so we talked with him for an hour and he's intersted in the lesson's. so that's pretty exciting. then on monday we are starting up a joint family home evening. it went very well. elder brockman loves to cook and made this taco soup. it was very good. i'm going to ask him for the recipe. this week has had it's up and downs. but it's been a pretty good week. this area is defiantely challenging i will give it that. but it's very fun fun here. belive it or not there are 14 chuches in the town of wakefield alone. and it's smaller than blanding. it crazy. well that's it for this week. talk with you later.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Oct 8, 2008
sounds like you had a great week. things have been great here. we just opened up a P.O. box so we can get mail now. it's
P.O. box 964
Wakefield, VA 23888
so there you go. so right now it's been going great here. yeah, confernce was kind of scary me and elder brockman have been talking about. a lot of talks seemed to be get prepared, the second coming is coming. it just seemed to have a lot of focus on it, so the probably the biggest message. also found out president monson like showtunes. i'm not sure what my favorite talk was but elder worthlin defiantly had the best joke. so saturday morning we were going out to go tracting and quess what, we had a parade here. elder brockman was tempted to call elder martz, the distict leader and tell him the world was ending, cause there was a large number of sirens going off. so we ended up going to the church early, because we couldn't do anything else. so it was intersting. theres something i want to tell you about elder martz. he been in the same area for almost a year now. it will be a year at the end of this transfer. it's crazy. but he loves the area. he is up in petersburg. then yeterday we had a zone meeting. that was fun. elder peterson and neilson are both in my zone now. it's werid tough, elder neilson is going home next transfer.
well tell jordan congradulations. i'm excited for him. we actually already had an apartment. we had it when we got here. the landlord told us that missionaries have moved in and out of that same one many times. yes we do have a grocery store. here's the funny thing. every area with a car is allowed fourty p-day miles. here's the sad part, we can walk to the libary, to the grocery store, and back to the apartment. we are that close to everything. there are a few fast food places, we have a subway and then we can go to th north and find a hardee's(carl's junior) and a mcdonalds. so there are places, but not much. we actually cover two counties here. sussex, and surry. we made it to the james river this week. but that's about it. oh and we also can walk to the church. it's pretty much across the street. well that's about it for this week. everything is going well here.
elder johnson
P.O. box 964
Wakefield, VA 23888
so there you go. so right now it's been going great here. yeah, confernce was kind of scary me and elder brockman have been talking about. a lot of talks seemed to be get prepared, the second coming is coming. it just seemed to have a lot of focus on it, so the probably the biggest message. also found out president monson like showtunes. i'm not sure what my favorite talk was but elder worthlin defiantly had the best joke. so saturday morning we were going out to go tracting and quess what, we had a parade here. elder brockman was tempted to call elder martz, the distict leader and tell him the world was ending, cause there was a large number of sirens going off. so we ended up going to the church early, because we couldn't do anything else. so it was intersting. theres something i want to tell you about elder martz. he been in the same area for almost a year now. it will be a year at the end of this transfer. it's crazy. but he loves the area. he is up in petersburg. then yeterday we had a zone meeting. that was fun. elder peterson and neilson are both in my zone now. it's werid tough, elder neilson is going home next transfer.
well tell jordan congradulations. i'm excited for him. we actually already had an apartment. we had it when we got here. the landlord told us that missionaries have moved in and out of that same one many times. yes we do have a grocery store. here's the funny thing. every area with a car is allowed fourty p-day miles. here's the sad part, we can walk to the libary, to the grocery store, and back to the apartment. we are that close to everything. there are a few fast food places, we have a subway and then we can go to th north and find a hardee's(carl's junior) and a mcdonalds. so there are places, but not much. we actually cover two counties here. sussex, and surry. we made it to the james river this week. but that's about it. oh and we also can walk to the church. it's pretty much across the street. well that's about it for this week. everything is going well here.
elder johnson
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Oct 1, 2008
so i guess you already now a bit about this place. i have more to share though. it has an airport, last area didn't. it also has many peanut fields around us. alos micheal Vick's house is in our area. the one with the dogfighting thing. but the biggest thing is, that me and elder brockman are reopening this area. it's been crazy. we arrived basically with nothing. but the branch is very supportive. all of them are thrilled that were back. it's very exciting. i've learned a lot. so the first night we arrived, we unpacked bought our food, and evrything else. then we went out with a bro. holle. he toured us around, helped us go up to the zone leaders apartment and get some more supplies. so that was pretty intersting. we already have someone set for baptism, belive it or not, and another were planning to set on sunday, there unbaptized youths but still something. i have already seen so many miracles here. one day we were looking up potental investigators and we knocked on the door, no one. elder brockman then felt inspired to go to another door, and we ended up tracting everything and nothing happened, as were getting into the car, the potientails wife pulled in. so we talked with her and she's always been interseted in learning more. it's been great here. and quess how big the branch is... make sure you sitting down for this. in my last ward there was about 40 active young men, here there is about that many active members. it is very small. but it's great.
so my companion, elder brockman was a zone leader and now were reopening this area. he has only six weeks left though, so we are really moving to get this area going. he's great, he's really been helping me learn. i've already leanred alot from him. right now we are working on getting a p.o. box because they don't have mailboxes in the town limits. so it's been intersting. we ont be biking here, mostly because elder brockman doesn't have one, and it's not worth it to buy one for six weeks. so it will be different. congradulations on your calling that sounds great. yes, wealso get the ensigns but usually later in the months so we get sneak peaks from members often. well that's about it, i don't know when i can sned pitcures though, mostly because of there's no place here to do it. but i will sometime. well that's it for now. talk to you later.
elder johnson
so my companion, elder brockman was a zone leader and now were reopening this area. he has only six weeks left though, so we are really moving to get this area going. he's great, he's really been helping me learn. i've already leanred alot from him. right now we are working on getting a p.o. box because they don't have mailboxes in the town limits. so it's been intersting. we ont be biking here, mostly because elder brockman doesn't have one, and it's not worth it to buy one for six weeks. so it will be different. congradulations on your calling that sounds great. yes, wealso get the ensigns but usually later in the months so we get sneak peaks from members often. well that's about it, i don't know when i can sned pitcures though, mostly because of there's no place here to do it. but i will sometime. well that's it for now. talk to you later.
elder johnson
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Sept. 24, 2008
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
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 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
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Aug 27, 2008
the last two days have been a little rainy. just to answer you few questions, no i haven't got my package yet. haven't done any sight seeing, not to much in my area of richmond. we are talking about heading up to Glen allen and hang out, but it depends on the weather. i am right now reading jesus the christ, slowly, but reading it. it's very good, but he's got a big vocabulary. usually i have a dictionary next to me when reading it. then i have alos read our heritage. last week i also finished the Doctrine and covenants.
well now for some good news. we had an interesting week. on friday we had a district meeting. we had the high councilor over missionary work there and talked to us about a new program the stake is doing to help move the work along. it sounds great. so they aksed us to help memebrs start it up. then afterwords we went to whats called, hardee's(or carl's junior back west.) it was pretty good. then i bought myself a bike. so thats were the money went if you were wondering. then staurday we were having personal study in the morning and elder meyers heard something moving near the door. he looks over and saw something stick it head out from under our closet and then went back in. he said, we have a mouse. he then got some peanut butter and sat next to the closet with a stick waiting for it to get the peanut butter. he took a couple of whacks at it, but didn't get it. monday we see it again. and we take everything out of the closet and caught it. it turned out to be a shrew. then we doubled checked for a nest and everything else and there wasn't one. so we were lucky.
other than that's that's the most exciting stuff for this week. but it was great hearing from everyone. tommorrow should be fun. we have zone confernce again. and elder zwich for the sevnty is coming as well. everyone is looking forward to it. well that's it for now.
elder johnson
well now for some good news. we had an interesting week. on friday we had a district meeting. we had the high councilor over missionary work there and talked to us about a new program the stake is doing to help move the work along. it sounds great. so they aksed us to help memebrs start it up. then afterwords we went to whats called, hardee's(or carl's junior back west.) it was pretty good. then i bought myself a bike. so thats were the money went if you were wondering. then staurday we were having personal study in the morning and elder meyers heard something moving near the door. he looks over and saw something stick it head out from under our closet and then went back in. he said, we have a mouse. he then got some peanut butter and sat next to the closet with a stick waiting for it to get the peanut butter. he took a couple of whacks at it, but didn't get it. monday we see it again. and we take everything out of the closet and caught it. it turned out to be a shrew. then we doubled checked for a nest and everything else and there wasn't one. so we were lucky.
other than that's that's the most exciting stuff for this week. but it was great hearing from everyone. tommorrow should be fun. we have zone confernce again. and elder zwich for the sevnty is coming as well. everyone is looking forward to it. well that's it for now.
elder johnson
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Aug 20, 2008
this week has been intesrting to say the least. it was on the slow side but still fun. I still haven't recived the packge yet, but it should arrive here. yeah, i was just reazling it's been five months as well. it doesn't feel like it. but then i think about all i have done and it makes sense. well my companion elder meyers is from Oregon. a small town named Cottage grove. in school he was on the school swim team. he's been out about 6 months. or a transfer ahead of me. he's a good missionary as well. now for the other person you were asking about, belinda. she is thirteen, and she was born in ghana. then they moved to new york. her mom converted there, and her dad i think was already a member. they move around alot, and went less active. the sister missionaries in the area next to us went over, and taught them a bit and found out she and her little brother hadn't been baptized. so they began to work with them. derrick mostly thinks it's a game when were over there so his mom wnated him to wait. so they ended up moving into our ward boundries, and thats the story.
so thurday we normally would head down to the meadowbrook chapel to pick up my new companion, but i was already with him, and so i didn't get to go down. so we were both sad about that. on friday the ward a a barbaque so we went and was good to introduce him to alot of members. thn saturday we ended up having to take bikes up to scotchtown. it turns out that the schotown elders didn't tie there bikes down and one fell off and was in desprate need of repairs. so they take to a shop, and then we had to take it back up there. so we went into a very country area. it was very beautiful, and alot of been fields. then sunday we had a dinner appointment with the high councilor over missionary work, bro. anderson. and it was a very good meal. i enjoyed it alot. i alos got to met elder wangemann's family. all excpet his older brother whose wife is expecting any day. he flying home i think today. his family came out to pick him up. so that was fun to meet them. then monday we went on exchanges with glen allen. so i met elder amlone greenie. his name is elder holly, and he reminded me alot of spencer nish. that was very fun, we had a great time. then yesterday was my funny story for the week. we had a return appointment with someone we met off of tracting and she said, she would have goodies over there for us as well. i figured it meant snack foods. we ended up having a dinner appointment that night, and we head straight fro, there to see her. she had a fried chicken meal. luckly i saved some room.
it was a very interesting week this week. not much else i know to say, but i will email you next week. i also have herad micheal phelps is tearing it up in china right now. but I haven't heard much else other than about him.
so thurday we normally would head down to the meadowbrook chapel to pick up my new companion, but i was already with him, and so i didn't get to go down. so we were both sad about that. on friday the ward a a barbaque so we went and was good to introduce him to alot of members. thn saturday we ended up having to take bikes up to scotchtown. it turns out that the schotown elders didn't tie there bikes down and one fell off and was in desprate need of repairs. so they take to a shop, and then we had to take it back up there. so we went into a very country area. it was very beautiful, and alot of been fields. then sunday we had a dinner appointment with the high councilor over missionary work, bro. anderson. and it was a very good meal. i enjoyed it alot. i alos got to met elder wangemann's family. all excpet his older brother whose wife is expecting any day. he flying home i think today. his family came out to pick him up. so that was fun to meet them. then monday we went on exchanges with glen allen. so i met elder amlone greenie. his name is elder holly, and he reminded me alot of spencer nish. that was very fun, we had a great time. then yesterday was my funny story for the week. we had a return appointment with someone we met off of tracting and she said, she would have goodies over there for us as well. i figured it meant snack foods. we ended up having a dinner appointment that night, and we head straight fro, there to see her. she had a fried chicken meal. luckly i saved some room.
it was a very interesting week this week. not much else i know to say, but i will email you next week. i also have herad micheal phelps is tearing it up in china right now. but I haven't heard much else other than about him.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
well this week has been very intesting. we had a baptism, said goodbye to elder wangemann, and found out who my new companion is. sister goodhue on sunday asked for our families email, she wanted to email them, so that's the basic story behind it. your going to have to let me know who it is that coming to virginia, i'm sure i know him. yeah, we been hearing alot about the olympics from people here. so brett farve is jet now, that werid, just thinking about it. yes, Glen allen is in richmond, in fact it is just to the east of us, in fact our boundries meet. here's a funny story last night. i was staying with elder malone, and elder meyers. elder malone gets a call from president millburn saying that he is training in glen allen, so elder meyer was depressed that he is going. at 11:15 transfers come in over the fax and they had it first, and then found elder meyer and his companion is elder S. Johnson, area gayton. so i'm already with my new companion. he's just going across the street. so that was very unusual.
so on wensday we went to the cheesecake factory. mmm, that was good. that was a very fun day. then on thursday we had inetrviews with the mission president. it went well, and then we went straight to an appointment at three, and we then went to one at 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. we were running all over that night. but it was fun. then saturday was awesome, belinda was baptized, and everything went well. it started alittle late though, about thirty minutes. but everything went good, other than that. it was because her oldest sister whose not amemebr was coming, and she got lost. so we waited for that. then that night me and elder wangemann went to maggie moos to celebrate that, and it was his two year mark. then sunday was intersting, we were getting gray hairs because belinda came very late. and for converts they have them confirmed in sacrament meeting.
man this week flew by. last transfer flew by. i was also wondering if you might be able to get zack's and nicks email address. well thats it for this week
elder johnson
so on wensday we went to the cheesecake factory. mmm, that was good. that was a very fun day. then on thursday we had inetrviews with the mission president. it went well, and then we went straight to an appointment at three, and we then went to one at 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. we were running all over that night. but it was fun. then saturday was awesome, belinda was baptized, and everything went well. it started alittle late though, about thirty minutes. but everything went good, other than that. it was because her oldest sister whose not amemebr was coming, and she got lost. so we waited for that. then that night me and elder wangemann went to maggie moos to celebrate that, and it was his two year mark. then sunday was intersting, we were getting gray hairs because belinda came very late. and for converts they have them confirmed in sacrament meeting.
man this week flew by. last transfer flew by. i was also wondering if you might be able to get zack's and nicks email address. well thats it for this week
elder johnson
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Aug 6, 2008
wow. sounds like you going to have a fun trip. elder neilson wanted to go there really bad. tell spencer congratualtions. the bishop's wife had a son who is tempe, arizona mission. so tell him to keep an eye out for an elder weber. yesterday we were lucky it was supposed to be mierable. humity in the nineties and tempeture over a hundred. lucky we had cloud cover and it was cool, but still humid. but not as bad. i remember hearing about kim and shawn moving to michigan for school. there is also a person here who is going to SUU this year as well. he is also preparing for a mission as well. who knows they may meet. i was also wondering about whether the gopher was around or not. i cook every now and then, but recipes could be fun, so you could send some. i'm still adjusting to wensday as well. oh yeah, let wendels know i got the pitcures and note from the primary. thanks. oh yeah, last week we had a new family move into the ward. kelli black's older brother. i talked with there dad and he said, he knows dad. his name is lyle black.
well this week has been intesting. it's starting to heat up here. tempture. yesterday we had one of our invetsigators take us to brewsters. it's an ice cream shop, very popular here. it was good. it's seems alot like maggie moos, but they already have stuff mixed in. it's still good. she has a son that's a member who is one mission in uraguay. he's a zone leader down there and just loves it. so she loves to have us come by. he comes home in october, so i may not be able to meet him, before he goes back out to BYU.
we also have a baptism this weekend. it's for belinda. so i'm looking forward to that. tomorrow is going to be very busy. we have interviews in the morning, then we head there to an appointment with an invetsigator, then, we have one at four, five, six, seven, and eight. so it's going to fly bye, it's between less actives and active members.
yesterday i found a rechargable battery charger so i bought that for my camera, that will quickly pay it's self off. but that's mostly it for this week. well maybe try to wait for my package, because tuesday i will be staying with the glen allen elders, and there is still a chance that i will be transfered. so just to give you a heads up. but that's it for this week. i am also headed to the cheesecake factory today. elder wangemann is throwing a last p-day party. so it should be fun.
i just remebered something we did on saturday. the elder quorum in our ward did a pig roast and invited us to come. it was great. we had a less active meber arrive and he has an almost three year old that is always getting into trouble. he thinks everything is his and doesn't like to share. but he is fun. there was alot of little kids there running around, checking out the chickens, pigs, peacocks, goats, and even there dog. i was thinking the whole time, kate would of had a blast there. they even were letting the kids feed the goats. i wish i would have brought my camera though, but that's it. hope to hear from you.
well this week has been intesting. it's starting to heat up here. tempture. yesterday we had one of our invetsigators take us to brewsters. it's an ice cream shop, very popular here. it was good. it's seems alot like maggie moos, but they already have stuff mixed in. it's still good. she has a son that's a member who is one mission in uraguay. he's a zone leader down there and just loves it. so she loves to have us come by. he comes home in october, so i may not be able to meet him, before he goes back out to BYU.
we also have a baptism this weekend. it's for belinda. so i'm looking forward to that. tomorrow is going to be very busy. we have interviews in the morning, then we head there to an appointment with an invetsigator, then, we have one at four, five, six, seven, and eight. so it's going to fly bye, it's between less actives and active members.
yesterday i found a rechargable battery charger so i bought that for my camera, that will quickly pay it's self off. but that's mostly it for this week. well maybe try to wait for my package, because tuesday i will be staying with the glen allen elders, and there is still a chance that i will be transfered. so just to give you a heads up. but that's it for this week. i am also headed to the cheesecake factory today. elder wangemann is throwing a last p-day party. so it should be fun.
i just remebered something we did on saturday. the elder quorum in our ward did a pig roast and invited us to come. it was great. we had a less active meber arrive and he has an almost three year old that is always getting into trouble. he thinks everything is his and doesn't like to share. but he is fun. there was alot of little kids there running around, checking out the chickens, pigs, peacocks, goats, and even there dog. i was thinking the whole time, kate would of had a blast there. they even were letting the kids feed the goats. i wish i would have brought my camera though, but that's it. hope to hear from you.
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