Letter from August 10, 2015

Well, I was Transferred! Thus far I have had 9 companions and have served in 4 trios and have served in 3 areas in 6 months! I'm now in New Bern, North Carolina! I'm with another set of zone leaders! I Love my New companions! They're both from Idaho, and they're both freaking awesome to be around! This week we taught upwards of about 25 lessons, which is killer but we can't count some of them because we didn't set up a return appointment. So they don't count. But we did teach 12 lessons with a return appointment. And picked up 2 new investigators! The new way of teaching is so much better! We can get upwards of 10+ investigators a week but we would rather not waste our time with people that are not as prepared as others. So we limit our self to the mission standard of excellence of two new investigators a week. We have about 9 lessons set up a day, but only about 4-5 go through.. But we keep our heads high! We will teach everyone in this city in no time! :) And something funny... I am learning how to solve a Rubik's cube...  I cant think of anything super funny that has happened... Something super cool did happen though! This isn't spiritual at all so don't be expecting some miracle or something cute that happened... So while Elder Thurgood and I were out tracting we saw the back end of a brand new Dodge Challenger Hellcat, and I heard it start up and I was like 'Elder Thurgood, watch this', so as he was backing out I hurried over and flagged him down and told him to wait and stop. So he pulled up to us and rolled down the window and said 'What's up?' and I was like 'sweet car man!' And he said 'Thanks!  I then asked the greatest, most spiritually inspired question ever! I asked 'Would you be baptized?' No, I'm kidding I actually asked 'So does this thing do some nice burn outs?' And he just got the biggest smile on his face and was like 'Oh does it do burn outs!' and he put that thing in first and just let her rip!  He lit those tires up so fast!!! And he had a dope burnout goin on! And after hitting the limiter for a minute he took off down the road leaving some fat stripes down the road!!! It was beautiful! I was mad I didnt get a video of it.. But I did get pictures, so I have proof that it did happen!! haha We also got to go explore a huge mud truck! Well thats about it! haha I miss you guys! 25% complete! Time is flying! :) 

Love,

Elder Johnsen