Another Transfer! September 14, 2015

Well I am getting transferred!!! kinda. I'm actually opening the new area, like I thought, but I'm getting a companion that has been out for some time. So will see how this goes.. I'm supposedly senior companion which means, (hopefully) I get to drive, which will be nice because it's been almost 8 months of no driving and I swear I'm going to flip out if I don't drive a car... haha So we'll see how this week goes! I am also getting an orthopedic doctor to look at my back. It has been hurting quite a bit this last week, but the past two days I have felt fine.  But I'm still going to get it checked out anyway because there has to be something wrong with it. So I'm determined to finally figure it out. I'm not going to destroy my back just so I can get home and become lazy because I can't do anything. So I'm going to figure it out. But this week has been great! We taught 19 total lessons! We also got 6 new investigators! So that was nice! We have also been dividing up the area for the two companionship's! So we have been staying busy! I'm excited to see how it goes with just two of us now... it will be so different.  We can't teach single ladies anymore, unless we have a member or there's a third male.. so that kinda stinks.  But we will get over it! The strangest experience I have had has either been when a guy told us that we shouldn't be preaching to him because he would school us. He was being nice about saying don't come talk to him. Or the time we knocked on a lady's door and she said 'come in' and she and about 5 others were all sitting around the coffee table smoking weed... haha I don't think she thought it was us.  And the look on their faces was priceless! Those would have to be the strangest experiences.. haha! :) I think the most spiritual experience has been just seeing people start to understand how much sense the gospel makes! It's great for them to see how simple it is and how it just makes plain sense! I think it was cool the other day we were telling a guy about how the spirit feels.  He was like 'oh, well I talked to a Pastor and he said I'm not allowed to feel the spirit unless he puts his hands on me' and we were like 'nawh bro! you can feel the spirit.' So that was pretty cool to explain! Anyway, that has been our week! It's been fun! I'm excited for next week! I love you guys! And miss you a lot!

Love, 

Elder Johnsen