October 19, 2015

Hello! Yes I got the package! I love the hat! I have been wearing it non stop!!! haha I don't think I need anything as of yet! I'm doing pretty good otherwise! I hope all is well back home! I think it would be cool to do the St George thing every year! Maybe one day I will go! haha I still want to go to a big family reunion! haha Otherwise this was our week!

So this week we had a pretty good week! We dropped all our baptism dates because none of them were progressing.. So that sucks but sometimes you have to do that! So hopefully we can reset them! The one is just that his dad has commitment problems so we are really trying to meet with him but the dad seems to always have an excuse. So that kinda stinks!!! So we need some commitment out of him! Otherwise we picked up 6 new investigators. Which isn't bad. I doubt any of them will progress! But I guess we will see what's going to happen! We were able to contact 32 people on the wards do not contact list.. So sometimes that can be a little scary... Sometimes they're not always nice!! But most of them were really nice and we are going to go back and try and teach them! haha So my companion is named Elder Unutoa. He is from Lehi, Utah, and he has been out for 19 months! He is super cool! This is week 6 of this transfer so we will be getting transfer calls this Saturday.. I'm not sure if I'm excited or not... Guess we will see! And yes, the weather has officially gotten cold! I'm freezing right now as we speak!! So I have been wearing long sleeves these past few days.. Hopefully it warms up because this sucks! I miss Arizona winters... but there's really not that much that is new or going on.. I wish there was more to report... We stayed dry through the flooding that happened last week! So that's good! I'm coming up on nine months! So that will be fun! That's all for this week. 

Love,
Elder Johnsen

October 12, 2015

Well this week has been alright! haha We haven't been having luck with finding people to teach so we have kinda shifted our efforts more to the less actives and part members in the ward. It's been really fun! We have a member who was completely inactive and now he is super active and he comes out with us all the time! And he loves coming out with us! He is the assistant ward mission leader and just loves being out with us! And he is that member that is like super active and follows all the rules to a T! It's great! He wants to magnify his calling so much! It's great! So we now have 3 people set with a date! We set our unbaptized youth kid with a date! So hopefully he can be ready and I can have a baptism in the area! haha So Tony, we actually found out he is not doing too hot.. He was involved in a shooting in the area.. and we're not sure if it's good or bad that we know who the suspect is.. Since the authority's don't have any suspects yet.. So the statement that "the cops can't find them, the FBI can't find them, but our missionary's can!" stands true! haha So we're not sure if his date will still be standing at the end of this week.. haha So I'll keep you posted on that one.. haha Otherwise, we were yelled at by a girl that wanted her name removed, we saw the creepiest house ever! And we have just been having a blast!! Well that's all for this week! :)

Love, 

Elder Johnsen

 

 

October 5, 2015

Well it has been a good week! We have been inside most the week because of the rain.. So that has put a damper on the work here... We are still working as hard as we can, but that can be hard.. We didn't meet with any of our investigators this week. We only taught two lessons.. So we kinda sucked.. So I can't report on how our investigators are doing since we didn't see them.. Sad day.. So this week the storm is supposed to actually hit so hopefully we can get out sometime this week and meet with everyone and see how they're doing! Otherwise, this week the highlight would have been Conference! We had so much fun! It was really a great experience! I loved all the talks! They were all great! I loved how the Apostles talked about the failures they had and how they over came them and the success that came from them not giving up! It was great to see that some failures can be really hard to overcome.. But they did it! Their example is great!! Anyway that's all from the amazing Elder Johnsen!

Love,

Elder Johnsen 

September 28, 2015

Well this week has been good! We have been having a struggle on bikes, but we're still pushing forward... Hopefully we can work through it! We taught 8 total lessons, we have 2 people set for baptism, we had one at Sacrament meeting and 0 new this week.. So we're trying our best. We also had 2 days where we got nothing but zeros because of the rain.. So we're trying..Wish us luck... haha Tony is a guy that we have set for baptism.  He is doing great so far! He came to Book of Mormon class and we have been teaching him almost twice a week! So we're super excited for him! We should have 4 people set for baptism by the end of this week! :) We're super excited!! My favorite scripture story is probably the story about Moroni in the Alma chapters! He's is an awesome guy! It's crazy that his people are blessed when they have God in their life! So that's a good story to read about! Well I would say my favorite area so far has been New Kent, but I'm starting to like this area too! haha It's legit! Lots of people.. Just not as country as New Kent! And my favorite companion is probably the one I have now! He is super funny! It makes the work go by super fast!! I can't believe we are already in week 3 of this transfer! And no I have not seen a doctor yet... And I have figured out why... I'm scared they will send me home when I go see them... So I'm just roughin' it and will figure things out later! :) Well that's been pretty much our week! We got to see the blood moon last night! It was crazy!! haha Not as red as they said it would be, but we still got to see it! And yes I recorded it! So you can see that video when ever I upload it! haha Well I love you guys and miss you much! :)

Love, 

Elder Johnsen

September 21, 2015

Well this week has been good! I have an awesome companion! We get along really well! We are having lots of fun! haha We are a biking area... I'm a little upset about that.. I am getting my back looked at here in the next couple of days.. because I can't do this. But I'm getting through it. We did pretty good for only 4 days! We got 3 new investigators! We had one at sacrament meeting and we taught 6 total lessons.. It's super hard not having a car because we had to cancel and not go to a lot of appointments... So lots of missed opportunity's... oh well.. But we are making due. We have been trying to use the members as best as possible! But sometimes that doesn't always work out... But we are trying our best! :) Well the hardest thing to tell an investigator is that their baptism was invalid because it wasn't done with the right Priesthood authority... Sometimes it can be hard.. But if you explain it nicely and how important the Priesthood is, then they usually get it haha My favorite thing about being on my mission is being able to see people change. But also how much I learn each day about the gospel, as well as with just learning things for myself. My favorite scripture... That would be a hard one but I did read in Alma 32 the other day and I love how much it talks about faith! :) Sorry this is so short this week... Nothing really special has happened... haha

Love,

Elder Johnsen