Well this week people think I'm either too skinny or that it must be Halloween time... I'm going to go with that they think I'm too skinny.. Man we have gotten so much food and candy this week!!! A lady in the ward found out I really love smarties, so when we went over to her house (funny story actually) looking for someone else, she said 'oh I have something for you!' I was like huh? And she was like 'I'll be right back!' So she left and we were talking with her family and she comes back with a gallon size zip lock bag full of Smarties!! I was like no way! haha So I now have that, plus all the candy and Oreo's you sent me in my package.. haha So its been fun!
But this week we have been doing a lot less investigator work.. and doing more less actives and un-knowns in the ward! So we have had great success with that! We have actually contacted almost half the ward (the ward has 600+ records) trying to find out who is who, what addresses are right or wrong, who wants to come back, who hates us, and so forth! So we have spent tons of our time making a new ward roster with notes on how each of our visits went and what we talked about and details about the person. Including, if there house was hard to find, what dirt road you have to turn on and so forth. So we have been cleaning up a bunch of the records which has made Bishop very happy! So we keep pressing forward. The reason behind us doing this instead of investigator work is because with investigators you need daily contact, and you need to see them a lot!!!! And we just don't have a car to be doing that right now.. We do have some investigators, but it's slim that we see them and they arn't really progressing currently.. Now you may ask how are we seeing all these less actives then? Well we have a member, Brother Rose, which I think I told you about earlier. He is a returning INACTIVE member and he loves missionary work so he would rather go out with us than just sit at home, so he is always willing! So we go out with him a bunch! We have lots of fun! So that's been nice to have him in this time of need! haha But a little update on the investigators, Landon will not be baptized until at least the 24th. His dad is going in for back surgery this week and will be in a brace for 3 weeks. So we probably won't be seeing him baptized until next year.. We really wanted him to be baptized before the surgery but his dad skipped a bunch of appointments and they haven't been to church in like 4 weeks. So we are really trying to stress that this is Landon's baptism and not his, so that kinda stinks.. Tony seems set in his ways so we don't see him changing, but we do meet with him whenever he is not committing crime.. So hopefully we can see a change in him. We're staying positive. Otherwise that's all the investigators that have any promise at being baptized at this point... Love you all.
Elder Johnsen
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