February 15, 2016

I did get the package! I loved it! The Rubik's cube has stumped my companion, so it's funny to watch him try it. Because about 6 months ago I was the exact same way. So it's really funny to watch him with it now! haha I know exactly what he thinks every time I try to show him something! haha It's pretty funny! I also recorded me solving it in under 1 minute and 20 seconds. I figured I needed video proof for dad to be able to believe I did it. Otherwise I have been pretty good! Elder Pitts asked why I had so many packages of Oreo's... he finally found out why I loved Oreo's so much when he saw that you sent me two more packs hahaha It was quite funny!  (We sent Michael the Red Velvet Oreo's that are only out around Valentine's Day.  Red Velvet is his favorite cake.)

This week we did lots of fun things, as well as lots of teaching, as well as found some pretty good people to teach. We found a less active that we have been trying to track down for a few months now, she seems pretty genuine about coming back, she is 28 and wants to serve a mission so we will see what we can do there. So we have started teaching her, but she has a really bad WOW (word of wisdom) problem, but hopefully we can take care of that. We just don't want her coming to church for a hand out.. We were also able to teach Kim twice this week. She told us recently that she has found that she is related to some big name kings in England. Then she told us she has now gone back to the BC era - in family history work - so that's pretty freaking cool! So she is very excited about going to the Temple now with Jeremy, her husband, to do baptisms! So we're excited to see them heading in the right direction! I cant wait to be there for their sealing after I get home from my mission! So she is doing great! We also taught the Webbers and they're also doing amazing! The father is NOT a member so we have been working hard with him. After church we went to their grandparents house to get him to sign some paper work from the baptism, and the grandma told us that Wilson, the 10 year old, had told her that he is now going to preach at school because he loves church so much. So we will let you know when we find out that he got sent home from school for preaching haha! They are my adopted North Carolina little brothers haha They're so funny! But that's pretty much all the exciting things that happened this week! We got to do service as you all know, that was very fun! We were walking through some swamp land in muckers (waterproof boots up to your knees) and we were taking down tree stands for hunting. I also got to ride on top of the truck so that was pretty cool! See the video for more information. But that was pretty much our week! I love you all and miss you guys a bunch! 

Love,

Elder Johnsen

 

 

Some pics from the service they were doing for the Thomas Family.

 

Riding on top of the truck.

 

Looks like someone fell asleep in the back seat.