Well this week has
been interesting! I’m not being transferred which is great! I love the ward
here! They are so great to us and I love them! But, to start things off, George,
one of our less actives we have been working with, has gone crazy. He recently
got cancer and he won’t come to church and is very rude to us in lessons. He is
looking for a church to pay all of his bills because he is being lazy right
now. He says he is too tired to ride his bike to work. If I were in his
position I would be riding my bike to work, and have a newspaper route so I
could pay my rent and all the co pays I would have for all the doctor visits. It’s
pretty annoying too, because he feels like everyone in the ward should just
give him money and help him out. But that’s not the way the church works. The
church helps those who are going to help themselves. So we’re not sure what’s
going to happen with him.
But, something really
cool that happened was, we had an appointment with a part member family that forgot
about it so we went and visited a new move-in family a few doors over, and he
was from 2 miles from where we live in Gilbert... Super weird.. He lives in
white fence farms and we talked about Gilbert for a good amount of time. It was
sooo funny! He hasn't been to church in a long time because of joining the
military. But his wife is not a member and was asking really good questions
about the church! So we are excited to secretly try and get her to investigate
the church! haha Then after that, we went back over to where the original
appointment was and knocked on their door, and they let us in! Now her husband,
who is not a member, is investigating the church! It was super cool! The family
was the family that Bishop met with a few weeks back, so we were finally able
to meet with him. They didn't show up at church, but hopefully next week they
will come!
Otherwise, that's been
the highlights of the week! haha Just trying to get through the next 4 weeks as
fast as possible! Then we can see what happens! I will only have 5 months left
when that day comes! :) A funny story for you guys, this might scare mom. One
day, at 8:30ish pm, we were in a super ghetto neighborhood called Cradock. We
were just finishing up talking to someone when we heard 9 gun shots, and then 7
gun shots in retaliation, and then 6 shots back and then 7 more and then pure
silence... We were freaking out. It was only a few streets away, from what it
felt like. We’re freaking out and so we are like, alright let’s get home. So we
start heading home and we pass this street with about 12-15 young adults
standing in a line walking down the street like a gang. We saw that and went oh
flip, and started biking faster. Then we passed the next street which was
filled with people, the whole street was packed, and they were all running
around freaking out! So we were like whoa! This can’t be happening! So we got
out of there as soon as possible! haha So that was cool!
I hope you guys have
something cool happen! Enjoy!
Love,
Elder Johnsen
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