July 18, 2016

This week we had some crazy stuff happen. But, first and foremost, we had an investigator at sacrament meeting! Tyler, the husband of Payton -the one that bishop talked to- came to church with his family! It was awesome! They jetted pretty quick out of church though, but at least they came! haha We were supposed to have a lesson with them this past week, but we ended up just talking to Payton out front because Tyler was asleep. Hopefully we can try to meet with them again here soon. We dropped a bunch of people this week as well as picked up a few people. So we’re kinda just moving through people, seeing who is ready and who isn't. Hopefully we can start to find those who are ready.

We got a member referral for the first time in this area and we are excited to be able to teach her next week! So hopefully we can see someone progress! It will be so nice! haha We teach so many people that we only teach just once or twice, and then they disappear. haha But, I guess that’s about it, so it’s now time for funny stories, because I love funny things and I love telling stories, so a scary one first. Yesterday, while we were biking through Cradock, a lady stopped us and told us not to come in the neighborhood again. We were like ok? and she said there is a new gang forming in the neighborhood and they have so far robbed 3 people at gun point, one of which they had a 12 gauge held to a kids head in the middle of the day in front of 20+ people. He was lured in by playing the new Pokemon game that lets you chase Pokemon and capture them. ? Not sure, but someone hacked it and led the kid to him. So we have decided not to go near that place unless we absolutely have to. So there ya go mom, don’t be scared, I hope to be transferred haha. So that was scary for me. It’s the first time I have ever actually been scared on my mission. haha

So now for something pretty funny! haha We have this guy we met a few days ago named Ron. He is like that friend that everyone loves. He makes everyone happy and is just a fun guy to be around. He's 28 and lives like he is making $300,000+ a year, by that I mean he has his own house a few doors down, Land Rover in the garage and a nice Benz right next to it and a bunch of cool toys haha. Well, we called him and asked if we could come over at 8:30, and he was like ‘ummm… well I’m busy, so maybe not’. So we were like ‘what about for only 5 minutes?’ He said ‘well, I’m babysitting.’ So, after talking to him for a bit we finally convinced him to let us come over. We get over there and it’s pitch black and looks like no one is home. We knock twice, no one comes. We’re about to call him and then the door opens, and we’re like ‘Hey Ron!’ and he's like ‘wazzz upppp! Y'all wanna come in?’ and we said ‘sure!’ As soon as we step in we hear party music going on upstairs. Elder Brown turns to me and gives this look of like awh crap, and I just start laughing. So we go inside and he says ‘let’s go upstairs’, so we follow him up to this house party that he has going on! haha There’s music, alcohol, and some girls. He says ‘we’ll go out onto the back deck.’ We go and it was just a mad house! haha It was crazy! haha I was laughing so hard and thought it was so funny! Two missionary's at a party? You don’t hear about that very often! haha

Lastly, while we were riding around a giant cummins dually rolled past us and I yelled and gave him a thumbs up. Later in the night we were in a neighborhood and around the corner turns this huge dually! I have my gopro, so I immediately get excited and stop him when he gets up to us. We start talking and shooting the breeze and then I whip out my gopro and say ‘does she roll?’ and he just gets this big grin on his face and says ‘ohhh yeah!’ haha He says ‘hey y'all watch this.’ So I start recording and he spools that thing up and rolls some nasty coal and then starts doing a burnout! Now this is a dually that has wheel adapters to allow him to run semi wheels and tires on it, and he's lighting them up like its nothing! It was insane! I was having a good ole time! Then he takes off and Elder Brown kinda had a look of like ‘really?’ that was kind of undignified haha I thought it was funny and got a kick out of it! I will always remember the grin on his face! :)

But that was our week! I hope you guys have a good week! I love you all! :) 

Elder Johnsen

Just a few fun pictures: