He dressed up for Halloween... as a missionary :) haha Scott always has had a great sense of humor!
November 2, 2009
well where do i start...
Yesterday was my first fast sunday in Georgia. it was pretty cool listening to the few members we have that come to church. This past week has been raining like no other. I LOVE THE RAIN!!! when it rains here it really rains!! you have rivers going down the street and sidewalks and guess what... i am out in the middle of it walking around talking to the few people that are out there. my comp thinks i am crazy- i just tell him: 'what would jesus do?' Well we have 4 investigators currently. one his name is valodia. he is the smoker and he just can't stop. so i told him i was going to take them away and when he wanted to smoke to sing or recite his favorite scripture. so he is doing well. 2nd is Tarehle. he is great. he knows it is true and is coming along good. just got to get him to church more. 3rd is Ucha. he is the one that needs the most help because he has the most fear of all. he doesn't want to change because he thinks georgia is united by its religion and does not want to break down georgia by changing. it is hard thing to deal with here in this old country. 4th we have Natia, who came to us and asked us for a book of momron cuz she is looking for answers. she had a daughter who died last month who was 16 years old. she died from cancer. she tells us that her daughter was close to God and now she wants to know what will happen to her daughter and with herself. she is looking for the truth and i told her that we had it. so she is doing well.
well the work is good. the people are great and the best!!! this saturday will be one month in the counrty!! time flies! wow!
well they don't have halloween here in georgia but i celebrated i anyways. i was a MISSIONARY!! i looked way good!! lol
well that is it. it has been a way awesome week!!! i love it here!
love Elder SUPERMAN
Friday, February 18, 2011
Week 2, Tbilisi
He sounded so good this week! Happy to finally be out of the MTC and out in the field. We love the energy he is tackling the challenges with- especially the language.
October 26, 2009
Oh man Tbilisi is great! My area is Vakitili which is the ghetto of tbilisi ha ha ha it is so far away from anything and it is the JW capital of georgia. Tthis weekend was Tbilisoba- the day Tbilisi was founded. it was a crazy weekend. Way cool experince! A huge party all over the city! Everyone from the tiny villages all over Gerogia came in and celebrated, it was way cool to watch. great food, georgian dancers, georgian music, thousands of people to talk to. it was great. the language is good. i don't know what people are saying to me still but i still talk to everyone. ha ha ha i am good and loving it here!
love, Elder Johnson
October 26, 2009
Oh man Tbilisi is great! My area is Vakitili which is the ghetto of tbilisi ha ha ha it is so far away from anything and it is the JW capital of georgia. Tthis weekend was Tbilisoba- the day Tbilisi was founded. it was a crazy weekend. Way cool experince! A huge party all over the city! Everyone from the tiny villages all over Gerogia came in and celebrated, it was way cool to watch. great food, georgian dancers, georgian music, thousands of people to talk to. it was great. the language is good. i don't know what people are saying to me still but i still talk to everyone. ha ha ha i am good and loving it here!
love, Elder Johnson
Starting today...
...there will be updates about our favorite missionary on this blog! Yay! Scott is doing well- he loves the work and the people he is serving. WE ARE SO PROUD OF HIM! I'm going to start at the beginning and move forward, so stay tuned and we'll get this all caught up!
Love to you all,
Lindsey
Love to you all,
Lindsey
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Learning the language
February 22nd
I did get to packages from home last week. thanks so much!! I loved them! Things are good for me. I love it here in saburtalo as this part of the city is called. it is way fun! ya cool people and such a sweet area. do you have a map of T'bilisi where you can map out where I am at or no? just wondering. Well you know by now we are having a baptism this Saturday, his name is Steven and he is half American half Iranian and works for the UN. So we met our goal for 1 baptism a month!!! yay!! This will be number 3 for me and number 10 for Georgia since I have been here. This last week was an awesome week!! on Saturday we had 3 Baptisms!!!!!! Anna and Samvel are the couple we got married last month and the husband quit smoking... they got baptized on Saturday! it was totally awesome!!!! Great weekend! well I have tons of pictures I want to send but my camera is dead and I left the battery charger in Armenia from last time we went down so I hope I can get it this next week. This past week flew by. In Sacrament we had 7 investigators come and I had to speak. I talked for 15 minutes all in Georgian! man that was tough cuz i never speak straight Georgian for that long. It was good. Some people in the audience corrected me cuz I said some words wrong and we were all laughing. I told them to listen to the meaning of my talk and not to my pronunciation. ha ha it was good. so I have talked twice in Sacrament now since being here. It is good. We have 7 investigators now. This week me and Elder Peatross found a new kid from India. His name is Aman,. he is totally awesome!! He has no friends here so me and Elder Peatross hang and teach him all the time. He makes us real indian food too!! I love it!! we are trying to help him get his business going at the moment. He doesn't speak any Georgian so we help him out. Really slow but good. I like them all!! Well that is all for next week. THANKS!!!
LOVE YOU TONS AND HOPE ALL GOES WELL FOR YOU!!!
LOVE ELDER JOHNSON
I did get to packages from home last week. thanks so much!! I loved them! Things are good for me. I love it here in saburtalo as this part of the city is called. it is way fun! ya cool people and such a sweet area. do you have a map of T'bilisi where you can map out where I am at or no? just wondering. Well you know by now we are having a baptism this Saturday, his name is Steven and he is half American half Iranian and works for the UN. So we met our goal for 1 baptism a month!!! yay!! This will be number 3 for me and number 10 for Georgia since I have been here. This last week was an awesome week!! on Saturday we had 3 Baptisms!!!!!! Anna and Samvel are the couple we got married last month and the husband quit smoking... they got baptized on Saturday! it was totally awesome!!!! Great weekend! well I have tons of pictures I want to send but my camera is dead and I left the battery charger in Armenia from last time we went down so I hope I can get it this next week. This past week flew by. In Sacrament we had 7 investigators come and I had to speak. I talked for 15 minutes all in Georgian! man that was tough cuz i never speak straight Georgian for that long. It was good. Some people in the audience corrected me cuz I said some words wrong and we were all laughing. I told them to listen to the meaning of my talk and not to my pronunciation. ha ha it was good. so I have talked twice in Sacrament now since being here. It is good. We have 7 investigators now. This week me and Elder Peatross found a new kid from India. His name is Aman,. he is totally awesome!! He has no friends here so me and Elder Peatross hang and teach him all the time. He makes us real indian food too!! I love it!! we are trying to help him get his business going at the moment. He doesn't speak any Georgian so we help him out. Really slow but good. I like them all!! Well that is all for next week. THANKS!!!
LOVE YOU TONS AND HOPE ALL GOES WELL FOR YOU!!!
LOVE ELDER JOHNSON
Starting out in his new area...
February 15TH
Well things are good here on the other side of the world! I like my new area and the people that live here. It is about 20 minutes across the city from my last area. Still right there in Tbilisi. I am just in the center if Tbilisi. instead of being on the outskirts. It is good. I am in the Senior couples ward so we have one of them as the branch president. It is sad about the Georgian athlete. I live right next to the Georgian Olympic Committee Building and no one comes in or out of that building so I didn't even know that there was a team... oh well he will get to hear the true gospel now. So things are good here! the work is well and I love it!!! qvelapere kargia!!!!! tell everyone I say hi and that I am good!!! your welcome for the Christmas cards! don't worry I can't read them either.......ha ha well love you tons and thanks for finding lots of pictures for me!!
Well things are good here on the other side of the world! I like my new area and the people that live here. It is about 20 minutes across the city from my last area. Still right there in Tbilisi. I am just in the center if Tbilisi. instead of being on the outskirts. It is good. I am in the Senior couples ward so we have one of them as the branch president. It is sad about the Georgian athlete. I live right next to the Georgian Olympic Committee Building and no one comes in or out of that building so I didn't even know that there was a team... oh well he will get to hear the true gospel now. So things are good here! the work is well and I love it!!! qvelapere kargia!!!!! tell everyone I say hi and that I am good!!! your welcome for the Christmas cards! don't worry I can't read them either.......ha ha well love you tons and thanks for finding lots of pictures for me!!
It snowed!
February 8TH
So this last week guess what..... WE HAVE SNOW!!!!! we have about 6 inches now and it is still falling. it has been falling all week now. I LOVE IT!!!! it is so beautiful!! Well we have 2 baptisms for the 20th now and one the 27th. They are set and our investigators will make their dates, things are progressing very well. Well things are progressing very well so I am getting transferred now on Tuesday I am going to Saburtalo, it is like down town T'bilisi. think of it as moving from down town ghetto ogden to down town rich park city. It is where all the excitement is at in the city. So I will be with Elder Petrose from Roosevelt UT. and Elder Bennett will be with Elder Vazgen.. It will be a good change and some other good news is that in March when the new missionaries come I am training one of them. CRAZY!!!!! so I have one month to learn the language. wow!! Well things are good here. The work is progressing and I have snow finally!!! it is awesome. Well I like it here a lot. Hope you are well and everything goes well.
So this last week guess what..... WE HAVE SNOW!!!!! we have about 6 inches now and it is still falling. it has been falling all week now. I LOVE IT!!!! it is so beautiful!! Well we have 2 baptisms for the 20th now and one the 27th. They are set and our investigators will make their dates, things are progressing very well. Well things are progressing very well so I am getting transferred now on Tuesday I am going to Saburtalo, it is like down town T'bilisi. think of it as moving from down town ghetto ogden to down town rich park city. It is where all the excitement is at in the city. So I will be with Elder Petrose from Roosevelt UT. and Elder Bennett will be with Elder Vazgen.. It will be a good change and some other good news is that in March when the new missionaries come I am training one of them. CRAZY!!!!! so I have one month to learn the language. wow!! Well things are good here. The work is progressing and I have snow finally!!! it is awesome. Well I like it here a lot. Hope you are well and everything goes well.
Zone Conference in Armenia
January 25, 2010
Zone conference was great. so crossing the boarder... it is interesting... the drive down there is about a 7 hour drive and then time at the border it takes 9 hours totally to get there. first you have to check out of Georgia. that takes about 10 minutes. Well then we have to get visa and that into Armenia. that takes the most time because the Armenians don't like people coming into their country. Georgians are picky about what you bring into their country but don't care who comes in. Armenians care about who comes in but not what you bring. I did get a bunch of letters. with pictures all over them. Nate you are a goof!!! ha ha you all look good! I am not picky you can send me whatever you think I need. If I think of something I will write you next week so wait one more week ok.... well that is all.
Zone conference was great. so crossing the boarder... it is interesting... the drive down there is about a 7 hour drive and then time at the border it takes 9 hours totally to get there. first you have to check out of Georgia. that takes about 10 minutes. Well then we have to get visa and that into Armenia. that takes the most time because the Armenians don't like people coming into their country. Georgians are picky about what you bring into their country but don't care who comes in. Armenians care about who comes in but not what you bring. I did get a bunch of letters. with pictures all over them. Nate you are a goof!!! ha ha you all look good! I am not picky you can send me whatever you think I need. If I think of something I will write you next week so wait one more week ok.... well that is all.
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