Scott got accepted to Golden West College in Huntington Beach, CA this week, we're so proud of him! (and thanks to mom who applied for him!) Hopefully when he gets home, he'll be able to achieve his dreams and play water polo there!
April 18, 2011
HEY YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!
well this week was a good wet (rainy all week) and
exciting week!!!!! first off it started not looking good....then on tuesday
we had a really geat meeting with our amazing investigator!!! we went
over everthing and bore testimony that this was true and then on
wednesday we had a baptismal interview; by the way i was my
companion's b-day on wednesday so that was a great day!!! we
celebrated it with a baptism interview and then that night went to an
american families house and celebrated it with them with reall food
and cake!!!! it was good!!!
then thursday we had a BAPTISM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Roman ishchuk age
25 was baptizeed elder hartley my comp and i confirmed him right there
at the waters edge. he was going to ukraine for work on saturday so
this one was a rushed one..... i translated the service because the
senior couple conducted it, as well as lead the music and spoke on the
holy ghost. so i spoke straight georgian for 1 and half hours
striaght!! i did the confirmation in georgian as well, that was he
first time i have done that.... the service was by far the most
spiritual one i have attended here. i have never seen a man so
prepared for this in my entire life. i have learned more from him then
i think i taught or he learned from me. what an amazing experience
that is going in the books!!!! now we are going for the mom...........
then i think that we got a little to excited because after the rest of
the week was bombed!!! we had a crazy meeting with some really less
actives and found out that they are planning something to take over
leadership in the church... found out that the reason they were and
are coming was so they could be leader and then influence others to
thier ways... so that was not fun... i will be glad when i do not have
to worry about others salvation like this... i love missinary work but
this is something totally different!!! this is riot police!!! where is
my beater stick and sheild?
so sunday was alright... no investigators and few members there, we
watched another session of conference but missed most of it all doing
this and that with president and with technical stuff... i thought
sunday was a day of rest not work? translating and and helping do
finacial reports and membership papes is that ok on the sabbath? it
takes a long time to do and takes you away from the meetings and
conference. this week i translated sacrament into english from
georgian. our regular translator was not there and so president spke
in geogian and i translated for the american family(here for work) and
the senior couple. pretty cool!!! it really is a big pessure though,
talk about the hot seat ha ha ha BRING IT ON!!!! thn sunday night a
member frm avlabari took us to a friends house and we taught them, the
are famers and live out from the city and have their own flocks and
herds. they were way cool and way nice!! interested and will read the
book of mormon. i want to go out some time and do some farm work with
them.... that would be cool!! they gae us some eggs straight from the
chickens and this morning we ate them!! pretty good!!!!
hope you week is good and that you help one of God's children this week!!!
BE SAFE!!!!!!!!
KIA KAHA
LOVE
ELDER JOHNSON
SUPERMAN
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Updates!
We're glad Scott got to enjoy a bit of Conference- he's so close to coming home, we can hardly stand it! Only 4 months from today!
April 11, 2011
WHAT IS UP?!
well this week went by like any other week.... one day at a time!!! HA
HA HA not much happened this week. the weather is playing games with
us and so that is the high-lite of it all. we don't know what it will
be like when we wake up and by afternoon it is changed again!!!
so this week we watched the first session of conference....in
Russian!!! ha ha ha ha it wasn't to bad. understood some but not a
lot HA HA HA HA so after "church" me and my comp stayed later and got
on the computer and watched the same session in English... my Russian
understanding was close... so far some good talks! i really liked
the gonzalies guy; and what he said. he came out and said "any one
that is not a member and is watching this needs to be baptized and be
confirmed a member, it is the only way.." it was good cuz i had 2
investigators at church who heard that and now are more serious about
this and when we meet. they are feeling it!!!
this week we have a baptism planned for saturday!! he is a young kid.
25 and form ukraine! he is here visiting his mom and will return soon
back to kiyev but wants to do this now cuz he doesn't know what will
happened later in life and if he will get this chance again..... he
is ready and loves this gospel!!! when we teach him, you can just SEE
and FEEL the Holy Ghost testifying to him and touching his heart! it
is pretty cool!!
we had some great meetings with some members this week. we are
meeting with this part-member family a lot. the mom and daughter are
members but the father and son are not. so we go see them and have
some good meetings with the family. the daughter has had some real
bad health problems in the past little bit and had some rough
challenges. it is so cool to see how the atonement has helped this
mother and daughter and family as a whole. they are the oldest
members in georgia and still the strongest!!! God bless them!!!
so that is the update for the week. not a lot a i know but it is it.
BE SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KIA KAHA
LOVE
ELDER JOHNSON
SUPERMAN
April 11, 2011
WHAT IS UP?!
well this week went by like any other week.... one day at a time!!! HA
HA HA not much happened this week. the weather is playing games with
us and so that is the high-lite of it all. we don't know what it will
be like when we wake up and by afternoon it is changed again!!!
so this week we watched the first session of conference....in
Russian!!! ha ha ha ha it wasn't to bad. understood some but not a
lot HA HA HA HA so after "church" me and my comp stayed later and got
on the computer and watched the same session in English... my Russian
understanding was close... so far some good talks! i really liked
the gonzalies guy; and what he said. he came out and said "any one
that is not a member and is watching this needs to be baptized and be
confirmed a member, it is the only way.." it was good cuz i had 2
investigators at church who heard that and now are more serious about
this and when we meet. they are feeling it!!!
this week we have a baptism planned for saturday!! he is a young kid.
25 and form ukraine! he is here visiting his mom and will return soon
back to kiyev but wants to do this now cuz he doesn't know what will
happened later in life and if he will get this chance again..... he
is ready and loves this gospel!!! when we teach him, you can just SEE
and FEEL the Holy Ghost testifying to him and touching his heart! it
is pretty cool!!
we had some great meetings with some members this week. we are
meeting with this part-member family a lot. the mom and daughter are
members but the father and son are not. so we go see them and have
some good meetings with the family. the daughter has had some real
bad health problems in the past little bit and had some rough
challenges. it is so cool to see how the atonement has helped this
mother and daughter and family as a whole. they are the oldest
members in georgia and still the strongest!!! God bless them!!!
so that is the update for the week. not a lot a i know but it is it.
BE SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KIA KAHA
LOVE
ELDER JOHNSON
SUPERMAN
Rain Rain Rain!
April 4, 2011
so this week was ok.....
did not get a lot of missionary work done. we had 7 meetings the
whole week and 5 were with members. President Carter came up this
week and so i was is meetings with him all week and with both branch
presidents and the other 3 senior missionaries. we are having a hard
time right now with members coming for the right reason and not for
help from the church. it is really bad. a lot of members have gotten
offended and stopped coming and others only come cause they are
getting help. it is bad. yesterday we had 5 when church started and
then went up to 8 members, not including missionaries. so we spent
the week in meetings about how to fix it and how to get members coming
again for the right reason!!!! it is tough!!!!
GOOD NEWS!!!! iza got here visa this week and left on her mission to
Scotland!!!! that was exciting!!! she has been delayed 4 months
because of not having a visa so it was a joy to see her get it and go
out into the field finally!!!
our senior couple that has been here with us since we
were here left this week!!! it was sad to see them go. we will
surely miss them. they came over with my group and so we were way
tight! sad to say good bye.....
so the weather is bad like usual ha ha ha april came in raining
raining raining. last year april rained the whole month non stop. so
far it is the same. have not seen the sun for a week now and wont for
another 3 weeks...
BE SAFE EVERY ONE AND HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KIA KAHA
LOVE
ELDER JOHNSON
SUPERMAN
so this week was ok.....
did not get a lot of missionary work done. we had 7 meetings the
whole week and 5 were with members. President Carter came up this
week and so i was is meetings with him all week and with both branch
presidents and the other 3 senior missionaries. we are having a hard
time right now with members coming for the right reason and not for
help from the church. it is really bad. a lot of members have gotten
offended and stopped coming and others only come cause they are
getting help. it is bad. yesterday we had 5 when church started and
then went up to 8 members, not including missionaries. so we spent
the week in meetings about how to fix it and how to get members coming
again for the right reason!!!! it is tough!!!!
GOOD NEWS!!!! iza got here visa this week and left on her mission to
Scotland!!!! that was exciting!!! she has been delayed 4 months
because of not having a visa so it was a joy to see her get it and go
out into the field finally!!!
our senior couple that has been here with us since we
were here left this week!!! it was sad to see them go. we will
surely miss them. they came over with my group and so we were way
tight! sad to say good bye.....
so the weather is bad like usual ha ha ha april came in raining
raining raining. last year april rained the whole month non stop. so
far it is the same. have not seen the sun for a week now and wont for
another 3 weeks...
BE SAFE EVERY ONE AND HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KIA KAHA
LOVE
ELDER JOHNSON
SUPERMAN
New New New!
March 28, 2011
well well well,
so this week was a long one... it went by way slow for some reason.....
well it started off with a transfer and i moving from the center of
the city to the outskirts and with the cows ha ha ha ha seriously
where i live the cows roam freely and eat what ever.... i will get
some pictures to show you.... it takes us a good 45 minutes on the
metro to get from our house to the church and again the same time
back.... we have the biggest area of the 4 in the city.
so me and elder Hartley are senior missionaries in the mission and
together we are!!! man, is it fun!! we try and talk in georgian a
lot between us two cuz we have been out the same time so we can pretty
much understand each other so that is fun! the language is good, we
both switch off translating for senior couples and members, we both
know it well!!! it is great!!! also we get up at 6 every morning(YES I
GET UP @ 6!!!!) CRAZY!! and go running, YES running!!! i do run now!
then we get home at 630 and do a pounding work out with weights and
other stuff.... he is getting ready to wrestle at BSU(Boise state)
when he gets home and i am getting ready to play water polo when i get
home.... so we are bulking up!! we eat soooo much!!!! like 12 eggs
for breakfast and a kilo of potatoes for dinner!!! pounding it!!! we
are getting big!! so much fun!!
so the work right now is ok.... this last week we had some good
meetings and work that we did. but now it is slow. our 2 main
investigators left for some time.. one went skiing in the mountains
and told us that while he is there will spend some time in the woods
praying and seeking an answer if this is really tree..... i don't know
but the best answer to a prayer that i know happened in the woods, so
we were down for that one!!!! the second one went to her village to
spend time out of the city and away from family and friends.... she
wanted time to think and to find out if it is true and what she needs
to do if it is, whether to do it alone with out family or not join...
it is not the wood situation but it is close and we will take it as
well!!! so this next week we are focusing more on getting our name
out more then anything. we are making a "billion" copies of the
living Christ in Georgian with our information and then going to go to
the metros and just hand them out like crazy!!! people here know the
JWs, the baptist, the catholics, the Muslims.... but no one knows the
"Mormons"... so we are getting the word out that we are here and what
we got! it will be an adventure!! Also we are doing major changes
with the way we work with the members. we have found that the best
investigators come from members and so we are going to really be
picking it up with them on that and building them up... things in the
branches are really struggling right now... me and my companion,
being senior missionaries have really deep ties with so many members
that the other missionaries don't have... and with us in the same
branch the other branch is not helping out so much with the
missionaries... so we are doing some work with others out of our area
and with members of both branches.... doing a lot of work with the
branch presidents as well cuz they pretty much only trust us two and
so we are working with them to get things moving and helping them out!
it is going to be really hard for the work when we leave cuz the
other missionaries aren't close with the people here..... heaven
knows...
so ELDER and SISTER SOUTHWICK ARE LEAVING ON WEDNESDAY!!!! the senior
couple that has been here with us the whole time in Georgia since the
beginning is going home this week..... it is going to suck... :( they
really do some good work here and who knows what we will do with out
them............. we have a new couple that has been here for 2 weeks
now and they are great and way cool but the Southwicks are our buddies
and we are just tight with them!! they came over with us, and it will
be sad to depart. so a lot of changes in so little time. but change
is necessary and it will happen if we like it or not, so might as well
like it!!
well the work is good and i am doing great!!! this is truly the best
time of my life and the most happyest and the most tiring time as
well. so everyone back home, go out and do some missionary work!
share what you know and don't fear!!! be safe though!!! have a good
week and have fun watching conference! i wont get to till like 2
weeks late.... hope it is a good one!!!
ALSO EVERY ONE CALL DAD (KEITH) AND WISH HIM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY, APRIL
1ST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!
ELDER JOHNSON
SUPERMAN
well well well,
so this week was a long one... it went by way slow for some reason.....
well it started off with a transfer and i moving from the center of
the city to the outskirts and with the cows ha ha ha ha seriously
where i live the cows roam freely and eat what ever.... i will get
some pictures to show you.... it takes us a good 45 minutes on the
metro to get from our house to the church and again the same time
back.... we have the biggest area of the 4 in the city.
so me and elder Hartley are senior missionaries in the mission and
together we are!!! man, is it fun!! we try and talk in georgian a
lot between us two cuz we have been out the same time so we can pretty
much understand each other so that is fun! the language is good, we
both switch off translating for senior couples and members, we both
know it well!!! it is great!!! also we get up at 6 every morning(YES I
GET UP @ 6!!!!) CRAZY!! and go running, YES running!!! i do run now!
then we get home at 630 and do a pounding work out with weights and
other stuff.... he is getting ready to wrestle at BSU(Boise state)
when he gets home and i am getting ready to play water polo when i get
home.... so we are bulking up!! we eat soooo much!!!! like 12 eggs
for breakfast and a kilo of potatoes for dinner!!! pounding it!!! we
are getting big!! so much fun!!
so the work right now is ok.... this last week we had some good
meetings and work that we did. but now it is slow. our 2 main
investigators left for some time.. one went skiing in the mountains
and told us that while he is there will spend some time in the woods
praying and seeking an answer if this is really tree..... i don't know
but the best answer to a prayer that i know happened in the woods, so
we were down for that one!!!! the second one went to her village to
spend time out of the city and away from family and friends.... she
wanted time to think and to find out if it is true and what she needs
to do if it is, whether to do it alone with out family or not join...
it is not the wood situation but it is close and we will take it as
well!!! so this next week we are focusing more on getting our name
out more then anything. we are making a "billion" copies of the
living Christ in Georgian with our information and then going to go to
the metros and just hand them out like crazy!!! people here know the
JWs, the baptist, the catholics, the Muslims.... but no one knows the
"Mormons"... so we are getting the word out that we are here and what
we got! it will be an adventure!! Also we are doing major changes
with the way we work with the members. we have found that the best
investigators come from members and so we are going to really be
picking it up with them on that and building them up... things in the
branches are really struggling right now... me and my companion,
being senior missionaries have really deep ties with so many members
that the other missionaries don't have... and with us in the same
branch the other branch is not helping out so much with the
missionaries... so we are doing some work with others out of our area
and with members of both branches.... doing a lot of work with the
branch presidents as well cuz they pretty much only trust us two and
so we are working with them to get things moving and helping them out!
it is going to be really hard for the work when we leave cuz the
other missionaries aren't close with the people here..... heaven
knows...
so ELDER and SISTER SOUTHWICK ARE LEAVING ON WEDNESDAY!!!! the senior
couple that has been here with us the whole time in Georgia since the
beginning is going home this week..... it is going to suck... :( they
really do some good work here and who knows what we will do with out
them............. we have a new couple that has been here for 2 weeks
now and they are great and way cool but the Southwicks are our buddies
and we are just tight with them!! they came over with us, and it will
be sad to depart. so a lot of changes in so little time. but change
is necessary and it will happen if we like it or not, so might as well
like it!!
well the work is good and i am doing great!!! this is truly the best
time of my life and the most happyest and the most tiring time as
well. so everyone back home, go out and do some missionary work!
share what you know and don't fear!!! be safe though!!! have a good
week and have fun watching conference! i wont get to till like 2
weeks late.... hope it is a good one!!!
ALSO EVERY ONE CALL DAD (KEITH) AND WISH HIM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY, APRIL
1ST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!
ELDER JOHNSON
SUPERMAN
A Week of Change
Scott has been transfered! He's sad to leave his primary calling, but he'll do wonderfully in his new area as well, we just know it!
March 21, 2011
HEY!!!
so this week, we had a good one. we had 3 investigators at church
which is was a lot for us. also we had like 40 members as well so
there was a really big turn out this week!!! it was great!!!! we had
4 complete families there and that i have not seen for a long time!!!
it was a sunday to remember. well i did not speak this week. in
speak the senior couple going home in 2 weeks spoke. but some good
news for the week was i got made primary teacher!!!!! the primary
program is struggling so to help it out the branch president and
senior couple asked me to teach primary and help the mom that is there
with the kids!!! so i have spent last 2 weeks in the primary and
playing with the kids all day ha ha ha BEST CALLING I HAVE EVER HAD!!!
LOL
well news of the day! so president called and we have transfers!!
after 5 months in rustaveli area i am getting move to Gldani with
elder hartley (from my group) we served together in saburtalo while
my ankle was bad and so together we are. we have the biggest area
of the 4 and live the farthest out. it is like we live in a another
city ha ha ha ha i have to ride the metro 45 min. to get from the
church to my house. pretty far!! so yesterday was my last day in
avlabari branch and in the primary there. i just got the best calling
ever and now i got the move.... OH WELL!!! so things are good. had
some great meetings with our investigators and said some pretty crazy
stuff. i told one right out of the blue that she was chosen by God to
hear his gospel at this time and that meant that she would find the
truth here.... she was blown away and is really progressing and right
now waiting for that answer to come from above... it will come!!!
so this week was a good one! we had an institute party and had a good
turn out for that. the youth are doing so good and i like spending
time with them and helping them out... they are the future of
Georgia!!!
so new changes this week and new look on the future!!!
KIA KAHA
LOVE
ELDER JOHNSON
SUPERMAN
March 21, 2011
HEY!!!
so this week, we had a good one. we had 3 investigators at church
which is was a lot for us. also we had like 40 members as well so
there was a really big turn out this week!!! it was great!!!! we had
4 complete families there and that i have not seen for a long time!!!
it was a sunday to remember. well i did not speak this week. in
speak the senior couple going home in 2 weeks spoke. but some good
news for the week was i got made primary teacher!!!!! the primary
program is struggling so to help it out the branch president and
senior couple asked me to teach primary and help the mom that is there
with the kids!!! so i have spent last 2 weeks in the primary and
playing with the kids all day ha ha ha BEST CALLING I HAVE EVER HAD!!!
LOL
well news of the day! so president called and we have transfers!!
after 5 months in rustaveli area i am getting move to Gldani with
elder hartley (from my group) we served together in saburtalo while
my ankle was bad and so together we are. we have the biggest area
of the 4 and live the farthest out. it is like we live in a another
city ha ha ha ha i have to ride the metro 45 min. to get from the
church to my house. pretty far!! so yesterday was my last day in
avlabari branch and in the primary there. i just got the best calling
ever and now i got the move.... OH WELL!!! so things are good. had
some great meetings with our investigators and said some pretty crazy
stuff. i told one right out of the blue that she was chosen by God to
hear his gospel at this time and that meant that she would find the
truth here.... she was blown away and is really progressing and right
now waiting for that answer to come from above... it will come!!!
so this week was a good one! we had an institute party and had a good
turn out for that. the youth are doing so good and i like spending
time with them and helping them out... they are the future of
Georgia!!!
so new changes this week and new look on the future!!!
KIA KAHA
LOVE
ELDER JOHNSON
SUPERMAN
Rise and Rise again...
March 14, 2011
GOOD WEEK EVERYONE!!!!
HAPPY GREEN-DAY TO YOU ALL!!!
so this week was a crazy one!!!! we had zone conference so we were
going to go to armenia!! so it was going to be a good trip.... well
my companion lost his passport and due to that we were not able to go
down with everyone else... so we stayed behind in georgia and did
some searching.... no luck. it was sad to miss the zone conference
since it has been 5 months from the last one. and it will be another 3
to 4 months till we have one again.... i really love those meetings
and it is a bummer that we missed it...
so good news we did find some really old less-active members this week
and they came to church this week. it was good to see that when they
came, members welcomed them back and made them feel at home again.
also we had an old investigator show randomly at church this week and
asked when we would start teaching him. that was cool!!! he even
asked if we would have warm water at his baptism LOL HEY, this week
we did have a baptism in our branch from the other set of elders. the
guy wanted to do it in a river like Christ so we went out to a village
and did that in a really dirty, cold river but the guy wanted it so it
was done!!! really cool! he will be a strong member and good help to
the church!
there is a saying that, Christ started off towards the 'hill of the
skull' where we would die. He started carrying His cross down the
path that lead to the hill. He struggled and slipped, He went as far
as He could and then when He could go no more, HIS burden was lifted
and taken by someone else and carried the rest of the way. Christ
still had to go to the hill. He still had to walk to the hill even
after His burden was taken. and so when he says take up your cross
and follow me; He is telling us that we must first start the trip to
the hill(kingdom of God) we have to pick up our burden and start down
the path. yes we will slip and struggle but when we get to that point
where we have gone as far as we possibly can go, it will not be all
the way, that is when our burden will be lifted and carried by
another, Jesus Christ. but we still have to go dawn the path to the
end, even after our burden is taken from us we have to go to the
end!!! There was one to take the burden Christ bore on His path, and
if He being the Son of God had help, then certainly we will have help
on our path. The Son of God had help in his life, even if it was
physical help; and so shall we too have help in our lives and not just
physical help but spiritual help that will raise us from the darkest
pits of life.
GOD LIVES AND LOVES US!!! HOLD TO HIS WORD AND CONTINUE DOWN THE PATH!!!!!!!
KIA KAHA
LOVE,
ELDER JOHNSON
SUPERMAN
Rise and rise again, until lambs become lions
GOOD WEEK EVERYONE!!!!
HAPPY GREEN-DAY TO YOU ALL!!!
so this week was a crazy one!!!! we had zone conference so we were
going to go to armenia!! so it was going to be a good trip.... well
my companion lost his passport and due to that we were not able to go
down with everyone else... so we stayed behind in georgia and did
some searching.... no luck. it was sad to miss the zone conference
since it has been 5 months from the last one. and it will be another 3
to 4 months till we have one again.... i really love those meetings
and it is a bummer that we missed it...
so good news we did find some really old less-active members this week
and they came to church this week. it was good to see that when they
came, members welcomed them back and made them feel at home again.
also we had an old investigator show randomly at church this week and
asked when we would start teaching him. that was cool!!! he even
asked if we would have warm water at his baptism LOL HEY, this week
we did have a baptism in our branch from the other set of elders. the
guy wanted to do it in a river like Christ so we went out to a village
and did that in a really dirty, cold river but the guy wanted it so it
was done!!! really cool! he will be a strong member and good help to
the church!
there is a saying that, Christ started off towards the 'hill of the
skull' where we would die. He started carrying His cross down the
path that lead to the hill. He struggled and slipped, He went as far
as He could and then when He could go no more, HIS burden was lifted
and taken by someone else and carried the rest of the way. Christ
still had to go to the hill. He still had to walk to the hill even
after His burden was taken. and so when he says take up your cross
and follow me; He is telling us that we must first start the trip to
the hill(kingdom of God) we have to pick up our burden and start down
the path. yes we will slip and struggle but when we get to that point
where we have gone as far as we possibly can go, it will not be all
the way, that is when our burden will be lifted and carried by
another, Jesus Christ. but we still have to go dawn the path to the
end, even after our burden is taken from us we have to go to the
end!!! There was one to take the burden Christ bore on His path, and
if He being the Son of God had help, then certainly we will have help
on our path. The Son of God had help in his life, even if it was
physical help; and so shall we too have help in our lives and not just
physical help but spiritual help that will raise us from the darkest
pits of life.
GOD LIVES AND LOVES US!!! HOLD TO HIS WORD AND CONTINUE DOWN THE PATH!!!!!!!
KIA KAHA
LOVE,
ELDER JOHNSON
SUPERMAN
Rise and rise again, until lambs become lions
A good week
March 7, 2011
so this week was a good week with my birthday and all. we saw the
hand of the Lord in many ways :)
so monday: we had a very good meeting with a in-active. we have been
visiting here for a long time with no progress. but this week, i
asked here about her conversion and testimony and it was so amazing to
see how she turned around and opened up to us. our best meeting with
her, and we made more progress with her in one meeting then we have in
2 months of teaching here principles.....
Tuesday: (my birthday) we went and had a good lunch appointment with
one of our investigators. her name is "T". (went to her restaurant
where she works for lunch) got in a little bit of teaching and made
an appointment for the next day. went tracting and got in 1 door. the
lady listened to us and accepted our message.
Wednesday: great meeting with T. girl from restaurant... senior
couple came with us and the whole meeting was guided by the spirit.
invited her to be baptized, when she found out this was true; kinda
got a little scared and said don't know. felt really good to invite
someone to be baptized. have not done that in a long time. still has
a desire to learn and you can see and feel the spirit working on her.
also had another meeting with a new kid. our first meeting with him
and we invited him to be baptized when he found out it was true. did
not except but still will meet with us and has desire to learn. we
will work with him. went to a members house and first half of our
lesson i played with their 2 kids (9 and 4). really had some fun there
:) then talked about the gospel of Jesus Christ and how it is the
only way and how to share it. we have been trying to get them to
share the gospel with family and friends for ages now.... well this
week they told us how they thought of someone to share it with :) that
was a blessing to hear that.
thursday: had another meeting with T and things went well, she asks
questions that pertain to what we are talking about and what is
important. went really well.
Saturday: went tracting again and got into 1 door. lady was nice and
listen and read what we asked her to read. friendly and willy to act.
went to the "restaurant" with the senior couple because they wanted
to try new food :) T was working and talked with her about coming to
church. told us that she had to work the next day. kinda sad. all
our work during the week teaching her and she couldn't come to church.
then went and saw a member family and learned of their conversion
story and how we can help others have the same.
Sunday: well at about 5 minutes to... T walked in the church. i asked
her how she came and she said that she asked her boss if she could
have some time off to go to church and her boss said yes and she
came!!!! also our other investigator who we invited to be baptized
earlier came! so we had 2 at church and the best part was all the
testimonies were about how to find truth and the power of it :) they
both felt the spirit :)
the work is turning around one by one :)
hope you week is going well and that you are all safe!!! :) :) :)
Love, Elder Johnson
so this week was a good week with my birthday and all. we saw the
hand of the Lord in many ways :)
so monday: we had a very good meeting with a in-active. we have been
visiting here for a long time with no progress. but this week, i
asked here about her conversion and testimony and it was so amazing to
see how she turned around and opened up to us. our best meeting with
her, and we made more progress with her in one meeting then we have in
2 months of teaching here principles.....
Tuesday: (my birthday) we went and had a good lunch appointment with
one of our investigators. her name is "T". (went to her restaurant
where she works for lunch) got in a little bit of teaching and made
an appointment for the next day. went tracting and got in 1 door. the
lady listened to us and accepted our message.
Wednesday: great meeting with T. girl from restaurant... senior
couple came with us and the whole meeting was guided by the spirit.
invited her to be baptized, when she found out this was true; kinda
got a little scared and said don't know. felt really good to invite
someone to be baptized. have not done that in a long time. still has
a desire to learn and you can see and feel the spirit working on her.
also had another meeting with a new kid. our first meeting with him
and we invited him to be baptized when he found out it was true. did
not except but still will meet with us and has desire to learn. we
will work with him. went to a members house and first half of our
lesson i played with their 2 kids (9 and 4). really had some fun there
:) then talked about the gospel of Jesus Christ and how it is the
only way and how to share it. we have been trying to get them to
share the gospel with family and friends for ages now.... well this
week they told us how they thought of someone to share it with :) that
was a blessing to hear that.
thursday: had another meeting with T and things went well, she asks
questions that pertain to what we are talking about and what is
important. went really well.
Saturday: went tracting again and got into 1 door. lady was nice and
listen and read what we asked her to read. friendly and willy to act.
went to the "restaurant" with the senior couple because they wanted
to try new food :) T was working and talked with her about coming to
church. told us that she had to work the next day. kinda sad. all
our work during the week teaching her and she couldn't come to church.
then went and saw a member family and learned of their conversion
story and how we can help others have the same.
Sunday: well at about 5 minutes to... T walked in the church. i asked
her how she came and she said that she asked her boss if she could
have some time off to go to church and her boss said yes and she
came!!!! also our other investigator who we invited to be baptized
earlier came! so we had 2 at church and the best part was all the
testimonies were about how to find truth and the power of it :) they
both felt the spirit :)
the work is turning around one by one :)
hope you week is going well and that you are all safe!!! :) :) :)
Love, Elder Johnson
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