Well alas, there will be no fireworks here on friday. Too bad for that,
but i am sure that we will celebrate in our own little way. Me and elder
smith (picture) are having a good time together. He is different from E.
Garcia, but not in a bad way at all. I am learning a lot from him, and
still in a constant change. Its hard when you get a new companion,
especially the first time that you do. Its kinda like starting over
again. I almost felt like i was a brand new missionary again, but not
quite. I am better now though, time is moving again, and i am working
hard. Things are slowing down though. Our Teaching pool is small, and we
are not having much luck finding at the moment. We are trying many
different things. So yes we have topped the Mission the past two weeks,
but that probably won't be the case this week, just to warn ya. I know i
know i shouldn't make excuses, but you take what you get right. All we
can really do is trust in the lord, pray as hard as physically possible,
and then exercise A LOT of faith. But hey, we are missionaries right....
Thats what we are good at!!!
So this past week has been crazy as usual. We had helping hands day on
saturday. I don't remember that in the states but i might have just
never payed attention (i am learning more and more how bad i was at that
before i left). It is a huge service day in the UK and all the
missionaries everywhere were involved. Our project was cleaning up the
grounds around this crazy 18th century cottage (picture). We got a lot
done. We cleared out a bunch of trees and bushes and stuff, and planted
a lot of new foliage. I actually spent most of the day wading in a
stream, cleaning off a retaining wall. I know i know maybe have been
pushing mission rules a bit, but someone had to do it. I was the
colorado boy who was used to going into crazy cold rivers. So a kinda
cold babbling brook was nothing. Everyone was all worried about my feet,
and me getting cold. All i could say was "this is nothing, i have fallen
completely in worse than this." I love being from colorado!!!! We are
born and bred tough! HA HA HA. But it was a fun project, and it was
definitely a change to the normal days that we have.
Our 88 Year old, dated for baptism, investigator dropped us. Well
actually her family did. They said that she really didn't know what she
was getting into, and that they don't want us coming around anymore. Its
ok really, cause she was really really really hard to teach. WE dated
her for baptism, cause she wanted to do it, but she really couldn't
remember anything that we taught her. So all in all it was probably a
good thing that she was dropped. Although that means that we aren't
going to have a guaranteed lesson everyday, which is never good. We
still have some other investigators that are moving along though, so
thats good.
I am learning more, and more everyday. I notice something new every
single day. I have been thinking about some really interesting passages
in the scriptures lately. One is what Joseph Smith says. "I, knew it, and
I knew that God knew it." The other is in Enos "I knew that God could
not lie, wherefore my guilt was swept away." I told you about my
experience in the temple i think. If i didn't then ask heather about
cause i know that i told her. Anyways i know that i have been forgiven
for everything that i have done. I know that i have, and i know that god
knows that i have!! GOD DOES NOT LIE EITHER!!!! I know that the feeling
that i had in the temple came from God, and i know that he sent that
feeling to me as an answer to my prayers. He meant to send it to me, and
i am so thankful that i was worthy and open to receive it. God knows all
things, and he is there in all things. Trust in him fully, and know that
everything that happens, has a reason, a season, and a purpose. Its not
happenstance, its inspiration!!!!!!!
You are all amazing, and so much support. Thanks for everything!!!
Elder Johnson
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