Thanks for the package!!! The cookies were really really great, and the jeans are awesome, I really like them! The Board shorts however were a bit depressing. I am really getting big I guess cause I can barely even squeeze into them now. Thanks for sending them, but you might be getting them back soon ha ha ha!!!! They didn’t fit all that great before I left, but they really don’t fit now. I have put on almost a stone (14 lbs) since I got out into the field. I am exercising though, and doing lots of sit ups, I am just really hoping that I don’t get into a car area, cause then I will really have a problem losing the weight. I don’t want to get fat!!!!!!!!! Speaking of cars….. I am planning on really jumping into my driving license stuff soon. I will be taking lessons and tests and what not, so don’t freak out when my bank account starts going down fast! Its not cheap, but I am glad that I am a fast learner, so that I can take as few lessons as possible. I am really kinda scared and excited at the same time though!!!!
Alright on with my week!!!!!
We had Zone Conference last Thursday, and that was really really great! We really talked about the mission vision, which is 3 fold.
Pure in Heart – Doing the right things for the Right Reasons. Exact Obedience - Because that’s what the Lord wants. Preach My Gospel – We are going to be a Preach my Gospel Mission
I am not too sure if I have shared those with you before, but that’s what they are. They are really great goals and focus points, and they have really helped. We talked a lot about the study of PMG (preach my gospel) and how to do it. Pres. Bullock talked a lot about how you can really dive deep into it. We shouldn’t just skip over the obvious, but we should really give time to everything. I tried that this morning and it really works, and it brings the spirit in SOOOOO Strong. We decided to study a big chunk of chap 4, recognizing the spirit, and we really only got past the first 2 questions in the consider this box!!!! It was so amazing, and it really helped. It’s a great thing to develop unity, and to really dissect topics! I am totally going to be doing that more and more, and I would encourage you to do the same in your studies!!! Other than that zone conference was really great, and it was good to see everyone. I saw E. Smith again, and it was good to catch up with him!!!!
Karl is totally back on track!!! He has gotten past all of the concerns that he had, and now he is fully committing himself to his study of the gospel!!! IT’S SO EXCITING!!!! We left him a march Ensign, and committed him to read a few of the points about the doctrine, the bible, and modern day revelation says. He read the whole thing!!!!!!!! 25 points, and he loved it!!! He has read all of the King Benjamin chapters, and he is cruising along!!! No date yet, but there will probably be one by next week so I’ll let you know!!!!
So I have really been starting to study a lot about Jesus Christ, and just certain points about his life. I have found some really interesting things. It talks about how he “laid down his life for his friends.” He laid down his life for us…… We are friends of Jesus Christ!!!! How amazing is that. When I thought about that I was totally in awe! I also read about how when you really start to understand and use the atonement, that it changes you. I HAVE SEEN THIS!!!! When I was fully using the Atonement, and repenting and doing the things that I needed to do, I saw a change! Someone would ask me to do something, and I would not groan or complain. I would answer very kindly, and I would do it. I think that I noticed this the most with dad. I remember him asking me to do something one day, something that I would not normally like to do, or want to do, but I did it, and I was happy about it. I thought to myself at the time that that was really odd, but I know now that that was the Atonement at work. It had changed my attitude about life. I am so grateful for the Atonement, and it truly is the very center of my testimony, and because it is the center that means that Jesus Christ is the center as well!!!!!! Here is your reading assignment for the week…… 3 Nephi 17. That chapter is totally amazing, and I want you all to read it and think about it. There are a lot of really really cool things that it talks about….. see if you can find them all ha ha ha!!!!!!!
Well that about wraps that up!!! I hope that this week really goes well, and that you all don’t get sick. I am still working hard and trying my best. Areas always go up and down (craig will tell you that too), and right now we are in the process of bringing it back up to where it was. It can be a long process sometimes!!!!
I love you all so so so so so Much!!!!!
Elder Johnson
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