E-mail from Neal - Received 12/17/08

HELLOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

Well it sounds like you all are having a wonderful time in snowy Colorado. I am sad I must say, cause I really miss snow! I have seen it once this year, and that odd for me. Enjoy it all for me ok!!!!!!

Well I told you all last week that there were 2 new guys moving into our flat. Well that lasted for about a day! We got a call from President on Thursday and he said that Elder Young is getting ET’d (Emergency Transferred) to Wigan! So I am now in a threesome. Me, E. Lloyd, and E. Nielson. I am the oldest by far. E. Nielson has only been out for 3 months, but he is way way good! Its really fun being in a three. Teaching is a bit tough, but finding is awesome. It is really easy to talk to more people when there is three of us! We are having a lot of fun, and doing a lot of good. We have found 4 new investigators in the past week, and the blessings from that are amazing! Just wait until you see the pictures that we have, cause our flat is a bit different now.

Well we went to watch the 1st presidency devotional on Sunday (delayed a week cause of the time difference), and we were really excited!!! It starts, and for some reason we got the German transmission!!! It was really sad!! We had Sean there and we didn’t even get to watch it! Instead the stake president read some scriptures, and we sang a lot of carols. It was fun, but it wasn’t quite the Prophet! After words, I got asked to do the mics for the annual carol concert for this up coming Sunday, and they had a rehearsal. President said that I could so I am, once again, doing sound!!!!! I love it! I need to get a picture. My Comps went and taught Sean, and I helped out with sound. I was never alone, don’t worry!!! It is going to be really good I think! That’s not the best though. My Comps committed Sean to stop smoking that night, and he’s DOING IT!!!!!!!! Holy cow this is amazing. We have seen such a change come over him! It says in my Patriarchal Blessing that I will find joy in seeing the gospel change peoples lives, and let me tell you I have seen that. Alan, Karl, Sean, and I know that the list is going to go on and on!!!!!

Cool story really quick……. So we had an appointment with a PI (potential investigator), but he flogged us (dodged us, or didn’t show). We set up another one and we were in the area a bit early so we thought that we would pop by. He wasn’t there and the guy that was said that he would be back around 5 (our appt. was at 4). So we left and headed for the bus stop. While waiting we were talking to people and this guy gets off a bus. I hesitated, but the spirit told me to run after him. If I am learning one thing it is to listen more to the spirit. I went and talked to him, and it was our guy!!!! We went up and taught him, and he is now a new investigator!!!!!!! Amazing!!!

Well my time is all but gone!!

I love you all!
Elder Johnson