Well this week has been a fun one. I passed my driving test on Monday!!!!!!!!!!! After 9 lessons and about 2 transfers I have passed. I can now drive in the UK, and not kill anyone. I hear that having a UK license will lower my insurance, any thoughts? I did really well on my test. I only got 7 faults, and nothing was huge!! I am way excited. There is no guarantee that I will be driving anytime soon. My mission is very different from the states. There are very few cars in my mission, and there are going to be fewer soon. We are getting our missionary force cut. We are at 140 right now, and by the time I go home it will be at 108. The goal is one set of missionaries per unit. This cut is going to be happening all over Europe. They are sending the missionaries where they are needed the most I guess. I am not bothered, I got sent to the best place in the world, only the super elect come to the hardest missions, and Manchester is one of the hardest!!! That is way cool that you got on that missionary moms thing. Elder McIntosh is the Bomb!!! He is still my favourite companion over all!! I loved the time that I got to spent with him. That other one from Colorado Springs….. He was trained by Elder Smith (my second Comp)!!! Elder Smith goes home next week, can you believe that. When I was with him he was at 18 months, WHERE HAS TIME GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyways I am rambling!
Here is what I wrote to president about Sean…..
To keep you updated, we have made contact with Sean, both us, and the ward. He is talking to some of the YSA and other ward members, and we have seen him once. We are all taking it slow. We really prayed hard the first few days, and we all felt that going slow, simple, and easy would be the best. It sounds to us that he was just not sure about some things, and he didn’t want to do something that he was not ready for. We are not going to push anything on him, because that is not the Lord's way. When we saw him we made sure that he knew that we still loved him, and that we were thinking about him. He knows that we are still his friend, and that we wanted to see him again. We invited him to church and to FHE, and told him that no one is angry or mad that he didn’t show up. I really have a lot of hope that he is going to come back and eventually get baptized. I am not sure if it is going to be now, or later, but I have full faith that it will happen!
There is still hope, and we are going to be trying to make something happen
Transfers are coming up this week, so you know the drill. I kinda have an odd suspicion that me and E. Nielsen are going to be staying. We are having a lot of fun, and talking to a ton of people. We have a small and shaky teaching pool right now, but that can always change. I have been feeling lately that I was going to stay in Stretford for 6 months, but you never know. Maybe I will get moved to a car area!!!!! Anyways, E. Nielsen thinks that I am going to be training again, but I don’t know what I think about that. We will just wait and see. I am really not bothered. I am on the lords work, and whatever he wants me to do I will do. I am really starting to realize that more and more everyday. This is not my thing, I am not here for my benefit, I am here for him!
The New Testament is great. I am on Matthew 22, and I am really loving it. I have learned so much, and it has really helped my with my teaching and “contending with people.” Hey they did it in the Book of Mormon so we are allowed to a little right!!! I am not afraid of anyone anymore. I have gotten into deep discussions with lots of different people, and I always find that the lord helps me out. I find myself saying things and thinking of analogies that just make sense!!!!! I LOVE MY MISSION!!!!!!
Love,
Elder Johnson
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