"Go day, come day, God send Sunday"

Week this week was a winner! 

who needs alarm clocks when your neighbor has hound dogs that when one goes off, the others decide to join in! it doesn't last long but they got a loud yapper! 

only here would people have pot belly pigs as pets! haha we met this lady who has a huge pig that comes to her whenever she calls! it has its own liitle spot in the house and everything! its was awesome talkin to Jean (the owner of the pig). Shes a really nice lady! she is a family person and treats us like family. She introduced us to her niece who had met with missionaries before! pretty cool. We got to talk with Darce Hayes, shes so awesome haha. she always tells us about her cats and how much the world needs more missionaries like us. we asked her to come to church with us and she said, " go day, come day, God send Sunday" hahah. shes a hoot! 

President Salisbury is comin down to do interviews! i love when i get to talk with him, hes an amazing mission president!! he was askin us what restaurants were good that him and Sister Salisbury could eat at haha. not everyday that your mission president asks ya that! 

This area is beautiful! the people are really nice and we are finding a lot of really awesome, prepared people! Elder Yocom and i have been gettin along well! hes a funny kid! He learns fast and is a great missionary! i cant believe that this thursday is my year mark! this year has flown by way to fast and i know this next one will go even faster. I enjoy every second of it; the good the bad and the ugly! love yall and am grateful for for your prayers and support! have a great week! 

Elder Johnson 

It was kinda funny the looks we got

howdy! 

this week has been a crazy one with transfers and gettin my new companion! His name is elder Yocom! hes from Logan Utah! hes full of life and ready to work! we get along real well! i look forward to workin more with him! 

I got to serve a day in Lexington this past week! it was really fun bein in a past area! While there we went to the jail and visited a member. it was kinda funny the looks we got; LDS missionaries in a jail haha. but the guy was super coo! hes got plans to be super active in church when hes released. he reads his scriptures and shares the gospel with the other inmates! hes such a cool guy. we had a district meeting this weekend and there is a senior couple in the district; the luecks. They lived in Fountain Valley for a year and helped build the new stadium at Huntington Beach high! what a small world! we all went to a restaurant as a district, it was a lot of fun! 

Well not to much has happened sense thursday. hope yall have a great week! 

love Elder Johnson 

Our jaws were on the floor!

hope yall had New years was awesome! Elder Anderton and I got a pizza hut BBQ pizza and sparkling cider and had a party for 2 at our house haha. We had a really great week! Went on an exchange with Elder Stout, that was a blast!! hes an awesome. He finishes his mission in 10 days! crazy! We got 2 really awesome referrals, one being from Sister Salisbury! (mission Presidents wife) The one from sister Salisbury was a lady who called the mission office asking about a family history class that she heard that our branch had. shes excited and said she would come. family history is such a great finding tool, people really like to do their family history! the other referral is a women who saw a church ad on Facebook and requested scriptures. so we went to her home and gave her scriptures and she welcomed us right in and was excited to see us! She has been looking for a church and wants to come with us! our jaws were on the floor haha! it was so exciting to find someone who was so willing and ready to learn! 

  Our area here in Covington is doing great and im so thankful that i get to serve here. We had a Zone meeting in Lexington, that was a powerful meeting! i love gathering as a zone and learning from one another. im really glad i decided to serve a mission. it has been the best thing i have ever done. ive come so close to my Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. Its such a fun and exciting time to serve full time! so many opportunities to share the gospel are all around us.  

Transfers are next week! im gunna guess im stayin. BUT! ya never know where the Lord is gunna send ya! have a great week! love yall so much! 

Elder Johnson 

So we hid in the closet and waited till they left!

 Got the transfer news! im staying in covington! President Salisbury called me yesterday and asked me to be a district leader trainer! so ill continue being a district leader as well as training a brand spankin new elder! im pumped! ill get him late tomorrow. Servin with Elder Anderton has been fun! hes a good kid, really easy to get along with. Man, we had a lot of things happen this week, i wish i had time to write about all the adventures we had! 

Well our pipes froze cuz it got so cold so only cold water came out... so the shower was not pleasant. we got it fixed, but we're planning on moving to another house soon! the ones we looked at were nice! 

Alicha, in the White Sulphur area got baptized on Sunday!! i got to interview her for baptism! she has such a light about her and so prepared for the gospel! her finance baptized her. it was my first time interviewing someone for baptism, i felt so inadequate haha. I was with Elder Stout, on an exchange. we went to this cupcake place to get hot chocolate. Long story short, the credit card thing wasn't workin so we got a free cupcake, hot chocolate and pepperoni rolls! not as good as Pinkys though ;)for all you golf fans out there, we stopped by the Green brier, a very cool lookin place. 

awkward storys of this week; tried opening this persons glass screen door and the handles feel off haha, they didnt answer so we put it back together haha. On sunday we were getting some baptismal clothes for alichas baptism, we had to go through the womens bathroom to get to them so we had a guy stand outside to make sure no ladies came in, well he didnt do his job... as we were in the closet by the baptismal font, we hear a lady come in! so we hid in the closet and waited till they left hahaha. 

Well gotta go! hope yall have a great week! ill be back monday! 

Love Elder Johnson 

Our jaws were on the floor!

hope yall had New years was awesome! Elder Anderton and I got a pizza hut BBQ pizza and sparkling cider and had a party for 2 at our house haha. We had a really great week! Went on an exchange with Elder Stout, that was a blast!! hes an awesome. He finishes his mission in 10 days! crazy! We got 2 really awesome referrals, one being from Sister Salisbury! (mission Presidents wife) The one from sister Salisbury was a lady who called the mission office asking about a family history class that she heard that our branch had. shes excited and said she would come. family history is such a great finding tool, people really like to do their family history! the other referral is a women who saw a church ad on Facebook and requested scriptures. so we went to her home and gave her scriptures and she welcomed us right in and was excited to see us! She has been looking for a church and wants to come with us! our jaws were on the floor haha! it was so exciting to find someone who was so willing and ready to learn! 

  Our area here in Covington is doing great and im so thankful that i get to serve here. We had a Zone meeting in Lexington, that was a powerful meeting! i love gathering as a zone and learning from one another. im really glad i decided to serve a mission. it has been the best thing i have ever done. ive come so close to my Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. Its such a fun and exciting time to serve full time! so many opportunities to share the gospel are all around us.  

Transfers are next week! im gunna guess im stayin. BUT! ya never know where the Lord is gunna send ya! have a great week! love yall so much! 

Elder Johnson