Less active missionaries?

So this week has been super crazy!! in a nutshell, our house had a foot of water under it, a mini lake in our kitchen and water dripping form our ceiling... so we got out of there! we've been living with the Elders in White Sulpur. its been a lot of fun! We've had good times meeting with their investigators and meeting new people. 

We had a really big snow storm and got a lot of snow and ice! im not used to that! glad i got some peepes from Utah that can and have drivin in snow haha. We got snowed in for a day! when it stopped snowing we shoveled out our neighbors and members, it was awesome! we had a big snowball fight with all our neighbors! and built a snow cave during lunch! i guess snow isent that bad ;) Sense there has been a lot of snow we haven't had church for the past 4 weeks! it feels like im a less active missionary haha. 

Im being transferred! im going up to Roanoke to be with Elder Lopez!! i was in the MTC with him! hes a stellar missionary! ill be serving as a zone leader! im excited to learn and serve others.  

SO epic news there is a member of the 12 that is coming to speak to our mission!! im pumped! ill let yall know how that goes! 

have a great week!! love yins! 

Elder Johnson 

Do you wanna build a snow man?

well gotta say a huge congrats to the big bro Joseph! thats whats up! 

sorry for the lateness, we had and are going to continue to have storms that are shutting things down. its been fun tryin to learn how to drive in snow. we had a great week despite the weather though! We were helpin people shovel out their walk and driveways. some people were pleasantly surprised when we'd walk away, not wanting to get paid. 

had a lot of good lessons with investigators! found some people who are really bein prepared by the Lord. Bein a missionary is definitely the best thing in the world. We have the best mission president and wife ever!!! President and Sister Salisbury are meant to be here and are so inspired. sorry for this bein so short, really didnt have a lot of time, but love yall and have a great week!!   

Elder Johnson 

Applebee's and missionaries unite

Week started off great! I got a notice from the post office that i had a package!! so we rushed over and they told me it had been waiting there for me sense December 12... it was a box of sees that the Baugh family had sent me! It was still delicious! magic touch of Sees  

Went on an exchange with Elder Wheeler this week, hes a really fun Elder! We "notified" a family in our branch and we were trying to be sneaky but it didnt work haha. i tried to carry him on my back but i tripped in a pot hole haha. We at lunch with the White Sulphur Elders before our exchange and the CEO of Applebees came in and was inspecting the place. He came to our table and asked who we were and what we do. i guess he thought we were a company cuz he asked if we wanted to partner up and do some kinda deal with the company haha. 

We had a bonfire with Jodie and Logan and their friend Rosy the other night, with a lesson. It was a lot of fun! we made smores! reminded me of how my family would always go to the beach and do that. yesterday after sacrament meeting we were asked to teach the Gospel Principles class. We opened the book and started teaching. It was amazing how Elder Yocom and i were able to teach it with such unity. It felt like we had prepared to teach that lesson! Guess i got that skill from my dad  hes really good at that. 

So we dont have a temple in our mission, so we came up with something that is similar to being there. We went to the church on a week day when no one was there and we sat quietly in the chapel. its amazing the spirit you can feel. i tried to have the same reverence and mind set during church yesterday and it was awesome. it can be hard with screaming kids but its our time to become closer to the Savior. Love yins!!! 

Elder Johnson

Cupcakes or insurance?

hey! 

another great week in the Covington area in the WVCM!! Got to meet with the Salisburys! President interviewed us, hes such an inspired man, full of the spirit. Sister Salisbury was showing us pictures of her son Jordan on his mission in the Philippines. 

Got to go on exchanges with the zone leaders. it was a lot of fun! we were able to contact a man named sherman. Hes a really tall, African American gent with one leg! but he doesn't let that stop him. He was really excited to learn about the footnotes, how he could use it with the Book of Mormon AND the bible! He wants us to come over for lunch and teach him and his friends about the plan of salvation! 

we've been having fun teaching people a lesson on faith. you open a tea bag, poor out the contents and balance the paper unfolded on the persons hand and set it on fire. itll burn until it close to your hand and get hot. if they dont move theyre hand then itll float up. kinda a fun way to teach about faith. if you try this then make sure a responsible adult is present hahaha! 

had a really great district meeting this weekend. its amazing how the spirit works and helps us know what to teach. there were 2 elders who came up to me after and said that what was talked about in the meeting is what they needed. amazing how the spirit works when your listening.  

love this work so much! yall are wonderful! 

Love Elder Johnson 

"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