December 12, 2011 email is like half working

so yeah the library has yet to update the internet browsers on thier computers so my email is like half working so sry if this email dosnt get through. so yeah this weekkkkk.... once again not a lot really happened cause we are just tracting every day now (we renamed it "looking up" but its the same deal) so each day we selected a zone in our area and went to a less active members house, former investigator, or a potential investigators house and knocked, then we do 2 doors to the right and left then do 5 across the street and move onto the next adress.

So its been very interesting this week to see who has been accepting to us and who has not. The sisters gave us one of their investigators cause he had some complications with the ward that he is currently attending and the president didnt want the sisters mixed up in the mess and so now we have him. his name is edward and he has a very interesting point of view in life. he has the mindset that everyone has malicious intentions against him and we are trying to figure out how to soften this mans heart so he can let the gospel in. hes not very trusting either which makes me even wonder why he even lets us teach him. like i said a very interesting guy.

we had the ward christmas talent show and elder kiniknini and meyers sang with elder jones and i and we sang angels we have heard on high.

it was really good for how last minute it was and that we only practiced once (lol) but it was a really good party.

last week we also had an oportunity to meet with jamarie who elder jones baptized and i taught a lot. he is having some troubles geting rid of his old life style and way of thinking that he had back in trinidad and starting to learn to become self reliant. we had a lesson on motivation and was very different than any other lesson that i have ever taught before simply cause it had more to do with temporal life than spiritual life. he is awesome and it has been really good for both of us that we have been able to teach him.

jamarie is in a interesting circumsatnce in that his neighbors below him are members (the fackrells who are a really strong family) and above him is his step sister and her family who are starting to come back to church. it is a cool mini culture of mormons in this one building. it also makes it really easy to have lessons cause we just go from one house to the next and we can help them all with something in their lives.

so yeah im out of time but im looking forward to christmas and being able to talk with all of you. mom i think you guys said that you wanted to have a conference call with grandma? can you send me some more info on that??

thanks to everyone for the letters and support. have a great week!!!

-elder johnson-