Saying Goodbye Again (May 7, 2012)

well i have some news for everyone. im getting transferred again.... i really dont understand why cause im still training elder cutshall. we were supposed to be together for 12 weeks and all with this new training program that we have but i guess things changed. im going out to plainview with elder mun and elder anderson. elder mun is this asian american guy that everyone says is cool and elder anderson is new to the mission cause he was supposed to get his visa to go to france but they sent him here cause it was delayed or something. idk but elder campbell is going from that companionship to here to take my spot. its really wierd but i guess i really dont know what weird is cause that has been my whole mission. ive always been under weird circumstances so here we go!!

so yeah this week made this melancholy taste in my mouth while i said goodbye to people even though it was just like i arrived yesterday. the pictures im attaching are some of the families that are here and that i will definitely miss. but anyway on to actually talking about the work...

so like i said before this week was interesting particularly because we had two moves to help out with. both taking a good 4 hours to complete each. oh the work that can be accomplished by the help of 6 or so missionaries. keagan and mariah were one of the two. they moved out of the home of the portlocks and into the home of the laconas, surprisingly another mormon household. this time keagan and mariah will be paying rent though. they are both working really long and hard hours to start a family which is really good for the both of them. i know im going to come back and see keagan get baptized cause i know he knows its the right thing to do but he just needs to get comfortable with the idea of it.

rosanka is still doing good. we met with her and she expressed her concern that she doesnt fully believe that everything that joseph smith wrote was inspired of god. its kinda wierd but we really tried to tell her that it was a black and white sorta thing. either he was inspired of god or of the devil. still not really any changes but she is still coming to church and living all the standards. all we need is for her to say yes and we can do it! frustrating but we are working through it.

we got a good referral from the other elders about a lady named pauline, but then we found out it was really carline. regardless her daughter was really nice and were impressed on how good of guests we were and invited us to come back again. we gave them a book of mormon and invited them to read and pray. hopefully when we come back that they can be able to give up some certain life styles too. we are praying hard!!

i also asked a sister in the ward about an investigator that comes to church every week but has yet to be baptized and it turns out that she is moving to plainveiw?? NOT A COINCIDENCE. im going to follow up and meet her and tell her about how i JUST SO "HAPPENED" to pull her name out of our huge area book and become attached to it and follow up on what happened to her. definately the lords work happening here.

well thats about all i have this week. be sure to tune in on sunday for my call home on mothersday. good luck to everyone and may the lord continue to bless you all. nap we!!

-elder johnson