October 31, 2016

Hey mom ! Sounds like everything is going good back at home ! That's awesome that the temple

 has been dedicated. The temple trip was so fun ! Our zone is all switched up because of transfers

 and I love my zone ! After the temple we go and hit up wingstop and it's a lot of fun. My new

 companion is from Jacksonville and he is so cool ! We get along and it makes missionary work 

go so much better and smoother and fun ! He's been out a year. I'm still in the same area and

 same apartment and I hope I'm here til after Christmas because I really like the ward ! We've been 

getting really involved with the ward and they've been a lot of help for finding new investigators. 

The mission is honestly going by so fast ! I can't believe I'll be 20 in about a week.... I'm getting

 old ! It's been cold here in Reno lately and we've been getting snow as well.  The members are

 really aware of my allergy so I feel safe !  I bought new tires for my bike so that was my 

biggest expense and thank you so much for watching my bank account. It's definitely hard that

 Blake's been gone for 6 years. I still remember that day you came to my room before school

 and told me. But I know that Heavenly Father is perfect and his plan is perfect and doesn't

 make any mistakes and Blake was needed more in Heaven than here on Earth.  I know 100%

 that we will all see Blake and Grandma again ! We will rest from our worries and cares and it

 will be an amazing day.  But we just got to continue pushing forward and enjoy the things that

 Heavenly Father has blessed us with !  Anyways have a good week and we'll hear from you next

 week ! 

Love you mom !     Elder Johnson

 

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October 23, 2016

Hey mom !  Sounds like everything is going really well back at home ! This last week

 was a lot of fun ! Wednesday I got to go out to Sparks for a few days because my 

comp was coming in from the east side and I had so much fun ! Elder Jensen and 

Elder Weglin are a lot of fun and we had a lot of success and found like 10 new 

investigators ! Their apartment was really cool and it's called the loft and it looks 

out all over Reno.  My new companion is so cool ! He's from Florida and he's super

 chill ! We're going to have a lot of success this transfer and I'm excited for it ! I get to 

go to the temple tomorrow !! It's always fun going to the temple with my zone ! 

 I don't think I need anything ! I'm just enjoying the mission life and having a lot of

 fun and serving the Lord ! Have a good week ! I love you mom 

Elder Johnson

October 10, 2016

Hey mom ! The mission is going really awesome and I had a baptism this weekend ! Transfers are next week and it's crazy how fast the mission is going ! Brother Jensen did bring that stuff to me and I really appreciate the pictures you sent me ! It's nice to look at those instead of once a week on the computer ! That's good to hear that grandpa really enjoys Kayla and sounds like Kirk and Sheri are doing good as well ! Everybody here in Reno has an apple tree so we've been picking a lot of apples and it reminds me of Kirk and Sheri's place because they're the only ones who had big apple trees ! This week I went on exchanges out to the foot hills and it's always a good time out there ! It's where the rich people of Reno live so it's nice to walk around and not see crazy people and a lot of traffic and stuff. That's funny that Jordan has 6 wisdom teeth, haha.  The weather here in Reno has been really nice and the mission is going really well ! Have a good week enjoy the fall ! 

I love you mom, 

ELder Johnson

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October 3, 2016

Hey mom ! Sounds like everything back at home is going good ! Brother Jensen has tickets for

 Tuesday morning I think so maybe take the stuff with you and then meet him at lunch or 

something. I gave him your number so he's gonna call you when he gets there. I told him that

 if Tony is still on security that he could give him a special tour of it ! That's awesome you were

 able to work in the temple ! Now we can say our whole family worked on the temple haha 

That sucks that old faithful burned up. We watched conference at the church for all the sessions !

 We were there pretty much all day Saturday and most of Sunday ! I got a package from 

Brother Crowther and he sent me a thing of caramels and some letters that his kids and kids

 wrote in primary. It made my day for sure knowing that people care and are thinking of me.

 So tell him thanks and I really appreciate it ! This week was just a slower week. The weather 

has dropped and it's getting darker at night so it's hard to find people from like 7 on. But I 

have a baptism coming up this Saturday and I'm super pumped for it ! We've just been working

 hard and doing everything we can to find people ! I don't think I need anything for a little

 bit but I'll let you know if I do ! Maybe feed the missionaries some fish because I haven't had

 any fish on the mission yet and that's what I've been wanting ! Anyways have a good week

 and keep up the good work ! I love you mom

 

Elder Johnson

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