March 27, 2017

Hey mom happy birthday ! I'm doing pretty good today just glad that it's Monday ! This week 

went a little slower than usual but it rained all week so I think that's what half the problem was

 and then I'm feeling a whole lot better ! My lungs are back to normal and I'm over the cold and 

stuff and my allergies are doing really good.  I don't have any problems with them.  This last week I

 went on exchanges out in Susanville and it's tough when you don't get along with missionaries. 

 Transfers are next week and I'll be staying with Elder Steck 

another transfer or two and he's awesome ! We have a lot of fun together and get along really 

well and work hard so the mission is going way good right now. I'll be going back to Reno April 11th

 for a mission tour where the mission leader in Salt Lake will come and visit us and teach us some

 stuff so that will be fun. Today we're headed back to Susanville for a zone activity and were just gonna

 go hiking and play sports and stuff. Other than that I hope the weather will start being nice ! 

We brought an investigator to church yesterday and he's 20 and going to Harvard but he's just here

 for the summer and he's black and having a hard time with how the church wouldn't let them have

 the priesthood in the 70s and thinks our church is racist and then he doesn't like the fact that 

women can't have the priesthood so it's just tough when people ask us just random hard questions !

 He enjoyed church but just the way the church was back in the day he doesn't like.  Oh well though and 

then everybody we tried this week was really sick and had the flu so we didn't get to meet as many

 people or teach lessons like we wanted to.  But it's a new week so it'll be good ! Thanks for all you 

do mom and have a good spring break ! love you mom !

Elder Johnson

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March 20, 2017

Hey mom ! It's been a good week up here in California the weather has been nice and we've 
been out biking a lot, even though I was tired of it back in Reno it's nice to take them out every 
once in a while ! We went to Reno on Wednesday and we stayed the night in Sparks and had
 zone conference and it was probably the best one I've been to yet ! I learned a lot and it was
 cool to be with other missionaries and hear some of their stories.  We went to Costa Vita 
afterwords because there's no restaurants up here in Cali. We then drove back and we went 
to Greenville the next day and I set a guy with a baptismal date and we found two new investigators 
to start teaching ! The members up here are taking really good care of us because we show that
 we actually care about them and want to help them so they've been nice to us and helping us.
 It was a harder week than others though because a lot of people here do all their searching for
 answers on the internet and when we ask people to read and pray about the Book of Mormon
 they go online and look it up and find anti stuff and then they don't want to talk to us anymore
 but oh well ! When the situation isn't going good and they want to argue, I just bear my testimony
 and leave because that's about all we can do ! Other than that the work is going good and me
 and my companion are doing great and are finding those people to teach ! Have a good week !

 love you mom 

ELder Johnson

March 13, 2017

Hey mom ! This week was so awesome here in California.  I love this area and the people so 

much, they are like family to me!  It warmed up to the 60's here and we did some more biking and 

found 3 new investigators we're teaching.  We went to Susanville and had interviews with President

 and then we went to Greenville for two days and there is a lot of work to be done there so we're

 going down more often. We stayed in a cabin in Greenville at the stake presidents house and it 

was such an awesome place ! We found a Korean lady who has two daughters that want to get

 baptized and there 9 and 10 so it was cool to talk to her and she was a little shy at first but 

then I told her my sister (Brianna) is Korean and that dad served in Korea and she was excited

 to hear that ! So I was able to get her trust and stuff so were excited to start teaching them. 

 We then found a guy named Luis and he's 20 and he wants to learn more so were going to

 start teaching him as well ! This week is going to be super busy though because we're going to

 Reno on Wednesday for zone conference and it'll be nice because I'll go see my old area. Today 

we're going to go mountain biking and go visit some waterfalls so it'll be fun ! The work is going

 super good here and we're always just on the go and its nice because I can stay focused ! I also 

got your package so thanks for that. I didn't go to the hospital but I have been taking prednizone

 and I've been feeling better and I've been praying a lot so it's helped too ! I'll send some pictures 

but hope you have a good week ! love you mom !

Elder Johnson

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March 6, 2017

Hey mom ! This week was really good here in Quincy, California.  I'm really loving this area and serving

 the people here ! It feels just like home the ward is super great and the people here are really nice !

 This last week the weather cleared up and I got over my cold but it moved into my lungs and I'm 

having a hard time breathing these last few days but I've been taking prednizone and musinex so I

 should be good.  I've just been taking it slow and getting a lot of rest.  Me and my companion have

 been working really hard and we found a few more families to start teaching ! We just decided to 

go tracting and it's been working really good.  We had a baptism on Saturday of Austin and he's an 

awesome kid whose really smart about the gospel.  We went out to meadow valley on Tuesday and 

cut down some trees and shoveled horse manure and moved hay and that was a lot of fun ! This

 area is really small so when you meet people for the first you always see them again so when we

 go shopping I know a lot of people so it's an awesome place to be serving in ! We also went down 

to Greenville and our stake president is a rancher and his cows were calving so we helped with that ! 

Sunday and today it put down about 6 inches of snow but it should warm up later this week.  I'm ready 

for the snow to be gone so we can just wear our white shirts ! We also got the bikes out this week and

 that was fun biking down old roads.  I definitely like this area than the last one ! This area's hard because 

the Jehovah's witnesses are everywhere and they ruin missionary work so when we see people we say

 were from the Mormon church and then they calm down and want to talk to us. But other than that 

there's a lot of work to be done here ! Anyways I haven't got your package yet but hopefully soon.  Thanks
for all you do Mom and have a great week.


love Elder Johnson