June 26, 2017

Hey mom ! I had a really good week here in Quincy ! So I found out where I'm getting transferred 

and it's Elko, Nevada !! I cover the Indian reservation in Idaho ! It's so crazy I'm really pumped to go.

 It's crazy that I've been out a year and only have a year to go ! The mission is just cruising by and 

I'm grateful to be able to go serve the people of Elko.  This week went by really fast for us and we

 got a lot of work done.  We went to Reno on Monday and had a big BBQ in the park and it was 

a lot of fun ! There was about 20 missionaries and we played Frisbee and football and had hamburgers.

  The rest of the week went by fast and we taught all of our investigators and almost set one with

 a baptismal date but she is going to go home a pray about it. We had a good meeting on Tuesday 

about how president wants us to have the vision to baptize because when we baptize someone it is 

for the remission of sins and we are the only church that holds the priesthood that allows us to truly

 access the atonement of Jesus Christ and it changed the way I contact people because I want to let 

everybody know that we hold the keys to enter the Celestial Kingdom ! and then we went to Portola

 and the members there had a nice going away BBQ for me and there such a cool family ! They're Hawaiian

 and so they gave me a really nice flower necklace. But it's going to be hard to leave because it's just like

 leaving

 home again ! but I know that the Lord needs me to be in Elko and to teach the people there.  

So yesterday night I got really sick. Remember the night I graduated and I got really dizzy ? so 

that happened to me again last night and idk how I'm even emailing but I'm going to go back to the

 apartment and sleep because I have a long day of driving tomorrow ! When I'm on the reservation in 

Idaho I will be 4 hours from home so I might make a stop home. Just Kidding!!  But thanks for all you do mom !

  thanks 

again and have a great week ! love you mom 

Elder Johnson 

also I don't have my new address yet but I will next week ! 

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June 12, 2017

Hey mom ! It's been a good week here in Quincy as always but this week we did a ton of driving. 

 We went on two exchanges and then went to Reno for interviews but this week went by really fast !

 We started out the week by going on a sweet hike up to Gold Lake which over looks a lot of California

 and then went and played some more disc golf.  Then on Tuesday we went on exchanges with the

 Zone leaders from Reno and I had a lot of fun with Elder Jensen we talked to a lot of people and

 did some service but there was one lady who we contacted into and started talking with.  She's

 like yeah I've met with missionaries from the Mormon church and the Jehovah's witness church and

 I asked her "how did you feel with the LDS missionaries vs the JWS?" and she started crying and I 

thought I offended her or something but then she said "the love that the lds missionaries had for

 her was an amazing feeling and that she could tell a huge difference" and I told that that is Christ's

 love because we are representatives of him and that the message we share is true and told her

 she could find out for herself if she would read the Book of Mormon and pray about it.  Then

 she said she won't read the Book of Mormon and so we left but it's hard when the people can feel

 the spirit so strong and still won't accept our message.  The people here in Quincy know that the

 Mormon church is true but they don't want to change because they feel like it's too hard for them. 

but it's OK because the work goes on ! and then we went to Reno for interviews and we went to the Olive

 Garden for lunch because I haven't been to a nice restaurant in a while and it was good. It's weird 

going back to Reno because there's so many people.  Then we went on exchanges on Friday 

and Saturday and did a bunch of service and it was fun.  Anyways thanks for all you do mom and

 have a great week ! love you mom 

Elder Johnson

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June 5, 2017

Hey mom ! Sounds like you are doing pretty good back home ! Did Brandon get engaged to that girl

 he's been dating for a while ? I saw pictures of the Idaho Falls temple and it looks so awesome ! It'll

 be cool to go through that one when I get home.  This week was pretty good here in Quincy ! We've

 just been working hard and doing a lot of service. We helped a less active lady move all day on

 Wednesday and I was so tired I couldn't move the next day so I told my self I am not moving people

 anymore. But we had an investigator come to church and the spirit was so strong she got up and 

bore her testimony saying she is looking for the truth and asked the whole ward to pray for her

 that she will find it and she cried the whole time during sacrament meeting.  I know that she 

has already found it ! So we're really excited for her.  Last Monday we played disc golf in the park

 with a few families and we're going to do it again to day. Anyways the work is going good and

 I'm enjoying the mission ! Thanks for all you do mom and have a great week ! love you mom 

Elder Johnson

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May 29, 2017

Hey mom ! It was a good week here in Quincy ! It was really busy but we got a lot done ! We've been 

doing a lot of service for people here and its been awesome ! We helped a guy in the ward build a

 fence for his dogs and then he bought us some lunch.  Then we had a bear come by our place 

again on Tuesday morning ! We had trash all over our front yard because the bear took the college kid's

 trash and just dragged it up the street and in our front yard, but its OK though.  I've been learning a lot

 of patience lately because the family of 4 we've been teaching sent us a text Tuesday evening saying 

" sorry I can't commit to the Book of Mormon" and it was hard to hear that because we know how much 

this gospel will bless there family and so we didn't see them for a couple days but then we dropped

 by on Saturday and saw them again and they let us in and we visited for a bit and the husband is

 really interested ! He's been reading and praying but the wife is a little hesitant but I know that 

she will read it one day. We have the whole ward praying and fasting for them ! And then the 

other night we were just walking around and we met this guy named Cody who's really cool 

and we taught the restoration to him and he has a family of 5 so we're going to go back this

 week and teach his family and invite them to church ! Friday we went to Reno for a zone

 conference and it was good ! It was in my last area so I drove Elder Steck around and showed

 him my last area and it was weird being there ! It all just felt like a dream going through there.

 Then we were asked to prepare a talk a few weeks ago for zone conference and I didn't 

prepare one because out of 50 missionaries only 4 had to speak and so I figured there's no 

way I'd get called and sure enough I did and I had to wing it and it turned out pretty good ! 

The other day we were trying a potential family and this lady answered the door and

 was like "what do you want" in a mad way but I could tell something was wrong and we just 

said were here sharing a message about God's love for us and how He wants us to be happy

 in this life and come to find out that she has a sister in Virgina who got murdered and so we

 talked with her about 5 minutes and I could tell that she could feel the spirit when we were

 talking to her because at first she wanted us to leave but then she didn't want us to go because 

she could tell we brought a peaceful feeling in her life, so we're going back in about a week 

to teach her the gospel ! It's crazy how things work out like that but I know that I'm making a

 difference in peoples lives everyday. 

Today we had a pancake breakfast with the boy scouts 

and had a lot of fun and it's going to be hard when I leave this area because I love the people

 here a lot and they all have made a big impact on my life. Anyways I hope you have a good

 week and you and dad should plan a weekend and go to the temple together !

 love you mom 

Also, my allergies are doing ok because the bishop is a doctor so he's hooked me up meds. 

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