November 20, 2017

Hey mom ! Sounds like you had a fun weekend ! This week was super busy for us we got a lot done. 

 I have a testimony of fasting ! My health is doing great and when we went to Elko on Friday it 

snowed on us so I got to drive on bad roads but luckily I had a truck so it wasn't too bad.  I can't 

believe it's already Thanksgiving either ! Time is going by way too fast out here and before you 

know it I'll be skyping home ! This week we were teaching a lot of people and we set 5 people

 with a baptismal date ! The work is going great out here. We helped a guy build some sheds

 for his sheep and other animals.  Friday we went to a zone conference in Elko

 and it was probably the best one I've been to ! The sister missionaries I came out with are

 going home because they are finishing their mission and I can't believe it ! This week for 

Thanksgiving were going over to a members' home and hanging out with them for most of 

the day and we're probably going to Winnemucca to hang out with the other missionaries.  

Yesterday we went to a branch out in the middle of nowhere and gave talks and I talked on

 the Atonement of Jesus Christ and it went well ! I'm grateful to be a missionary being able

 to serve people and help them in their lives and gain a testimony of the Savior ! Thanks for

 all you do mom and have a great week ! love you mom !

Elder Johnson

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November 13, 2017

Hey mom ! I'm doing pretty good today. We went to breakfast with the stake president this

 morning and it was nice.  We went to the Owl Club and talked about the work and everything. 

My new companion is awesome ! He is from Oahu and he has never seen snow before so 

he's excited to see some snow. He doesn't need clothes.  A lot of the members here have 

been buying him clothes and stuff. And my 21 birthday was spent at a funeral ! A family 

got in a car accident and their daughter was killed and so we were at the funeral with

 them. It was sad to see the family. She was only 12 years old.  Three of them are 

non members and so now we are going to teach their family and hopefully baptize them.

 On Friday we went out to a members ranch and helped them brand cows. Other

 than that not a whole lot happened this week ! It is very difficult to work in a small town

 and everybody here works at the mines and so they are never home and it's hard to find

 people to teach so it takes time to let the Lord humble people so we can teach them. 

That's good to hear you are going to women's conference ! I can't believe its already the

 middle of November... I only have just over a half a year left ! Time is going by way too 

fast ! Anyways, thanks for all you do mom and I hope you have a good week ! Love you 

mom ! 

Elder Johnson

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November 6, 2017

Hey mom ! This last week not a whole lot happened. We had transfers and so I was in 

Winnimucca until Wednesday and we went to the ward Halloween dinner but the ward was 

really small like it had about 20 people and then we had to be inside by 7 so we went inside 

and played monopoly for a couple hours so we didn't do much that day ! And then I got really

 sick on Thursday and Friday.  I think I had food poisoning or something so we didn't do much 

those days and then Saturday we helped a member put sod at their house and that was pretty

 fun !  My companion is from Hawaii and he started his mission in Puerto Rico and he was

 there for 8 months and then the hurricane hit and it flattened the place and so he got 

transferred here to Nevada and now I'm his companion. He's been out about 9 months now

 and he's got some crazy stories of Puerto Rico !  He is really awesome so it's nice to have a 

good companion! This week we don't have to much going just working and helping 

people out ! I don't know what I'm doing for my birthday probably just working as usual. 

Anyways, I hope you have a good week ! Love you mom ! 

Elder Johnson

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