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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May 22, 2017

Hey mom ! It was a pretty good week here in Quincy.  I don't know if I told you last time but I'm

 staying in Quincy for another transfer with Elder Steck ! After this transfer we've spent 1/5 of our

 mission together so i'ts cool. We had a baptism in Portola this weekend and it went good and

 then we had 5 investigators come to church ! We're finally starting to see our success happen

 even though we have a lot of success were actually seeing people progress towards baptism. 

 And then we went up to Bucks Lake this weekend and I dug a big trench to fix a broken pipe

 and I had a lot of fun doing that.  It's way pretty up here and I'm having a lot of fun! This week

 went by really fast and this transfer is going to go by fast. Last Monday we went out to a 

really cool water fall and we had to walk in about 2 miles to get to it because the road still

 had a bunch of snow on it ! and then we walked to the bottom of it and took a few pictures.

   Other than that not to much is happening besides this area is way awesome and the Lord

 is preparing the people here in Quincy ! Have a good week and send some pictures ! 

love you mom 

Elder Johnson

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May 15, 2017

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May 8, 2017

Hey mom ! This week was pretty good out here in California ! It was a lot better than last week by far. 

 It was up in the 85's here and it was super hot ! It felt really nice and we got a ton of work done ! We

 started out going to to Clear Creek for a meeting and then we went on exchanges and my zone leader is 

actually from Tijuana so I asked Jake if he knew him or his dad and we had a lot of fun and then 

we helped an older guy build a green house all day and he was funny and so were going to go

 back and teach him and his family this next week. And then we received a call from our mission 

president that one of our investigators can get baptized !!! She is on probation for some things 

but the mission president sent a letter to the first presidency and when he called us he said

 "Elders, I received a letter from Thomas S. Monson,  and he said your investigator can get baptized!!"

 that made me and Elder Steck super pumped and that'll be next Saturday when we will have her

 baptism.  Then we found a family of 4 to start teaching the Gospel and they are way prepared

 for it ! They are Mexicans but speak really good English and we are praying that they will come into

 this gospel because they are an amazing family and then if they do, a year from now I can go to

 the temple with them!  So please pray for the Cortez family ! This up coming week will be way busy

 and we are going to the temple on Wednesday and then exchanges and a baptism so were going

 to be busy ! I'm grateful to be part of this great work and I'm working really hard everyday to find

 those people who have been prepared and I just have so much charity for the people here ! We

 will be skyping from a member's home next Sunday about 1-2 if his Internet works because the Internet

 in Quincy is terrible everywhere, so hopefully it works!  Anyways have a great week and we will see

 you next week ! love you mom

Elder Johnson 

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May 1, 2017

Hey mom ! Just another good week here in California ! We didn't have a baptism for some certain

 reasons but its alright we're just still working hard and finding those people to teach.  It was a harder

week because I've been trying to work on the Christ like attribute patience and it was tested really

 hard this week with a lot of things but I was able to keep on keeping on so it all worked out.  But the

 week started out we went to go look for a waterfall but wasn't able to get to it because of the 

snow and then Tuesday we went out to Clear Creek and had a meeting and then Wednesday we

 went to Portola for a few lessons and then Thursday we just did some more planning but Saturday

 was a good day.  We went and helped this guy work around his house all day and it was in the 70's

 and I got fried !  It felt really nice and we rolled a lot of big rocks and it felt good just to work hard 

again.  Today we're going out to bike around Lake Almonore with the district and it should be fun 

and then we have two exchanges this week so it'll be a busy week !  Other than that I'm doing 

good and just working hard and it sounds like your doing good ! have a great week love you mom 

Elder Johnson

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