Hey everyone! I hope you all had an amazing Christmas! I
know I did. Because of Christmas being this week, the work was a
little has been a little slow, but it still has been enjoyable.
On Monday we
did our normal shopping at the local grocery store and the we hung out for most
of the day. Towards the end of Pday we realized that we needed to grab a couple
of things from Costco that we had forgotten about so we rushed over before Pday
was over. While we were shopping Sister Prince was shopping at Costco as well
so we said hi to her. She ended up buying a bunch of groceries for us. It was
very thoughtful of her. After we were done with Costco Elder Bentley and I went
caroling with some people in the ward.
Tuesday
started out with having breakfast with one of our investigators and then we
taught him some of the plan of salvation. After we had finished up we traveled to the chapel for
our district meeting. After the District meeting, the zone leaders had prepared
hot chocolate for us. Unfortunately most of it burned. After District Meeting, we spent a lot of time trying to contact the referrals that we keep
receiving. After we had finished with that we went to the visitor center with
some of our members.
On Wednesday
we had an appointment with Harold (the guy who fainted at church). Harold
loves the missionary's so much. He had prepared stockings for Elder Bentley and
I with different presents. It was very nice of him. After that, we were finally
able to meet some of the other Brazilians from that apartment. We taught the
restoration and It went really well. There are just a few hang ups for these
people, but I think we will be able to overcome them.
On Thursday we
had breakfast with our investigator, David. We finished up the plan of
salvation and we tried committing him to a baptismal date, but he is not ready.
He wants to be baptized, but he feels like he needs to make some changes in his
life before he sets a specific date. We are still working with him and we are
hoping that we will be able to break down that barrier. After we had finished
with David, we finished up with some gifts that we were going to get for an
elder that had not received anything for Christmas. Then we went and helped
this guy move into his new place, and yes this is on Christmas Eve. We helped
for a good chunk of time, till we had to leave for another appointment. The
appointment we had to go to was with Igor. He is so solid! We taught him the Plan of Salvation, and he loved it. He was even telling us what he knew about
the the different kingdoms.
After that appointment we went with our roommates to a party in Chevy Chase that Harold invited us over to. It was a great party!
Tons of food and drinks, lots of things to do, and there were lots of
missionaries. We even got really nice ties as the door gift. It was very fun.
This was actually the same party I went to last year. After we had finished
with the party we raced home and put together all of the presents we got for
this Elder who had not gotten anything. We gave all the stuff to some other
missionaries that were going over to stay the night. They smuggled all the
presents in and once the elder fell asleep they put everything under the
Christmas tree.
Friday was
Christmas!! We woke up early so we could open our presents as an apartment. It
was great! It reminded me a lot of home.We had our Christmas Conference at the temple visitor
center. The Cooke family put on the devotional. After they had all spoken, the Assistants presented the Cooke's Christmas gifts. The mission had given them a
Redskin's jersey with all of the missionaries signatures. The other gift was a dinner the assistants put together a
few weeks earlier. The dinner was shown to us in a little video they had put
together. After the gifts had been presented we were able to watch a movie.
Well, how it went down was the Disney castle showed up on the big screen... Then
Star Wars music started playing.... Then the classic intro started with the Star
Wars Episode 7 "The Force Awakens" in huge letter then all these
words go flying up the screen. Everyone was cheering like crazy. Right when the movie
was suppose to start the screen went black and then the words "Just Kidding" covered the entire screen. Haha we were not happy haha. Instead of Star Wars we
watched Inside Out which was still pretty good. After the movie we walked over
to the Stake Center, had lunch, watched the mission talent show, and then we
left and drove to a members house to Skype and have dinner. Being able to Skype
my family was awesome! It was great to see everyone. After we had finished with
that we sat down and had a nice dinner. And that was pretty much our Christmas
Day in a nut shell.
We spent
Saturday getting back into the grind. We spent a lot of time planning and
trying to set up some appointments with people, but it was kind of difficult
because we are still in the Holiday season. We also went up to the visitor center. We were going to
meet up with one of our investigators, but he never showed up.
Sunday we had
our normal Sunday meetings. We were able to get one of our investigators to
church. It was the first time he has attended and he seemed to enjoy it. We
were a little nervous because in the priesthood meeting it was a hard core
pornography lesson, but he seemed to enjoy it! After church we met with some
members for a late lunch/early dinner. Then we spent more time setting up
appointments with different people and then we went to the Festival of Lights
again with our investigator Igor and his mom who just flew in from Brazil on
Christmas Day. They both loved it very much. Igor's mom could not stop crying
at all the lights and the music and the Christmas trees. It was pretty cool.
Thank you all
for all the support you give me! It really does mean a lot. And sorry about the
long email It has just been such a great week! Have a Happy New Year and I will
talk to you guys next week!
🇺🇸ElderJohnson🇺🇸
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