Hello
everyone! How is it going?! This week has been an amazing week! It will for
sure be one that I will never forget:
Monday we were finally able to get out of
our house. We were allowed to use our cars from 3 pm to 6 pm so for those 3 hours
we spent the time just out and about. When it got to be 6 pm we went back
inside. Our dinner appointment was nice enough that they came and picked us up
so we could still have dinner with them. After dinner we were supposed to go to
Betsy's. The family we had the dinner appointment with was willing to take us
over. Unfortunately, on our way over to Betsy's we go stuck behind a snow plow
so we were not able to get to her house.
On Tuesday we
went to the Stake Center to go and play basketball. Elder Bentley and I were
the first ones to get there. When we pulled up we saw that the entire parking
lot of the church was buried with 3 feet of snow. We thought that there was no
way we would be playing basketball so we started to drive home. A few minutes
later we get a call from one of the Elders we play with telling us to get back there. We parked across the street at an elementary school. With nothing but our
shorts on, we made the long journey to the front doors. It was flipping cold!
#BallisLife. After we had finished basketball, we got ready and had our
study's. After our studies we were able
to get over to Betsy's. We had the Zone leaders come with us so they could
conduct the baptismal interview and Betsy passed! That was probably one of the
shortest interviews I have ever seen. After her interview we started setting up her Baptismal Program. We decided, with the Ward Mission Leader, that we should scoot her
baptism to Saturday so she could be confirmed on Sunday. After we had that all
set up I was able to give Betsy's daughter, GG, a blessing. She had surgery the
next day so we thought it would be a good idea to give her a blessing. It was
probably one of the cutest things ever ( I promise I am a man). She was just
kneeling down playing with her toys and we all came around her and placed our
hands on her head. It was such a sweet experience. After Betsy's we met up with
our roommates and we headed to lunch at Chick-Fil-A and Cheryl was there. She
hooked all of us up with multiple free Chicken Sandwich cards. After lunch we
pretty much spent the entire day shoveling people out of the snow. He helped
some of the sisters in our district get there cars out of the snow. It was
really fun! It was very tiring though. Since the snow storm had melted a
little, the snow is now really heavy and wet.
Wednesday we
had our temple trip as a mission! As always it was a great experience. It was
especially great because we are no longer allowed to gather as a mission
because of some changes in Salt Lake. So now we don't get to see everyone very
much. After lunch we had our regular meeting with Harold. After our visit with
Harold we headed to our Ward Mission Leader's for dinner. During dinner we set up
the program for Betsy's baptism. Everything went really smoothly. During this
whole week we had contact with her sister-in-law, who is a member. She helped
us out so much.
Thursday we
spent the entire day shoveling snow for random people. It was very fun, but it
was also very, very tiring. At the end of the day I got a call from the Mission President. He told me I am going to be training again. I am still not
sure my feelings on that.
Friday we
headed down to the church's book store and we were able to scrounge up enough
money and we were able to buy Betsy a quad for her baptism. In this quad Elder
Bentley and I wrote our testimonies in it. Then we gave it to the sisters who
had also worked with her, so they could write their's. After we had finished getting
that all organized we went back to Harold's to have lunch and also pick up a
crystal Washington, D.C. Temple cube for Betsy. After we had finished with
Harold. We went and visited Sister Puckett. We made some sick eagle shirts with
her.
Saturday was
Betsy's Baptism!! It was awesome!! Everything went awesome! Her bother-in-law
performed the baptism. Everything went very smoothly. After Betsy was baptized,
her mother-in-law gave a super powerful talk. She also said that her family had been
praying for years for Betsy to be baptized and for her husband to come back to
church. She said that they almost gave up on Christmas. Elder Bentley and I got
a hold of her a couple days after Christmas. It was really cool to hear how
very thing just fell into place. That was probably my favorite baptism that I have
attended on my mission. I love Betsy and her family so much! The rest of the
day was spent shoveling snow whoop whoop!!
Sunday Betsy got confirmed so now she is officially a member of the Church! Ahhhh! So great! We
had Ward Conference so it was very long day. After church we had the Ward Council meeting with everyone. After the meeting we went straight to dinner with
a few families. It was a fun night!
So I am very
sorry for emailing super late, but it has been a pretty crazy day! So we had
our zone active and we went ice skating and it was really fun! After that we headed
back to our apartment and filmed another dance off video and it is sick! After
we did that we went to dinner with a great family in the ward and after that we
went and visited Betsy and her family. It is so sad. I am getting transferred
out of the area and so it was the last time I will see them for a bit. They
gave me a small package full of things. They even got me a small iHome speaker!
Gosh I am going to miss them. Anyway thanks for everything!! Take care!
ElderJohnson
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