Dear, Family

 Wow this week has been pretty boring not much happens I feel we door knock a lot we get alot of people who we set return appointments and they seem keen.... then they disappoint but that alright the message we share is work more than all the earth so you continue to give people a chance to hear and to accept the message. Be the voice of warning. So this Sunday I gave like a 18 minute talk about Meaningful prayer and Faith! but what happened is Saturday night a member of the bishopric called ( Heads up Just so you know don't answer the phone of Saturday night you will be given a talk the following day) but so at like 10:00 he calls and says your giving a talk tomorrow. I felt so nervous and unprepared I had maybe like 4 minutes of my talk written our and planned but the rest wasn't Boy did I take a leap of trust and faith in the lord and the Holy Ghost in helping me give that talk before I was to get up I just pleaded with the lord in prayer to help me. And I was so grateful for the lord and his promises He filled my mouth with the words I needed to say and i didn't make a complete fool of myself. So I learned to rely more fully upon the spirit. He will not leave us if we will not leave him.

              Love, 

                    Elder Johnson

Dear, Family

 Wow this week have been a very touching for me. We have been teaching Angela our investigator who we found door knocking 4 weeks ago. She has 3 kids and over the past weeks we have been able to teach her restored truth! I love her and her family been able to build so much trust and love. She has been sending us text messages of Gratitude for the love, joy, peace, and Happiness we have brought into her home. I Know that Miracles will happen if we allow ourselves to be prepared. As we allow the spirit to direct our very location and body the lord will lead us to those that have prepared. I want you to know the lord does direct his work and he leads us to his prepared people if we will prepare ourselves for his work. I know that Jesus Christ is our mediator and that his mercy satisfies the demands of justice. As we will follow his Gospel and apply his atoning sacrifice and grace into our life. He will be their to give mercy to those that are repentant in heart and did their best. I know that God lives and we are his children. I know that I can become just like our Father in Heaven one day. Choose you this day whom ye will serve.

               

                            Love,

                                Elder Johnson

Dear, Family

 So this week has been stressful, depressing, and exciting too. We were suppose to have a baptism on the 15th, but me and Elder Lomuntad were strongly prompted by the spirit to move the date back just a week. When we suggested this to our Investigator Max and the Guardian Trevor. Trevor said that it would be best if we just put the whole thing off and just give it a bit of time. And told us he would call us back when he felt it was ready for Max to be baptized. So that was really sad but I don't feel bad for his baptism not going through. There must have been some kind of reason for to feel prompted to move it back. We fasted as a companionship for perhaps an answer or for a miracle, but What I feel is just a greater peace for acting upon the prompting of the spirit. I do feel sad and it's been a bit depressing this whole process but I know it's the lords will. But this Sunday we had our Investigator Angela come to church we found her door knocking she is an awesome lady. She loved church and we have been teaching her for the past 3 weeks she has become one of our most progressing investigators. Her testimony has strengthened and wants to be baptized. She has had a hard life and parents where divorced at a young age, she was in a abusive relationship for 4 years had a kid at 18. and she has had 3 kids now with 3 different fathers. and when she was in the abusive relationship her partner would involve her in smuggling drugs. Angela has been through a lot. But over the past 3 years she has been making major changes in her life and is now trying to build a more stable home for her children. She is almost finished with her nursing degree. To me I have been able to see how the Lord has prepared her to hear the message of the Restored Gospel and I'm so very Grateful for angels that prepare people. But when we brought her to church it was almost as if the ward saw that we actually did missionary work and they jumped on us wanting to help but it was only after they saw the fruits of our work. Been ridiculous cause they haven't helped our at all really and now they want to. Just makes me irritated but I guess I should be grateful that they want to help. Also Patrick from Bundaberg the Old Catholic Guy come and saw me in Toowoomba. I love this man just so grate! He said that he sent picture of me home. Well I want you all to know that the church is true! Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior. And Heavenly Father did call Joseph Smith Jr. to be his servant and to restore the Church, Priesthood, and fullness of the Gospel on the Earth Again Prepatory to the Second coming of Jesus Christ. 

                                    

                                     Love,

                                           Elder Johnson