Happy New Year

Hello, Everybody

 This week has been really slow. It feels like we did nothing the Holiday make it so hard to work. So for Christmas eve, Christmas, and New years we have curfews we have to be in the flats by 5:30 pm. So yeah stinks sometimes you just don't know what to do. But yeah so nobody is home everyone has either gone away or do not want us around :) For Christmas we ate heaps of food! So a majority of the work we did was Knock...Knock...Knock It was good not really to many rude people, they just weren't happy or in a good mood that day or any day that matter #AussyLife. No it's good we did find some people who were interested. What were are really trying to do is build up our teaching pool with investigators so we've been going through former investigators and the door and trying our best to use members. Rock Hampton is great such a great town it's a bit beat up and warn down in some areas apparently when the Cyclone does hit it usually floods so most of the home are raised up. Right now we aren't teaching to many people that are progressing toward baptism very quickly. Working with a lot of part member families. This Saturday we might have a baptism but not to sure really weird kind of their is a 9 year old girl (Kisharana)  who is Cousins with the Watane Family who is baptizing their 8 year old daughter. and They are trying to rush the baptism of Kisharana because the family is over her from New Zealand. We weren't teaching her until about 3 days ago so we are rushing the lessons but hopefully everything works out. Just not the most ideal situation which I don't feel to comfortable with. Also talked to a Anti-Christ while door knocking most people don't want to argue so they either just yell or tell you to go away or polity decline. but anyway I can't remember how we started talking to him. But it was really cool it was almost like the account in the Book Of Mormon where Alma testifies to Korihor of the Divinity of God and Jesus Christ (with out the part where he's struck dumb). He just kept talking over us and wouldn't let us answer his questions. Then he told us "it's not true" and that was the manner of his speech. We then bore powerful testimony of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. Walked away feeling so good for defending the faith and staying true. Continue to build and protect the faith you have it is a gift of God! Cherish it! I love you all have a wonderful week!

                                 Love,

                                    Elder S.Johnson

Address for Rockhampton

1/381 Fenlon Ave ,Frenchville, Rockhampton QLD Australia 4701

NEW AREA!

Dear, Family 

 I have been transferred I'm now up in Rockhampton. Just about an hour flight from Brisbane lots of fun! Got super confused in the air port but hopefully that doesn't happen again feels a bit strange knowing that your companion isn't right next to you. So happy to be a new uncle too bad I can't see her right now. But super excited! Sorry I today we had a service project that lasted longer than I thought so don't have heaps of time. But Rockhampton is great I bit run down it's the Beef Capital of Australia. We also cover a couple of other places along the coast. Which is really pretty just wish we could go and stand in it so tempting. But I know OBEDIENCE. It also floods a lot apparently but not sure when the last one was. But when storms come they come big! Also it is a branch and Get me super confused :D My New companion is Elder Gilbert He is from Elbert, Colorado He is a really cool, tall, Teaches powerfully so I really hope I can pick up a lot of his skills and use it in my own work. But this will be a transfer of change I hope that I can grow the most this transfer. I got the package mom but the thing is I'm up north so the Mission office is going to send some of the personal items and then just give away the food and what not. Sorry about that but when they send you up north on average your up here for 6 months. But THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!! I LOVE YOU THE BEST EVER!!!! Well that all that has been happening. Have a wonderful week!

                                  Love, 

                                      Elder Johnson

Dear, Family

 Not too much Missionary work wise has happened this week. But we did do lots of service for the Ward Christmas party and for the member from Warwick who is doing renovations for his father in laws home. Which was a blast to I haven't felt so happy to stand dry wall before. I love the feeling of just hard labor and being able to help others. For the ward Christmas party the ward Party coordinator waited basically till the day before to start planning so he called us in a big hurry asking for our help to decorate and to prep food and clean the chapel. Boy lots of work for something that should have been if proper planning had taken place. But the party was a big hit the ward loved it. But yeah that was fun. On Sunday evening Elder Parker and I were unsure where to go finding. We had said and prayer and In my mind a I saw a location of Toowoomba which was near on of the chapel and one of our members. So after pondering and trying to find the Location we Knocked on that street. We had knocked on a house where their was a lot of noise coming for the home we yelled and knocked 3 times no one came out. So we continued we spoke with the neighbor twos down you polity declined our invitations. When we walked out of the gate the lady on the house 2 doors previous came out and wanted us to tell her where the chapel was. We told her like a 4 minute walk she was so happy. Jasmine then told us that her foster parents are members down in Somerset (45 min away) and that she would love to come to church and wouldn't mind us coming and teaching her. She just got our of an abusive relationship and she has a 2 year old girl. You can definitely see the Lord Prepares people over the process of time. I'm Grateful I was worthy enough to be an instrument in the hands of the lord and able to recognize and receive prompting by the spirit. I know this church is true! I know that as we look towards our Savior not only during a certain time of year we will experience great blessing and increase of Joy! A Savior is Born For you! Rejoice. I love you Have a good week! 

                     Love, 

                         Elder S. Johnson

got a Shoe one of the kids throw on the roof Don't worry I was safe and still with in sight and sound of my companion.

Elder Parker and I