August 27

Family,

This week was pretty rough. Nothing much really happened this week and to be honest, I really have nothing to write about at all haha. This past week was the last week for the Temple open house and so we had to get rid of all the fliers that we had by wednesday. and the bad news is that we had like 1200 fliers. oh actually I just remember something I could write about. This monday, our zone leaders called us and said bring a map of your area and a change of clothes to the boca (a chaple) at 6 on monday, youll see what were going to do when you get there.  so we get there and we did a random exchange for the night. they took all the senior companions names in a bag, junior companions in a different and areas in a 3rd. then they drew a senior companion and a junior companion and said you are going to this area for the night to try to find more investigators. so I ended up with my companion at first and so I was pretty excited but then we got switched because they didnt think that was fair. so then I got put with another Elder and he was super lazy and didn´t have much drive. and we got to the area and we got lost and we couldn´t find anyone on the streets to talk to. so that was pretty bad. so then we were on our way back to the house for the night and we found some people and we started to do some street contacts. I asked him if he had done any street contacts before and he said no, and I don´t wanna be rude or anything but that was all we did in Fresno so I thought I had a pretty good knowledge of how to do it. then after every one that we did he told me that I did it wrong and that I needed to change it. It was kinda funny but also really annoying haha. So I was super happy on tuesday to come back to my area and be with my companion again.

So back to the fliers. we had soooo many. so we just went on opposite sides of the street and for 3 hours we just walked down streets and put them it peopls houses and gave them to people we saw. It was insane and we walked soooooooo far. Something really good that did happen is that we got a reference from the temple and her name is Blanca. She is super ready to be baptized and we set a date with her but that date is the temple dedication. So we got permission from our President to baptize her this saturday and confirm her sunday so she could get a reccomend for the dedication. The bad news is... she didn´t come to church yesterday because she works with some old lady and takes care of her and the lady she lives with didn´t show up til 1... and church ends at 12. so no we are trying to figure out what to do and we have a lesson with her tomorrow with our zone leaders and they are going to decide what to do with her. So we´re going to be praying really hard that she can get baptized and be able to see the dedication of the temple.

President Eyering, Elder Ballard, and Elder Christoffersen come some time this next week. We have a conference with them next saturday and then I´m pretty sure we´re going to be in the celebration. So that will be super cool.

Thats funny to hear about McKenna doing that. Thats the best way that she is going to get her practice though is by doing it. I remember the first time I drove with the kids and they were all freaking out. I can´t believe Braden was laughing at her haha.I can´t wait for them to start playing soccer so I can hear about it and see some pictures. I don´t have any pictures today because we cant really have our cameras with us in case we get robbed. it doesn´t happen very often but we just have to be safe..haha so I´ll try to take some more pictures some how this week so I can send them home.

I love you, thanks for the emails. keep working hard in school and work and don´t forget to read and pray every night! It´s super important!!!

Love,
Elder Justin Johnson