Week 7

Hey Momma Ice,

We had interviews yesterday, it was our zone's interviews with the
Mission President, and he kinda gives us hints about what's going to
happen with transfers, so it sounds like I am leaving Kuna :-( 
He wants Stepherson to train again because he's amazing and
another big group of missionaries is coming this transfer. He said that
he will most likely splitting up but he said he'll put me in a good spot.
Nothing is definite yet but we will find out a week from Wednesday.
You should stop sending my mail to my address, just go through the
Mission Office. I found out that's what they want you to do anyways,
they don't want us using the address of the people we're staying at.
It stinks but it's only a day later that I will get it so it won't be too bad.

This is my genealogy: my trainer Elder Stepherson (Dad), his trainer Elder
Bergquist (Grandfather) and his trainer Elder Ely (Great Grandpa)

My talk went really well, I spoke on prayer and we had two of our 
investigators there! It was awesome. We were seven for seven for
our goal of investigators coming to church, so yay! I got another
flat yesterday on my bike. It's so lame I'm having really bad luck with
my bike! I've had to buy two inner tubes, a new tire, new pedals
(because I left mine in a parking lot) and my cranks are bent now. I
don't know if Phil can do anything, I can still ride with them bent but
they rub and I don't know if its the sprocket or crank that is bent. 
Hopefully I can get all of the bad luck out of the way early on the
mission lol. We had a lot of good progress with our investigators this
week. We met two more people we're going to start teaching so it
was awesome. Sorry this is short this week. It's hard to read and
reply to everyone in only a hour. I don't know if I can write in my
emails all the stuff that happens in my week, lol.

We didn't get any of the three baptisms we were hoping for. Two of
them were out of town and the other is starting to avoid us it seems
like so that was a drag. We have others that are also getting close to
baptism, so we should have some by the end of the month. I do have
a camel pack so I'm definitely hydrated enough. 

The open house fireside sounds awesome, and we are doing that
here. We're starting to do that this summer and we're gonna have
one like every other month. Ours will most likely be for investigators,
less actives, recent converts and inactives.

I got your guys' packages, thank you so much! The protein/powder
was awesome and the letters and pictures were so sweet to get! I
love pictures so maybe I could use a little photo album to put them
in and I don't have any pictures of us as a family so I would love
some of those. So the only thing I would like to have is some cool
envelopes to mail my letters in and a would really like some stickers 
to put on those envelopes, just some like Disney or anything cool like
that would be awesome. Also stamps, I know I have a lot but I have
a lot of people writing me and I go through them quick! The gift card
idea would be great, we don't have a lot of choices here in Kuna but
Meridian isn't a far drive and we find our selves out there often and
they have everything.

JT is going to Guatemala City South Mission. He's way cool. He
reports with like 10 other guys in my ward to the MTC.

Well I love you and hope you guys are doing awesome! I will
write you more hand written letters from now on. Do you get
to go to topsail this year? I hope so!

-Elder Johnson

Here of some clips of me on the BMX track and I added
pictures from the MTC to the first MTC Post (back in June).

Elder Johnson on the BMX Track clip #1


Elder Johnson on the BMX Track clip #2


Elder Johnson on the BMX Track clip #3