Well another transfer went by like the wind. I can't believe I've already been with Elder Phair for 6 weeks. Transfer calls also came and went and we are staying the same. But wait! On Saturday evening Elder Peterson (my past companion who is now the AP) gave us an emergency call. He said "Elder Johnson we have a special assignment for you." He then asked us if we would have a third companion in our companionship. We of course accepted. His name is Elder Postal. I know nothing about him. He is coming today at 2:15.
This week was AWESOME!!! So this whole transfer we have invited everyone to be baptized. We've some people say they would if they came to know it's true (which we call a soft commitment). But everyone that we have tried to set a date with has just told us no. Well we are happy to say that we finally have some dates. This week we met with Cammie. She came to church last sunday. So we read from the Book of Mormon in 3 Nephi 27. When it got to the part where it explains about how we need to be baptized Elder Phair straight up asked her, Will you be baptized? She said yes. So we set the date for Nov 24th. Sweet!
Then we went straight from that appointment and rode our bikes in the pouring rain to Savona (I found out thats how you spell her name). On the way there we had an interesting experience take place. There was this lady that we passed and she was walking her 2 dogs. Elder Phair got by just fine. However when I began to ride past her I raised my hand to greet her and all the sudden one of the dogs lunged at me and bit me on the leg. It was pretty lame. It didn't really hurt at all but the thing that was lame was that he created a hole in pants. One thing I never ever ever thought I was going to need on my mission was a sewing kit. Lets just say it's come in handy on several occasions.
So anyway we head over to teach Savona. We taught her about the first half of the Plan of Salvation. She really loved it. We stopped right after we talked about our purpose and then we talked about baptism. We set a date with her for Nov 17th. Then we ended the lesson and she was kinda confused. "Is that it? Nothing happens to us after we die?" We appologized greatly and explained that we would tell her the rest next time. She was kinda shaky on her baptism date though. So we invited her to come to baptism this saturday so she could see what it was like. So we went to another baptism in our district. She loved it. The most unfortunate thing is that she got sick on Sunday so she wasn't able to come to church.
So we had two dates we were pretty excited. Then we went and saw Kirsten. So we invited Kirsten to be baptized a couple times before and she always said, "Again? I've already been baptized." So this week during our planning for her we thought of a scripture in Acts 19 where Paul asks people if they received the Holy Ghost. Since they didn't receive the Holy Ghost after being baptized the first time they had to get baptized again so they could receive the Holy Ghost. So we taught her about the gospel of Jesus Christ and at the climax of the lesson we threw down this scripture and invited her to be baptized and this time to receive the Holy Ghost. She accepted and she also accepted the goal of Dec 1st. So we had another date!
Then we went and saw Natalie this week. She goes to church every week but isn't sure if its all true yet. She read a little bit from the Book of Mormon so we hope she will get her answer soon. This week we talked about praying desperately and really trying hard to get her answer. I think she understood. We explained that when we set goals it shows the Lord that we are really willing to obey and that we believe he can answer. So we set a date for Nov 24th.
Needless to say this week has been, like every week, AMAZING. Happy Halloween!
Love Elder Johnson
