Hey all you people out there!
It's the moment you have all been waiting for. It's time to here what happened in this weeks episode of Galveston Texas Dun Dun DUUUUNNNN.
We finally made our comeback week! On Monday we got three dates (baptism dates). Two of the dates are a married couple and they are planning on December 6th, and the another man is planning on that date too. It was a rough week last week but through prayer and relying on faith and the Lord we made it out and now we barley have time to do anything. I go home, write in my journal and sleep cuz im am tired! The rest of the week on Thursday we helped a family in the ward move and they are really awesome!
We have been trying really hard to work with the members in the ward. We have made an area book and we are visiting the members and teaching the restoration to them, and our commitment is to invite a friend or family over for family home evening and we can teach them a lesson. It's going great! We have gotten three referrals from it so far!
Umm on Saturday we took a lady to the church that has a baptismal date and she brought a friend of hers and her sister. While we were at the church we taught them part of the restoration and extended to them dates and they said yes! So that's five dates by the end of the week. I know the Lord has everything to do with it!
We finished our final preparations for the zone activity and its going to be awesome...except it is raining today!!!!!! Ughhhh so know we have to do everything inside the church!! Shoot!
I am sorry that this letter was short this week but we have to get going and set up for the activity and its raining so ill talk to ya all later next week!
-Elder Steven Johnson!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
Nov 9 - Galveston
This week we have been doing some damage control. By damage control I mean trying to get out of our slump. We have had a couple of new ideas. Well, a new idea. It has been really hard to get referrals from members, so we thought of a plan to help our district get referrals. It's nothing new, but I think it's going to work. We made member area books and went through the ward list and found all the members in our area. And now we are visiting one member a day and teaching them different preach my gospel principles and taking a picture of the family to put in the area book so when a new elder comes into the area they can know who the family is and what we have been working on with them so the member and missionary relationship stays and it doesn't leave once the elder they like leaves. Also we are extending small commitments to them like praying for opportunities to bear their testimonies and such. Elder Roberts and I feel really good about this and I have a feeling that it's going to work.
I also went on exchanges with the zone leaders again, and this time I took them around Galveston. We worked all day and by the time we got home that night the zone leader laid down on the bed and said he was exhausted; so that was another good thing :) hahaha. Those car elders need to ride their bikes more.
Elder Roberts and I are also in charge of the zone activity this transfer and it's going to be awesome. We made the ultimate relay race. It starts off with four companionships having a chest with a padlock over it. They will receive a first clue for the key to open the padlock that says "In this pie your next clue lies." They will have to find a capsule in their cream pie. The capsule then contains another clue that says to "Go to the freezer and take a cube, you will know what to do take it to stage three." They will find a Rubik's cube in the freezer (almost all the elders know how to do a Rubik's cube). Stage 3: They go into a room and it's covered with colored dots and on the back of four dots there are four different bike lock combos. So, they get the combo and go to stage 4. Stage 4: the bikes are locked up and the tires is out and deflated. So they have to change the tire and ride the bike to stage 5. Stage 5: they go into the gym and have to make a basket from a mark on the floor. In stage 6, they go to another room and there are four boxes covered in tape and seran wrap stuff and they have to open the box. In the box, there is stuff for stage 7. Stage 7: they take the marshmellows in the box and put them in their mouth and have to tell the person in stage 7 that is blindfolded that the clue is in front of them in the jello. The blindfolded person has to use their face to get the clue out of the jello, which leads them to the paper that has scriptures and the number of word for example John 4:6 13th word so they have to write down the 13th word. It then spells "Find the key, it's in room 3." So, the go to room 3 and there are hundreds of balloons in there, and in the balloons are keys so they have to pop the balloons and get the key for their padlock. The key unlocks a chest full of prizes and stuff. Then after this awesome relay race is a barbeque. So it's going to be awesome!
The missionary work is good. I don't really know what to say. This week was rough. We have no dates, but we have found 6 new investigators. We have been working hard and knocking a lot of doors. Also riding our bikes around and talking to the people on the streets. I got my first complement that my Spanish is good from a guy that was cooking a barbeque and gave us some food. He was really nice but sadly wasn't interested. The biggest challenge is waking up on time. Both of us struggle with that but we have been getting good at it :) I had no problem with this at the MTC, but I guess after riding bikes all day you get pretty tired.
I really like reading my scriptures for an hour everyday and I always learn something new. I hope I can keep that habit up when I get home. And also waking up. I realized how much of the day I waste when I sleep in and how I dont miss out on much when I go to bed at 10 because all the stupid things happen at night time anyway. Well, I hope everyone feels better that is sick and I miss you all!!!
Here are some pictures from the Zone activity 
I also went on exchanges with the zone leaders again, and this time I took them around Galveston. We worked all day and by the time we got home that night the zone leader laid down on the bed and said he was exhausted; so that was another good thing :) hahaha. Those car elders need to ride their bikes more.
Elder Roberts and I are also in charge of the zone activity this transfer and it's going to be awesome. We made the ultimate relay race. It starts off with four companionships having a chest with a padlock over it. They will receive a first clue for the key to open the padlock that says "In this pie your next clue lies." They will have to find a capsule in their cream pie. The capsule then contains another clue that says to "Go to the freezer and take a cube, you will know what to do take it to stage three." They will find a Rubik's cube in the freezer (almost all the elders know how to do a Rubik's cube). Stage 3: They go into a room and it's covered with colored dots and on the back of four dots there are four different bike lock combos. So, they get the combo and go to stage 4. Stage 4: the bikes are locked up and the tires is out and deflated. So they have to change the tire and ride the bike to stage 5. Stage 5: they go into the gym and have to make a basket from a mark on the floor. In stage 6, they go to another room and there are four boxes covered in tape and seran wrap stuff and they have to open the box. In the box, there is stuff for stage 7. Stage 7: they take the marshmellows in the box and put them in their mouth and have to tell the person in stage 7 that is blindfolded that the clue is in front of them in the jello. The blindfolded person has to use their face to get the clue out of the jello, which leads them to the paper that has scriptures and the number of word for example John 4:6 13th word so they have to write down the 13th word. It then spells "Find the key, it's in room 3." So, the go to room 3 and there are hundreds of balloons in there, and in the balloons are keys so they have to pop the balloons and get the key for their padlock. The key unlocks a chest full of prizes and stuff. Then after this awesome relay race is a barbeque. So it's going to be awesome!
The missionary work is good. I don't really know what to say. This week was rough. We have no dates, but we have found 6 new investigators. We have been working hard and knocking a lot of doors. Also riding our bikes around and talking to the people on the streets. I got my first complement that my Spanish is good from a guy that was cooking a barbeque and gave us some food. He was really nice but sadly wasn't interested. The biggest challenge is waking up on time. Both of us struggle with that but we have been getting good at it :) I had no problem with this at the MTC, but I guess after riding bikes all day you get pretty tired.
I really like reading my scriptures for an hour everyday and I always learn something new. I hope I can keep that habit up when I get home. And also waking up. I realized how much of the day I waste when I sleep in and how I dont miss out on much when I go to bed at 10 because all the stupid things happen at night time anyway. Well, I hope everyone feels better that is sick and I miss you all!!!
-Elder Johnson
Monday, November 2, 2009
November 2 - Galveston
Hey family/ friends how is everything?
This week was pretty wild. So, as you know last weekend I broke my bike, and it turns out that it really wasn't as broken as I thought! it just needed a screw and that was it! Woohoo. The derailer was hanging funny so we thought I broke it. But I did get a tune up because the brakes were bad and the bike was all squeaky but now it runs as smooth as butter.
This week was pretty wild. So, as you know last weekend I broke my bike, and it turns out that it really wasn't as broken as I thought! it just needed a screw and that was it! Woohoo. The derailer was hanging funny so we thought I broke it. But I did get a tune up because the brakes were bad and the bike was all squeaky but now it runs as smooth as butter.
So I was on this little blue rental bike that had no shocks and the seat couldnt be raised without usuing a wrench and it had tiny skinny tires and the bike was so old that I hand to push this lever up to go into the different gears so I could petal normal and didn't have to peddle really fast to go a normal speed. So that was not very fun and we had that bike for 3 days and I went at least 300 blocks on that dumb little bike. But hey, it was a blessing because I didn't have to walk.
Then this weekend it was biker weekend and apparently 100,000 bikers came to Galveston, and guess where we went over the weekend... that's right, we got shipped off the island and stayed with the other Elders in our district in Texas City! Woohoo. It was fun, we went on splits with them and I got to knock on Johnson Street with Elder Stack. No one on Johnson street listened to us and I got a lot of doors slammed in my face, but other than that it was cool to be Elder Johnson knocking on Johnson street :).
Saturday was Halloween and we went to the Hons house because we either had to be at a member's home or our home at 6:00pm. So, we went to the Hons and they fed us some grilled cheese sandwhiches and soup and it was delicious. They also made us Butterfinger milkshakes and those were great! We brought settlers of Catan and played a few games. I won 2 of them Elder Roberts won one and Elder Stack won one. It was fun.
Today was transfers, and everyone in my district is staying except for Sister Hammar. She is going into her 3rd transfer and is training someone! crazy so that is exciting because most of our district gets to stay. Next transfer two of the missionaries in my district and going home! crazy. and Elder Stack is going to go down to Sister Jackson's Homecoming and he is going to meet Mom and Dad! woaaaaa werid!! My comapnion got a 1 transfer extension and that is cool so he doesn't go home until March.
Well, I hope everything is going well! I love you all!
-Elder Steven Johnson
-Elder Steven Johnson
p.s Steve asked me to remind his friends that he is not supposed to email friends, just his family, thanks!
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