Writings from West Virginia: My Short Week!

Hello everyone! It's only been 5 days since I sent my last email off, but thankfully I do have some cool stuff to tell you about!

First off, the day after P-day last week was transfer day! We took Elder Davis up to transfers in Princeton so Elder Garrett and his new companion (Elder Tebbs) could save some miles. It was a great time! We were only able to stay for the morning "train" (two 15 passenger vans, a huge moving truck that carries luggage, and a minivan), but I was able to see Elder Sorenson on his way up to my old zone, Clarksburg! For those of you who don't know, Elder Sorenson and I were MTC companions, and he was the ONLY ONE of our group of 10 that I hadn't seen. Hadn't seen my own previous companion in over 8 months! Can you believe it? The injustice of it all. Anyway, it was a huge tender mercy for me to get to hug him. He's an awesome kid.

After that we drove back to Wytheville with Elder Garrett and Elder Tebbs! During the hour long drive, we were able to get to know Elder Tebbs pretty well. He's a great kid from Cedar Hills, UT. My neck of the woods! ish. Same county! He makes a great addition to an already awesome district.

On Saturday, Elder Larson and I headed north BACK to Princeton (well, Bluefield technically, but they're close to each other) for a District Leader Training Meeting! As it turns out, no leader in our zone, except our zone leader Elder Bingham, has been a district leader before! That was fun. We counseled together, came up with some zone goals, and had a good time! We also went out to lunch at Macados with Elder Bingham and Trujillo, and Elder Carter and Gibson. That was fun.

Later that day, back in Wytheville, we had a baby shower for one of our investigators! S's sister, J. It was great! We had a fun time. It was cool to be around so many people that aren't members that can't run away when you get close to them. >:D No, just kidding. But it was fun. Hopefully she'll start coming to church!

Speaking of church and S! She was confirmed yesterday! Woo hoo! It was an amazing confirmation. I've given some cool and powerful blessings before, but The Spirit I felt while confirming her was the strongest I've felt it ever in a blessing. She needed it too. Lots of Spirit to combat lots of trials, right? It amazed me just how much our Heavenly Father loves her. Couldn't even comprehend it. I could feel the loving flowing through me and my words though. It was great.

After church we did the usual thing and went out with Brother W! We got to see some pretty awesome people! First off was his extended family, his Aunt, J.; his Uncle, T.; and his cousin, D., along with her two kids. It was a great visit, and they invited us back for dinner! A couple times! It was awesome!

We also saw a Less active and his nonmember family, S&A! They are a great family and we think some great things can happen with them if we keep working hard. His wife is really interested and loves talking to us. Yay!

Our last visit was with Sh & J., whom we haven't been able to get a hold of for the last couple week! J's mom passed away two weeks ago, and we heard that he was kind of down. We made an appointment with them for Sunday, and came over with Brother W. We had a great Plan of Salvation lesson where we shared part of Alma 40 with them and talked about the Spirit World and how she'll be waiting for when her family comes over the veil to greet them at the gate. It was great.

That's all for this week! I hope your week was fantastic! Make sure to make this week the best one ever! I love you all! Thank you for your prayers and support!

Love,

Elder Brax Johnson