hello family!
so great to hear from you all! i appreciate the letters so much! well i have quite a few jawaban (answers) to your pertanyaans( questions) so here it goes! sadly i will not be singing in the choir. i heard a rumor that the mtc would not be singing at conference and so the one week i didnt go they past out the sign up slips and i guess you could say i missed the cut haha. but o well not the end of the world even though that would have been awesome.
I believe my flight length to singapore is about 21 hours with layovers and what not, so ill be in the air for a while. But when we spoke to president boone he told us that he would call the parents of the missionaries when they arrived but he's not sure about president skelton. there are a total of 5 elders going to my missin that i am here with. they are all in the picture i sent home i believe...maybe i didnt...but there are also 2 elders going to indonesia and two of my teachers served there so we hear all about indonesia.
we arent told much about malasia which is where i'm assuming we will be serving. and that is why i'll be learning indonesian dad. but i think alot of people speak it in singapore also. If you look at the address for the mission home i think its like bukit merah jalan or something like that which means red hill road. so even in singapore alot of the roads are in indo. A kindof cool thing you might want to do it google earth singapore/malasia. they let us do that and it was pretty neato.
Well mother thank you veeery much for the package! the jerkey was devoured! thats precious stuff around here so in the future keep that in mind haha.happy late birthday to the clair bear! that little rascals already 1 hu? shes going to be writing a novel by the time i get back. o mother, if you could send me a good glasses cleaning kit i would appreciate it, i have dirty glasses haha. also my watch broke i think...should i send it home and see if you cant take it back to walmart? i would not worry about it but i think it was like $35.other than that all is doing well the langiuage is coming along nicely and this place is treating me well. i'm learning so much here. its amazing to think how little i know of the language right now, but to think how much i know compared to last week. i can just about say nearly anything i want to say in a round about indo way right now and i am quite happy about it. I want to say some stuff in indonesian to you but my time is about up so i may just write you a short letter by hand. but anyways, thank you so much for everything! all the letters and th package! I love you all!( shannon,becky, erick,kenny, matt, megan, dan and your children!) i love mom and dad, and hope your all doing wonderfully! ill write a letter also if i have time!
Bye!
Elder Johnson
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Sept 14, 2008 - To Mom and Dad
Hello mother and family!
well i dont know where to start mom, i have like 6 letters and 4 emails from you that i dont know what to say! haha. but regardless getting letters is a big spirit booster for me and i appreciate it. But about the birth certificate thing im not exactly sure if i do need them...did it say i did? if you have one you might as well send me one just in case. Either way i wont feel that bad cuz one of my companions didnt even get 3 or 4 of the shots he needed to get before he came here...im not sure what hes going to do haha.this is kinda crazy cuz i only have 30 minutes to write you and i spent 10 of it reading. But all is well here! i was a little bit sick just the other day but i was over it in about 24 hours. we are already going to be teaching lesson 2 saturday which is pretty crazy cuz the spanish elders on our floor told us that they have 2 weeks to get each lesson down. This is all going so fast in here! it seemes like yesterday i just got here. You should tell erick that i have been stearing clear of the orange juice. not for any particular reason besides seeing other people drink it and at the end having half an ounce of concentrate just sitting at the bottom haha. not the best if you ask me.
The food...not fantastic but i will say i'm never hungary haha.everythings still great with my companions they are both great elders.about the neck pillow thing i would most likely use it, i mean i hear the flight is like 16 hours so whatever makes it bearable i would be ok with.well i hope everything went ok with the prop 8 thing. that still seems kinda strange to me that you and everyone else has to go around spreading the word about it. It sounds like its a little out of the ordinary way of doing things for the church. I'm sure this will be email will be getting to everyone so i'm going to try and consolidate time by saying things in here that i would ordinarily write a letter for...BUT! i mean it just the same!haha.
Megan! thank you so much for the package! its great to have little side snacks besides mtc cookies and pie with cool whip on it haha. I had some cake one of the elders parents sent him and it was amazing....i mean it was probably gross but it just stasted alot more real than the food here haha. I'm sorry it probably seems like i'm complaining. Honestly though the food here is good, i'm just a baby haha.But once again thank you megan got the package those slim jims were devoured...: ) hahaha. Thats crazy they found matt's truck! is it still in descent condition? I hope so. are all of his cleaning stuff still there?
I have been reading the kitab mormon latelty, indonesion, and its quite neato! even though the reading and translation process is way longer, i think it is alot more meanigful. I'm having a great time here motha! sometimes things get a little crazy but with all the letters and the amazing spirit that is here it is hard to be upset or overstressed, which is great because i need all the help i can get with both of those things. Well time is about to expire so i wont really have time to spell check this. soooo if you would do that for me before you send it out i would appreciate it : ) haha. Alright i love you all so much and miss you!
tell everyone hello for me and give D-U-K-E a pat on the head for me! love you all!
elder johnson
well i dont know where to start mom, i have like 6 letters and 4 emails from you that i dont know what to say! haha. but regardless getting letters is a big spirit booster for me and i appreciate it. But about the birth certificate thing im not exactly sure if i do need them...did it say i did? if you have one you might as well send me one just in case. Either way i wont feel that bad cuz one of my companions didnt even get 3 or 4 of the shots he needed to get before he came here...im not sure what hes going to do haha.this is kinda crazy cuz i only have 30 minutes to write you and i spent 10 of it reading. But all is well here! i was a little bit sick just the other day but i was over it in about 24 hours. we are already going to be teaching lesson 2 saturday which is pretty crazy cuz the spanish elders on our floor told us that they have 2 weeks to get each lesson down. This is all going so fast in here! it seemes like yesterday i just got here. You should tell erick that i have been stearing clear of the orange juice. not for any particular reason besides seeing other people drink it and at the end having half an ounce of concentrate just sitting at the bottom haha. not the best if you ask me.
The food...not fantastic but i will say i'm never hungary haha.everythings still great with my companions they are both great elders.about the neck pillow thing i would most likely use it, i mean i hear the flight is like 16 hours so whatever makes it bearable i would be ok with.well i hope everything went ok with the prop 8 thing. that still seems kinda strange to me that you and everyone else has to go around spreading the word about it. It sounds like its a little out of the ordinary way of doing things for the church. I'm sure this will be email will be getting to everyone so i'm going to try and consolidate time by saying things in here that i would ordinarily write a letter for...BUT! i mean it just the same!haha.
Megan! thank you so much for the package! its great to have little side snacks besides mtc cookies and pie with cool whip on it haha. I had some cake one of the elders parents sent him and it was amazing....i mean it was probably gross but it just stasted alot more real than the food here haha. I'm sorry it probably seems like i'm complaining. Honestly though the food here is good, i'm just a baby haha.But once again thank you megan got the package those slim jims were devoured...: ) hahaha. Thats crazy they found matt's truck! is it still in descent condition? I hope so. are all of his cleaning stuff still there?
I have been reading the kitab mormon latelty, indonesion, and its quite neato! even though the reading and translation process is way longer, i think it is alot more meanigful. I'm having a great time here motha! sometimes things get a little crazy but with all the letters and the amazing spirit that is here it is hard to be upset or overstressed, which is great because i need all the help i can get with both of those things. Well time is about to expire so i wont really have time to spell check this. soooo if you would do that for me before you send it out i would appreciate it : ) haha. Alright i love you all so much and miss you!
tell everyone hello for me and give D-U-K-E a pat on the head for me! love you all!
elder johnson
Thursday, September 11, 2008
September 11, 2008 to Mom and Dad
Hello family!
I already wrote you a letter in the mail and it should be there in a few days! I don't have much time to chat but I love you all and hope everything is going well! i need to study it up for lesson 1 in Indonesian! I may actually just keep on sending things in the mail because I have a whole bunch of stamps that i need to use and ill prolly just send the stamps home when I'm done haha. This will be my email for my mission i believe so feel free to write to this, and divvy out my email. Alrighty I'll talk to ya lata! love you all!
Elder Johnson
I already wrote you a letter in the mail and it should be there in a few days! I don't have much time to chat but I love you all and hope everything is going well! i need to study it up for lesson 1 in Indonesian! I may actually just keep on sending things in the mail because I have a whole bunch of stamps that i need to use and ill prolly just send the stamps home when I'm done haha. This will be my email for my mission i believe so feel free to write to this, and divvy out my email. Alrighty I'll talk to ya lata! love you all!
Elder Johnson
Monday, September 8, 2008
Sept 8 to Erick, Megan and Lily
Hello Megan & Lily & Erick!
How are you all? Thanks so much for your letters and the package! It's wonderful. I've been capitalizing on the gum as soon as we walk in the residence hall haha. But ya, it's pretty crazy that we're leaving in about 3 weeks now. Tha language has been going alright. It's really hard but I think with the Lord's help, time, and practice everything will be alright.
The Spirit here is so strong and conducive to the Spirit. But it sounds like everything is going ferat. Everything is fine here. The food is kinda funky but it's not so bad. Anyways I don't have much time, I have to study because I'm teaching leasson 1 in Indonesian on Saturday! Crazy, I know. But just to show off, here goes my testimony! (Refer to Shannon's last letter! I think it is the same and just as hard to read!)...Amen. So I can speak it alright...It's all coming along. Alright well, I hope all is well! Thank you again for the letters and package!
Love, Elder Johnson
How are you all? Thanks so much for your letters and the package! It's wonderful. I've been capitalizing on the gum as soon as we walk in the residence hall haha. But ya, it's pretty crazy that we're leaving in about 3 weeks now. Tha language has been going alright. It's really hard but I think with the Lord's help, time, and practice everything will be alright.
The Spirit here is so strong and conducive to the Spirit. But it sounds like everything is going ferat. Everything is fine here. The food is kinda funky but it's not so bad. Anyways I don't have much time, I have to study because I'm teaching leasson 1 in Indonesian on Saturday! Crazy, I know. But just to show off, here goes my testimony! (Refer to Shannon's last letter! I think it is the same and just as hard to read!)...Amen. So I can speak it alright...It's all coming along. Alright well, I hope all is well! Thank you again for the letters and package!
Love, Elder Johnson
Sunday, September 7, 2008
September 4, 2008 to Shannon and Matt
Hey Shanny Shanyl,
Thank you for the letter! I know it was probably quite a traumatic experience on mom and dad's computer - haha. Oh, don't worry about it Shan [not coming to the farewell] - no one could have known we were going to ship out early.
But yeah, the language is going well and I'm enjoying it quite a bit even though it's hard. But the food is ok - nothing to write home about...haha. My comps are both great Elders. Both very nice and spiritual - they are from Utah. Oh, and tell Matt I met an Elder at lunch who is going to Texas to speak Vietnamese. Matt went to Houston, no? Cuz that's where he was going.
I'm having a great time here- it's all so wonderful and it's a spiritual place. Learning is comparitively easy when compared to school. And yeah, you can put these on the blog if you'd like, just make sure to correct eny spling erors for me plese? haha.
But I better hurry up cuz I'm needing to stuyd for Saturday! I have to teach lesson #1 in Indonesian! Here's a little Indonesian for you. This is what I would say to introduce myself and bearing my testimony:
Nama saya Elder Johnson dari gereja Yesus Kristus dari orang-orang suci zahman alshif. Saya ingin bersaksi. Sa ya tahu babwa Allah hid up. Saya tahu bahwa Yesus Kristus mati dari kita. Saya tahu bahwa malali kurban tebusan dafat kembali kelada allah kita. (Note from Shannon - he wrote more of his testimony, but Matt's handwriting is a bit difficult to read so I apologize for any mistakes to his Indonesian).
Well, I've gotta go! Love ya and thank you for the letter. I love you all!
Elder Johnson
Thank you for the letter! I know it was probably quite a traumatic experience on mom and dad's computer - haha. Oh, don't worry about it Shan [not coming to the farewell] - no one could have known we were going to ship out early.
But yeah, the language is going well and I'm enjoying it quite a bit even though it's hard. But the food is ok - nothing to write home about...haha. My comps are both great Elders. Both very nice and spiritual - they are from Utah. Oh, and tell Matt I met an Elder at lunch who is going to Texas to speak Vietnamese. Matt went to Houston, no? Cuz that's where he was going.
I'm having a great time here- it's all so wonderful and it's a spiritual place. Learning is comparitively easy when compared to school. And yeah, you can put these on the blog if you'd like, just make sure to correct eny spling erors for me plese? haha.
But I better hurry up cuz I'm needing to stuyd for Saturday! I have to teach lesson #1 in Indonesian! Here's a little Indonesian for you. This is what I would say to introduce myself and bearing my testimony:
Nama saya Elder Johnson dari gereja Yesus Kristus dari orang-orang suci zahman alshif. Saya ingin bersaksi. Sa ya tahu babwa Allah hid up. Saya tahu bahwa Yesus Kristus mati dari kita. Saya tahu bahwa malali kurban tebusan dafat kembali kelada allah kita. (Note from Shannon - he wrote more of his testimony, but Matt's handwriting is a bit difficult to read so I apologize for any mistakes to his Indonesian).
Well, I've gotta go! Love ya and thank you for the letter. I love you all!
Elder Johnson
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Sept 4, 2008 to Becky
Beck!
I am doing good. Seriously. I know you know they tell us to write good things home, but seriously, saya sempurna (I am perfect). I feel great and am enjoying myself. This really is a great place to learn. I have experienced a lot in just a week. The language is tough but it's coming along. I get to teach lesson #1 in Indonesian on Saturday, so that should be interesting. I'll just study and depend on the Lord.
That's so sad about Kinster. A little tear welled up in my eye when I read that. Haha. I'll miss her a lot. I love you 3 and hope you're all doing well. Thank you for just being such a good sister. I feel so truly blessed to be a member of our keluarga (family) We are all so different and bring different strengths in order to help each other.
Don't worry, I'm having seriously a good time. I enjoy not wasting any time on TV. It's refreshing. I wasn't going to bear my testimony cuz I have to go, but here it goes.
Saya irgin bersaksi, saya tahu bahua allah hidup. saya dahu bahwa yesus kistus yeruselamaf. saya dahu bahwa melalvi rencana kesalamatan dapat kembali kepada alla kita. gereja ini benar. saya kisih kelvarga saya. well that's a bit of my testimony. I love you 3! Hope all is well. Oh and if you try and translate that, good luck. My spelling errors are pretty bad. Plus, gospel words don't translate well in dictionaries. Ok well, you all be sage! I love you! And Geraja ini benar! (This Church is true!)
Elder Johnson
I am doing good. Seriously. I know you know they tell us to write good things home, but seriously, saya sempurna (I am perfect). I feel great and am enjoying myself. This really is a great place to learn. I have experienced a lot in just a week. The language is tough but it's coming along. I get to teach lesson #1 in Indonesian on Saturday, so that should be interesting. I'll just study and depend on the Lord.
That's so sad about Kinster. A little tear welled up in my eye when I read that. Haha. I'll miss her a lot. I love you 3 and hope you're all doing well. Thank you for just being such a good sister. I feel so truly blessed to be a member of our keluarga (family) We are all so different and bring different strengths in order to help each other.
Don't worry, I'm having seriously a good time. I enjoy not wasting any time on TV. It's refreshing. I wasn't going to bear my testimony cuz I have to go, but here it goes.
Saya irgin bersaksi, saya tahu bahua allah hidup. saya dahu bahwa yesus kistus yeruselamaf. saya dahu bahwa melalvi rencana kesalamatan dapat kembali kepada alla kita. gereja ini benar. saya kisih kelvarga saya. well that's a bit of my testimony. I love you 3! Hope all is well. Oh and if you try and translate that, good luck. My spelling errors are pretty bad. Plus, gospel words don't translate well in dictionaries. Ok well, you all be sage! I love you! And Geraja ini benar! (This Church is true!)
Elder Johnson
Sept 4, 2008 to Mom, Dad and Kenny
Fam!
Hey Mom & Dad & Kenny!
Thank you for all the letters Mom! Yes I have been getting them. How are you all? I am doing pretty darn well! The MTC has been great thus far. The food is no mom quality, but it will do for now. But Ya! we’re supposed to be shipping out on the 22nd of Sept! It’s way crazy because we’re supposed to be here for 9 weeks to learn the language initially but, it was a decision made by the first presidency for us to leave on the 22nd, so I’ll just trust in Heavenly Father that He will provide. I’ll keep on praying and studying. My two companions are Elder Campbell & Austin. They are both from Utah and are awesome Elders. They are both very nice and extremely spiritual guys. Well it sounds like you had a great time with the Hiller’s. It sounds like fun.
But no mom I don’t think I need anything. Except your e-mails! I’ll set up my e-mail account next week so if you would tell me that I would appreciate it. I am loving this Parents! I so enjoy not wasting time on t.v. and what not. This is truly what I need to be doing with myself, and I know it’s what God wants me to be doing. Well I don’t have much time seeing as I have to study to teach lesson #1 in Indonesian on Saturday so I’m sorry this is short but, thank you again for all the letters. I’d like to bear my testimony, saja ingin Bersaksi, saya …(like in Shannon’s letter, I can’t read some of the words, sorry, Mom’s note to you all)
I love you. Hope you are all doing great! Sorry but I am having to go, I can’t translate it. Just mull that over and know that I know this church is true, and that God lives. I love you all and will write you later! Say Hi to Kenny for me or should I say…Hi Kenny… ha ha. Tell him to be safe on his bike! Or else. All right talk to ya later.
Elder Johnson
Hey Mom & Dad & Kenny!
Thank you for all the letters Mom! Yes I have been getting them. How are you all? I am doing pretty darn well! The MTC has been great thus far. The food is no mom quality, but it will do for now. But Ya! we’re supposed to be shipping out on the 22nd of Sept! It’s way crazy because we’re supposed to be here for 9 weeks to learn the language initially but, it was a decision made by the first presidency for us to leave on the 22nd, so I’ll just trust in Heavenly Father that He will provide. I’ll keep on praying and studying. My two companions are Elder Campbell & Austin. They are both from Utah and are awesome Elders. They are both very nice and extremely spiritual guys. Well it sounds like you had a great time with the Hiller’s. It sounds like fun.
But no mom I don’t think I need anything. Except your e-mails! I’ll set up my e-mail account next week so if you would tell me that I would appreciate it. I am loving this Parents! I so enjoy not wasting time on t.v. and what not. This is truly what I need to be doing with myself, and I know it’s what God wants me to be doing. Well I don’t have much time seeing as I have to study to teach lesson #1 in Indonesian on Saturday so I’m sorry this is short but, thank you again for all the letters. I’d like to bear my testimony, saja ingin Bersaksi, saya …(like in Shannon’s letter, I can’t read some of the words, sorry, Mom’s note to you all)
I love you. Hope you are all doing great! Sorry but I am having to go, I can’t translate it. Just mull that over and know that I know this church is true, and that God lives. I love you all and will write you later! Say Hi to Kenny for me or should I say…Hi Kenny… ha ha. Tell him to be safe on his bike! Or else. All right talk to ya later.
Elder Johnson
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Sept 2 to Erick
Erick!
Well, this is what my name tag says:
Elder Johnson
GerejaYesus Kristus
Dari Orang-orang suci
Zaman AKHIR
So ya...It's pretty crazy but I am so excited to learn! Apparently they have made it so we will be in the MTC for only 4 weeks... Sorry I just went out and showed some Elders up at pull-ups...I had to haha. Well Erick thank you so much for what you said, I appreciate it and will keep it in mind. Well I'm super tired and I'm sure mom will fill you in on the other specifics. I already wrote to her. But thank you so much for the letter. I appreciate it and I love you brotherrrr. Alright. Take care and I'lll write you soon.
Elder Johnson
PS - Sorry for my chicken scratch...I'll work on it.
Well, this is what my name tag says:
Elder Johnson
GerejaYesus Kristus
Dari Orang-orang suci
Zaman AKHIR
So ya...It's pretty crazy but I am so excited to learn! Apparently they have made it so we will be in the MTC for only 4 weeks... Sorry I just went out and showed some Elders up at pull-ups...I had to haha. Well Erick thank you so much for what you said, I appreciate it and will keep it in mind. Well I'm super tired and I'm sure mom will fill you in on the other specifics. I already wrote to her. But thank you so much for the letter. I appreciate it and I love you brotherrrr. Alright. Take care and I'lll write you soon.
Elder Johnson
PS - Sorry for my chicken scratch...I'll work on it.
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