March 24, 2009 to Family

hey mom and fam. sounds good about the package. im sending one your way as well.just has some random stuff in it. as well as your b-day present. i look forward to the package getting here though.dont worry if i get transfered it will get to me eventually. well sounds good about you and the calkins sounds like your all having a good time together.preach my goepel is very good. all the missionaries in the world use it or at least are supposed to and it is very good. it covers all of the basic principles of the gospel in a very concise simple way. which is what we need for this part of the world. the trip to singapore was good. ate some good food. contacted some interesting people but im glad to be back. like i told dad we had a great baptism right when i got back and it was such a good experience.

Also we had a really interesting experience the other day. We have a member that lives out in the middle of no where who called us up one night that says she has met a member that is from england that is visiting. so we went out to meet them last night and turns out its this little malaysian lady that had been living in england for 50 years. she had married and englander and comes back sometimes to visit family and do business here. like dad told me a while ago on the special he saw on pbs about the palm oil in borneo, apparently she is part of that haha. but she didnt know there was a church here so she never thought to share it with her family. but we went out and we met with her brother's family and we are now teaching them. it was so weird to meet someone who knows how the church is supposed to be run. even the people here that have been members for as long as it has been in malaysia just have a different feeling about them. don't get me wrong the gospel is the same. they just don't know all the same lingo and jive talk members have in the states. it was so funny. but anyways she's from stafford england. i dont know her name, i just called her auntie.i got to singapore by plane, and i stayed with a couple of missionaries in their appartment. 2 elders that i knew from klang actually. i was there for 3 days total.

i just got a letter the other day from dave and he has been emailing me too. he sounds like he is doing great. im proud of him. i have been feeling prety good lately. nothing to complain about. the work is very good here. it was slow for a little bit but things are picking up. the members are helping alot. how did that go with the inactive member that you and dad had been helping with? I know members make a huge difference. just a few weeks ago we were contacting and one lady was super rude and didn't want anything to do with us. it turns out her husband has a sister who is a member in another branch. this member refered us and took us over. all of a sudden, she was very polite, let us in, and we are now currently teaching her and her family. i now know how important members are to missionary work. im sure the missionaries need all the help that they can get there ma. always be on the look out to share. don't ever be scard to. ok well, i love you mom, and i love you all. hope your all having a good week and ill talk to ya next week.

love elder johnson