Converting Columbus: June 25th. 2014

Hello everyone!!!
Sorry for such a crazy short email last week, the time really got away from me somehow!

This week has been absolutely nuts!! So transfers are tomorrow but the good news is that both Sister Jensen and I are staying! We were so excited because things are super good and we have so much fun together! I have learned so much from her already and I am so excited to just keep learning more!!

Updates
Midge/Victor- We taught them the Word of Wisdom and committed both of them to baptism. They both agreed so now we just have to help Victor quit smoking! He has already done it before but is having a lot more trouble this time. But have no fear, I know he can do it with the Lord's help!

Erick-He came to church again!! It has been really hard because his girlfriend is being really difficult and they are having problems. We taught him the Law of Chastity the other day and he agrees with it and appreciates it a lot. The hard part is he is currently living with his girlfriend who he does not want to marry, he has just stayed with here all these years for their 3 kids they have. It was hard because Erick knows he needs to live the law of chastity and he really wants to be baptized so now he has some really big decisions that need to be made. He is doing so great though and has a super solid testimony of like everything we have taught him. He is just so amazing and we absolutely love teaching him!

John/Nicole-Unfortunately we haven't seen them for awhile but they still like meeting with us and love coming to church. They just aren't making it a big priority right now but we will help them with that!

Rebecca- She is new. The Elders found her the other day but technically she is in our area so they gracefully handed her over. We met with her yesterday and she super duper awesome! She really wants to come to church this Sunday and is excited to learn more from us! We are meeting with her tonight so hopefully things will go well!!

Lisa Morris-She is the wife of a member. She really wants to be baptized. Unfortunately she has to quit smoking and has been struggling but lately she has been staying fairly strong and we are doing everything we can to help her with that. She is also having problems with her husband because he is abusive so she has some big decisions to make but she loves us and I am so grateful to be able to be there for her when noone else really is. She is super awesome and I really want to help her finally get baptized! We are re teaching her the lessons and so far it is going great!

Becca- She has been meeting with the sisters for quite a while! Unfortunately her husband won't really let her get baptized but we have still been meeting with her and keeping her strong. She has a super solid testimony of the Book of Mormon and she surprised us by coming to church a few weeks ago. The other day, she said she is seriously considering baptized and she is just praying super hard that things will work out with her husband and that she will be able to be baptized soon!

Billy Wayne- We met him the other day and he was super duper interested. He said he has seen missionaries his entire life but none have ever stopped to talk with him, we were the first ones. He is a single dad of a 7 year old and he said he really found his relationship with God when the mother of his child took off a few years ago and all of a sudden he was alone. When things get hard or he gets frustrated, he goes into the other room to pray and that's what gets him through.

When we taught him the first lesson, he cried at the end because he felt the Spirit so strongly. He just kept thanking us for our time and our Spirit and our knowledge. He basically already believes all of it and is super excited to read the Book of Mormon and come to church. He is just super nice and sincere and I am so excited to teach him. He is one of the most prepared people I have ever seen on my mission!! :)

Tracy-We are still working with her. Unfortunately she has been receiving a lot of anti lately from everywhere and she has had a lot going on in general. She is super sweet though and needs us so badly!! I love her so much because she is strong and she doesn't even know that much about what we believe in but she stays strong and ignores all the anti because she likes us and likes the Spirit we bring with us! It's the coolest thing ever and I love being able to help her and be there for her!!

We have a few other people but those are our top ones and I am running out of time!!

Things are super duper good lately! I have been learning so much it's ridiculous but I absolutely love it!!!

I love you all and pray for you frequently!!

Love always, Sister Britni Johnson :)