so this was week 5 of 7 weeks this transfer, and we did pretty good. Elder larson and I found quite a bit this week, had some funny experiences, some rough ones, the YSA activity that we have planned to go down here in K ville is running into some bumps, and the branch is still small (5active members strong/with 40 on the list), we still meet in the soccer stadium where you can enjoy the sound of a nice soccer game and then the beat from the music of the strip club just below us. This week the responsability of not just sitting next president on the stand but occupying myself with the chair behind the paino aswell was given to me, trying to pound the notes hoping to overpower the 1300 watt bass below :P then friday. so I'm sitting in my chair waisted from working out and tired because its the morning about 7:30 and I get a call from president Klebingat. assuming he is going to address the questions I had about the YSA activity that I have been bugging him about. "good morning president, this is Elder Johnson" replies "good morning, is your companion next to you?" (that always means something is about to go down) so I speaker the phone and we sit there as he explains to us that he is about to do something a little crazy! one of our other cities is not really taking head to presidents council at all, and they dont see any success, there kind of waisting time and so he tells us he wants to do a mini transfer (ninja transfers we call em, because nobody really knows about them right away )before transfers... I thought to myself... "self, you have been here for 3 transfers already.... looks like your headed out" and then came presidents statement "Elder Larson you are leaving to Vinnitsya" (wheeew dodged that bullet!, I really wanted to stay) so cool alright I'm getting a new companion (elder Carnes) for the next two and a half weeks. It felt like president said it in one breath, all this info, and we are stuck there still kind of just blinking our eye's trying to soak it all in in the morning, because it sure threw a wrench into our plans.... had planning, meetings, also another news intereview (that was cool) oh by the way! your boy Elder Johnson and his englishman friends made the front page of the city magazine! and they stuck a picture of me on it. they interviewed us again and we will be on another one this thursday haha anyway! so now elder Larson has to pack and he starts freakin...well we do! because we both are silently in our heads trying to figure out that day and how we are NOW going to be able to do everything.... so meanwhile we are in our heads trying to give attention also to president he mentions one more bit of info that he said had to stay inbetween the three of us. obviously that caught our attention and he tells me that he has requested me to come to kyiv at the end of the transfer to come work by him as Assistant for probably the rest of my mission...... with Elder Hofeling haha AGAIN!!!! hehe a third time. Now you have to understand that first of all transfer information for one reason or another is very important to missionaries especially when it relates to you, and yeah every missionary has his ideas secretly back in his head of where he might be going next... wether he voices them or not, I honestly thought I was headed to Leviv to replace Elder Angerhofer. Neither one of us expected the mini transfer let alone where I was going to be headed... so .. yeah once we got our jaws back up and sat in our chairs for a good 5 silent minutes! we just busted up laughing! haha it was way funny! neither of us could have even fathomned what was going to happen. president said they will be there today and told us to have a great day! haha so they came, said our goodbye's and hello's and off we went... that was one of the more successful days of the mission... and also one of the wierdest weathered. We got snow in the morning (light) and it stopped, then me and Elder Carnes are out and about trying to find and starts REALLY snowing! and then raining, and then hailing! haha I just laughed. sometime between the snow and the rain we did end up finding two brand new people who wanted to know more and have scheduled other meetings for this week! cool guys, one is 16! so we have a successful day! I honestly think the only reason they were not have success down in their city before he got here was just lack of the drive because he was working great with me! and still is! he will be "dying" soon is what we call it, and has only a transfer left on his mission after this. (he is the next Ukrainian Group ahead of me... if that puts it into perspective, it goes first ukrainian elders come in and then 6 weeks russian elders come in and then after 6 weeks ukrainian and so on and so on)so yeah! this is one of my last couple pdays here in K ville :( but way excited not only to serve with Elder Hofeling again but with President aswell! Thanks for the birthday wishes.... yeah I know I'm old! ... but taleya! you have a kid already so... I mean you can just call ME old... but sista you gots ProoF!!!! haha and she's about 8 ounces :D I'm glad Chris is ready to go on the mission! bryndon keep it up! and dad your are a Молодец!! keep it up! Love you mom and I'm glad that right around the corner I'll be talking to you ALLLL ( I hope) on skype come Christmas! ... lol And I'll be reporting from Kyiv as it were... kind of funny I never wanted to serve in Kyiv, I like the west, and I hope my last transfer they let me loose again out that way! well I love you and I'm grateful for all of the emials. yes dad I'll be careful with the funds thanks again. by the way.. had a man tell me that Joseph (earthly father of Jesus) was half Ukrainian haha ... I said to myself "yeah just like you guys think you won world war two haha " funny ... anwyay bye!
I forgot to say meanwhile president calling, our power decided to go out right before he called but right after Elder Larson had started his laundry and before I had taken a shower ...haha a man that was good stuff! what can you do but laugh
Старійшина Джонсон
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