MERRY CHRISTMAS

Dear Elder Johnson,

Well I am sure you have heard by now where Chris is headed. Let's just say that your dream that you had has become a reality. This is our HUGE news for the week. It was too funny the first thing that came out of the envelope was passport papers. I said well we know one thing for sure you are going out of the country. LOL his face got white. He was so funny he was so nervous you know how you can hear it in his voice? I think that day he was nervous, scared, excited and feeling about every emotion in the book except for the negative ones. I am thinking today it has sunk in more though. I don't want to tell you exactly where he is serving as I am trying to get him to e-mail you. I think there is a good chance he will. I truly wish he would of been in contact with you more while you were on your mission but you can't force it. I am excited as that is one language you can help me with while you are here and he leaves on his. Oh BTW I am STOKED we will have the 3 of you boys home for a week you come in on the 18 of April and he goes out the 25. It truly is a bitter sweet as a parent. I am so excited for him though. Like I stated with you I couldn't be sending him in better hands. His mission is HUGE I can't believe the areas it covers even Finland. It is amazing. I feel so blessed as a parent to have young men that have choosen the things that Heavenly Father would want them to be doing right now. Feel so blessed. I know we all have our agency, but I feel that if we could try to give back a small part to Heavenly Father to show him the appreciation and respect that we have for Him. Also if we could only have the patience with one another that he has for us. Wouldn't the world be a better place. It would be incredible to raise children. They wouldn't have to worry about doing the wrong thing or saying something that would make others or their parents mad. If we could only be more like him and have everyone in the world with the same goal. WONDERFUL guess I want a little bit of paradise down here on earth.

Okay, how are you doing? How is everything there? I am so sorry the I didn't email you last week. I totally got caught up in everything going on and I thought about it then I forgot about it. Things are going really well here. Dad has I believe 8 companies backing his school up. Modis, Verizon believe it or not called him, TW Telecom, TA Transit, Meritek, can't remember the other ones. Idk if you can go onto the web but the web address of his school is www.vitekllc.com it is amazing!!! I am so proud of him. Right now things are kind of tight as the school doesn't start till the 24 of January. But I know that everything will happen in His time. I am so thankful for this knowledge. I have been so frustrated at times and then the Lord has enlightened me to see why things have progressed the way that they have. There have been reasons and answers to almost every question or concern that I have had. I truly do support him in all that he does and is currently doing. I pray for him all the time as the stress he is under in incredible. We are all running on faith at this time. Faith preceeds the miracle right? I do know and have a very comforting feeling. Wish others could see it from my point of view. I wish others could of been there at the temple when the temple president gave him a blessing. That was incredible. There were answers in the blessings that after it