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Feb 27: Another Week in Woodstock

Hello everyone,

Last week was family day so we had p-day on Tuesday so that's why the email came that day.
I'm glad to hear that everyone is doing great at home. I miss hanging out with Bennett and Addison and everybody else!

We had another great week in Woodstock. I had the opportunity to have a private interview with my mission President and his wife which is something we get to do about every 6 weeks. They are such wonderful examples to me, I can feel of their love for me so strongly. We had a wonderful experience with our investigator Cynthia. She was out of town the last 2 Sundays so we realized that she was not going to make it to church 3 times before her baptismal date on Mar. 4! When we met with her on Wednesday we asked her how she felt about baptism and she said, "Ya I really want to get baptized but I just want to go to church a couple of times before." Elder Coffey and I were worried about how to bring it up to her be she resolved the issue her self. We gave her a church tour and lesson the next day and she came to church this Sunday and had a great experience! Her baptismal date is going to be pushed back of course, but it is going to happen! She is already married and has like no Word of Wisdom problems so she is well on her way to baptism! Working with Cynthia has been a testimony builder for me that God is preparing people for us to teach. There are so many people out there just waiting for the gospel to enter their lives, we just need to find them!

This is all I have time to write about today unfortunately. I love you all so much! Keep holding to the rod!

Elder Johnson

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