Halloween was pretty legit here. People go all out on decorations...I have a good picture from the ward Halloween party I'll send next week.

 I did express my concerns to my companion. We actually have 2 hours of comp study, but still....on Saturday we had service in the morning. Then we went back to our apartment from 2:00-8:00 to finish our comp studies, and our weekly planning!!! On a SATURDAY!! I was having a conniption in my head and trying not to show it because my companion stresses enough for our whole zone. I told him that time would be better used teaching or trying to contact people because hello!! It's a Saturday!

He said, " I understand where you're coming from, but I know this is extremely important and it's the most important thing we can do to help you learn how to be a missionary" we basically wasted the entire day. That's what I mean by he's 'exactly obedient'. He follows the outlines of the handbook regarding study and preparation to the letter, but when it comes to action we do almost nothing unless I'm a jerk and say ok, let's go do this. It's so frustrating. I like what you said about things of the soul. It reminds me of elder Bednar's Christmas devotional entitled character of Christ. You can only see it in the MTC. He talks about note taking in terms of large plates and small plates. That's a good thing to keep on mind when taking notes in general conference. Write what the spirit teaches you, not what the speakers say. I haven't written much about stuff like that because we really don't have anything to write about...again because we....don't get anything done. Quick thought about cars. They're good, but specifically with my companion they are not. They encourage laziness.

It makes it too easy to say, let's go back to the apartment and take a nap or finish our o so important studies, causing us to get nothing done. I suggested to my companion that I get a bike and we drive to the library and just bike around using that as our Forward Operating Base He said, yeah, possibly. So he doesn't want to do that. Facebook is useful for teaching friends back home. We're trusted to use Facebook. We're expected to use it 'on purpose' I'm sure you understand what that means. Basically start a conversation with someone and guide the conversation to your mission and try to teach them. I'm so grateful for that. It's made it possible for me to start teaching some of my track friends for example, and I'm trying to start teaching Miles again. Avery I love you!!! I love the pictures you send me, but I think you would look cuter in a ninja to tae Kwan do outfit! Thanks for the emails everyone! I love you all!

Elder Hunter Johnson