JOHNSON IN WISCONSIN

Elder Peltier is now home and Elder Smethurst is home too in a way. He is my new companion and he was trained up here over a year ago. He has been out for 19 months and is a 6-2 250 lb blonde canadian with glasses from Edmonton. He is pretty funny and a happy fellow. We get along and its nice that he has already served here before so i dont have to convert him to the area. Transfers was fun. We had to go down to Green Bay and along the woay i got to stop and see one of the greatest spotrs landmarks in the world: Lambeau Field, the home of the Green Bay Packers. It was sweet. On saturday we went deep out into the woods with the elders quorum to gather firewood for the winter. The winters here are brutal and they stockpile forewood now for it. The work is ok although it could be better. Some of our investigators arent progressing as much as we would like. Even the people who want to get baptized arent doing what they need to for it to happen and its very discouraging. I wanna see people get baptized and recieve the blessings of the gospel but they have to make that choice. I do my part of teaching the gospel, encouraging and supporotring but ultimately it comes down to them. i cant decide for them. Its like the phrase "you can lead a horse to water but you cant make him drink" Thats what is happening at the moment. They are at the water, now i gotta be patient till they drink. It will happen though. And if not, ive done what i can. I still love the work, even though its very difficult. Marquette is awesome. Lovin every minute up here. Later eh!!