JOHNSON IN WISCONSIN

Its not going in our backyard Russ, its going in our living room. Man for the 2nd year in a row im gonna miss seeing that movie. Yes we got tons of snow at the beginning of the week but the past few days its been sunny and rather warm (by warm i mean upper 30's, low 40's). Im gonna laught at all yous when i get home and you will all be bundling up for 35 degrees and ill be out in shorts and a t shirt. You dont even know what cold is. After emailing last week we played football with the zone (12 Elders) and it was snowing and 15 out side. One of the funnest things ive done on my mission. We then went bowling and had a chikcen enchilada dinner at the church. On Tuesday we went down to Appleton, WI and had our christmas zone confrence with the zones of missionaries. It was a blast. I saw a few of my former companions and many other of my buddies. We didnt get home to Marquette till after midnight. Thats why i wanna go somewhere else. Its been fun but im tired of all this travel time. Since Wedensday ive been at the normal grind of missionary work. I am most likely being transferred this Thursday (calls come tomorrow night).Im ready for a new area and companion. Its been fun with E. Thopmson and he's taught me alot but 3 months is enough. Its been tought at times as were very different people but i made it through. Yesterday was sorta tough for me saying goodbye to all the awesome members of the Marquette ward (i only attended church here 24 times). It was new for me as i didnt get very attached to the members in my previous areas as i was not there too long but I'll miss this ward big time. I also got a little homesick (for the first time in a while) as the YW put on a program for sacrament meeting and they were all sinignig this song (it sounded like an EFY song) and it reminded me of all my awsome friends back home and then i missed my family and then i was thinking about Christmas and how ill have a telephone to talk too and thats it and it was a weird sacrament meeting. I juts had all these emotions including being sad to leave this ward. I got over it though as soon as the meeting ended. Ill miss the people im teaching as well. Great news!! We set a baptism date with an old lady named Loana yesterday!! Its for Jan 7th. We tracted into her back in October and weve been teaching her every week. She already has read the whole BOM and has a testimony of it. She wants to be baptized. Im pretty excited, its every missionaries dream to see somebody they found on their own efforts get baptized (of course the lord led us to her). Im confident that she and Carly (whos date is set for Jan 21st) will be baptized even though I wont be there to see them. Its great to be a part of the process. Thats my exciting news. Well it seems i typed a lot. Thats ok. Lots of stuff goin on. Well remember the reason for the season.