JOHNSON IN WISCONSIN

Hello. Sorry i haven posted much lately. Its hard to get enough time in the libraries here in Madison. Let me update you on things here. Hello,First off transfers...we werent involved, me and E. Winkler are staying in Madison which is sweet cuz were gonna have a great transfer. Its nice staying with somone as i dont have to convert him to the area. We both expected it to happen and were happy about it. Thats awesome that you are going to the temple. Im jealous as i havent been since the MTC but we will probablt get to go this month sometime as the Chicago temple isnt very far away and the singles ward goes once a month. Hopefully that will happen. im doin a lot better this time. I still havent heard from Jon at all but i cant dwell on that, still a bummer but outta my hands. Well James Lusher, our investigator, picked us up and took us to church yesterday and he loved it! He is progressing very well. We are gonna set a baptism date with him tomorrow night!! He is very ready and should have recieved his answer by now, it should be within the next few weeks. I went to the Wisconsin Badgers b ball game on Wednesday. Get this, so the tickets we had were for the very last row of the upper bowl (they were free so i couldn't complain) but we werent gonna stay all the way up there the whole time so we scouted the bottom bowl for seats that nobdy showed up for (it was tough as it was a sellout as UW is ranked #2 in the nation) but we spotted some. So at half time we wnet down and took our seats...ROW 5!!! in the middle and nobidy ever came so we watched the 2nd half way up close, it was so awesome...good times...its weird. Serving in Madison has beem interesting...ive had some of my biggest headaches and lots of stress here but ive also had some of my best memories here and met some of the coolest people and had tons of fun. I guess it goes to show that we will have opposition but at the same time we really get to appreciate the good times and blessings that God gives us. When we understand taht god loves us and we are going through trials to learn and grow and not to be punished it makes teh whole difference. Thats one thing ive noticed about members of the church, we seem to handle tirals and challeneges in life differently than others that dont have the restored gospel in thier lives. Through the Atonement of Christ we can overcome anything and make it through any challenge that comes our way, ive experince that many times out here. I know that the church is true and im grateful for this time i have to share my testimony!! Im really excited for James, ill hopefully see his baptism this month. We have our lesson in the Dimond's hoem with him tomorrow night. As for today we are gonna go and visit Chris Farley's grave. Yup he is buried here. He grew up in Madison. Have a great week and enjoy your warm weather. Its winter here, and that card of the elders at the freezing bus stop was a good one. I dont get iceiclies coming out of my nose though!! Love you!! Love Elder Benjamin Johnson