JOHNSON IN WISCONSIN

A curve ball. That's what President Barret threw this week. Last night we got the zone leader transfer calls and it was very unexpected. Well I'm staying in Appleton which makes me very happy. Elder Greer is going to Wasau which means I'm getting a new companion. Well he's not so new, its Elder Winkler. Yup the same Winkler that I spent 3 months in Madison with is coming here and now I'm training him to be a zone leader. Not what I expected but I'm looking forward to it. There have been a lot of changes to the mission and even more coming this upcoming transfer. Its interesting to see the way that different mission presidents work..... Me and Winky had some good times in Mad town and Appleton is even better. I'm so happy to stay here. Beth should be getting home at the end of this week and well get here set for her baptism in a few weeks. We attended a baptism in the 2nd ward and it was really good and is making me excited for ours soon. I'll be sad to see Greer leave. He's been a fun companion and we've seen a lot of progress in the area since he has arrived. We got 3 referrals last week, 2 from members and a media referral that we will contact this week so things are going great. Saturday was pretty fun. We decided that since President Barret was coming through Appleton to pick me up for the game that he should go to a teaching appointment with us. So he went with me and E. Greer to visit Ina Minnie, our old English lady friend. It went well and he did great but still no baptismal commitment from her. We're pulling everything out of the bag we can to get her in the water and she is so hard to figure out. It was still fun nonetheless to take our mission president to a teaching appointment. Well E. Greer ended up staying with some other missionaries in Appleton and I rode up in the mission van with Pres Barrett, Sister Barrett, Todd, their 17 year old son, the Assistants and we met up with the Green Bay elders and went to the game. It was a lot of fun despite the rain and the Seahawks getting whooped. I mean how often do you get to go to a football game at Lambeau Field and get to see your home team also! I know that Guptill will be jealous. It was a blast even though I was very outnumbered being a Seahawks fan and wearing my Seahawks tie. There were a few other Hawks fans there but none of the other missionaries and I refused to cheer for the Packers. We were probably the only sober people there too. So much beer and whatnot. It was fun and I got lots of sweet pictures. Well that's my report. Staying strong working hard, having fun in the rain. It started raining Saturday morning and hasn't stopped since. Yes I got the stamps, thank you, now I can write to you again. Yay. I love you and wish you a splendid week. Love Elder Benjamin!!