JOHNSON IN WISCONSIN

Well I'm doing OK. Little up and down. Its been sorta stressful with many things recently. The best news is that Beth finally gets home this week and were gonna get her ready for her baptism on the 8th. Overall the work is going great. We've got a lot of sweet investigators and 3 less active families with kids of baptismal age that were working with. I can see alot happening in this area if the people would just keep their commitments. The tough one right now is coming to church. That's like pulling teeth but this Sunday we start going at 1pm as we switch with the other ward in the building. Pres. Barrett has been talking a lot about having a good vision for your area and serving with all your might. Our mission is in a slump. A few years ago our mission was getting around 400 baptisms a year and this year we are only on pace for around 230 so there is a lot of room for improvement. I can see the potential for 8 baptisms in the Appleton 1st ward, I really can, although the people have to make it happen, that's been the hardest part, we cant get them to drink the water but we can lead them too it. I feel that we will be extending a lot of baptismal invitations this transfer and hopefully they will accept them and actually go through with it. Its tough. Ive been doing it my whole mission. I love being able to bare my testimony that people can receive confirmation form God that what we teach is true and that the Restored Gospel will bless their lives but they have to put forth their effort and its hard to get them to do that. Alma 42:27 sums it up pretty good. Well time is running short. I love you and wish you a great week. Love, Elder Ben Johnson