What's Sup?!

Well its been a while since I have wrote one of these sorry I did`t get to respond to all your emails there is a lot to respond to sometimes ha ha! But thank you all for the support I love you all more than you know. I hope all is well back at home. My week was good. Just the same as always. Literally its the same everyday. ha ha. The days freaking haul though so that's nice its like you get up and the day is over basically. 

I hope you all have a great new years and I have a challenge for you all read this scripture this week. Read Alma 5 26-33. Yeah good? Its pretty self explanatory. I want you all to focus on verse 33 Its my FAV. God is very loving and forgiving we have to make the effort though. Be sure your ready because its going to be a real cruddy day if your not and there is nothing you can do about it. 

All is well in the mission and we are working really hard. Nothing really too crazy this week just the same stuff we deal with every day; getting chased by dogs, having people scream curse words at us because its the only words they know in English. Yeah its all good out here. I made a goal to only speak Spanish, so no more English for me. I am starting to think in Spanish, too!  It's really strange. I feel like my English is going to be in the trash when I get home ha ha it is already starting to get pretty bad. 

Well as always, know that I love you all and I want to thank you for your support and love. With out the mission, this would all be impossible, so, thank you for all you have done for me. I hope that you all have a great week this week and don`t forget your pal in Chile!

Love you all! 

ELDER JOHNSON 

Feliz Navidad!

¿Que pasa familia y amigos? Todas es esta bien aquí en Chile, Estamos listo para Navidad, yo creo? Yo tango una pregunta para ustedes. Que es su regalo para Jesucristo eso Navidad?   Okay thats enough spanish for now haha I keep getting all these emails from people using google translator and throwing it spanish for me to read. Its pretty funny becuase google translator does not always function right and sometimes your guyes emails say some pretty goofy stuff.  Sorry I have been so bad at righting you guys lately. I had to get some stuff figured out. But its all good now. This week was good I got thrown into a trio with Elder Allen from Arizona and Elder Robles De Ecuador, Its a good experiance and we are having a lot of success. We have four baptisms set up. But its horrible becuase we have to cover all of Rivas Vicuña. The Ward that I have been stationed in. . I. My sector now is about 10 square miles and we don't have bikes hahah. its pretty bad when we have a appointment in one end the sector and then have one in another end of the sector. We have had to start working in Mini sectors because its so big.
The top part says Whats up Family and Friends. All is well down here in Chile. We all ready for Christmas this year? I have a question for you all? Wat is your gift to Jesus Christ this year. Look at this video on Youtube. Its called He is the Gift o en español es El es la Dádiva. I want a reply from all of you guys this week.
Well I hope you all have a great Christmas thanks for all the love and support you all have given me. I love hearing from you guys. Please dont forget me. 

Love Elder Johnson

It's like a million degrees down here!

Sorry I didn't get to reply to a TON of you guys this week I had to send some important stuff out and I am really strapped on time. Anyways the mission is good I am learning everyday on how to become better. I have made so many improvements while I have been out here and I have overcome so much. Just keep praying for me guys I need it pretty bad right now. But I know I got this. I can´t quit. 

Anyways that's besides the point! Its pretty funny down here its like a million degrees yet you still see guys dressed in Santa suits and you can tell they are just baking! Ha ha its pretty good times out here. We have found 11 new investigators this week which is another huge break through. Another miracle for this week. 

Just remember if you are having a hard time in your life that god really does love us and through him it is possible for us to over come anything. We just have to put are trust and faith in him and we will be okay. Sometimes he gives us trials and we don´t understand but its for us to grow and learn. Just remember that someone always has it worse than you. 

Well Love you guys tons and I hope that you all have an amazing week this week. I will be sure to try to get to more of you guys next week. 

Love Elder Johnson.

Happy Thanks...MOLD Day!!!

Well yes, This does have a good story behind it I promise! Oh goody. So we had a leak in our pension and we didn't really know where it was coming from until we decided to look under the sink. The statue with Bart and the ties is how we found it. So me and my comp went and bought that strange chileno thing they use for plumbing and I managed to replace it with a leather man and kitchen knife! But that wasn't all there was 2 leaks. The one behind the sink busted on thanks giving and thats when all heck broke loose we had to get the landlord over to help us turn off the water then we had to make a new sink because in the hustle of everything the sink busted and it just turned out it was a huge mold pit. But luckily my dad taught me a thing or two so me and my comp and some suppliles from the landlord where able figure out and repair it. 

The kitchen still smells like mold... But thats okay because it makes for a good story. Well actually just kidding you can´t see any pictures of it because the computer decided to fail once again... (what a surprise...) But next week I promise I wll send you some pictures of the good time we got to have ha ha. You just have to see the pictures to appreciate what we went through... 

I had a bunch of letters written for you guys but my comp forgot his password to the mission card so he had no money. So we had to go to the office and I wasn't able to send them today. I was pretty peeved. I mean you have been out here for 2 YEARS! You go home in 17 days. You honestly can´t remember a card number you have used for 2 Years? its four numbers.... HOW? Well maybe I need to be nicer to him or something maybe he is having a hard time accepting its time to go home. But this isn't the first stupid thing like this that has happed to him. Not to mention he has decided to go crazy because he is going home and is really non obedient now. 

The cool thing is I am now a 100% A missionary now. I am no longer in training. which is cool. Well 

as always love you guys tons I hope that you all have a wonderful week this week! I love you all Make this week better than the last. Always strive to become better. 

Love,

Elder Johnson

Sick Week!

So this week I had the chance to Baptize Ester Del Carmen Gallegillos Romero

It was a super special experience for me sepecially because of her disabilty of not being able to walk. It took two of us to get it done, but we did.  Elder More and I did it and it was hard, but in the end we where able to get it done with success. We have a couple of more dates set so hopefully they don't fall through. I have been very blessed down here in Chile and it only makes me want to work harder.

We have many plans set for this week. Sorry I can´t make this email longer but please know that I love you all and that I think about you everyday! Also, please know I am working hard out here and I appreciate all of your love, prayers and support. Hope you all have another great week this week!

 

Love,

Elder Johnson

Let's kick it this week!

Well I am not going to lie, I got pretty beat up this week but I made it through, though and I am not going to ever quit because I know the moment I do that is just one last chance for someone to hear the message of the restored gospel and honestly I know I was sent down here to find certain people and bless there lives forever.

I actually cried this week not going to lie. It felt really good, anyone that knows me knows that I am not a person that gets real busted up over things but I honestly couldn't handle it for some reason I got really busted up over that stuff. But I want to thank you for all your prayers I could literally feel them. I am not kidding guys.

Also another huge thing this week Elder Nelson (yes the apostle) flew down here and gave a conference to my mission and the Santiago Sur Mission. I got to shake his hand. When I shook his hand He looked at me differently than everyone else. Because a LOT of missionaries shook his hand, I could see him the entire time. I think he knew I was really going through heck and I almost started to cry when he looked down upon me. He said something different to me. It was really fast but he usually would just say (hello elder whoever) but I didn't really hear him. It was amazing and I felt so much better after that experience. It was a real blessing for me to see him and his power. This 90 year old man does not know a word of Spanish, he needed a translator to say everything. But at the end of the talk he told the translator to go away. He gave a testimony in PERFECT Spanish. He didn't make one mistake. It wasn't scripted, he couldn't even remember where he was in his own talk a couple of times so you can't say that he just remembered it. He said things that took me 8 weeks say. He really is a man of God. I KNOW this church is true and if your going through hard times sit down (or should I say, kneel down) and pray. 

Love you all and just remember I couldn't do this with out your guy´s support and prayers.

Love Elder Johnson

 

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A rough week ahead....

Okay... I am not going to lie to you guys. Tuesday the 4^th of November is going to be a pretty rough day for me this week. But thats okay because I know that through the plan of salvation we can return to the people that we have lost in our lives. I really do miss my mom and I always want to keep working hard because I know that the harder I work the more people I will be able to help teach the message of the restoration too. That I know, and I hope you all know this, too. 

Anyway, this week wasn't super amazing or anything. I have really had to pick up the slack a little bit this week because as always you have to jump through some hoops of fire when you don´t know Spanish that well and your expected to deliver. But you know what? Thats okay because every week I make a lot of progress. 

I am sorry that I wasn't able to email you all this week. I got waked pretty hard with some other peoples emails and I wasn't able to get everyone but please realize I will for sure get to you next week. Please keep writing me guys! All of you make the mission a lot easier for me. 

Something that I've learned is that if you have any doubts about anything, just sit down (or I should say, kneel down) and pray! Trust me! It really can turn the night to day and it is a commandment from our Heavenly Father. The power of prayer is real guys. Please... remember to make this week better than last week. If your life is rough remember that life goes on and our troubles will eventually work their way out. Just make the best out of bad situations!  That's where you find real happiness. Just remember someone always has it worse than you. Count your blessings and have a great attitude towards life.

Please know that I love each one of you. I adore you guys to be honest. All of you really make it worth being out here. There have been times that I really want to just quit and "throw in" the towel because it just ain't working, but then I remember all of you. Honestly, you guys make it all so worth it. You guys make it so I don´t want to quit or give up. Make everyday better. Always pray and keep going hard and everything will be okay. Well, I'm out of things to say, so all of you have a great week and know that I miss and love you tons.

Love Elder Johnson

P.S. A Huge shout out to my friend Erika Casey on her mission call to Cali! Way to be WOMAN!