My official return date

Well I am on my one year count down today. Wow right? My return day is the 12 of july and yesterday was the 12 of july pretty crazy how much time has passed. I plan to become the best missionary I can this year. I want to take this second year of my mission and just go as crazy as I can. 

I want to just work like a mad man to take care of what needs to be taken care of. I want to take out the trash this year.
I want to thank you all for keeping in touch with me and for your love and prayers my shoulder is doing a lot better and I will now be able to finish my mission which is a huge blessing. I am so happy for every thing I have been given and for my mission too. Thanks for all your love and support I could of not done it with out you guys helping me out and for helping me stay out here. I love you all and thanks for everything. See you in a year from now! I still don´t have one year in though thats whats funny! Well take care of yourselfs and I love you all.
Elder Johnson 

P.S. Funny fact time. I have now lived in chile longer than I have lived in Paradise utah haha how weird is that? 

Good Old Times

Haha well this week was another winner. 

Strange question time

1. Can you guys listen to hip hop from God?

2. Happy Asian FRIDAY!

 Me, What the heck is Asian firday?

 Black dude, Isn`t that how you say happy hacinan flag day in english?

3. Is there a lot of dirt in Utah?

 Me, yeah I think so? 

So QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS?

IS THERE A LOT OF DIRT IN UTAH? 

Well besides that it was a great old week my comp broke the sink, as you will see in the good old foto del semana.

Haha JK the computer is dumb and won`t let me send you a picture but we will save it for next week deal! 

As for the work its going pretty good out here. Just working like always the sister missionaries got shifted out because some weird dude tried following them on bikes or something and so the president's wife said no more. So now its just me and good old Bradesters runnen the good old El llano? Well K rad the vida!

Sorry I can`t make this longer take care!

Love you guys as always!

Elder Johnson

Been too long!

Hey!  Sorry I really suck at writing these but oh well haha you get one this week. I hope that you all have had a great week and as always don't forget to read your Book of Mormon and say your prayers every single week. 

Well we had change meeting nothing really changed as for me. I am still in the same place right now which is rad because we got some sick people here who are ready to follow Christ and get baptized which makes me super stoked. As for my shoulder well yea we are working with it still so just keep me in your prayers and that would be super duper rad. 

as for the foto del semana its pretty self explanatory I think. STOP HORESIN around yea guys and go REPENT SINNERS. Nah just kidding but just remember that your brother suffered for you so you could return one day to his kingdom. The power of the atonement is real guys I use it everyday. I wasn't always the best dude. But I am working on becoming the better dude every day out here. That's why we are here on the earth is to become better every single day. A saint is a sinner who keeps trying. Thats what we all need to remember at times I think. Well as always I love you guys. Please keep me in your prayers. Also got some homework for ye all haha. Find your favorite verse from the Book of Mormon and send it to me this week. I need some new stuff! Love to hear from you this week guys.

LOVE YOU

ELDER JOHNSON

Not out of the Woods just yet....

Well heres the dealy deal here. So If I come home with out proof that I need to come home there is a 100% chance that I will not be able to come to santiago again and they will send me to some state mission IF I go back out. I really don´t want that I have a sheet of exercises that can help rebuild my shoulder but they hurt REALLY bad. My shoulder is driving me crazy. I can´t sleep sometimes when ever I try to use it for anything it doesn't work...

So even if it doesn't need surgery I might have to call it quits. But anyone that really knows me knows I will put up a reasty fight before I go down so yeah I am going to keep battling it out for as long as I can. Because I don´t want to have to come home. 

Well I got a bap for my birthday so that was sick also thank you so much for all the birthday wishes you guys are RAD. I love you all that took the time to send me a birthday wish I got the foto del semana aquí para ustedes! I promise that I am not that fat in real life its the shirt or something haha I look like a pig! Also her name is Daniela Andea Sotanzo Aguillena She looks REALLY Happy haaha

Well as always.

1- Me, So all is good for church this week right!? 

Investigator- No no I can´t go.

me- Why a not? 

investigator- Because every time I take the sacrament it makes me REALLY HUNGRY. LIKE REALLY HUNGRY 

Me- Okay do you want me to bring you a bag of cheerios or something? 

Investigator- Yes that would be great.

Me- Okay cool see you this sunday.

CASE CLOSED! 

Hey Guess what its my birthday today!

NO NO ITS NOT STOP LYING ELDER JOHNSON YOU JUST WANT ME TO MAKE YOU FOOD!!

Me- Okay your right maybe its not my birthday hahahaha

D Day

Well pals and palettes.

I think this might be my last email for a couple of months. I am going to go to the doctor and see if there is anything I can do to last but my dad gave me a good example. 

Running a bad shoulder in the mission is like running a dirt bike with bad wheel bearing is it. One day its just going to fall apart and your just going to fall over and be broken in a lot more ways than you want to be. 

Also in the book of Mormon it takes about putting down your weapons of war. I am fighting a war with my self. When things like that usually happens its just pointless and can be resolved really easy if one side is willing to give in and make the right choice. look at the civil war for example. 

It makes me sick but I have to do this which is really sad. I am thankful for each one of you. You are the ones who kept me out here. I want to give a huge shout out to all my missionary friends too. You guys a rad keep going at it. 

I will be returning if I do have to come home. I don´t want to do this but I need to. It hurts really bad right now. so thats not to good. 

But remeber 

Weak things can be made strong.

We all are faced with choices. Some are hard to make others are easy. But always remember that you won´t regret the right choice. 

Well as promised 

La foto del semana 

Well....that sucks!

Ha ha....but not really a ha ha ha...So...I got to make this one shorter. But I tore my Rotor cuff in my right shoulder... no this isn´t some sick April fools joke. Like for reals as you can see down below in the foto del semana that's me in front of the Temple in Santiago its a pretty crappy deal. If you could send me some prayers so I don´t have to come home and get usury or some stupid deal like that on it that would be rad. I love you all and thank you for all the support and love from each one of you. You guys are amazing. Well as always Hope you guys all have a rad week this week and hopefully I don´t have to see you all for a really long time. But if I do have to come home I will do everything in my power to get back out here. I love it out here and I really have changed so much. 

I will be a very different person that is for sure. But I feel like everything will be okay so don´t worry to much please. Just give me a quick little prayer that I will be able to stick it out. 

Love you all

ELDER JOHNSON

Flashback to the beginning!

Flashback to 2014:  Photos found on the mission Facebook page.

Lance's MTC group - 2014.  Lance on back row, right - leaning on pillar.

Lance and Jaykob Brooks - companions in the MTC.