Elder Justin Johnson: The First Week

Thursday, 22 March 2012

The First Week

Justin has been gone for a week now. On Monday we got our first e-mails from him. Yesterday we got two letters from him. Here are bits and pieces of his letters:

March 15-

"The first thing we did was meet our companions and our district. Five of the eight people in my district are going to the same mission. One is going to Canada and two to Tennessee. One of the elders in my district is from Mesa. Later we had a meeting with the MTC presidency. In the middle of the meeting a man walked in. He was the ambassador to Mongolia. He spoke to us and helped us realize that not only are we doing missionary work but we are helping bring nations together. The MTC president spoke and then asked all the people from other nations to stand up. Then he went through each state and asked us to stand up as well. There are about 12 people from Arizona here right now. Our district already feels like a family. The main lesson so far has been that it's not about us, it's all about the investigators."

March 18-

"This has been the longest weekend of my life. Day 3 and we already had to teach an investigator in Spanish. I thought it would be extremely hard, but when we walked in the room I knew so much Spanish. I have already learned so much more than I did my first two years of it in high school. We have anywhere from 3-6 hours a day of pure Spanish studying. Our teachers aren't allowed to speak English either. The 1st counselor in the branch presidency was raised in Gilbert."

He goes on to ask about Payton Manning and the NCAA tournament. His scheduled departure date for Argentina is May 15th but that is dependent on his Visa coming through. They had an Elder that was at the MTC for 11 weeks because his hadn't gone through on time.

He is enjoying getting letters. The easiest way to get them to him is through DearElder.com. It doesn't cost to send letters to the MTC. You set up an account and then you can write a letter to him. If you submit before noon Utah time then it will be delivered that afternoon. I am adding his mailbox and e-mail address to the blog. He loves getting the letters and e-mails.

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Mailing Address

There are a couple of ways to get mail to Justin...

You can now use

DearElder.com

Just like when he was in the MTC.

To mail letters :

Elder Justin Brent Johnson

Argentina Buenos Aires North Mission

Gral. Lavalle 1828

1646 San Fernando

Buenos Aires

Argentina

*This is the mission office address

If mailing a package let me know and I will explain what needs to be done to make sure the package gets to him.

To Send Packages:

HERMANA Kelli Ayre
Gral. Lavalle 1828
San Fernando
Buenos Aires, Argentina

**Put "Elder Justin Johnson" by the return address

To mail by pouch:

Justin Brent Johnson
Argentina Buenos Aires North Mission
POB 30150
Salt Lake City, UT 84130-0150

Pouch Mail is a service provided by the church. It is delivered by private courier and is the best way to guarantee delivery. The problem with pouch is that it can only be a post-card or one page letter written on only one side. The letter has to be folded a specific way. Here are the folding instructions:

Lay the letter blank side down. Fold the bottom of the letter about one-third of the way up the page and crease. Fold the top of the letter to the bottom of the first fold and crease. Secure the long side with two pieces of tape about one inch from each end, but do not seal the ends. In the top left corner write your name and complete return address. Affix first class postage in the top right corner. In the middle write the missionary address as written above.