November 19th

Family,

Lets see... Where to begin. I guess I could start with the biggest thing on my mind right now. So we had our monthly every other month conference with the President, and he was teaching us about the importance of putting a date as a goal of baptism with every investigator we talk to. He told us, to put in our planners on sunday, "recapture dates with all investigators" So yesterday, as we were leaving church, we received a text message from our leaders that said, "Just a reminder, today is the day to recapture all dates with all investigators. Also this week is giong to be a little different there is going to be manifestaciones(i dont know the word in english) Through out the country so tomorrow (monday) you will email and go shopping then start working at 1 pm just like a normal day, and on tuesday, no missionary will leave their apartment." So thats where we are right now haha. I guess its not anything super dangerous, its just to be sure and safe. The country shuts down all their transportation systems and does some sort of protest, so they just dont want us to have run ins with any angry people I guess. But my companion and I were freaking out when we heard it, then our thoughts went quickly to.. "oh my goodness, what are we going to do in our apartment for 24 hours..."

So anyways, back to the missionary work. This week was pretty empty. 1 Due to the fact that we had zone conference which takes up a whole day. But on Wednesday, we did splits, and I went to the area called Vusetich. We went and visited some families that were quite aggrivating, and all they wanted to do was argue with us. Then at the end of the night we had to go to a members house to make dinner for them. Cuz the elders volunteered to do it for them. So we get there and the less active member is a little bit drunk. So he starts talking to us, and just like every drunk person who ever talks to missionaries, he hugged us, and started crying and thanking us for everything that we have done for him. Then he proceeded to ask me where I was from and I told him Arizona. He then said, "I don´t like people from the eastern united states. so I dont like you." Then I told him it was just north of mexico and east of california. Then he said, Oh I guess youre okay then. I like you. So then we started to cook. We were boiling the chicken and he was like mmm it smells good. It needs more spices though. Then he started throwing some things in while Elder Walsh was stirring it. Then all of the sudden he dumps about 1/2 cup of cinnamon in the chicken. Then says oh shoot, thats cinnamon... oh well it will still taste good. Hahah. Then Elder walsh was like no no no no. and tried to get as much out as he cood. Then we washed it really well and then just thought, oh well. We´re hungry... haha. Then we put it on the table and his daughter come up and smelled it and said..." Ohhhhh how yummy!!!" and had the biggest smile on her face. Hahahaha it was super funny. She also had some friends over and one said, Im alright, my stomach hurts haha. Then another one brought the plate back and said, yeah my stomach hurts too. We ate it, and it wasn´t bad, but it wasnt very good either. or maybe just as missionaries any food is fine with us haha. It was a crazy night.

Other than that, this week we built a roof, and we found some new investigators, and things are starting to pick up a little bit, its just a little rough having to watch it pick up so slow. I just want everything to happen now. I guess the Lord wants me to learn some patience or something so Im just going to have to keep working. Also this week, I learned how to build a roof, I had my first Asado, and I also got to eat some refried beans. They were incredible. other than that not much happened this week. Sorry for the bad news on that part. I hope we can get things to pick up faster here, and have a baptism this week.

Oh on a good note, we did set a baptism up, the only problem is that its for the 12th of January. Because a couple is waiting to get married and then they are going to get baptized. They are super solid though and they go to church weekly, so its just a matter of time. They have a cat too, so I really enjoy going to their house haha.

So thats it for this week. I hope everything is going well at home! Never forget that the Lord is always listening to your prayers, and will help with anything at any time as long as we are just willing to ask Him.

Love you all!

Love.
Elder Johnson