April 22, 2013

Dear family, It´s been quite a weird week. I feel like we are inviting everyone to listen, and so many people say yes, but then something comes up and either we cant go by them, or they are gone when we get there. We have been having quite a few baptisms, but we still need to continue to find more and more so this area can have its on branch, and the first Mormon chapel in this city. This sunday was pretty weird. We have our lessons in the house of a member, and she was out of town this week. Supposedly when I called her I told her that we would be by her house at 11 in the morning (during our studies) to pick up the key from the person watching her house. So when we showed up at 2 for church, no one was there and the doors were locked. We didn´t have any way to get it, but we had to have a sacrament meeting, in order to confrim the kid who got baptized the night before. But the man that runs the meeting decided to just suspend church until next week haha. Yeah it sounds really weird, but thats what he decided to do. So we called our mission president and he told us to have a song, do the confirmation, take the sacrament and closing prayer haha. So thats just what we did. We went to someone elses house, all cramped up and huddled around the fire stove and started chucrh about 2:30 and ended at about 2:50... I could get used to that.. haha, also because I was supposed to teach sunday school and I got out of that as well. But we´re still working on getting this area turned into a branch. We just need a few more priesthood holders and then they can make it a branch, and also find us a place to rent to have our meetings so its a little more secure every week. Other than that, its just such a different place down here. Everyone knows everyone, there is only like 1 of everything. We have to cut a lot of firewood cuz not very many people have gas heaters down here (luckily we do) But we help a lot of people cut their fire wood. It´s tiring. Anyway, that seems like all the news I have for this week. I know that our Heavenly Father loves each and every one of us! I know that he sent His Son to atone for every one of our sins so that we can have the opportunity to live with them again one day. I know that families can be together forever, we just need to do what the Lord has commanded us to do. I know that the Book of Mormon is the word of God and that every human being will get closer to Jesus Christ through reading it. I know that we can pray to our Heavenly Father and that He really does hear us and WILL answer our prayers. I know that God gives us prophets so that we can know which way to go in our lives in order to fulfill the comandments of God. I love all of you and thank you for your prayers for me! En el nombre de Jesucristo, Amen!! Love, Elder Johnson