9 months! Flying by.‏

SO this week was an eventful one. Saturday we got permission to leave

early to go help a family with some service. You get to their

house by hopping on the colectivo that takes you as far out of Resistencia

as you can get (which is my area) then walking about 45 minutes to get to

their house. We entered to change out of working hard (shirt and tie)

clothes to play clothes to get ready to do some service. I could feel the spirit

strongly in their little home. They have a packed dirt floor with a house made

out of sticks and mud. To heat the home in which I couldn´t fully stand, they

had a little fire in the corner, and for beds they had a plastic tarp. What humble

loving people. When they come to church they wake up incredibly early, but they

are beginning to come more frequently. One thing I have come to learn and feel is

God´s love for ALL of his children. A gringo thousands of miles away from home on

his knees asking for help, a family out in a toba barrio, or a member who has

addiction problems. He loves them all and wants them ALL to have the best and to

achieve eternal life.

Another

family didnt come to church this past sunday. They had a few

problems, disagreements, and long story short, their upcoming marriage almost fell

through. They are working on all the paperwork and blood tests, so everything will

work out now. But we taught them about The Family: A Proclamation to the World.

How powerful is this doctrine of the eternal family. They are excited once again to go

get married and make these sacred covenants with God.

The mission conference was incredible. With the whole office being sick, we had no

 clue how we were going to pull it off. But everything worked out perfectly. Even the

270 sandwiches coming from the Subway in Corrientes (oh, heavenly) worked out

perfectly! I sang in a quartet with some of my best friends in the mission to start off

the event, and the spirit in the whole conference was incredible. The song of the mission

was so touching. I know that this is the work of the Lord. I am so blessed to be able to

see the fruits and joys of it on a regular basis.

Elder Johnson