Family and  Friends!

Ariel and Isabel are just doing fantastically. With transfers, we haven’t

been able to see them this week much. But they are just excited about the

gospel, reading together as a family and just being incredible. We just need to

get them married already and help them into the water! I love finding people like

this. That are just so willing to change their lives so that they may follow Jesus

Christ. I know that this is what God wants for these people, and I know that there

 are so many people waiting for us to help them. We just need to trust in our Lord,

open our mouths and extend a hand of love to help them out.

What a blessing good health is. Even though I´m not bed restricted, its a little sad

that a little game of ping pong or a few phone calls wear me out. I have been so

blessed with great health in my life as well as in the mission. It is one of the blessings

that you don´t realize too much until you´re lacking it a little bit. Sister Heyman´s got

me in great care though.

The office is doing great. With transfers over we are so ready to get out there and invite

people! I am so grateful  for the opportunity to invite people all around me to come unto

Christ. I see that I rely on him more and more each day.

Here´s a few pictures to make up for a crummy short email..

The little boy (Salvador) is the brown version of Jamyn. He´s such a blast!

Ping pong in the mission house.

Sporting the sweat band from Dad

Instagram Video

A little screen shot of a video President Heyman posted on Instagram I watched it a few times before

 I realized Tyler is that skinny kid in the black tee shirt.

Rain and Roadtrips

What a great week.

Traveling to Santa Fe made me think quite a bit. It´s just a great experience to be able to leave the world out and think and talk about the gospel of our Savior Jesus Christ. Before the mission, while talking about gospel principles with others, I most often applied the topics and knowledges to myself. More and more I find myself thinking of how I can use the information and knowledge to help others whether it be investigators (how do you spell that in english?), members, or even other missionaries. I love having the opportunity to help others and be a servant in the hand of the Lord. 

We have been praying hard to have investigators in the church. We have been working on finding, finding and finding, but Elder Fiabane and I have lacked quite a bit on the church assistance. This last week we put it all on the line and spoke until our throats were sore. We found some, and had to leave others. We finally found two unmarried couples, one of which, S_____and E___, just blow me away. They don´t have very much education, and they live under the humblest of circumstances. Their house is made of old rusty tin roofs attatched together with the plastic of a billboard on the side to have wind cover. They are SO excited to accept this message of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. Even with the rain and their crying baby, they came to church. Then, we found I____and A__-- A_____ works most of the week a few hours away, so we can´t pass by all that much to teach. They didn´t wake up when we passed by and clapped on Sunday, so we were a little bummed. I was sitting in the Sacrament hall thinking, and there they entered! Soaking wet from the 30 minute drive from the little barrio to the church. They came even though they had to leave their 11 and 3 year old children at home (not that I am encouraging this or anything...). I KNOW that God answers prayers. He loves us and knows our wants and our needs. I know that he is so willing to bless us if we have faith in him. He carried out exactly that. 

I love this work!

Pictures: Road trip with President Heyman

Santa Fe reminded me of Prescott

Elder Johnson

Additional pictures

Another treat from President Heyman's Instagram

Family and Friends!

Another good week passed! I feel like Pday just comes way too quickly. Before I know it I´m in a supermarket or cleaning the pension again... 

The work is going great in the office! The new reimbursment system cut down the time from a whole week without leaving to my area to work to a couple days. I was also able to go pay a few bills, go to the bank and find some new souls to teach. Talk about a little bit of improvement. So I´d say that I am pretty content with all of that.

Out of nowhere it got cold... Real cold... Like 60 degrees cold... So I don´t know what happened to the good old hot Chaco that I loved.

We have been working more on opening our mouths and talking and testifying with whichever person with which we cross. We have seen some amazing results. I don´t know why we have so much fear to share about Jesus Christ with people around us or our friends. The message of the restored gospel of our Savior is the most important message that our friends and family and associates will EVER hear in their whole lives! So open your mouths and let your friends know why you are so happy and why you have so much hope! You will be blessed, and your mouths will be filled with the words that which the Lord wants you to say.

Love you all!

Elder Johnson

Pics:

Driving President´s car

SUBWAY IS COMING TO CHACO! I almost kneeled and cried right there.

Elder Fiabane and I are thinking of trying out to be the new missionary models for LDS.ORG and the Ensign ;)

Family and Friends!

I don´t have too much to report this week. We had some conferences and a lot of work in the office. Our area being so far away makes it hard at times to get to our area if we have to stay in the office a little late...

President Heyman spoke about the Holy Ghost in the Multizone conference, and our relationship with him. It´s incredible that the last thing of which Christ spoke with his apostles before his death is the Holy Ghost. What a great gift God has blessed us with. We need to always be evaluating our relationship with the Holy Ghost. If we really have the faith to receive answers, and if we are really listening to and following the guidance we receive.

I love you all! The gospel is so true!!!

Elder Johnson​